The stunningly simple-to-use D3100 is every family's answer to beautiful images. Whether the moment calls for a family portrait or a sharp shot of toddlers on the run, Guide Mode shows you how to capture stunning photos in no time at all. D-Movie lets you record full HD movie clips and capture the action in superb quality day or night. Nikon’s advanced EXPEED 2 image processing engine maximizes the performance of the 14.2 megapixel CMOS sensor for amazingly clear images with vivid colors. Incredibly lightweight for an SLR, the D3100 makes it easy to capture your family looking wonderful wherever you go.

• 14.2 megapixel DX-format CMOS image sensor
• EXPEED 2: Nikon's advanced image processing engine
• High ISO (100-3200) light sensitivity - extendable up to 12800
• GUIDE mode: intuitive in-camera assistance
• D-Movie: full HD (1920 x 1080) movie clips
  
  
  

  Key Features

  14.2 Megapixel DX-format CMOS Image Sensor delivers beautiful photographs and prints well beyond 20 x 30 inches.
  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).
  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.
  Fast 11-point Autofocus System delivers razor-sharp pictures.
  3-in. monitor with One-Touch Live View shooting and movie capture.
  Built-in HDMI port lets you connect directly to your HDTV using an optional HDMI cable
  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.
  Picture Control lets you choose from Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, or Landscape to apply a personal look and feel to your pictures.
  Built-in pop-up flash for those times when there isn't enough light
  Includes 3x 18-55mm Zoom-NIKKOR VR Image Stabilization Lens with legendary NIKKOR optical quality and fast, accurate autofocus for vivid color, striking contrast and crisp detail and VR image stabilization to ensure the sharpest hand-held pictures and movies.
  Compact and Lightweight Design Beautifully styled-Ready to go wherever life takes you.
  Split-second Shutter Response eliminates the frustration of shutter delay, capturing moments that other cameras miss.
  ISO sensitivity 100-3200, expandable to ISO 12800 equivalent delivers exceptional results, even in the most challenging low-light situations.
  Scene Auto Selector lets the D3100 decide the best mode to match the shooting situation when using Live View.
  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.
  Active D-Lighting restores picture-enhancing detail in shadows and highlights.
  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.
  In-camera Image Editing allows creative freedom, without the need for a computer, offering easy editing functions.
  
  
  
  MAIN SPECIFICATIONS
  
  

