| General |
| Suggested Retail Price* |
Body alone: S$1,888
Body with lens: S$2,288 |
| Camera Format |
Interchangeable Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera |
| Lens Mount |
Nikon F Mount (with AF coupling and AF contacts)
1.5x field of view crop |
| Lens Format |
Type G or D AF Nikkor (all functions supported)
Micro Nikkor 85mm f/2.8D (all functions supported except autofocus and
some exposure modes)
Other AF Nikkor excluding lenses for F3AF (all functions supported
except 3D color matrix metering and i-TTL Balanced Fill-Flash for Digital
SLR)
AI-P Nikkor (all functions supported except 3D color matrix metering,
i-TTL Balanced Fill-Flash for Digital SLR and autofocus)
Non-CPU (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) |
| Dimensions |
5.5(W) x 4.4(H) x 3.1(D) in./ 140(W) x 111(H) x 78(D)mm |
| Weight (body only) |
1lb 5oz./ 595g |
| Remote Control |
ML-L3 wireless remote controller (optional) |
| Tripod Mount |
Yes |
| Operating Systems |
Windows XP (Home Edition/ Professional), Windows Me, Windows 2000
Professional, Windows 98 SE
Mac OS X, Mac OS 9 |
| Image Capture |
| Sensor Type |
Nikon DX format CCD |
| Sensor Size |
23.7 x 15.6mm |
| Photo Detectors |
Approx. 6.31 megapixels |
| Effective Pixels |
Approx. 6.1 megapixels |
| Aspect Ratio |
3:2 |
| Shutter |
| Type |
Combined mechanical and CCD electronic shutter |
| Speeds |
30s - 1/8000s in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV
Bulb
Remote |
| Focusing |
| Auto Focus System |
TTL phase detection by Nikon Multi-CAM900 autofocus module |
| Lens Servo |
- Auto focus (predictive focus tracking automatically activated
according to subject status)
- Instant single-servo AF (AF-S)
- Continuous-servo AF (AF-C)
- Manual focus
|
| AF-area Points |
5 |
| AF-area Modes |
Single-area AF
Dynamic-area AF
Dynamic-area AF with closest subject priority |
| AF-Assist |
Illuminator range approx. 0.5-3.0m |
| Exposure |
| Sensitivity |
Equivalent to ISO 200-1600 in steps of 1/3 EV |
| Metering |
- Matrix:-
- 3D color matrix metering (type G and D lenses)
- color matrix metering (other CPU lenses)
- metering performed by 1005-pixel RGB sensor
- Center-weighted:-
- Weight 75% given to 6, 8, 10, or 12-mm circle in center of
frame
- Spot:-
- Meters 2.3-mm circle (about 1% of frame) centered on active focus
area
|
| Compensation |
+/- 5 EV in 1/2 or 1/3-stop increments |
| Bracketing |
2-3 exposures in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV |
| Shooting Modes |
- Digital Vari-Program
- Auto
- Portrait
- Landscape
- Close-up
- Sports
- Night Landscape
- Night Portrait
- Programmed Auto (P) with flexible program
- Shutter-priority Auto (S)
- Aperture-priority Auto (A)
- Manual (M)
|
| Noise Reduction |
For shutter speeds slower than 1s |
| White Balancing |
| Modes |
- Auto
- Preset
- Incandescent
- Fluorescent
- Direct Sunlight
- Flash
- Cloudy
- Shade
- Manual
|
| Bracketing |
2-3 exposures in increments of 1 |
| Fine-tuning |
+/- 3 in increments of 1 |
| Drive |
| Modes |
Single-frame
Continuous
Self-timer
Delayed Remote
Quick-response Remote |
| Continuous Shooting |
Approx. 3 fps for continuous burst of up to 144 pictures (using JPEG NORMAL,
Large settings, and a SANDISK SDCHF256MB CF card) |
| Self Timer |
2s, 5s, 10s (default), 20s |
| Viewfinder |
| Type |
Optical fixed pentamirror |
| Coverage |
Approx. 95% of lens (vertically and horizontally) |
| Magnification |
0.75x |
| Eyepoint |
18mm |
| Diopter Adjustment Range |
-1.6 to +0.5 |
| Depth of Field Preview |
Yes |
| Focusing Screen |
Type B BriteView clear matte screen Mark V with superimposed focus brackets
and On-Demand grid lines |
| Display |
| LCD Monitor |
1.8-inch low temperature polysilicon TFT LCD |
| LCD Pixels |
Approx. 130,000 pixels |
| Brightness Control |
-2 to +2 (5 levels) |
| Playback |
| Modes |
- Single image
- Photo Information
- File Information
- Shooting Data 1
- Shooting Data 2
- Histogram
- Highlights
- 4, 9-image index
- Playback Zoom
- Slide Show
- Rotate Tall
|
| In-built Speedlight |
| Type |
Auto/ Portrait/ Close-up/ Night Portrait: auto flash with auto pop-up
P, S, A, M: manual pop-up with button release |
| Guide Number |
ISO 200: approx. 15/49 (manual 17/56)
ISO 100: approx. 11/36 (manual 12/39) |
| Flash |
| Sync Contact |
X-contact only
flash synchronization at up to 1/500s |
| Flash Control |
- TTL : TTL flash control by 1,005 pixel RGB sensor
- Built-in Speedlight: i-TTL balanced fill-flash or standard i-TTL
flash (spot metering or mode dial set to M)
- SB-800 or 600: i-TTL balanced fill-flash or standard i-TTL flash
(spot metering)
- Auto aperture: Available with SB-800 and 600 with CPU lens
- Non-TTL Auto: Available with Speedlights such as SB-800, 80DX, 28DX,
28, 27, and 22s
- Range-priority manual available with SB-800
|
| Sync Modes |
Auto/ Portrait/ Close-up: front curtain sync, red-eye reduction
Night Portrait: slow sync, slow sync with red-eye reduction
Landscape/ Sports/ Night Landscape: front curtain sync and red-eye
reduction available with optional Speedlights
P, S, A, M: front curtain sync, slow sync, rear-curtain sync, red-eye
reduction, slow sync with red-eye reduction |
| Compensation |
-3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV |
| Accessory shoe |
Standard ISO hot-shoe contact with safety lock |
| Image Storage |
| Recording Media |
Type I and II CompactFlash memory cards
Microdrives |
| File System |
Compliant with Design Rule for Camera File System (DCF) 2.0
Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) |
| Compression |
NEF(RAW): compressed 12-bit
JPEG: JPEG baseline-compliant |
| Image Size |
3008 x 2000 (Large)
2240 x 1448 (Medium)
1504 x 1000 (Small) |
| Image Quality |
NEF (RAW)
JPEG Fine
JPEG Normal
JPEG Basic
NEF + JPEG Basic |
| Image Enhancements |
- Normal
- Vivid
- Sharp
- Soft
- Direct Print
- Portrait
- Landscape
- Custom
- Sharpness
- Contrast
- Color Reproduction
- Saturation
- Hue
|
| Power Supply |
| Battery |
One rechargeable Nikon EN-EL3 Li-ion battery
Three CR2 lithium batteries (with MS-D70 battery holder) |
| AC Power Supply |
EH-5 AC adapter (optional) |
| Connection Ports |
|
USB 2.0 connector
DC-in connector
Video-out jack (NTSC and PAL) |
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