Specifications

❚❚Nikon D3000 Digital Camera

Type

Type

Single-lens reflex digital camera

 

Lens mount

Nikon F mount (with AF contacts)

 

Effective picture angle

Approx. 1.5 × lens focal length (Nikon DX format)

 

 

 

Effective pixels

 

 

Effective pixels

10.2 million

 

 

 

 

Image sensor

 

 

Image sensor

23.6 × 15.8 mm CCD sensor

 

Total pixels

10.75 million

 

Dust-reduction System

Image sensor cleaning, Image Dust Off reference data (optional

 

Capture NX 2 software required)

 

 

 

 

Storage

 

 

Image size (pixels)

3,872 × 2,592 (L)

2,896 × 1,944 (M)

 

1,936 × 1,296 (S)

 

File format

• NEF (RAW)

 

 

• JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1 : 4), normal (approx.

 

1 : 8), or basic (approx. 1 : 16) compression

 

• NEF (RAW)+JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and

 

JPEG formats

 

Picture Control System

Can be selected from Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait,

 

Landscape; selected Picture Control can be modified

Media

SD (Secure Digital) memory cards, SDHC-compliant

File system

DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) 2.0, DPOF (Digital Print Order

 

Format), Exif 2.21 (Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still

 

Cameras), PictBridge

 

 

 

 

Viewfinder

 

 

Viewfinder

Eye-level pentamirror single-lens reflex viewfinder

Frame coverage

Approx. 95% horizontal and 95% vertical

Magnification

Approx. 0.8 × (50mm f/1.4 lens at infinity, –1.0 m–1)

Eyepoint

18 mm (–1.0 m–1)

 

Diopter adjustment

–1.7–+0.5 m–1

 

Focusing screen

Type B BriteView Clear Matte Mark V screen with focus frame (framing

 

grid can be displayed)

 

Reflex mirror

Quick return

 

Lens aperture

Instant return, electronically controlled

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