About a year ago Nikon presented the Nikon D3000 DSLR, a 10.2 Megapixel digital SLR camera with several features that we also saw in the Nikon D90 and the D5000. With the introduction of the Nikon D3100, the successor to the Nikon D3000, Nikon again has an amateur SLR camera in its assortment with specifications and functions that are all up-to-date again. The resolution has increased quite a bit, from 10.2 to 14.2 Megapixels and the Nikon D3100 digital camera now also offers Full HD video. Of course the Nikon D3100 SLR camera offers Live View, and there are also new AF settings included. The Nikon D3100 is a digital SLR camera aimed at the amateur photographer. A DSLR camera that has user friendliness as a bonus.

If you are up to date on the current DSLR market, then you have also seen the small system cameras come by. Camera systems such as the PEN and Lumix Micro Four Thirds cameras, and Sony’s NEX and Samsung’s NX cameras. These system cameras have a common denominator: namely a compact format and light weight. Although the rumors about a Nikon system camera are on the rise, at this moment there is still no answer to the compact dimensions that the competition has to offer. To fulfill the wishes of the consumer a bit, the designers have done their best to keep the Nikon D3100 as small as possible. They have been successful in that exercise, as the Nikon D3100 is Nikon’s smallest digital SLR camera with the lightest weight.

Nikon D3100 video
The Nikon D3100’s resolution has been increased quite a bit, to 14.2 Megapixels. Additionally, Nikon has switched from a CCD to a CMOS image sensor. Combined with the new EXPEED 2 processor to maximize the results of the CMOS sensor. Lively colors, a better signal/noise ratio and powerful image processing to keep up the speed of the high resolution images and Full HD (1920x1080 pixels) video clips. We will run extensive technical tests on the Nikon D3100 in our DIWA Lab and compare the results with the Nikon D3000.