  Type	Single-lens reflex digital camera
  Lens mount	Nikon F mount (with AF contacts)
  Effective angle of view	Approximately 1.5x lens focal length (Nikon DX format)
  Image sensor	23.1 x 15.4 mm CMOS sensor
  Effective pixels	14.2 million pixels
  Total pixels	14.8 million pixels
  Dust-reduction system	Image sensor cleaning, Image Dust Off reference data (optional Capture NX 2 software required)
  Image size (pixels)	4,608 x 3,072 (L); 3,456 × 2,304 (M); 2,304 × 1,536 (S)
  File format	NEF (compressed RAW); JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1 : 4), normal (approx. 1 : 8), or basic (approx. 1 : 16) compression; Simultaneous recording of compressed RAW and JPEG fine image possible
  Media	SD (Secure Digital), SDHC, SDXC, and Eye-Fi memory cards
  Picture Control System	Can be selected from Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Landscape, Portrait; selected Picture Control can be modified
  Viewfinder	Eye-level pentamirror single-lens reflex viewfinder
  Frame coverage	Approx. 95% horizontal and 95% vertical
  Magnification	Approximately 0.8× (50mm f/1.4 lens at infinity, -1.0 m-1)
  Eyepoint	18 mm (-1.0 m-1)
  Diopter adjustment	-1.7 to +0.5 m-1
  Focusing screen	Type B BriteView Clear Matte Mark VII screen
  Reflex mirror	Quick return type
  Lens aperture	Instant return, electronically controlled
  Compatible lenses	AF-S or AF-I NIKKOR: All functions supported. Type G or D AF NIKKOR without built-in autofocus motor: All functions except autofocus supported. Other AF NIKKOR without built-in autofocus motor: All functions supported except autofocus and 3D color matrix metering II. IX NIKKOR and F3AF: Not supported. Type D PC lenses: All functions supported except autofocus and some shooting modes. AI-P NIKKOR: All functions supported except autofocus and 3D color matrix metering II. Non-CPU: Autofocus not supported. 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.
  Shutter Type	Electronically controlled, vertical-travel focal-plane shutter
  Shutter Speed	1/4000 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
  Release mode	Single frame, continuous, self-timer, quiet shutter release
  Frame advance rate	Up to 3 fps (manual focus, mode M or S, shutter speed 1/250 s or faster, and other settings at default values)
  Self-timer	2 s, 10 s
  Metering	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% given to 8-mm circle in center of frame; Spot: Meters 3.5 mm circle (about 2.5 % of frame) centered on selected focus point
  Range (ISO 100, f/1.4 lens, 20 °C/68 °F)	Matrix or center-weighted metering: 0 to 20 EV; Spot metering: 2 to 20 EV
  Exposure meter coupling	CPU
  Mode	Auto modes (auto, auto (flash off); scene modes (portrait, landscape, child, sports, close up, night portrait); programmed auto with flexible program (P); shutter-priority auto (S); aperture-priority auto (A); manual (M)
  Exposure compensation	-5 to +5 EV in increments of 1/3 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 set to approx. 2 EV above ISO 3200 (ISO 12800 equivalent); auto ISO sensitivity control available
  Active D-Lighting	Can be selected from on or off
  Autofocus	Nikon Multi-CAM 1000 autofocus sensor module with TTL phase detection, 11 focus points (including one cross-type sensor), and AF-assist illuminator (range approx. 0.5-3 m/1 ft. 8 in.-9 ft. 10 in.)
  Detection range	-1 to +19 EV (ISO 100 at 20°C/68°F)
  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. Manual focus (MF): Electronic rangefinder can be used
  AF-area mode	Single-point AF, dynamic-area AF, auto-area AF, 3D-tracking (11 points)
  Focus lock	Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF) or by pressing AE-L/AF-L button
  Built-in flash	Guide number of approximately 12/39, 13/43 with manual flash (m/ft, ISO 100, 20°C/68°F); Auto, portrait, child, close up, night portrait: Auto flash with auto pop-up; P, S, A, M: Manual pop-up with button release
  Flash control	TTL: i-TTL balanced fill-flash and standard i-TTL flash for digital SLR using 420-pixel RGB sensor. i-TTL balanced fill-flash is available with built-in flash and SB-900, SB-800, SB-600, or SB-400 when matrix or center-weighted metering is selected. Standard i-TTL is available with built-in flash and SB-900, SB-800, SB-600, or SB-400 when spot metering is selected (Flash mode can be set 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 an 18 mm lens. Picture edges may be slightly dark depending upon conditions, such as the lens used and the aperture setting.
  Flash mode	Auto, portrait, child, close up: Auto, auto with red-eye reduction, 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, 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 such as 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 output
  Accessory shoe	ISO 518 hot-shoe with sync and data contacts and safety lock
  Sync terminal	AS-15 sync terminal adapter (available separately)
  Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS)	Advanced Wireless Lighting supported with SB-900, SB-800, or SU-800 as commander. Flash color information communication supported with 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 tuning.
  Live View - Lens servo	Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); full-time-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 face-priority AF or subject-tracking AF is selected)
  Scene auto selection	Available in auto and auto flash off modes
  Movie recording	File format: MOV
  Movie recording	Frame size/rate: 1920 × 1080, 24 fps; 1280 × 720, 30 fps
  Movie Recording	Video compression: H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding
  Movie Recording	Audio recording format: Linear PCM
  Movie Recording	Audio (Sound): Monaural microphone built in. Can be set to on or off.
  Movie Recording	Metering: TTL exposure metering using main image sensor
  Monitor	3-in. (7.5cm)., approx. 230k-dot TFT LCD with brightness adjustment
  Playback	Full-frame playback; Movie playback; Thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images or calendar) playback; Slide show; Histogram display; Highlights display; Auto image rotation; Image comment (up to 36 characters)
  Retouch functions	D-Lighting, red-eye correction, trim, 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
  USB	Hi-Speed USB
  HDMI output	Type C HDMI connector
  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, Turkish
  Battery	One rechargeable Li-ion EN-EL14 battery (supplied)
  AC adapter	EH-5a AC adapter; requires EP-5A power connector (available separately)
  Dimensions (W × H × D)	Approx.124 × 96 × 74.5 mm (4.9 × 3.8 × 2.9 in.)
  Weight	Approx. 500 g (1 lb. 1.6 oz.) with battery and memory card but without body cap
  Durability	Body and shutter unit both durable up to approximately 100,000 cycles.