Nikon 14.2 Megapixel Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm Zoom Lens


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  • 14.2 Megapixel DX-format CMOS Image Sensor delivers beautiful photographs and prints well beyond 20 x 30 inches

  • Includes 3x 18-55mm Zoom-NIKKOR VR Image Stabilization Lens with legendary NIKKOR optical quality and fast, accurate autofocus for vivid color, striking contrast and crisp detail and VR image stabilization to ensure the sharpest hand-held pictures and movies

  • Full 1080p HD Cinematic Video with full-time autofocus and sound lets you record cinematic-quality movies in Full 1080p HD format (1920 x 1080 pixels)

  • Compact and Lightweight Design - Beautifully styled — Ready to go wherever life takes you

  • Easy-To-Use—Featuring Nikon’s Guide Mode with intuitive controls and on-board assistance helping you take better pictures every step of the way

  • Split-second Shutter Response eliminates the frustration of shutter delay, capturing moments that other cameras miss

  • Fast 11-point Autofocus System delivers razor-sharp pictures

  • ISO sensitivity 100-3200, expandable to ISO 12800 equivalent delivers exceptional results, even in the most challenging low-light situations

  • 3" monitor with One-Touch Live View shooting and movie capture

  • Scene Auto Selector lets the D3100 decide the best mode to match the shooting situation when using Live View

  • Built-in HDMI port lets you connect directly to your HDTV using an optional HDMI cable

  • EXPEED 2 Nikon's new image processing engine assures breathtakingly rich image quality, managing color, contrast, exposure, noise and speed

  • Scene Recognition System in Live View automatically optimizes exposure, autofocus, and white balance, allowing you to obtain beautiful photos without the hassle of making complicated camera adjustments yourself

  • Control Image and Movie Playback with most HDTV remote controls

  • 6 Automatic Exposure Scene Modes Just set the Mode dial to Portrait, Landscape, Child, Sports, Close-up or Night Portrait for stunning results in otherwise challenging conditions

  • Active D-Lighting restores picture-enhancing detail in shadows and highlights

  • Picture Control lets you choose from Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, or Landscape to apply a personal look and feel to your pictures

  • Automatic Image Sensor Cleaning uses an ultrasonic process and exclusive Airflow Control combats the accumulation of dust in front of the image sensor, safeguarding image quality shot after shot

  • Built-in pop-up flash for those times when there isn’t enough light

  • In-camera Image Editing allows creative freedom, without the need for a computer, offering easy editing functions

  • Technical information

  • Type - Single-lens reflex digital camera

  • Lens mount - Nikon F bayonet mount

  • Picture angle - Effective picture angle 1.5x (approximate) conversion factor (Nikon DX format)

  • Effective pixels - 14.2 million

  • Sensor size - 23.1 x 15.4mm

  • Image sensor format - DX

  • Image sensor type - CMOS

  • Total pixels - 14.8 million

  • Dust-reduction sytem - Image sensor cleaning, Airflow control system, Image dust off reference data (optional Capture NX 2 software required)

  • Image area (pixels) - DX-format, (L) 4608 x 3072, (M) 3456 x 2304, (S) 2304 x 1536

  • File format - NEF (RAW), JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approximate 1:4), normal (approximate 1:8), or basic (approximate 1:16) compression; NEF (RAW) + JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats

  • Picture control - Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, Landscape, Selected (picture control can be modified)

  • Storage media - SD, SDHC, SDXC memory cards

  • File system - Compliant with DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) 2.0, DPOF (Digital Print Order Format), EXIF 2.21 (Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Camera), PictBridge

  • Viewfinder - Eye-level pentamirror single-lens reflex viewfinder

  • Viewfinder frame coverage - 95 percent horizontal, 95 percent vertical approximate

  • Viewfinder magnification - 0.80x (50mm f/1.4 lens at infinitiy; -1.0m) approximate

  • Viewfinder eyepoint - 18mm (-1.0m)

  • Viewfinder diopter adjustment -1.7 to +0.5m

  • Focusing screen - Type B BriteView Clear Matte Mark VII screen

  • Reflex mirror - Quick-return type

  • Lens aperture - Instant-return type electronically controlled

  • Shutter type - Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane

  • Shutter speed - 1/4000 to 30 seconds in steps of 1/3 EV bulb

  • Flash sync speed - Up to 1/200 seconds, Synchronizes with shutter at 1/200s or slower

  • Shutter release modes - Single-frame (S) mode, Continuous, Self-timer mode, Quiet Shutter release

  • Frame Advance Rate - Up to 3fps (manual focus, mode M or S, shutter speed 1/250 seconds or faster, and other settings at default values)

