Overview | |
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Type | Digital single-lens reflex |
Lens | |
Lens | Interchangeable, Nikon F-mount |
Sensor/medium | |
Sensor | 23.1 mm × 15.4 mm Nikon DX format RGB CMOS sensor, 1.5 × FOV crop, 4.94 μm pixel size |
Sensor maker | Nikon [2] |
Maximum resolution | 4,608 × 3,072 (14.2 effective megapixels) |
Film speed | 100–3200 in 1/3 EV steps, up to 12800 as boost |
Recording medium | Secure Digital, SDHC and SDXC compatible |
Focusing | |
Focus modes | AF-A (Auto-servo AF); AF-S (Single-servo AF); AF-C (Continuous-servo AF); MF (Manual focus). [3] |
Focus areas | 11-area AF system, Multi-CAM 1000 AF Sensor Module |
Exposure/metering | |
Exposure modes | Auto modes (auto, auto [flash off]), Guide Mode, Advanced Scene Modes (Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Close-up, Night Portrait), programmed auto with flexible program (P), shutter-priority auto (S), aperture-priority auto (A), manual (M), (Q) quiet mode. |
Exposure metering | TTL 3D Color Matrix Metering II metering with a 420-pixel RGB sensor |
Metering modes | 3D Color Matrix Metering II, Center-weighted and Spot |
Flash | |
Flash | Built in Pop-up, Guide number 13m at ISO 100, Standard ISO hotshoe, Compatible with the Nikon Creative Lighting System |
Flash bracketing | 2 or 3 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 or 2 EV |
Shutter | |
Shutter | Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter |
Shutter speed range | 30 s to 1/4000 s in 1/2 or 1/3 stops and Bulb, 1/200 s X-sync |
Continuous shooting | 3 frame/s |
Viewfinder | |
Viewfinder | Optical 0.80x, 95% Pentamirror |
Image processing | |
White balance | Auto, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Sunlight, Flash, Cloudy, Shade, Preset |
General | |
LCD screen | 3.0-inch 230,000 pixel TFT-LCD |
Battery | Nikon EN-EL14 rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery |
Weight | Approx. 455 g (1.003 lb) without battery, memory card or body cap |
Made in | Thailand |
Chronology | |
Predecessor | Nikon D3000 |
Successor | Nikon D3200 |
The Nikon D3100 is a 14.2-megapixel DX format DSLR Nikon F-mount camera announced by Nikon on August 19, 2010. It replaced the D3000 as Nikon's entry level DSLR. It introduced Nikon's new EXPEED 2 image processor and was the first Nikon DSLR featuring full high-definition video recording with full-time autofocus and H.264 compression, instead of Motion JPEG compression. It was also the first Nikon DSLR to provide high-definition video recording at more than one frame rate. [4]
Use is assisted by two Guide Modes: Easy Operation and Advanced Operation tutorial. On April 19, 2012, the D3200 superseded the D3100 as Nikon's entry-level DSLR. [5]
Like Nikon's other consumer-level DSLRs, the D3100 has no in-body autofocus motor, and fully automatic autofocus requires one of the currently 162 lenses with an integrated autofocus-motor. [6] With any other lens, the camera's electronic rangefinder can be used to manually adjust focus. [7] [8]
Can mount unmodified A-lenses (also called Non-AI, Pre-AI or F-type) with support of the electronic rangefinder and without metering. [9]
The Nikon D3100 has available accessories such as: [10]
The D3100 has received many independent reviews [31] [32] and image comparisons at all ISO speeds. [33]
The D3100 is the only known Nikon DSLR with an image sensor interface [34] integrating analog-to-digital converters not made by Nikon: The result is a dynamic range only at the level of competitors like the (higher priced) Canon EOS 600D; [35] lower than other current Nikon DSLRs.
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