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Nikon D3100 Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm VR Lens Kit (14.2MP) 3 inch LCD

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4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (188 customer reviews)


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Technical Details

  • 14.2 megapixel DX-format CMOS image sensor delivers lifelike images with vivid colours and reduced noise
  • EXPEED2 image processing engine provides enhanced movie recording, high-sensitivity performance and maximum image quality
  • High ISO (100-3200) light sensitivity - manually extendable up to ISO12800
  • D-Movie – full HD (1920 x 1080) movie clips: record beautiful high-definition (HD) movie clips with sound
  • GUIDE mode: quick and easy-to-use in-camera assistance
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Product details

  • Product Dimensions: 12.4 x 7.5 x 9.6 cm ; 503 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 1.8 Kg
  • Batteries: 1 Lithium ion batteries required. (included)
  • Item model number: VBA280K001
  • ASIN: B00403MA4M
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 20 Aug 2010
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (188 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 330 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

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Product Description

Product Description

Offering a remarkable specification in a competitively priced entry-level camera, the Nikon D3100 Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm Zoom Lens offers a great route into creative, high quality SLR photography.

Explore further photographic possibilities

This 14.2 mp camera is driven by Nikon's potent EXPEED 2 image processor, and delivers photos with beautiful low-noise clarity. The amazing D3100 will also allow Full HD movie clips with sound, so you can choose exactly how you want to record life's precious moments!

Easy to use, the D3100 Digital SLR Camera sports a selection of exposure modes that cater to complete beginners and the more experienced shooter alike. If you're unused to SLR photography and want point and shoot simplicity, Scene Auto Selector will automatically choose the best scene mode for your subject. At the opposite end of the scale, those wanting more creative control can make use of the more traditional fully manual mode, or shutter and aperture priority modes.

Creatively capture your moments

The Nikon D3100 is an advanced camera that beginners can grow into! There's even a Guide Mode to help the less experienced photographer achieve the desired results.

The lens included in this Nikon D3100 Digital SLR Camera kit is the 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S VR DX NIKKOR. Taking the 1.5x crop factor of the D3100 sensor into account, the focal length equates to a 27-82.5mm zoom (35mm equivalent), which is great for subjects ranging from landscapes to individual portraits. The built-in Nikon VR image stabilisation allows more flexible hand-held shooting in lower lighting conditions, providing up to 3 stops of extra exposure. You'll enjoy impressive optical quality and fast, quiet focusing with this versatile kit lens!

With all of these and many other advanced features, your photography will know few limits once you have the Nikon D3100 Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm Zoom Lens at your side!

Manufacturer's Description

Pure and simple D-SLR for the family

Guide mode can help you to improve images eg. by blurring the background using aperture or shutter speed settings
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The D3100 is designed for newcomers to D-SLR photography, especially young families who want to take beautiful pictures without worrying about complicated functionality. A range of automatic settings means the camera will do all the hard work much like on a compact camera: Live View with Scene Auto Selector selects the mode that best matches your shooting situation; Scene Recognition delivers sharply defined images by analysing the scene and optimising the camera settings immediately before the shutter is released; and Guide Mode will take you step-by-step through the process of how to get the picture you want.

The Guide to great photos

For the newcomer to D-SLRs, the intelligent, improved Guide Mode, as seen previously on the D3000, gives you step-by-step instructions of how to change the camera settings to achieve the shot you want. This means you not only get great pictures, but it helps you to understand how the shot was achieved so you can develop your photography skills more intuitively. You can even view sample images of what you can expect from each setting, for example if you change the aperture or shutter speed settings.

Stunning pictures in every situation
Stunning pictures in every situation, fulltime servo AF (AF-F) mode keeps subjects in focus
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The 14.2 megapixel CMOS image sensor, new powerful EXPEED 2 processing engine and a wide range of NIKKOR lenses deliver excellent pictures with amazing detail wherever you are and whatever you are doing. It has ISO 100-3200 sensitivity, with the versatility of effectively boosting ISO up to 12800. This significantly reduces the risk of blurred images when taking pictures of the most energetic children or an evening barbeque with all the family.

Full HD movies for all the family

Using the easy-access movie record button you can instantly switch to video mode on the D3100, and the D-Movie function allows you to record stunning full 1080p HD movie clips at 24fps with sound. The camera's large image sensor and high ISO sensitivity offers exceptional image quality, and the wide variety of NIKKOR lenses can be used to create cinematic effects. You can also make simple edits of your clips in-camera by deleting scenes or save specific frames as still images – nothing will be missed for the family photo album. The D3100 is also HDMI compatible so you can connect your camera to an HD television to view your movies in full HD from your sofa.

Automatic scene-mode selection
Live View will also recognise as many as 35 faces at a time
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The 11-point autofocus system will make sure everything is in focus and ensures razor-sharp images to capture even the most fleeting of expressions or movements. Additionally, the bright viewfinder means you can see and focus precisely on the image you want to capture, quickly and easily. Live View with Scene Auto Selector is an intuitive and familiar way of taking pictures, useful for those who have only used a compact camera, and makes it easy to compose images using the LCD monitor. Scene Auto Selector will select the best mode for the scene and subject you want to capture, and Fulltime servo AF (AF-F) mode keeps subjects in focus without the need to press the shutter release button. Live View will also recognise as many as 35 faces at a time and even if people in the frame move, the camera will continue tracking and focusing on them.

