Specifications

❚❚Nikon D3100 Digital Camera

Type

Type

Single-lens reflex digital camera

 

Lens mount

Nikon F mount (with AF contacts)

 

Effective angle of view

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

 

 

 

Effective pixels

 

 

Effective pixels

14.2 million

 

 

 

 

Image sensor

 

 

Image sensor

23.1 × 15.4 mm CMOS sensor

 

Total pixels

14.8 million

 

Dust-reduction System

Image sensor cleaning, Image Dust Off reference data (optional

 

Capture NX 2 software required)

 

 

 

 

Storage

 

 

Image size (pixels)

4,608 × 3,072 (L)

3,456 × 2,304 (M)

 

2,304 × 1,536 (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

Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, Landscape; selected

 

Picture Control can be modified

 

Media

SD (Secure Digital), SDHC, and SDXC memory cards

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 × (50 mm 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 VII screen

Reflex mirror

Quick return

 

Lens aperture

Instant return, electronically controlled

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