Not long ago, I wrote about the Nikon D3000, actually a camera my wife has had for a while. We decided to upgrade her a little to the Nikon D3100, leaving me with the D3000.
Ken Rockwell calls it “very competent”. Now that gets a potential buyer excited.
The D3100 was introduced in August 2010, just over a year after the D3000. The main headline compared to the D3000 is that the D3100 does video. But let’s look at some specs:
- 14 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor (Sony ICX-493-AQA)
- 4,608 × 3,072 pixels
- 11 point autofocus
- Live-view mode
- 3fps (JPEG)
- JPEG and NEF RAW
- 30–1/4,000 s
- No autofocus motor
- 420-segment metering
- ISO 100-3,200 in full stops, also 6,400 and 12,800
- EN-EL14 battery (same as my D5500 and D3300)
- MH-24 battery charger
- 455g stripped
- 124 × 96 × 74.5mm
It is indeed a very competent camera from 2010. To be fair, it can do most of the things you would need from a camera, not the least take very nice photos. It does ok video too, but you don’t buy the D3100 for the video, consider video to be a sort of bonus.
It’s available in Sweden from around SEK 700-800, a bit more with a lens. That’s something like a few hundred more than you pay for a D3000.
The photos were all taken with the Nikon 50mm f/1.8G lens.