Don't miss a moment

The D3100 is the essential item for every family event or day out. The camera's comprehensive technologies and tough exterior will keep up with any outing, whatever you're doing . Its intuitive design with improved ergonomics means you'll have direct access to shutter release, Live View and movie modes making it really easy to use, and its compact size and lightweight body (weighing only 455 g / 1lb) makes the D3100 the ideal camera to pack and carry around for all those unmissable moments.



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662 of 675 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Nikon D3100 14 Dec 2010
By Porl
Size Name:18-55mm VR Lens Kit|Amazon Verified Purchase
Having been away from 'proper cameras' for the best part of 10 years I decided to venture into the world of DSLR's. My Dad and Brother had both bought Nikon D40s last year and I was impressed with their results, so I had already decided on a Nikon. I spent a couple of months weighing up whether to buy the D40's replacement, the D3000 or blow my budget and buy the new D3100. In the end, after reading lots of reviews and a slight drop in price I went for the D3100. I made the right choice!!!

The updated guide mode (improved from the D3000) makes taking superb pictures simple, even for a novice such as me. Picture's are superb, warm and clear, and I am thoughly pleased with the results. Live view is a good addition if setting up group shots on a tripod to then be taken on the self timer, but for all other shots I've found the viewfinder to be much better and quicker at focusing.

The bonus for me was also the inclusion of full HD video (which can only be used in Live view mode). I had read reports that the video was a bit shakey or wobbily, and that the video record button was in an awkward place, but I've got to say that I have found video to be fine taking 'normal videos' (I have never felt the need to shake the camera vilently from side to side to make the film shakey whilst filming; as shown on some video reviews I had seen - to prove that video was shakey?). As for the record button being in an awkward place... I've found it to be fine. In fact, no different to most compact camera's (with video) that I've owned.

This camera is everything that I had hoped for, and a little bit more. I probably wont buy another 'proper camera' for quite a few years and so I wanted something that would not only last, but would help me rediscover photography and allow me to grow. If you are a novice and/ or, returning to photography after a considerable time away, then I would highly recommend the Nikon D3100.
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75 of 76 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Staggeringly good for the money 5 Sep 2011
Size Name:18-55mm VR Lens Kit
You won't regret getting this camera. It is Nikon's lowest price DSLR, yet it is packed with features that were until recently only found on the top end DSLRS. The 14mp sensor is as big as you will ever need, the picture quality is stunning even in low light, the autofocus is amazing, the video is amazing ... honestly, how can you fault this camera?

Normally I would be tempted by a model higher up the range, but in this case Nikon has made a base model so good it really is the pick of the bunch. Plus it is the smallest in the range, so it is not too cumbersome. It takes pictures that are so much better than a super zoom, and even better than the £1000 DSLRs of a couple of years ago.

Go on, press that buy button! You'll be so glad you did.

PS I am not biased - if another DSLR camera in this price range was better, or a super zoom was just as good, I would happily say so.
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366 of 376 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. R. D. Turner TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Size Name:18-55mm VR Lens Kit
I have owned and used a number of Nikon digital SLR's. My first was a D50, then D80, D200 and more recently the D300. All great cameras and the D300 is amazingly good. But like all digital SLR's they are only as good as the sensor (chip) inside. For example, the 1999 D1 is better built than any modern consumer SLR but effectively useless due to the relatively poor pictures it takes.

The big change recently for Nikon was the switch to CMOS sensors from their previous Sony CCD sensors. CMOS is what Canon's have used for the last 10 years and offer a marked improvement in low light photography and power consumption. The D300 can take ISO 6400 pictures that will print out just fine. To put that in perspective that is a photo taken by candle light, hand held at 1/20 second.

Q: So why buy the D3100 then?
A: Because it has the latest sensor inside.

It is 90% of the Nikon D300 for less than half of the cost. It is also about half the size and weight. I am not a professional photographer and being able to carry a camera more often means I take more photos. The D3100 and 35mm DX lens I purchased fit in a large coat pocket. The D300 requires a strong bag and a stronger neck.

The D3100 is fast to use, has great autofocus and metering and takes photos in low light that embarrass the previous generation of Digital SLR's. It can also be used by anyone who can point and shoot. Sure, it cannot use old AF lenses or manual focus lenses but to be honest that is not a great problem. The bundled 18-55mm VR lens is light and sharp and if you spend another £150 and buy Nikon AF-S DX 35mm f1.8G you can take photos by moonlight hand-held.

The movie mode is also a big plus. You need to focus manually when using it but the results are film like rather than camcorder like. That is to say that things that are out of focus are REALLY out of focus. This is nice for videoing people as they are separate from their background. Don't buy this to be a camcorder replacement but if you want to shoot a short film you can do worse than this.

The construction is a bit plasticky and it is a shame that the LCD is not the 920,000 dot one from the D300 but really does it matter? These cameras are by their very nature disposable. In 4 or 5 years time the next generation will be even better but as of 2010 the D3100 has the best sensor at the best price.

[Update - August 2011]
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I have been using this camera for nearly a year now. It has been on the beach, at kids parties, thrown in a rucksack and used for hundreds and hundreds of pictures and video. Yes, lots of video. Once you get used to the focus being more manual than on a video camera it is possible to get great results. For example, my son's birthday party indoors in dim light. I videoed the cake being brought out with the candles lit. Because the camera is so good at high ISO levels I got a much better result than my Canon DV camera - and got a still shot at the same time.
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