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Introduction       top

Intro   Specs   Performance   Compared   Usage   Recommendations

The Nikon D3100 is a very competent and ultra-lightweight DSLR. It is small and light, but doesn't feel dinky. It feels like the precision product it is. The D3100 is Nikon's lightest SLR, ever, and probably their smallest, too.

The next thing one notices is how uncannily quiet and refined it is. If this were a LEICA, people would be talking themselves senseless over its "subtle refinement" and ultra-low vibration. The quiet helps us photograph without disturbing others, and the low vibration ensures sharper hand-held shots. You don't even need the Quiet mode, which is as easy as flipping a big switch on top; the D3100 is supremely quiet in all its modes.

The next thing is the D3100's big LCD. It's big, but a bit grainy; you can see each pixel, unlike the high-resolution screens of the D90 and above.

The D3100 has a new playback feature copied from the LEICA M9: when you look at the histogram, as you zoom and scroll around the image, the histogram shows only what's in your zoom window. This makes it trivial to check highlights more precisely than ever before on any Nikon: just zoom in and look around!

Shoot a bit more, and you'll appreciate the D3100's clear finder. It doesn't have as much scribbling on the screen as other cameras. Instead of big etchings for each AF area, there are subtle, fine lines and tiny LED dots that light, only for a moment, to highlight the AF point selections. This makes it much easier to compose than with many other inexpensive DSLRs, like the nasty AF point display in the Canon 7D.

The D3100 is a very competent DSLR. It's images are pretty similar to the D3 and D700, if you have good light. At higher ISOs, noise reduction blurs the images to keep the D3100's noise about the same as FX cameras.

The two biggest external improvements over the D3000 and D5000 are a dedicated advance-mode switch (Single, Continuous, Self-Timer or Quiet), and dedicated movie-start and live-view controls.

The improvements over the D3000 are numerous. The D3000 took way too long to process and record images made with ADR (Adaptive Dynamic Range), had awful high-ISO performance, and the D3000 locked-out image review controls until after you hit the PLAY button! Those problems were unique to the D3000 and fixed in the D3100, so good riddance to the D3000.

The D3100 becomes my first recommendation for a low-cost, high-performance DSLR to replace the Nikon D40. The old D3000 was so crummy that I had to suggest the more expensive D5000 instead.

Nikon claims the D3100 autofocuses as you shoot movies, but it tracks poorly and spoils the audio in the process.

What's Missing       top

The D3100 loses lots of weight: even the D90 weighs almost 50% more than this D3100!

The D3100 has pretty much everything anyone needs. The very few things missing are things few people use or understand:
No internal AF motor to autofocus older AF (screw-type) lenses.
No Kelvin White Balance setting.
Only one manual preset WB memory position.
No depth-of-field preview.
No two-green-button reset.
No external switch to select the AF-Area selection mode. The rear dial can select the AF point, but if you want to go between the auto-area select mode, single point mode or multipoint tracking modes, you have to stop and set it using the LCD.

Panasonic's latest Lumix cameras include 1080p video recording, higher image quality, and even a rugged-and-waterproof point-and-shoot model.

Panasonic has unveiled the latest editions to its lineup of Lumix digital cameras, headlined by the Lumix LX5, an update to its earlier LX3 with beefed up image processing and lens to improve picture quality and boost its low-light performance. Additional offerings until 14-megapixel super-zoom cameras capable of 1080p video capture and high-frame-rate shooting, a consumer-friendly point-and-shoot camera with 1080p video capability, and an affordable water- and shock-proof point-and-shoot camera.

Product Highlights

• 12.1MP Hi-Speed CCD Sensor
• Waterproof to 40' (12m)
• Shockproof at 6.6' (2m) Drop
• Dustproof
• GPS, Compass, Altimeter, Barometer Inc.
• Leica 4.6x Wide-Angle 28-128mm Zoom Lens
• 1920x1080 Full HD Video
• Very Fast Autofocus, Short Shutter Lag
• 2.7" LCD Monitor--230,000-Dot Resolution
• Easy Upload for Facebook/YouTube

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PENTAX Imaging Systems announces the launch of its latest digital SLR camera – the K-r.  Encased in a compact, lightweight body, this new model combines simple, user-friendly functions with a wide array of advanced features, designed to enhance the fun and excitement of digital SLR photography.
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In addition it comes equipped with a host of handy tools that help create more personalised, creative images, including:

Golden, CO. (March 16, 2011)…PENTAX Imaging Company announced the infinitely customizable Optio RS1500 digital compact camera.  The new PENTAX Optio RS1500 is easy to use and easy to dress to match the personality and style of its owner.  This cosmetically customizable digital camera features a new removable PENTAX-orginal faceplate system featuring a no-hassle screwless fateplate design and interchangable lens ring snap (choice of orange or black included) to hold custom skins of any personal choice or design.  Now, users may change the camera’s appearance in three easy steps without the need for additional tools.

PENTAX is today pleased to announce the launch of the PENTAX O-GPS1. Designed for use with PENTAX digital SLR cameras, this versatile GPS unit not only provides basic location data, but also offers an array of original features that allow users to effortless track and record details of their favourite photographic locations.

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Concern often see Muslims and Islam by extremists and terrorists diidentikan, makes Peter Sanders worked as a photographer "swerved", no longer the world photographing rock 'n' roll but photographing "the Islamic world."

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The Olympus Stylus 1050 SW is a 10- megapixel  pocket - sized point- and-shoot that’s  additionally waterproof and shockproof,  authoritative it a  abundant  alfresco camera. It was  additionally  the  aboriginal agenda camera to affection Tap Control, which  allows you to admission a few camera appearance artlessly by borer on the camera. This is declared to  accomplish the camera easier to use for bodies who are cutting gloves – snowboarders, skiers, cyclists, etc.

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* Continuous  cutting up to 5  frames per second:
Shoot at up to 8 frames per additional with the alternative MB-D10 Multi-power Battery Pack.

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* 10.2 - Megapixel DX-format  Imaging  Sensor.
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Known  for  producing  quality  electronics, Sony is also one of the pioneers and the best producers of digital camera. Truly using a Sony digital camera is embracing  perfection with its many features exclusive to a Sony Digital  Camera.

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Olympus has always been known  to produce  quality cameras, either point and shoot or professional cameras.  However,  these days Olympus has joined the digital scene by producing their own line of digital cameras.

Olympus digital cameras are best known for producing  DSLR  cameras. These digital cameras are the kind that  professional  photographers use in their craft. Although this is for a fact, this company has also  produced their own line of point and shoot Olympus digital cameras.

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