  • Self-timer - 2 seconds, 10 seconds timer duration electronically controlled

  • Exposure metering system - TTL exposure metering using 420-pixel RGB sensor

  • Metering method - Matrix: 3D color matrix metering II (type G and D lenses); color matrix metering II (other CPU lenses). Center weighted: Weight of 75 percent given to 8-mm circle in center of frame. Spot: Meters 3.5-mm circle (about 2.5 percent frame) centered on selected focus point

  • Metering range - 0 to 20 EV (Matrix or center-weighted metering at ISO 100 equivalent, f/1.4 lens, at 20ºC/68ºF), 2 to 20 EV (Spot metering at ISO 100 equivalent, f/1.4 lens at 20ºC/68ºF)

  • Exposure meter coupling - CPU

  • Exposure modes - Auto modes (auto, auto with flash off), Scene modes, Programmed auto with flexible Program (P), Shutter-Priority Auto (S), Aperture-Priority Auto (A), Manual (M)

  • Scene modes - Portrait, Landscape, Child, Sports, Close-up, Night Portrait

  • Exposure compensation ±5 EV in increments of 1/3EV

  • Exposure lock - Luminosity locked at detected value with AE-L/AF-L button

  • ISO sensitivity - ISO 100 to 3200 in steps of 1 EV, Can also be set to approximately 1 EV about ISO 3200 (ISO 6400 equivalent) or to approximately 2 EV about ISO 3200 (ISO 12800 equivalent), Auto ISO sensitivity control available

  • Active D-lighting - On, Off

  • Auto-area AF mode - Single area AF, Dynamic-area, Auto-area AF, 3D-tracking (11 points)

  • Autofocus system - Nikon Multi-CAM 1000 autofocus sensor module with TTL phase detection

  • Detection range -1 to 19 EV (ISO 100, 68ºF/20ºC)

  • Lens servo - Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); continuous-servo AF (AF-C); auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A); predictive focus tracking activated automatically according to subject status

  • Focus point - Can be selected from 11 focus points

  • Focus lock - Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF). Focus can be locked by pressing AE-L/AF-L button

  • Built-in flash - Auto, Portrait, Child, Close-up, Night portrait, Auto flash with auto pop-up (P), (S), (A), (M), Manual pop-up with button release

  • Guide number - 39/12, 43/13 with manual flash (ft/m, ISO 100, 68ºF/20ºC) approximate

  • Flash mode - Auto, Auto with red-eye reduction, Fill-flash, Auto slow sync, Auto slow sync with red-eye correction, Rear curtain with slow sync

  • Flash compensation -3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 EV

  • Flash-ready indicator - Lights when built-in flash or optional flash unit such as SB-900, SB-600, SB-400, SB-80DX, SB-28DX or SB-50DX is fully charged. Blinks for 3 seconds after flash is fired at full output

  • Nikon Creative Light System (CLS) - Advanced Wireless Lighting supported with SB-900, BS-800, SU-800 as commander; Flash Color Information Communications supported with built-in flash and all CLS-compatible flash units

  • White Balance - Auto, Incandescent, Fluorescent (7 types), Direct Sunlight, Flash, Cloudy, Shade, Preset Manual, All preset except manual with fine tuning

  • Live view shooting

  • Live view lens servo - Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); full-time servo AF (AF-F), Manual focus

  • Live View AF-area mode - Face-priority AF, Wide-area AF, Normal-area AF, Subject-tracking AF

  • Live View autofocus - Contrast-detect AF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point automatically when face-priority AF or subject-tracking AF is selected)

  • Live view scene auto selector - Auto mode, Auto (flash off) mode

  • Movie metering - TTL exposure metering using main image sensor

  • Movie metering method - Matrix

  • Movie frame size (pixels) and frame rate - 1920 x 1080 (24p): 24 fps (23.976 fps). 1280 x 720 (30p): 30 fps (29.97 fps). 1280 x 720 (25p): 25 fps. 1280 x 720 (24p): 24 fps (23.976 fps). 640 x 424 (24p): 24 fps (23.976 fps)

  • Movie maximum recording time - 10 minutes

  • Movie file format - MOV

  • Movie audio recording format - Linear PCM

  • Movie audio recording device - Built-in monaural microphone

  • Monitor size - 3 inches

  • Monitor resolution - 230,000 dots

  • Monitor type - TFT-LCD with brightness adjustment

  • Playback functions - Full frame, Calendar, Thumbnail (4, 9 or 72 images), Zoom, Movie Playback, Slideshow, Histogram display, Highlights, Auto image rotation, Image comment (up to 36 characters), Highlight point display

  • Interface - High speed USB, Video output: NTSC, PAL. Accessory terminal

  • Supported languages - Chinese (simplified and traditional), Dutch, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Czech, Norwegian, Turkish

  • EN-EL14 rechargeable Li-ion battery

  • Inside Package

  • Camera, Lens, battery, battery charger, rubber eyecap, camera strap, accessory shoe cover, body cap, ViewNX 2 CD-ROM

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