Camera DSLR Nikon D3300 Review

Camera DSLR Nikon D3300 Review - When the annual Consumer Electronics Show opened on Jan 6 in Las Vegas, Nikon watchers could be forgiven if their attention was focused at the top of the DSLR line: Nikon's leading D4 had just been superseded by the almost identical-appearing D4s.

Camera DSLR Nikon D3300 Review

Also declared on Jan 6 was the D3300, Nikon's entry-level model which at first impact seems to be almost similar to the D3200. However, just as with the D4/D4s, the D3300 picks up a indicator that may be different from the D3200 (dimensions are a little bit different and more significantly there is no anti-aliasing filter in the D3300) along with an EXPEED 4 processor. The new digicam also gains an extra ISO step at the great end of the variety, a 1080/60p (or 50p) movie ability and an extra structure per second on the continuous capturing rate.

Apart from the aforementioned changes, the D3300 comes in almost an ounces lighter than the older digicam with a little bit different dimensions: 4.9 x 3.9 x 3 inches wide versus 5 x 3.8 x 3.1 inches wide for the D3200. Both cameras share APS-C sized receptors at 24.2 mega pixels of resolution--the indicator produces a 1.5x plants factor in 35mm equivalents. That quality allows for some pretty aggressive cropping while still retaining outstanding picture quality: here's an original taken at 20 x 13.3 inches wide and 300 spots per inches wide along with an 18 x One foot wide plants at 240 spots per inches wide. Both pictures will make outstanding prints that are almost indistinguishable.

Camera DSLR Nikon D3300 Review

Fully compatible with Nikon AF-S/AF-I contacts and teleconverters, the D3300 allows SD/SDHC/SDXC memory media in a single card slot. The digicam is available in red, black, or gray bodies in kit type, paired with a newly designed and more compact AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR II contact. Here's a look at both ends of the focal duration of the kit lens. Camera DSLR Nikon D3300 Review

MSRP is $650 with at least one reputable Internet vendor discounting it all the way down to $647 as this is written. Nikon has a rechargeable lithium-ion battery and charger, A/V cable, rubber eyecup, digicam strap, whole body cap, printed customer's details and Perspective NX2 application with each digicam. An optional WU-1a Wireless Mobile Adapter can take advantage of Wi-Fi connectivity for instant posting of pictures and videos to a intelligent system for simple sharing through social networking sites. Customers can also slightly management the D3300 using their intelligent system as a remote "Live View" observe.

Build And Design

Externally, the D3300 seems to be a virtual twin to the D3200, with some slight contour changes to one's whole body and a minor moving of a couple management buttons on the back of the digicam. The overall style is what you anticipate from a modern DSLR, which is to say a rounded rectangular type with a prominent handgrip and sticking out pentaprism/built-in display real estate situated on top of one's whole body. Body construction is of composite components with a metal lens install and Nikon has managed to shave nearly 1 ounces of bodyweight compared to the D3200, apparently through the inclusion of graphite. The digicam is manufactured in Thailand and components, fit and finish appear commensurate with the price.

Ergonomics and Controls

The D3300 positions itself toward the smaller end of the DSLR dimension variety and folks with large arms may find it a bit small in use. With my average dimension arms, the little hand of my right hand has nowhere to go except curl under the digicam whole body when handholding; my right pointer hand falls naturally onto the shutter key between the first and middle joints, requiring a conscious repositioning to merge the fingertip with the shutter key. There is ample room between the handgrip and lens barrel/base of the digicam for handholding with the kit lens; I also taken the digicam with Nikon 105 mm macro, 70-200, 50 and 10.5 mm fisheye contacts handheld with no problems. With the kit lens on board the D3300 is a mild and enjoyable walking around installation (along with shorter contacts such as the 50 and the 10.5); longer and heavier contacts like the 105 and 70-200 tend to produce a somewhat nose heavy mixture owing to the digicam bodies light-weight.

Camera DSLR Nikon D3300 Review

Controls on the D3300 will be easily identifiable to any Nikon customer and particularly someone used to the D3200. The higher right of the digicam whole body features the method dial; movie-record, details, and aperture/exposure settlement management buttons along with the mixture power on/off and shutter key.

