This camera comes loaded with a 3 in monitor, 11 point auto-focus system, 1080p movie mode, and a 14.2 megapixel image. How can you beat that? And its only $700!!!!! I purchased Canon's Rebel T2i, and that starting price was $899. Nikon is pushing the DSLR prices way down.
This camera is bringing auto-focus to video mode. The video mode, chooses a face to focus upon, and auto-focus's for you. I am a Canon fan. I own the Canon T2i. I love the camera very much! But if my camera had auto-focus while in video mode, I would poo myself. This brings another step towards DSLR footage looking closer to film. With this focus mode, you don't need a focus puller to do your work for you. This movie mode basically replicates HDV footage, but with a film look. The future is near!
This camera shoots 1080p at 30fps and 24fps. This is something new to Nikon. Their previous cameras shot at a maximum of 720p. The file is shot into a .mov format and has a maximum record time of 10 minutes.
Here are the video frame sizes with frame rates:
1920 x 1080 (24p): 24 fps (23.976 fps)
1280 x 720 (30p): 30 fps (29.97 fps)
1280 x 720 (25p): 25 fps
1280 x 720 (24p): 24 fps (23.976 fps)
640 x 424 (24p): 24 fps (23.976 fps)
Here are some images taken for the D3100:
Never the less, Nikon out did themselves with this $700 DSLR camera.
[more info on the D3100 here]
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