Nikon D3100

Nikon D3100^[1]

Nikon D3100 with the Nikon 18-55mm zoom lens.
Overview
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, 4.94µm pixel size
Maximum resolution	4,608 × 3,072 (14.2 effective megapixels)
ASA/ISO range	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).[2]
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
Custom WB	Auto, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Sunlight, Flash, Cloudy, Shade, Preset
General
Rear LCD monitor	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

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.^[3]

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 On April 19, 2012, the D3200 superseded the D3100 as Nikon's entry-level DSLR.^[4]

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.^[5] With any other lens, the camera's electronic rangefinder can be used to manually adjust focus.^[6][7]

Can mount unmodified A-lenses (also called Non-AI, Pre-AI or F-type) with support of the electronic rangefinder and without metering.^[8]

Optional accessories

The Nikon D3100 has available accessories such as:^[9]

• 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,^[10] Dawn,^[11] Easytag,^[12] Foolography,^[13] Gisteq^[14] and Phottix.^[15] See comparisons/reviews.^[16][17][18]
• Battery grip third party solutions are available.^[19][20]
• Nikon CF-DC1 Soft Case.
• Third party solutions for WLAN transmitter are available.^[21]
• Various Nikon Speedlight or third party flash units^[22] 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^[23] are partly supporting i-TTL,^[24][25] but do not support the Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS).^[26][27] See reviews.^[28][29]

• 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: A lenses without an internal autofocus motor can only use manual focus on the Nikon D3100.
• Other accessories from Nikon and third parties, including protective cases and bags, eyepiece adapters and correction lenses, and underwater housings.

Reception

The D3100 has received many independent reviews^[30][31] and image comparisons at all ISO speeds.^[32]

The D3100 is the only known Nikon DSLR with an image sensor interface^[33] 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;^[34] lower than other current Nikon DSLRs.

See also

• List of Nikon compatible lenses with integrated autofocus-motor

References

1. "Nikon D3100". Digital SLR Cameras products line-up. Nikon Corporation.
2. Winans, Moose. "Nikon D3100 Focus Modes and Focus Points", CameraTips.com. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.
3. Laing, Gordon (November 2010). "Nikon D3100 Movie Mode". Nikon D3100 Review. CameraLabs.com. 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.
4. "Nikon updates entry-level DSLR with 24MP D3200 and optional WiFi". Digital Photography Review. April 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
5. "Specifications – Nikon D3100". Nikon Corporation. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
6. "Nikon D3000 Lens Compatibility". Nikon Corporation. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
7. Nikon D60 electronic rangefinder. Digital Photography Review. Retrieved on 7 September 2012.
8. John White's AI conversions for Nikon lenses Aiconversions
9. "D3100 accessories". Nikon USA. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
10. Solmeta Geotaggers Solmeta
11. Dawn di-GPS Products Dawn
12. EasyTag GPS and Wireless Bluetooth Modules Easytag
13. Foolography Unleashed Bluetooth Geotagging Foolography
14. Gisteq PhotoTrackr Plus for Nikon DSLR (Bluetooth) Gisteq
15. Phottix Geo One GPS Phottix
16. Nikon DSLR GPS Smack Down Results Terrywhite
17. Review: Geotagging with Easytag GPS module (Nikon GP-1 compatible) Trick77
18. Review: blueSLR Wireless Camera Control & GPS Geotagging Terrywhite
19. Battery Packs Phottix
20. Product search: Nikon D3100 Battery grip Google
21. Eye-Fi Wi-Fi network: how it works Eye-fi
22. Flash Units Compatible with Nikon's CLS including Wireless Master Dpanswers
23. Radio Triggers for Flash and Camera Dpanswers
24. Knight For Nikon Flashgun I-TTL Trigger Pixel
25. Radio Transmitters, Receivers and Accessories Pocketwizard
26. The Nikon Creative Lighting System: Wireless, Remote, Through-the-Lens Metered (iTTL) Flash! Imaging Resource
27. Guide to Nikon TTL Flashes photo.net
28. Pixel Knight TR-331 and TR-332 TTL Radio Triggers Dpanswers
29. Pixel Knight TR-331 Review Part III Inside the Viewfinder
30. Digitalcameratracker: Nikon D3100 reviews, ratings, sample photos Digitalcameratracker
31. "Nikon D3100". Digital Camera Views.
32. Imaging Resource Comparometer (needs Javascript enabled)
33. Nikon Hacker: Camera Matrix
34. Dxomark: Nikon D3200 and others: Compare cameras side by side

External links

• Digitutor Nikon D3100 Nikon (needs Flash)
• Nikon D3100 – Nikon global website