Thursday 14 March 2013
Digital photography is already a daily reality in which the use of DSLR cameras is no longer the exclusive domain of experts. The D3100 puts in your hands the power of an SLR with the simplicity of an initiation chamber.
The D3100 is a camera designed for those who want great photos without having deep knowledge. Also is the best host to begin to take our first steps in photography.
When you activate the live view mode and select the permanent servo AF mode (AF-F), the camera keeps focusing subjects without having to press the shutter (practical answer for photos and movies). There is also a face priority AF that fixes focus on faces, even if people do not look directly at the camera. The camera can recognize up to 35 faces at a time and then focus on the face that is determined to be located closer to the camera. Although people who are in the frame move, the camera will continue tracking and focusing. The live view makes the D3100 as easy to use as a compact camera.
Next to the screen is a handy lever with which we can switch the LiveView mode. With it enabled you can use the dedicated button for recording video immediately.
SLR camera is a small, very light and ergonomically optimized to achieve the best results with the minimum of fuss.
The camera has a rechargeable lithium ion that can reach up to approximately 550 shots per charge.
Various autofocus modes cover nearly any situation, including auto-area AF that automatically selects the subject you want to focus and 3D tracking, which keeps the focus on a subject regardless of changes in the composition, every time you press the shutter button halfway.
Lens mount Nikon F mount (with AF contacts)
Effective angle of view: Approximately 1.5x lens focal length (Nikon DX format)
Image sensor: CMOS sensor 23.1 x 15.4 mm
Effective pixels 14.2 million pixels
Total Pixels 14.8 million pixels
Dust reduction system Image Sensor Cleaning, baseline dust removal from the image (requires optional Capture NX 2 software)
Image size (pixels) 4608 x 3072 (G) 3456 × 2304 (M) 2304 × 1536 (P)
File Format NEF (compressed RAW), JPEG: Compatible with JPEG baseline with fine (approx. 1:
4), normal (approx. 1: 8), or basic (approx. 1: 16), it is possible to record Simultaneous RAW and JPEG images compressed good
Supports SD memory cards (Secure Digital), SDHC, SDXC and Eye-Fi
Picture Control System Can be selected from Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait and
Landscape. You can change the selected Picture Control
Viewfinder single-lens reflex with eye level pentamirror
Frame coverage Approx. 95% (horizontal) and 95% (vertical)
Increases Approximately 0.8 × (50mm f / 1.4 lens at infinity, -1.0 m-1)
Focus 18 mm (-1.0 m-1)
Diopter Adjustment -1.7 to +0.5 m-1
Focusing Screen Clear Matte Mark VII BriteView type B
Reflex Mirror Quick-return type
Lens aperture Instant return, electronically controlled
Compatible lenses NIKKOR AF-S or AF-I: All functions supported. AF NIKKOR Type G or D without integrated autofocus motor: support all functions except autofocus. Other AF NIKKOR without integrated autofocus motor: All functions supported except autofocus and 3D color matrix metering II. IX NIKKOR NIKKOR for F3AF: not compatible. Type D PC Objectives: All functions supported except autofocus and some shooting modes. AI-P NIKKOR: All functions supported except autofocus and 3D color matrix metering II. No CPU does not support autofocus. Can be used in exposure mode M, but exposure meter does not function. Electronic rangefinder can be used if lens has a maximum aperture of f / 5.6 or faster.Type focal plane shutter Shutter Electronically controlled vertical displacement
Shutter speed 1/4.000 to 30 s in steps of 1/3 EV, Bulb
Flash sync speed X = 1/200 s; synchronizes with shutter at 1/200 s or slower
Shooting Mode Single frame, continuous, self-timer, quiet shutter
Advance speed frames up to 3 fps (manual focus, mode M or S, shutter speed 1/250 s or faster, and other settings at default values)Timer 2 s, 10 s
Metering TTL exposure metering using 420-pixel RGB sensor
Measuring method Matrix: 3D color matrix metering II (type G and D), color matrix metering II (other CPU lenses) Center-weighted: 75% of the measurement is assigned to 8mm circle of center of frame, Spot: Meters 3.5-mm circle (about 2.5% of frame) centered on selected focus pointRange (ISO 100, lens f / 1.4, 20 ° C) matrix or center-weighted metering: 0 to 20 EV; metering: 2 to 20 EV
