Nikon 14.2 Megapixel Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm Zoom Lens (Model: D3100KIT)
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Product Features
- 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 NIKKOR optical quality and fast, accurate autofocus - vivid color, striking contrast and crisp detail and VR image stabilization to ensure the sharpest hand-held pictures/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















