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Digital camera model
Nikon D3100
[1]
Type
Digital single-lens reflex
Lens Interchangeable,
Nikon F-mount
Sensor 23.1 mm × 15.4 mm
Nikon DX format RGB
CMOS sensor , 1.5 ×
FOV crop , 4.94µm 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
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 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 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 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 Optical 0.80x, 95% Pentamirror
White balance Auto, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Sunlight, Flash, Cloudy, Shade, Preset 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 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D3200 superseded the D3100 as Nikon's entry-level DSLR.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]
Features
Nikon's 14.2-
megapixel
Nikon DX format
CMOS sensor with 12 Bit Resolution.
Nikon EXPEED 2
image processor .
Active D-Lighting.
Automatic
chromatic aberration correction.
Sensor cleaning and airflow control system.
3.0-inch 230,000-dot resolution fixed TFT
LCD
Continuous Drive up to 3 frames per second.
Live view mode. Live view AF modes: Face priority, Wide area, Normal area, Subject tracking
Full High Definition video recording (1080p for 10 minutes at 24 frames per second in H.264 codec), additionally 720p30/25/24 and 480p24
Full-time autofocus in movie mode.
3D Color Matrix Metering II with Scene Recognition System.
3D Tracking Multi-CAM 1000
autofocus sensor module with 11 AF points.
ISO sensitivity 100 to 3200 (6400 and 12800 with boost).
Nikon F-mount lenses.
i-TTL
flash exposure system without built-in, but support for external wireless flash commander.
Extended In-camera retouching: D-Lighting, Red-eye reduction, Trimming, Monochrome & filter effects, Color balance, Small picture, Image overlay, NEF (
raw ) processing, Quick retouch, Straighten, Distortion control, Fisheye, Color outline, Perspective control, Miniature effect, Edit movie
File formats:
JPEG , NEF (Nikon's raw, 12-bit compressed)
Compatibility with
SDXC memory cards
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]
Optional accessories
The Nikon D3100 has available accessories such as:
[10]
Nikon GP-1 GPS Unit for direct
GPS
geotagging . Third party solutions partly with 3-axis
compass ,
data-logger ,
bluetooth and support for indoor use are available from Solmeta,
[11] Dawn,
[12] Easytag,
[13] Foolography,
[14] Gisteq
[15] and Phottix.
[16] See comparisons/reviews.
[17]
[18]
[19]
Battery grip third party solutions are available.
[20]
[21]
Nikon CF-DC1 Soft Case.
Third party solutions for
WLAN transmitter are available.
[22]
Various Nikon
Speedlight or third party flash units
[23] including devices with Nikon Creative Lighting System wireless flash commander or support for SU-800 Wireless Speedlight Commander.
Third party radio (wireless) flash control triggers
[24] are partly supporting
i-TTL ,
[25]
[26] but do not support the Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS).
[27]
[28] See reviews.
[29]
[30]
Common Optional Lens: AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR, AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D. Note: Lenses without an internal autofocus motor can only use manual focus on the Nikon D3100.
Other accessories from Nikon and third parties, include protective cases and bags, eyepiece adapters and correction lenses, and underwater housings.
Reception
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.
See also
References
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Full Frame DSLR Cameras Part I – Nikon vs Sony
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"Nikon D3100 Focus Modes and Focus Points"
Archived 2012-12-27 at the
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^ Laing, Gordon (November 2010).
"Nikon D3100 Movie Mode" . Nikon D3100 Review . CameraLabs.com.
Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2012 . Previous Nikon DSLRs offered a best quality movie mode of 720p at 24fps, but now the D3100 offers the same resolution at the choice of 24, 25 or 30fps, while crucially adding a new Full HD 1080p mode at 24fps.
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"Nikon updates entry-level DSLR with 24MP D3200 and optional WiFi" . Digital Photography Review . April 2012.
Archived from the original on August 6, 2014. Retrieved June 15, 2012 .
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"Specifications – Nikon D3100" . Nikon Corporation. Archived from
the original on 2010-08-22. Retrieved 2010-08-19 .
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"Nikon D3000 Lens Compatibility" . Nikon Corporation. Archived from
the original on 2009-08-02. Retrieved 2009-10-26 .
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Nikon D60 electronic rangefinder
Archived 2012-11-27 at the
Wayback Machine . Digital Photography Review. Retrieved on 7 September 2012.
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John White's AI conversions for Nikon lenses
Archived 2012-04-22 at the
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"D3100 accessories" . Nikon USA.
Archived from the original on 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2011-08-08 .
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Solmeta Geotaggers
Archived 2012-01-14 at the
Wayback Machine Solmeta
^
Dawn di-GPS Products
Archived 2013-03-14 at the
Wayback Machine Dawn
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EasyTag GPS and Wireless Bluetooth Modules
Archived 2011-08-28 at the
Wayback Machine Easytag
^
Foolography Unleashed Bluetooth Geotagging
Archived 2011-08-08 at the
Wayback Machine Foolography
^
Gisteq PhotoTrackr Plus for Nikon DSLR (Bluetooth)
Archived 2011-08-25 at the
Wayback Machine Gisteq
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Phottix Geo One GPS
Archived 2012-06-26 at the
Wayback Machine Phottix
^
Nikon DSLR GPS Smack Down Results
Archived 2011-08-09 at the
Wayback Machine Terrywhite
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Review: Geotagging with Easytag GPS module (Nikon GP-1 compatible)
Archived 2013-07-31 at the
Wayback Machine Trick77
^
Review: blueSLR Wireless Camera Control & GPS Geotagging
Archived 2011-08-09 at the
Wayback Machine Terrywhite
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Battery Packs
Archived 2011-10-23 at the
Wayback Machine Phottix
^
Product search: Nikon D3100 Battery grip Google
^
Eye-Fi Wi-Fi network: how it works
Archived 2012-07-22 at the
Wayback Machine Eye-fi
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Flash Units Compatible with Nikon's CLS including Wireless Master
Archived 2013-08-02 at the
Wayback Machine Dpanswers
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Radio Triggers for Flash and Camera
Archived 2013-05-27 at the
Wayback Machine Dpanswers
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Knight For Nikon Flashgun I-TTL Trigger
Archived 2013-01-15 at the
Wayback Machine Pixel
^
Radio Transmitters, Receivers and Accessories
Archived 2013-08-03 at the
Wayback Machine Pocketwizard
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The Nikon Creative Lighting System: Wireless, Remote, Through-the-Lens Metered (iTTL) Flash!
Archived 2012-10-26 at the
Wayback Machine Imaging Resource
^
Guide to Nikon TTL Flashes
Archived 2011-07-30 at the
Wayback Machine photo.net
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Pixel Knight TR-331 and TR-332 TTL Radio Triggers
Archived 2013-06-21 at the
Wayback Machine Dpanswers
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Pixel Knight TR-331 Review Part III
Archived 2014-04-18 at the
Wayback Machine Inside the Viewfinder
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Digitalcameratracker: Nikon D3100 reviews, ratings, sample photos
Archived 2013-01-21 at
archive.today Digitalcameratracker
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"Nikon D3100" . Digital Camera Views.
Archived from the original on 2012-04-29. Retrieved 2011-03-30 .
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Imaging Resource Comparometer
Archived 2013-02-28 at the
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"Nikon Hacker: Camera Matrix" . Archived from
the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2012-10-16 .
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"Dxomark: Nikon D3200 and others: Compare cameras side by side" . Archived from
the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2012-10-16 .
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