Exposure lock Luminosity locked at detected value with AE-L/AF-L button
ISO sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index) ISO 100 to 3200 in steps of 1 EV, can also be adjusted by approximately 2 EV above ISO 3200 (ISO 12800 equivalent), control ISO sensitivity auto available
Active D-Lightning can enable or disable
Autofocus sensor module Multi-CAM 1000 autofocus Nikon with TTL phase detection, 11 focus points (including one cross-type sensor) and AF-assist illuminator (range approximately 0.5 to 3 m)
Detection range -1 to +19 EV (ISO 100 at 20 ° C)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 automatically activated according to subject status. Manual focus (MF): You can use the electronic rangefinderAF-area mode Single-point AF, dynamic-area AF, auto-area AF, 3D tracking AF (11 points)
Focus Lock Focus can be locked by pressing the shutter button halfway (single-servo AF) or the AE-L/AF-L
Built-in flash guide number of approximately 12 m (ISO 100, 20 ° C), 13 m with manual flash; modes Auto,
Portrait, Child, Close-up, Night portrait: Auto flash with auto opener, P, S, A, M : manual with button
Flash Control TTL balanced fill-flash i-TTL and standard i-TTL flash for digital SLR using 420-pixel RGB sensor. Fill flash i-TTL balanced is available with built-in flash and SB-900, SB-800, SB-600 or SB-400 when matrix metering is selected or center-weighted. The standard i-TTL flash is available with built-in flash, SB-900, SB-800, SB-600 or SB-400 when spot metering is selected (you can set the flash mode using Speedlight controls with SB -900, SB-800 and SB-600). Auto aperture: Available with SB-900/SB-800 and CPU lens. Non-TTL auto: Supported flash units include SB-900, SB-800, SB-80DX, SB-28DX, SB-28, SB-27 and SB-22S. Distance-priority manual: Available with SB-900 and SB-800
Angle of coverage Sufficient to illuminate the angle of view of a 18mm lens. It is possible that the margins of the image appear slightly dark depending on the conditions, for example, the lens used and the aperture setting.
Flash mode Auto, Portrait, Child, Close-up: Auto, Auto with red-eye reduction and off available with built-in flash, fill-flash and red-eye reduction available with optional flash units. Night portrait: Auto slow sync, auto slow sync with red-eye reduction and off available with built-in flash, Slow sync and slow sync with red-eye reduction available with optional flash units. Landscape, sports: Fill-flash and red-eye reduction available with optional flash units. P, A: Fill flash, rear-curtain with slow sync, slow sync, slow sync with red-eye reduction, red-eye reduction. S, M: Fill flash, rear-curtain sync, red-eye reduction
Flash compensation -3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 EV
Flash-ready indicator Lights when built-in flash or optional flash unit (eg, SB-900, SB-800, SB-600, SB-400, SB-80DX, SB-28DX or SB-50DX) is fully charged; blinks for 3 s after flash is fired at full power
Accessory shoe ISO 518 with sync and data contacts and safety lock
Sync terminal Sync Terminal Adapter AS-15 (available separately)
Creative Lighting System Nikon (CLS) Advanced Wireless Lighting supported with SB-900, SB-800 or SU-800 as commander. Supports communication of color information from the flash built-in flash and all
Live View - Lens servo Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); continuous servo AF (AF-F). Manual focus (MF)
Live View - AF area mode Face-priority AF, wide area AF, normal-area AF, subject tracking AF
Autofocus Contrast-detect AF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point automatically when selected
Face-priority AF or subject-tracking AF)
Automatic scene selection Available in auto flash modes and auto flash offVideo Recording File format: MOV
Video Recording size / speed frame advance: 1920 x 1080, 24 fps, 1280 × 720, 30 fps
Video Recording Video compression: H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding
Recording movies Audio recording format: Linear PCM
Recording movies Audio (Sound): Monaural microphone built. You can enable or disable.
