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Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 1 year
Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 1 year
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: This is a great entry level DSLR camera. I'm amazed at the quality of the pictures it can produce, even on auto mode. They can look just as good as pictures taken by much more expensive cameras. I've read complaints that it's not good for low light, but if you know what you're doing and change some manual settings you can get amazing pictures in just about any condition. I've gotten some great night pictures.
I really like the layout of the buttons more than some other cameras I've tried out.
Being able to use different lenses is awesome! It's a huge improvement over a point and shoot camera.
Cons: Not much about this camera that I don't like. However, when left on auto the camera will set the ISO really high in low light causing pictures to be a bit grainy looking. This can easily be fixed by manually setting a lower ISO like 400 or 800.
This camera can use older lenses but won't autofocus on a lot of them, so keep it in mind when buying a lens. Any of the Nikon G lenses are fine.
Other Thoughts: I'm a college student and couldn't afford one of the more expensive cameras so I decided to go with this one. I'm very happy with my choice.
I got a 35mm f1.8 lens to go with this camera and I highly recommend it. It's great for portraits and low light.
* Get a UV filter to protect the lens! They are relatively cheap and you won't regret it.
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Whatta Camera!
Reviewed By: jstn on 1/24/2010
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
Pros: Beautiful pictures, which everyone will tell you. This thing is fantastic. The professional level you can obtain simply by using this camera on auto-everything makes any point-and-shoot pale in comparison. Great starter for the DSLR market, and Nikon is the way to go, most assuredly.
Interchangable lenses are friggen awesome. Expensive, but awesome. I have been looking for old-school lenses from pawn shops locally and finding the occassional gem, so I'd advise if you want to play around with the thing, that's the way to do it. However, some will not work. There are lots of online tutorials on this to tell you what's out there and what should and shouldn't work.
This thing makes taking a bad shot difficult. The burst-mode this thing offers in good-lighting conditions blows my mind, and is all-too-capable of picking up every little bit of motion you can throw at it.
Cons: The viewfinder doesn't show pictures in real-time when you're about to take them. If you're old-school like me, this isn't a con, so much as a trait that was trained by point-and-shoot picture-taking.
The on-board filters are a little hard to use and hard to get results from, however, they are just on-the-fly, so honestly, you can't ask much when your camera does things that only photoshop did five years ago.
The lens compitbility isn't very clearly outlined on the Nikon site. I have been using some old-school 35mm lenses and they are working fine -- you have to set the apeture to the hard-max on the lens, but after that, things are cake. If this were more clear on the Nikon site, things might be easier to order and work with in general. Also, a list of "approved" lens-makers would be nice. Some brands are better than others, and as a company, educating your consumer is one of the best ways to keep them your customer.
Other Thoughts: I wouldn't advise taking high-resolution pictures of the food you're about to eat if you're playing with this camera. A quick zoom-in will show you everything you're about to eat, and when I say "everything," I mean "EVERYTHING." Also, some macro lenses are a little tedious to get off of the camera body that aren't listed as compatible. Is that why they aren't listed as compatible, Nikon? If that's the case, why do they still work like a charm?
If you are thinking about diving into the DSLR market, this is the camera to choose: you will not regret your purchase.
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My first DSLR, could not be happier...
Reviewed By: Ivan on 12/28/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Fairly easy to use with enough options to dabble into some tricky and "pro-like" photography. The pictures considerably better than any P&S camera I have ever used. Low light performance could be better, but it you play enough with the custom options, any shot can be achieved with acceptable results. Great beginner DSLR and well worth the price!
Cons: The more I get into this type of photography the more I will realize the shortcomings of this very nice camera. Sure, there is better equipment out there for considerably more money, but at this point, this suits me just fine. If you've never owned a DSLR, buy one now! Difference is night and day!
