D3x reportedly shown, then removed from Nikon's site

While this rumor hasn't been running quite as long as the original iPhone rumor, we've been brushing off whispers of the D3x for a really, really long time. For what it's worth, the latest tidbit actually seems to have some teeth, with one eagle-eyed tipster noting that the website in the read link was alive momentarily, then canned inexplicably. He managed to grab the image you see above (but not the whole site?), and he swears up and down it wasn't the Eggnog distorting his judgment. We'll see, won't we?

[Thanks, Darryl]

[Rocky @ Nov 27th 2008 1:37AM]

I'm lovin that giugiaro mustang

[Temple @ Nov 27th 2008 6:12PM]

You know what's cool? The Nikon D3 is also designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro.

http://imaging.nikon.com/products/imaging/lineup/d3/thed3/designlab/02.htm

[PyRo1509 @ Nov 27th 2008 1:38AM]

Careless webmasters make us happy again.
Must be some new lvl on WoW that he was distracted

[damky @ Nov 27th 2008 4:16AM]

That was on purpose, timing is just way to perfect. They needet some talk about the 3Dx fast, the 5D mark II is starting to show up in the shops...

[Maurice @ Nov 27th 2008 1:49AM]

Looks like Google caught it but not long enough to cache the page: http://www.google.com/search?q=D3x+site:nikonusa.com&hl=en&safe=off&filter=0

[bob @ Nov 27th 2008 2:17AM]

LIES!!

[shadow @ Nov 27th 2008 2:42AM]

As The D3X has some problem of technics.

[Jeremy @ Nov 27th 2008 2:41AM]

Nah, it's real. I saw it before it went down but didn't really think enough to capture the site up.

[Harry @ Nov 27th 2008 3:51AM]

well lies or not lies...
in my point of view, Nikon is going to release D3x eventually =)

[lejupp @ Nov 27th 2008 4:46AM]

Nice how they make the bottom part look like an 1980's SLR with a motor winder attached. (Anyone remember what a motor winder is?)

[Pippo @ Nov 27th 2008 4:56AM]

Nikon does not depict its cameras with the lcd display on.

[Bladey @ Nov 27th 2008 7:16AM]

pass me the shotgun.. i have another bank to rob....

[Nek35 @ Nov 27th 2008 7:56AM]

If you go to the supposed Nikon hyperlink and change the "D3X" to "D10X", "D5X", or "DwhiskeyX", you still get a blank "official" Nikon page. In the parlance of Homeland Security, this is plausible, but probably only aspirational information.

[fraew @ Nov 27th 2008 3:36PM]

Doesn't the LCD seem a little small for the current generation of Nikons?

[ocellnuri @ Nov 28th 2008 12:57AM]

I hope that's not an official photo... the image on the LCD is a pretty default looking Bunkspeed Hypershot rendering... the environment is one of the few HDRI's that ship with Hypershot.