Flash

Flash compensation

–3 – +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

Nikon Creative Lighting

Advanced Wireless Lighting supported with SB-900, SB-800, or SU-800 as

System (CLS)

commander; Flash Color Information Communication supported with

 

built-in flash and all CLS-compatible flash units

Sync terminal

AS-15 sync terminal adapter (available separately)

 

 

 

White balance

 

 

White balance

Auto, 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)

 

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)

Automatic scene

Available in i and j modes

 

selection

 

 

 

 

 

Movie

 

 

Metering

TTL exposure metering using main image sensor

Metering method

Matrix

 

Frame size (pixels) and

1,920 × 1,080 (24p); 24 fps

1,280 × 720 (30p); 30 fps

frame rate

(23.976 fps)

(29.97 fps)

 

1,280 × 720 (25p); 25 fps

1,280 × 720 (24p); 24 fps

 

640 × 424 (24p); 24 fps

(23.976 fps)

 

(23.976 fps)

 

File format

MOV

 

Video compression

H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding

Audio recording format

Linear PCM

 

Audio recording device

Built-in monaural microphone

 

 

 

 

Monitor

 

 

Monitor

7.5-cm/3-in., approx. 230k-dot TFT LCD with brightness adjustment

 

 

 

Playback

 

 

Playback

Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images or calendar) playback with

 

playback zoom, movie playback, slide show, histogram display,

 

highlights, auto image rotation, and image comment (up to 36

 

characters)

 

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