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General
Brand
Nikon
Model
D3000
Color
Black
Dimensions
Approx. 5.0" x 3.8" x 2.5" (126 x 97 x 64 mm)
Weight
Approx. 1 lbs. 1.1 oz. (485 g) without battery, memory card, or body cap
Package Type
Single Lens Kit
Image Sensor
Image Sensor
CCD
Image Sensor Size
23.6 x 15.8 mm CCD Sensor
Gross Pixels
10.75 MP
Effective Pixels
10.2 MP
Dust Cleaning System
Image Sensor Cleaning, Airflow Control System, Image Dust Off reference data (optional Capture NX 2 software required)
Resolution
3872 x 2592
Recording System
File Format
DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) 2.0, DPOF (Digital Print Order Format), Exif 2.21 (Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras), PictBridge
Image Type
NEF (RAW) JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1:4), normal (approx. 1:8), or basic (approx. 1:16) compression NEF (RAW) + JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats
Recording Media
SD / SDHC Card
White Balance
White Balance
Auto, incandescent, fluorescent (7 types), direct sunlight, flash, cloudy, shade, preset manual, all except preset manual with fine turning.
Approx. 0.8 x (50 mm f/1.4 lens at infinity, -1.0 m-1)
Eyepoint
18 mm (-1.0 m-1)
Dioptric Adjustment
-1.7 to +0.5 m-1
Focusing Screen
Type B BriteView Clear Matte Mark V screen with focus frame (framing grid can be displayed)
Mirror
Quick return type
LCD Monitor
LCD
3.0" 230K
Brightness Adjustment
Yes
Focus
Focus Type
Nikon Multi-CAM 1000 autofocus sensor module with TTL phase detection
Focusing Modes
Single-point AF, dynamic-area AF, auto-area AF, 3D-tracking (11 points) AF
AF Points
11 focus points (including one cross type sensor)
Focus Lock
Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (Single-servo AF) or by pressing AE-L/AF-L button
Exposure
Exposure Control
Auto modes (auto, auto [flash off ]), Scene Modes (Portrait, Landscape, Child, Sports, Close up, Night portrait), programmed auto with flexible program (P), shutter-priority auto (S), aperture-priority auto (A), manual (M)
Exposure Compensation
-5 to +5 EV in increments of 1/3 EV
Metering System
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 selected focus point
ISO Sensitivity
ISO 100 to 1600 in steps of 1 EV. Can also be set to approx. 1 EV above ISO 1600 (ISO 3200 equivalent), auto ISO sensitivity control available
1/4000 to 30 s in steps of 1/3 EV, Bulb, Time (requires optional Wireless Remote Control ML-L3)
Self-timer
Can be selected from 2, 5, 10, and 20 s duration
Flash
Flash Type
Auto flash with auto pop-up
Flash Mode
Auto, auto with red-eye reduction, fill-flash, auto slow sync, auto slow sync with red-eye correction, and rear curtain with slow sync
Flash Control
TTL: i-TTL balanced fill-flash and standard i-TTL flash for digital SLR using 420-pixel RGB sensor are available with built-in flash and SB-900, SB-800, SB-600, or SB-400 (i-TTL balanced fill-flash is available when matrix or center-weighted metering is selected) Auto aperture: Available with SB-900/SB-800 and CPU lens Non-TTL auto: Supported flash units include SB-900, SB-800, SB-80DX, SB-28DX, SB-28, SB-27, and SB-22S Range-priority manual: Available with SB-900 and SB-800
Flash Exposure Compensation
-3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 EV
Drive System
Continuous Shooting Speed
3 frames per second
Function
Playback
Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images or calendar) playback with playback zoom, playback of stop-motion movies created with D3000, slide show, histogram display, highlights, auto image rotation, and image comment (up to 36 characters)
Lens
Compatible Lenses
AF-S and AF-I NIKKOR: All functions supported. Type G or D AF NIKKOR without built-in autofocus motor: All functions except autofocus supported. IX NIKKOR lenses not supported. Other AF NIKKOR: All functions supported except autofocus and 3D color matrix metering II. Lenses for F3AF not supported. Type D PC NIKKOR: All functions supported except some shooting modes. AI-P NIKKOR: All functions supported except 3D color matrix metering II. Non-CPU: Autofocus not supported. Can be used in exposure mode M, but exposure meter does not function.
Reviewed By: Brian D on 1/31/2010
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