Shooting Movies Metering: TTL exposure metering using main image sensorScreen 3 inches. TFT LCD of
7.5 cm and approximately 230,000 dots with brightness adjustment
Playback Playing full screen video playback, playback of thumbnail (4, 9 or 72 images or calendar), slide show, histogram display, highlight display, auto image rotation and image comment (up to 36 characters)Functions retouching D-Lighting, red-eye correction, trim, monochrome, filter effects, color balance, small picture, image overlay, NEF (RAW), quick retouch, straighten, distortion control, fisheye, color contour, perspective control, Miniature effect and video editing
Supported Languages Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish
Battery One Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL14 (supplied)
AC Adapter AC Adapter EH-5a; requires a mains connector EP-5A (available separately)
Dimensions (W × H × D) Approx. 124 × 96 × 74.5 mm
Approx. 455 g (camera body only) Approx. 505 g with battery and memory card but without body cap
Durability Both the body and the shutter can last up to approximately 100,000 cycles.
The D3100 is a camera designed for those who want great photos without having deep knowledge. Also is the best host to begin to take our first steps in photography.
Construction
The D3100 includes new controls that enable handling of an easy and quick. Under the mode dial to find the lever release mode, with which we can quickly change from photo to photo to burst, timed shot or quiet shutter.
When you activate the live view mode and select the permanent servo AF mode (AF-F), the camera keeps focusing subjects without having to press the shutter (practical answer for photos and movies). There is also a face priority AF that fixes focus on faces, even if people do not look directly at the camera. The camera can recognize up to 35 faces at a time and then focus on the face that is determined to be located closer to the camera. Although people who are in the frame move, the camera will continue tracking and focusing. The live view makes the D3100 as easy to use as a compact camera.
Next to the screen is a handy lever with which we can switch the LiveView mode. With it enabled you can use the dedicated button for recording video immediately.
SLR camera is a small, very light and ergonomically optimized to achieve the best results with the minimum of fuss.
The camera has a rechargeable lithium ion that can reach up to approximately 550 shots per charge.
Advanced Guide Mode
The new mode becomes advanced guide our D3100 in a photography teacher who guides us step by step with examples and tips on how to get the picture you want. all families to obtain images of great beauty. Whether the moment requires a family portrait or a sharp making kids run, Guide Mode shows you how to take stunning photos in record time.
Sensitivity
The 14.2 megapixel sensor of the Nikon D3100 has an ISO range of 100-3200, has an Auto ISO setting and extendable up to ISO 12800 manually by adjusting Hi2. Enables faster shutter speeds, significantly reducing the risk of blurred images when shooting fast-moving subjects or low light photography.
Video
The video on the D3100 is new. In this case we can record video in 1080p FullHD. We give a creative touch to the video if also recorded using one of the camera scene modes.In matters of approach, the D3100 has a continuous focus system that can be used in video recording. It also has a tracking system subject to lock the focus on a moving subject.
Special Features
11-point AF System
Autofocus precision and high speed of the D3100 responds immediately to changes in scene or composition and keeps the focus set to capture fleeting expressions and fast movements in sports. The tool center focus point features a cross-type sensor while the new superimposed display in the viewfinder gets a clear, uncluttered.Various autofocus modes cover nearly any situation, including auto-area AF that automatically selects the subject you want to focus and 3D tracking, which keeps the focus on a subject regardless of changes in the composition, every time you press the shutter button halfway.
Picture Control
Picture Control profiles found in the D3100 are six: Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait and Landscape. Help determine the look of the photos and videos before shooting. In addition, you can customize the settings by adjusting sharpness, contrast, brightness, saturation and hue, thus adjusting each of the profiles to our preferences.
Active D-Lighting
The shots taken in bright sunlight often generate images with a very pronounced contrast between light and dark areas, which reduces the tone and level of detail. The Active D-Lighting corrects all these effects efficiently as it retains the important details in both shadows and in the highlights. The result is a photo with optimal exposure that reflect the actual scene more accurately
Photo playback with effects
To see the photos, you can choose from a series of transitions. For slideshows, available effects like Zoom / Fade and Cube. To view photos individually, you can choose Input slide and Zoom / Fade. In addition, you can enjoy these slideshows on the camera screen or connecting it to your television via HDMI connection.
