Nikon D3S
DSLR · Nikon F · released 2009-10-14
Lowest now
$564
Steep discount -89% vs MSRP
Pricing by source ↓
MSRP at launch
$5,199
Oct 2009
Inventory
6
across 2 sources
Prices are rising
How we compute thisUsed prices have been rising recently. Prices are up 74.1% over the last 30 days. The 90-day low was $304, $260 below today. Currently 11% of the $5,199 MSRP.
- Lowest now
- $564
- MSRP
- $5,199
- vs MSRP
- -89%
- 90-day low
- $304
- All-time low
- $304 (May 22, 2026)
- 30-day trend
- +74.1%
Sample photos
Real-world photos taken with this camera, grouped by EXIF data on Flickr.
Browse shots on FlickrSpecs
- Brand
- Nikon
- Family
- Nikon D-series Pro
- Category
- body
- Body type
- DSLR
- Mount
- Nikon F
- Sensor
- Full Frame
- Megapixels
- 12.1 MP
- Lens type
- —
- Sensor family
- Nikon FX 12MP CMOS (D3S)
- Autofocus
- Phase Detection
- AF system
- Nikon DSLR phase-detect
- IBIS
- —
- Weather sealed
- —
- Max video
- —
- Max native ISO
- —
- Weight
- —
- Dimensions
- —
- Body material
- —
- Released
- 2009-10-14
- Status
- discontinued
Autofocus & action
- AF system
- Phase detect
- Focus points
- 51 phase-detect
- Burst (mechanical)
- 9 fps
- Buffer
- ~36 RAW / unlimited JPEG
- Pre-burst capture
- No
- Card slots
- 2 (Dual CF)
- Sensor readout
- Standard CMOS
Same Multi-CAM 3500FX as D3; improved high-ISO sensor, 11 fps in DX crop.
Latest pricing by source
Each row is a direct observation from the seller. How this works.| Source | Condition | Price | Listings | Observed | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bh | good → good | $600 | 1 | Observed 5d ago | view listing |
| mpb | good → good | $564 | 4 | Observed 11h ago | view listing |
| mpb | excellent → excellent | $764 | 1 | Observed yesterday | view listing |
Price history
One point per day per (source, grade) pair, connected with lines. Hue marks the source; lightness within a hue marks the condition (darker = better grade). The dashed line is launch MSRP.
See Methods notes #1.1, #1.2, #1.3.
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How we compute each section
References on each chart link down here. More notes will land as new sections grow.
1. Price history
- #1.1 · Grade buckets
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Each seller publishes their own raw condition labels (e.g. "Excellent+", "Like new minus", "Bargain"). Those are normalized to a small bucket set:
mint,excellent,good,fair,poor, andunknown. The "Latest pricing by source" table above shows both the raw label and the normalized bucket so you can audit any individual mapping. - #1.2 · Missing days
- A point is only drawn on a day when a snapshot existed for that (source, grade) pair. Lines connect across gaps so a series with sparse sampling still reads as a single trend, but absence of a point does not mean a stockout: it means we didn't see a listing at that grade that day.
- #1.3 · Color encoding
- Hue carries the source: terracotta = mpb, sage = keh, cobalt = B&H, honey = ebay. Lightness within a hue carries the condition: darker means a better grade (mint and excellent are darkest; poor is lightest). The dashed ink line is launch MSRP, included as a reference even though it isn't a price observation.