Body color | Black |
Sensor | • 23.6 x 15.6 mm CMOS sensor
• Nikon DX format (1.5x FOV crop)
• 16.2 million effective pixels
• RGB Color Filter Array
• 14-bit A/D converter |
Anti-dust measures | • Image sensor cleaning system
• Airflow control system
• Image dust off from reference frame (using optional Capture NX software) |
Image sizes | • 4928 x 3264 (L)
• 3696 x 2448 (M)
• 2464 x 1632 (S) |
Image quality | • NEF (14-bit compressed RAW)
• JPEG fine (1:4)
• JPEG normal (1:8)
• JPEG basic (1:16)
• NEF (RAW) + Fine JPEG |
Movie sizes | • 1920 x 1080 30, 25, 24 fps
• 1280 x 720 30, 25, 24 fps
• 640 x 424 30, 25 fps |
Movie format | • MOV (H.264/MPEG-4), mono sound recording (PCM) with internal mic, stereo mic option. |
Color space | • sRGB
• Adobe RGB |
Lens mount | Nikon F mount (with AF contacts) |
Lens compatibility | • AF-S, AF-I
• Other Type G or D AF Nikkor
• Other AF Nikkor/AI-P Nikkor
• Type D PC Nikkor
• Non-CPU
• IX Nikkor/AF Nikkor for F3AF
• AI-P NIKKOR - All functions supported
- All functions supported except autofocus
- All functions supported except autofocus and 3D Color Matrix Metering II
- All functions supported except some shooting modes
- Can be used in mode M, but exposure meter does not function; electronic range finder can be used if maximum aperture is f/5.6 or faster
- Cannot be used
- All functions supported except 3D color matrix metering II |
Autofocus | • 11 focus points (1 cross-type sensors)
• Multi-CAM 1000
• AF working range: -1 to +19 EV (ISO 100, normal temperature)
• Contrast Detect in Live View mode
• Manual focus [M], Electronic range finding supported |
Lens servo | • Single-servo AF (AF-S)
• Continuous-servo AF (AF-C)
• Automatic AF-S/AF-C (AF-A)
• Manual focus (MF) |
AF Area mode | • Single Point AF
• Dynamic Area AF
• Auto Area AF
• 3D Tracking (11 points) |
Focus tracking | Predictive focus tracking automatically activated according to subject status in continuous-servo AF |
Focus area | Can be selected from 11 focus points |
Focus lock | Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF) or by pressing AE-L/AF-L button |
AF Assist | White light lamp |
Exposure mode | • Auto
- Auto
- Flash off
• Scene Modes
Portrait
Landscape
Child
Sports
Close up
Night portrait
Night landscape
Beach/snow
Sunset
Dusk/dawn
Pet portrait
Candlelight
Blossom
Autumn colors
Food
Silhouette
Food
• Special effects
Night Vision
Color Sketch
Miniature effect
Selective color
High key
Low key
Silhouette
• Programmed auto (P) with flexible program
• Shutter-priority auto (S)
• Aperture priority auto (A)
• Manual (M) |
Metering | • TTL exposure metering using 420-pixel RGB sensor
• Matrix :3D color matrix metering II (type G and D lenses); color matrix metering II (other CPU lenses)
• Center-weighted: Weight of 75% given to 8-mm circle in center of frame
• Spot: Meters 3.5 mm circle (about 2.5% of frame) centered on active focus area |
Metering range | • EV 0 to 20 (3D color matrix or center-weighted metering)
• EV 2 to 20 (spot metering) |
Meter coupling | CPU coupling |
Exposure comp. | • +/- 5.0 EV
• 1/3 EV steps |
AE Lock | Exposure locked at detected value with AE-L/AF-L button |
AE Bracketing | 3 frames up to +/–2EV |
Sensitivity | • Auto
• ISO 100
• ISO 200
• ISO 400
• ISO 800
• ISO 1600
• ISO 3200
• ISO 6400
• ISO 12800 (Hi1)
• ISO 25600 (Hi2) |
Shutter | • Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter
• 30 to 1/4000 sec (1/3/ or 1/2 EV steps)
• Flash X-Sync: up to 1/200 sec
• Bulb |
Cont. shooting | • Up to 4fps |
White balance | • Auto
• Incandescent
• Fluorescent
Sodium-vapor lamps
Warm-white fluorescent
White fluorescent
Cool-white fluorescent
Day white fluorescent
Daylight fluorescent
Daylight fluorescent
Mercury-vapor lamps
• Direct sunlight
• Flash
• Cloudy
• Shade
• Preset white balance (immediate or from photo) |
WB fine tuning | Yes, (except preset manual) |
Viewfinder | • Eye-level pentamirror single-lens reflex viewfinder
• Frame coverage Approx. 95% horizontal and 95% vertical
• Magnification Approx. 0.78x (50mm f/1.4 lens at infinity, –1.0 m-1)
• Eyepoint 17.9 mm (–1.0 m-1) • Diopter adjustment –1.7 to+1 m-1 |
LCD monitor | • 3.0" Vari-Angle TFT LCD
• 921,000 dots
• 100% frame coverage
• 170° viewing angle
• Brightness adjustment |
Built-in flash | • Auto, Portrait, Child, Close-up, Night portrait, Party/indoor,
• Auto flash with auto pop-up,
• Manual pop-up in P, S, A or M modes
• Guide number approx. 12/39 at ISO 100 (am/ft)
• Guide number approx. 13/43 at ISO 100 (m/ft) in manual mode |
Sync contact | X-contact only; flash synchronization at shutter speeds of up to 1/200 sec |
Flash control | • TTL flash control by 420-segment RGB sensor.
• i-TTL balanced fill-flash for digital SLR and standard i-TTL fill-flash for digital SLR available when CPU lens is used with built-in flash, SB-400, SB-800, SB-900 and SB-600
• Auto aperture with SB-800/SB-900 and CPU lenses
• Non-TTL auto with SB-900, SB-800, 80DX, 28DX, 28, 27 and 22s
• Range-priority manual with SB-900, SB-800 and SB-700 |
Flash mode | Auto, Fill flash, rear-curtain with slow sync, slow sync, slow sync with red-eye reduction, red-eye reduction |
Flash compensation | • -3 to +1 EV
• 1/3 steps |
Nikon Creative Lighting system | Advanced Wireless Lighting when using SB-900, SB-800, SB-700 or SU-800 as commander and SB-900, SB-800, SB-700, SB-600 or SB-R200 as remotes; Flash Color Information Communication and FV lock supported with all CLS-compatible flash units |
Shooting modes | • Single frame shooting (S) mode
• Continuous shooting : 4.0 frames per second
• Self-timer
• Quick-Response Remote
• Delayed Remote
• Quiet shutter release |
Self-timer | • 2, 5, 10 or 20 sec |
Playback functions | • Full frame
• Thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images or calendar)
• Playback with Playback zoom
• Movie Playback
• Slide Show
• Histogram Display
• Highlights
• Auto Image Rotation
• Image Comment (up to 36 characters) |
Orientation sensor | Yes |
Storage | • SD / SD HC / SDXC |
Video output | NTSC or PAL selectable |
Connectivity | • USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed)
• A/V out
• HDMI out
• DC-IN (optional AC adapter and adapter connector) |
Languages | Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish |
Power | Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL14 |
Working environment | • 0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F)
• Less than 85% humidity |
Dimensions | 128 x 97 x 79 mm (5.0 x 3.8 x 3.1 in.) |
Weight (no batt) | 510g (1 lb 2 oz) |
Weight (inc. batt) | 560g (1 lb 4 oz) |