The digicam back contains the 3 inches wide observe with replay, selection, enlarge, help and details management buttons arrayed top to bottom to its remaining. To the monitor's right are a stay view key, multi selector, release method and delete management buttons, also arrayed top to bottom. The higher right back of one's whole body houses the management switch and AE-L/AF-L button; a diopter modification management sits close to the viewfinder. Flash implementation and function management buttons are located just below the display real estate on the higher remaining side of the digicam whole body, nearby the lens install.

Depending on the capturing method, the info key on the digicam back can provide access to digicam configurations such as picture and dimension, white-colored stability, display, ISO, concentrate method, auto-focus place method, metering method, display settlement, and visibility settlement. The wide range of choices is available in the details or semiautomatic ways, but restricted in completely automated or field ways.

Menus and Modes

Menus in the D3300 are simple and short, in keeping with the digital camera's entry-level DSLR status: a two-page playback selection, two-page capturing selection, four web page installation selection, three web page retouch selection and three-page recent configurations selection. Some selection items may not be available based on capturing method.

The retouch selection is pretty expansive and provides a number of tools for picture adjustment, such as D-lighting, redeye correction, RAW processing, resizing, fast retouch, distortions management and film editing. Here's a look at a backlit taken of a meerkat along with the same taken after "quick retouch" applied in digicam

Camera DSLR Nikon D3300 Review

The Perspective NX2 application offered with the digicam also contains a browser, film editor, RAW converter, D-lighting and picture adjustments such as visibility settlement, white-colored stability, picture management, sharpness, contrast, illumination, highlight security, shadow security, shade booster, a plants system, straighten system, automatic redeye, axial shade aberration and automatic lateral shade aberration.

Shooting ways are what you would anticipate from an entry-level DSLR, mixing completely automated "point and shoot" type choices such as moments and a details method along with more traditional details and semiautomatic configurations.

Auto-a completely automated method with the digicam determining the majority of settings; customer has details to picture and dimension, display operation, concentrate method and auto-focus place method.

Auto, display disabled-fully automated method similar to automatic with the exception of no display ability.

Guide-a tutorial method offering instruction/suggestions on capturing, watching or removing pictures, retouching pictures, and digicam set up. While not a capturing method in the strictest sense, the capturing selection can details users to digicam configurations for capturing certain types of pictures.

Scenes-fully automated method with the digicam optimizing configurations for particular subjects; the method switch provides symbols for image, landscape, child, sports, close-up and evening image choices. User details are restricted and may differ based on the particular field selected.

Effects-fully automated method with the digicam applying results as determined by the user; spinning of the management switch can call up evening vision, super vivid, pop, photo illustration, shade draw, toy digicam impact, small impact, selective shade, figure, great key, low key, HDR painting or simple surroundings results. User details are restricted and may differ based on the impact selected.

Program auto-automatic method with the digicam setting aperture and shutter speed; customer has a extensive range of details and can differ the aperture/shutter configurations initially selected by the digicam by spinning of the management switch.

Aperture priority-user places aperture, digicam places shutter rate and customer has a extensive range of details.

Shutter priority-user places shutter rate, digicam places aperture and customer has a extensive range of details.

Camera DSLR Nikon D3300 Review. Manual-user places shutter rate and aperture and has a extensive range of details.

Movie-NTSC mode: catch movie at 1920 x 1080 60p; 1920 x 1080 30p; 1920 x 1080 24p; 1280 x 720 60p; 640 x 424 30p. PAL mode: 1920 x 1080 50p; 1920 x 1080 25p; 1920 x 1080 24p; 1280 x 720 50p; 640 x 424 25p. Highest possible film great quality is 4 GB; maximum complete HD/high film great quality duration at 60 or 50p is 10 moments or 20 moments at normal film great quality. H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding, linear PCM audio. A stereo microphone jack is offered.

Display/Viewfinder

The 3-inch observe is fixed, has a 921,000 dot structure, is adjustable for 11 configurations of illumination and provides a 160 degree watching angle. As is typical with most digicam monitors, outdoor use in shiny circumstances could be difficult for picture capture/composition or review. Frame security is not specified but seems to be approximately 100%.

The viewfinder provides .85x magnification and 95% structure coverage--the latter figure meaning that there will be some materials/subjects falling onto the edges of the structure that are not apparent through the viewfinder. There is a diopter modification to accommodate varying levels of eyesight and overall the viewfinder was enjoyable to use in both shiny in dim circumstances.