Conclusion
The Nikon D3100 SLR camera is perfect for those who want to learn SLR photography but who want to learn little by little, or for those who simply want another level of quality without complications.Specs
Type DSLR Single Lens
Lens mount Nikon F mount (with AF contacts)
Effective angle of view: Approximately 1.5x lens focal length (Nikon DX format)
Image sensor: CMOS sensor 23.1 x 15.4 mm
Effective pixels 14.2 million pixels
Total Pixels 14.8 million pixels
Dust reduction system Image Sensor Cleaning, baseline dust removal from the image (requires optional Capture NX 2 software)
Image size (pixels) 4608 x 3072 (G) 3456 × 2304 (M) 2304 × 1536 (P)
File Format NEF (compressed RAW), JPEG: Compatible with JPEG baseline with fine (approx. 1:
4), normal (approx. 1: 8), or basic (approx. 1: 16), it is possible to record Simultaneous RAW and JPEG images compressed good
Supports SD memory cards (Secure Digital), SDHC, SDXC and Eye-Fi
Picture Control System Can be selected from Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait and
Landscape. You can change the selected Picture Control
Viewfinder single-lens reflex with eye level pentamirror
Frame coverage Approx. 95% (horizontal) and 95% (vertical)
Increases Approximately 0.8 × (50mm f / 1.4 lens at infinity, -1.0 m-1)
Focus 18 mm (-1.0 m-1)
Diopter Adjustment -1.7 to +0.5 m-1
Focusing Screen Clear Matte Mark VII BriteView type B
Reflex Mirror Quick-return type
Lens aperture Instant return, electronically controlled
Compatible lenses NIKKOR AF-S or AF-I: All functions supported. AF NIKKOR Type G or D without integrated autofocus motor: support all functions except autofocus. Other AF NIKKOR without integrated autofocus motor: All functions supported except autofocus and 3D color matrix metering II. IX NIKKOR NIKKOR for F3AF: not compatible. Type D PC Objectives: All functions supported except autofocus and some shooting modes. AI-P NIKKOR: All functions supported except autofocus and 3D color matrix metering II. No CPU does not support autofocus. Can be used in exposure mode M, but exposure meter does not function. Electronic rangefinder can be used if lens has a maximum aperture of f / 5.6 or faster.Type focal plane shutter Shutter Electronically controlled vertical displacement
Shutter speed 1/4.000 to 30 s in steps of 1/3 EV, Bulb
Flash sync speed X = 1/200 s; synchronizes with shutter at 1/200 s or slower
Shooting Mode Single frame, continuous, self-timer, quiet shutter
Advance speed frames up to 3 fps (manual focus, mode M or S, shutter speed 1/250 s or faster, and other settings at default values)Timer 2 s, 10 s
Metering TTL exposure metering using 420-pixel RGB sensor
Measuring method Matrix: 3D color matrix metering II (type G and D), color matrix metering II (other CPU lenses) Center-weighted: 75% of the measurement is assigned to 8mm circle of center of frame, Spot: Meters 3.5-mm circle (about 2.5% of frame) centered on selected focus pointRange (ISO 100, lens f / 1.4, 20 ° C) matrix or center-weighted metering: 0 to 20 EV; metering: 2 to 20 EV
Exposure meter coupling CPU
Mode Automatic modes (Auto, Auto [Flash Off], scene modes (Portrait, Landscape, Child, Sports,
Close-up, Night Portrait), Programmed Auto with flexible program (P), Automatic shutter-priority (S),
Aperture-Priority Auto (A), Manual (M)
Exposure compensation -5 to +5 EV in increments of 1/3 EVExposure lock Luminosity locked at detected value with AE-L/AF-L button
ISO sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index) ISO 100 to 3200 in steps of 1 EV, can also be adjusted by approximately 2 EV above ISO 3200 (ISO 12800 equivalent), control ISO sensitivity auto available
Active D-Lightning can enable or disable
Autofocus sensor module Multi-CAM 1000 autofocus Nikon with TTL phase detection, 11 focus points (including one cross-type sensor) and AF-assist illuminator (range approximately 0.5 to 3 m)
Detection range -1 to +19 EV (ISO 100 at 20 ° C)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 automatically activated according to subject status. Manual focus (MF): You can use the electronic rangefinderAF-area mode Single-point AF, dynamic-area AF, auto-area AF, 3D tracking AF (11 points)
Focus Lock Focus can be locked by pressing the shutter button halfway (single-servo AF) or the AE-L/AF-L
Built-in flash guide number of approximately 12 m (ISO 100, 20 ° C), 13 m with manual flash; modes Auto,
Portrait, Child, Close-up, Night portrait: Auto flash with auto opener, P, S, A, M : manual with button
Flash Control TTL balanced fill-flash i-TTL and standard i-TTL flash for digital SLR using 420-pixel RGB sensor. Fill flash i-TTL balanced is available with built-in flash and SB-900, SB-800, SB-600 or SB-400 when matrix metering is selected or center-weighted. The standard i-TTL flash is available with built-in flash, SB-900, SB-800, SB-600 or SB-400 when spot metering is selected (you can set the flash mode using Speedlight controls with SB -900, SB-800 and SB-600). Auto aperture: Available with SB-900/SB-800 and CPU lens. Non-TTL auto: Supported flash units include SB-900, SB-800, SB-80DX, SB-28DX, SB-28, SB-27 and SB-22S. Distance-priority manual: Available with SB-900 and SB-800
Angle of coverage Sufficient to illuminate the angle of view of a 18mm lens. It is possible that the margins of the image appear slightly dark depending on the conditions, for example, the lens used and the aperture setting.
