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Monday, December 13, 2010

Nikon D3100 Reviewed by Digital Camera Resource Page

Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 06:37 AM

http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/n...on/d3100-review

"The D3100 is Nikon's entry-level digital SLR, priced from just $699 with an 18 - 55 mm lens. The D3100 is a very user-friendly camera, with help screens and a unique "guide mode" that literally spells out what you need to do in order to get the shot you want. It also has plenty of features to excite camera enthusiasts, including a 14.2 Megapixel CMOS sensor, 11-point AF system, a 3-inch LCD with live view, plenty of manual controls, and a Full HD movie mode."

Nikon's D3100 is actually a fairly large upgrade for this line. It features a new 14.2 megapixel CMOS sensor which should give better image quality overall, and adds HD video as well. The high ISO images are turning out pretty well, and to me even ISO 6400 can be used in a pinch (with some post processing). It looks like a great camera for those wanting to get a budget DSLR, the question now is, is the camera still as cheap as some of the D3000 deals I've been seeing in North America previously?


Thursday, November 4, 2010

Nikon's Latest DSLR Reviews: D7000 and D3100

Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 11:30 AM

As both the D7000 and D3100 get shipped out in quantity, we're starting to see the reviews for both come in. First up is the D3100 review. How does it fair? Pretty good, actually, thought if you are not looking for video, you should take a look at the D3000 as well, as it is much cheaper. I do expect the D3100's price to go down after a few manufacturing cycles though. The D3000 is after all, based on the tried-and-tested (aka old-and-outdated in techspeak).

Nikon D3100 Review

Next up is the big hit of the season, the Nikon D7000. Nikon traditionally has been better at doing the more expensive cameras (market segmentation is not a strong suite of theirs, see F301, F401, F50, F70 as examples). I don't think I really need to tell you all how it fares in the review!

Nikon D7000 Review


Monday, August 16, 2010

Rumour: Nikon D3100, New Coolpix Cameras, Lenses

Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 09:30 PM

http://nikonrumors.com/2010/08/13/f...new-lenses.aspx

I missed some neat Nikon rumours last week while ill, so here's a quick round-up:

Nikon D3100: Nikon's never been fast to replace their DSLR cameras, save for the lowest rung. First we had the D40, then the D40x, D60 and D3000 in fairly quick succession. Now with the D3100, here's to looking to Nikon to doing something different with the low-end (or at least improve on what feels like a really dated line). With a rumoured ISO range of up to 12,800, I'm hoping it's using a new CMOS sensor based on the D300/D90's. That'd be a nice improvement over the half-decade old 10 megapixel CCD sensor used in the D3000. Lenses next!

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Friday, July 16, 2010

Nikon D3100 Rumours Start

Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 03:00 AM

http://nikonrumors.com/2010/07/15/m...ikon-d3100.aspx

"Rumors about a new entry level DSLR between the Nikon D3000 and the D5000 started few months ago. This new camera will not be called D4000 as previously expected, but Nikon D3100."

Well, that'd make sense; Nikon switched to a 4 digit convention to avoid numbering congestion in this day of 2 year or less product cycles. What's interesting about the rumours (Photokina is 2 months away) is that Nikon appears to be following up on its announcement of coming up with some surprises. In this case the rumours are hinting that the new camera will support continuous AF in live view and video mode, something like the micro Four Thirds cameras.

If patent applications are to believed, Nikon has been working on this a while, and among the several patent diagrams shown, the interesting one is this:

In case you can't figure it out, it's a live view sensor with a separate AF sensor. I'm very curious to see if Nikon will implement a main pellicle mirrior (last seen in the Canon EOS 1n RS) in in a live view camera to cope with the AF issues in contrast detection AF methods. Problem with pellicle mirrors is that it robs light, as essentially you share some light with the other sensor.

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