Nikon has announced that for the first time its new professional digital SLR cameras, the D3 and D300, will be accompanied by Capture NX, Nikon's software package.

Nikon says the latest version of the software, Capture NX v1.3, will give professional photographers the "creative freedom to develop and enhance shots", particularly when shooting in RAW format.

Initial shipments of the new cameras will come with a product key that will unlock a downloaded trial version of NX available from the web site. A CD ROM version will be bundled with D300 and D3 from December.