Flash mode Auto, Portrait, Child, Close-up: Auto, Auto with red-eye reduction and off available with built-in flash, fill-flash and red-eye reduction available with optional flash units. Night portrait: Auto slow sync, auto slow sync with red-eye reduction and off available with built-in flash, Slow sync and slow sync with red-eye reduction available with optional flash units. Landscape, sports: Fill-flash and red-eye reduction available with optional flash units. P, A: Fill flash, rear-curtain with slow sync, slow sync, slow sync with red-eye reduction, red-eye reduction. S, M: Fill flash, rear-curtain sync, red-eye reduction
Flash compensation -3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 EV
Flash-ready indicator Lights when built-in flash or optional flash unit (eg, SB-900, SB-800, SB-600, SB-400, SB-80DX, SB-28DX or SB-50DX) is fully charged; blinks for 3 s after flash is fired at full power
Accessory shoe ISO 518 with sync and data contacts and safety lock
Sync terminal Sync Terminal Adapter AS-15 (available separately)
Creative Lighting System Nikon (CLS) Advanced Wireless Lighting supported with SB-900, SB-800 or SU-800 as commander. Supports communication of color information from the flash built-in flash and all
CLS-compatible flash units
White Balance Auto (TTL white balance with main image sensor and 420-pixel RGB sensor), Incandescent, Fluorescent (7 types), Direct Sunlight, Flash, Cloudy, Shade, preset manual, all except preset manual with fine adjustment.Live View - Lens servo Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); continuous servo AF (AF-F). Manual focus (MF)
Live View - AF area mode Face-priority AF, wide area AF, normal-area AF, subject tracking AF
Autofocus Contrast-detect AF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point automatically when selected
Face-priority AF or subject-tracking AF)
Automatic scene selection Available in auto flash modes and auto flash offVideo Recording File format: MOV
Video Recording size / speed frame advance: 1920 x 1080, 24 fps, 1280 × 720, 30 fps
Video Recording Video compression: H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding
Recording movies Audio recording format: Linear PCM
Recording movies Audio (Sound): Monaural microphone built. You can enable or disable.
Shooting Movies Metering: TTL exposure metering using main image sensorScreen 3 inches. TFT LCD of
7.5 cm and approximately 230,000 dots with brightness adjustment
Playback Playing full screen video playback, playback of thumbnail (4, 9 or 72 images or calendar), slide show, histogram display, highlight display, auto image rotation and image comment (up to 36 characters)Functions retouching D-Lighting, red-eye correction, trim, monochrome, filter effects, color balance, small picture, image overlay, NEF (RAW), quick retouch, straighten, distortion control, fisheye, color contour, perspective control, Miniature effect and video editing
USB Hi-Speed USB
Minicontactos HDMI connector HDMI Type C
Accessory terminal Remote Cord MC-DC2 (available separately) GPS unit: GP-1 (available separately)Supported Languages Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish
Battery One Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL14 (supplied)
AC Adapter AC Adapter EH-5a; requires a mains connector EP-5A (available separately)
Dimensions (W × H × D) Approx. 124 × 96 × 74.5 mm
Approx. 455 g (camera body only) Approx. 505 g with battery and memory card but without body cap
Durability Both the body and the shutter can last up to approximately 100,000 cycles.
