Review nikon d3100

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Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement. Nikon D Until I sat down to actually write this review, it hadn't struck me how confusing the market placement of the Nikon D is. It's priced the same as the still-available D, which is in many ways a better camera. And with the exception of video, which many users don't care about anyway, it's very similar to the much cheaper D

Review nikon d3100

The Nikon D pushes reds, blues and some greens a bit, but actually slightly undersaturates bright yellow and some cyans. Overall saturation levels are quite good, and less saturated than the previous D model which was a little over-the-top in our opinion. The D's fine-grained saturation adjustment see below also makes it easy to customize its color to match your personal preference. Most consumer digital cameras produce color that's more highly saturated more intense than found in the original subjects. This is simply because most people like their color a bit brighter than life. Skin tones. The Nikon D's Caucasian skin tones looked just about right when using automatic white balance in simulated daylight. A very good job here. Where oversaturation is most problematic is on Caucasian skin tones, as it's very easy for these "memory colors" to be seen as too bright, too pink, too yellow, etc. The Nikon D did push cyan toward blue and red toward orange, but shifts were relatively minor. The cyan to blue shift is very common among the digital cameras we test; we think it's a deliberate choice by camera engineers to produce better-looking sky colors. With an average "delta-C" color error of only 4. Hue is "what color" the color is. Mouse over the links above to see the effect of the presets on our Still Life target. Click on a link to load the full resolution image.

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The Nikon D is an entry-level digital SLR camera boasting a newly designed megapixel DX format sensor, a quick-access Live View mode, one-touch Full HD video recording with autofocus, plus an interactive Guide mode, a sensor dust buster and an point autofocus module. Like last year's D, the new Nikon D is a rather small DSLR camera, although it does come with a fairly chunky right-hand grip that makes it better suited to hand-held shooting than some of its competitors. Still, expect having to find a place for your little finger under the camera if you have larger-than-average hands. The body itself is mainly plastic, but while the camera certainly doesn't feel as robust as some of the company's higher specified models, it still exudes a degree of quality you might not expect at this price point. This is helped by the surprisingly classy rubber coating on the grip, which also appears on the thumb rest in the back of the camera. The Nikon D's body is a new design, 30 grams lighter than that of its predecessor, but the designers have gone to great lengths to make sure most controls are in the same places as before. The most notable changes to the outside of the camera include the omission of the infrared remote sensor that used to be in the grip of the D the Nikon D accepts a wired remote release cable only , the appearance of a built-in monaural microphone on the front plate and an all-new drive-mode lever at the top which we love because it makes setting and checking the current drive mode very easy and straightforward , plus a spring-loaded lever in the back that takes you to Live View mode at the flick of a thumb. Said lever encircles a red button that acts as a movie shutter release, enabling one-touch video recording when you are in Live View.

Review nikon d3100

Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement. Nikon D Until I sat down to actually write this review, it hadn't struck me how confusing the market placement of the Nikon D is.

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Because digital cameras are more like slide film than negative film in that they tend to have a more limited tonal range , we test them in the harshest situations to see how they handle scenes with bright highlights and dark shadows, as well as what kind of sensitivity they have in low light. Frame grabs are saved as JPEG images with the same pixel count as the original movie frame. Shooting speed in seconds Shorter bars indicate better performance. It provides faster processing to support video capture and includes noise-suppression for both stills and video recordings. Nikon D review: Nikon D You should also set the AF area mode Face-priority, Wide-area, Normal-area or Subject-tracking frame the opening shot and focus the subject before pressing the button in the centre of the Live View lever to start recording movies. All seams fit smoothly and the camera feels secure and well-balanced in the hands. We know this; if you click to view the full-size image for one of these shots and notice that the focus target is fuzzy, you don't need to email and tell us. Indoors, incandescent lighting Good color with the Manual white balance setting, but overly-warm results with Auto and Incandescent. The series of shots above shows results with several different contrast adjustment settings, showing the minimum step size around the default, as well as both extremes. See full bio. Ultimately, there's no substitute for printing a lot of images and examining them closely.

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Autofocusing lag averaged 0. This allows users to confirm that images will appear as they intended prior to shooting and reduces the number of unsuccessful shots. Live View and Video Shooting Turning the Live View lever to the right switches on live viewing and enables video recording to take place. Extremes: Sunlit and low light tests Very good detail in both highlights and shadows, high resolution and good overall exposure. The Nikon D was however able to autofocus in complete darkness with the AF assist enabled. About average positive exposure compensation required. Despite the bright appearance, there are relatively few clipped highlights in the model's shirt and the flowers. Again, mouse-over the "On" link to see the difference, and click on the links to load the full resolution images. Its only weakness is performance; though solid, it nevertheless lags behind the competition. We also found it slow to install — and use. This covers a pretty wide range of saturation levels, about as wide a range as you're likely to find photographically relevant, apart from special effects that are arguably better achieved in software. Nikon D 3. The shot above is designed to mimic the very harsh, contrasty effect of direct noonday sunlight, a very tough challenge for most digital cameras. The top panel carries the mode dial, which is divided into four sections. Standard JPEGs start out with high saturation and end with very high contrast in their prints, but the D offers some adjustment to both.