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Digital camera model
Nikon
D3100
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Type
| Digital single-lens reflex
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Lens
| Interchangeable,
Nikon F-mount
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Sensor
| 23.1 mm × 15.4 mm
Nikon DX format
RGB
CMOS sensor
, 1.5 ×
FOV crop
, 4.94 μm pixel size
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Sensor maker
| Nikon
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Maximum
resolution
| 4,608 × 3,072 (14.2 effective megapixels)
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Film speed
| 100?3200 in 1/3 EV steps, up to 12800 as boost
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Recording medium
| Secure Digital
, SDHC and SDXC compatible
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Focus
modes
| AF-A (Auto-servo AF); AF-S (Single-servo AF); AF-C (Continuous-servo AF); MF (Manual focus).
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Focus
areas
| 11-area AF system, Multi-CAM 1000 AF Sensor Module
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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.
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Exposure
metering
| TTL
3D Color Matrix Metering II metering with a 420-pixel RGB sensor
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Metering modes
| 3D Color Matrix Metering II, Center-weighted and Spot
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Flash
| Built in Pop-up, Guide number 13m at ISO 100, Standard ISO hotshoe, Compatible with the Nikon
Creative Lighting System
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Flash bracketing
| 2 or 3 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 or 2 EV
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Shutter
| Electronically-controlled vertical-travel
focal-plane shutter
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Shutter speed
range
| 30 s to 1/4000 s in 1/2 or 1/3 stops and Bulb, 1/200 s
X-sync
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Continuous shooting
| 3 frame/s
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Viewfinder
| Optical 0.80x, 95% Pentamirror
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White balance
| Auto, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Sunlight, Flash, Cloudy, Shade, Preset
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LCD screen
| 3.0-inch 230,000 pixel TFT-LCD
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Battery
| Nikon EN-EL14 rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery
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Weight
| Approx. 455 g (1.003 lb) without battery, memory card or body cap
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Made in
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Thailand
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Predecessor
| Nikon D3000
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Successor
| Nikon D3200
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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
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- 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
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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.
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[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
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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
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References
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- ^
"Nikon D3100"
.
Digital SLR Cameras products line-up
. Nikon Corporation. Archived from
the original
on 2011-03-21
. Retrieved
2010-08-19
.
- ^
Full Frame DSLR Cameras Part I ? Nikon vs Sony
Archived
2019-05-21 at the
Wayback Machine
Chipworks
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Winans, Moose.
"Nikon D3100 Focus Modes and Focus Points"
Archived
2012-12-27 at the
Wayback Machine
,
CameraTips.com
. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.
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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
Wayback Machine
Aiconversions
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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
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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
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Foolography Unleashed Bluetooth Geotagging
Archived
2011-08-08 at the
Wayback Machine
Foolography
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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
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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
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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
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Product search: Nikon D3100 Battery grip
Google
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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
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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
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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
Wayback Machine
(needs Javascript enabled)
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"Nikon Hacker: Camera Matrix"
. Archived from
the original
on 2013-07-24
. Retrieved
2012-10-16
.
- ^
"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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