Nikon 300mm F4 PF VR impressions

Introduction

I am not a serious sorts or wild life photographer, but I shoot different sports and events from time to time - surfing, tennis, dance competitions, etc. When it comes to telephoto lenses it is surfing that I mainly have in mind while picking a lens.

While some of the best surfing photos are taken by people in the water or on jet skis, I am not one of them. I shoot either from the shore or a boat. This means that on one hand my equipment does not get wet all that often, though it could be exposed to ocean spray once in a while; on the other hand I need lenses with some reach. It is always the best to get as close to surfers as possible, but what is possible varies - during annual Mavericks competition sometimes I find myself shooting in 500mm+ focal length while being on a boat, and shooting a casual surfers in Santa Cruz usually requires 200-300mm range. It is rear to find yourself on the shore and requiring range far below 200mm.

Up until now all of the lenses I was using were zoom lenses: Nikon 70-200mm + TC1.7, Tamron 200-500mm, Sigma 150-500mm. Those are very reasonable lenses, giving a good price/performance compromise; but they are decidedly not the pro choice like Nikon 300mm VR, Nikon 200-400mm VR, etc. Nikon PF 300mm F4 is the first lens of this kind for me.

Appearance

It is well understood that one of the main features of this PF version of Nikon 300mm F4 is that it is the lightest and most compact lens of a kind ever made. This was clearly the aim, and Nikon needed to make few decisions to get there. Lens' unique PF element is one of them, another is the material that the lens is made out of - high quality plastic, and not metal. So lens clearly does not feel as solid as many other Gold bands, but quality appears very, very good, with smooth and precise action. Despite non-metal feel lens feels very good.

Length wise being just a touch longer than Nikon 24-70mm F2.8, lens is amazingly compact for 300mm. It is also very well balanced on my D750 body. It makes extremely easy to stay fast and mobile with the set-up. 

Performance

To test the camera I took it for a few hour shoot of surfers. Given the layout of the beach in Santa Cruz, 300mm the right focal length for most shots. But for most action shots there is not that much room for a framing mistake. This is good when framing is correct, bad if it was just a bit off. This set-up should also really stress D750 + 300mm focusing.

Results were impressive, in fact they significantly exceeded my expectations. Out of 1,500 images only a handful had clear focusing errors. I have never seen such performance from other 300mm+ set-ups that I have used - I expected full 1/4, or even 1/3 to be plagued by focusing issues. Unfortunately, this 1/4 would always include the best images from the set - with the most dynamic scenes. 

Sharpness and rendering from the lens was excellent. Based on specs PF lens should produce suboptimal bokeh. Since I was using camera for shooting sports, I could not care less. Also in testing I did not see any remarkable shortcomings in that department, but perhaps they would be noticeable if I was to do side-by-side comparison with a better bokeh lens.

Being alarmed by the report of VR performance I also tested that separately. The claim is that while VR is effective at low shutter speed, and unnoticeable at high speeds, in the mid-range of shutter speeds (1/60-1/200) it actually does not work well and equally likely to introduce problems.

full image, for reference

1/160 sec, VR-ON

1/500 sec, VR-ON

Sadly, this was exactly the case for me. I tested lens while handholding multiple times through a range of shutter speeds. At about 1/125-1/200 conclusion was unmistakable - I was actually getting near perfect images with VR off, and with VR engaged (both Normal and Sports modes) I could not get perfectly sharp images ever. I was assuming perhaps some images will have blur some will not - sadly this was not the case - all image were not sharp while VR was engages in mid range.

From the very beginning Nikon was silent about environmental sealing of the lens. This always drives me crazy when something that should be one of the basic specs becomes a topic of hot debate. Nikon is the most non-candid about what is the status of their lenses. It appears that Nikon 300mm PF is not environmentally sealed after all:

This appears to be the fact, and it is disappointing that gold band, $2,000 price tag and rubber around the mount is not enough to arrive at an educated guess about water resistance properties of the lens. In contrast Fuji and Pentax state in the name of the lens the status of the environmental seals.

Conclusion

At this time it is very difficult for me to give perfect marks to Nikon PF 300mm. I was very impressed with focusing performance, sharpness and color of the lens, and it goes without saying that size and weight are also something quite remarkable.

But VR performance is unacceptable, especially so many years into VR technology. While Nikon claimed that the problem with VR exists on D800/D810 bodies, it did not accept the same assessment on D750 (the body that I was testing). So I think just like with D600 shutter, Nikon will need some encouragement to deal with the problem. If Nikon can address VR issue via a firmware update - this will be one of the best lenses that I have used - I am really hoping this is the case. Until then, $2,000 lens with such major feature performing sub-optimally is something that is hard to settle for.

Not having environmental seals is also borderline unacceptable for a lens in this price category. Nikon being not clear about this is even worse.

Later notes

Preparing for my upcoming trip to Alaska, I was testing some lightweight long range options. One of them is using Nikon 300mm F4 PF lens with Nikon CX sensor camera via adapter. In this case I was using the current flagship Nikon 1 V3. 

First of all I was very impressed with the focusing performance of the coupled system. Perhaps it is not identical to Nikon D750 performance, but for 810mm equivalent lens it is pretty snappy. In fact it is more accurate and responsible than D750 with longer lenses such as Sigma 150-500mm and Tamron 200-500mm. This is pretty good for mirrorless camera.

Another thing that I was very impressed with was the image quality. Crop factor of CX is 2.7, this means that CX sensor represents about 1/7.3 of FX sensor. It is true that the CX region is on the center - the optimal spot; but nevertheless this means that to fully utilize 18MP CX sensor, FX lens needs to be able to resolve 131MP when mounted on FX camera. I am not claiming that 300mm PF out-resolves 18MP sensor, and placement is optimal, but I was expecting borderline junk results - this is not what I got. Results were actually pretty good - quite reasonable for discriminating photographer to use. Perhaps there is an issue with my math - I am sure someone will point out why this was to be expected - but I am impressed.

Nikon 300mm PF on Nikon 1 V3 camera via adapter

Finally, I did not notice VR issued that I am seeing with D750, when using V3. This is another unexpected positive surprise.

So it looks like besides reasonable 300mm, I got myself a reasonable 810mm as well.

Nikon 300mm PF on Nikon 1 V3 camera via adapter

Nikon D3300 Review And Test

Overall, the D3300 comes up with many more advantages than negatives--it's a good little digital camera whether trading up or bouncing in for the first time.

When the annual Electronics Show opened on January six in Las Vegas, Nikon watchers might be excused if their attention was concentrated at the top of the DSLR line: Nikon’s flagship D4 had just already been superseded by the virtually identical-appearing D4s.

Also announced on January 6th was the D3300, Nikon’s entry-level product which at first blush appears virtually similar to the D3200. However , just as with the actual D4/D4s, the D3300 picks up the sensor that may be different from the D3200 (dimensions are slightly different and more considerably there is no anti-aliasing filter in the D3300) along with an EXPEED 4 processor chip. The new camera also gains an extra ISO step at the high end from the spectrum, a 1080/60p (or 50p) video capability and an additional framework per second on the continuous capturing rate.



Apart from the aforementioned changes, the particular D3300 comes in almost an oz . lighter than the older camera along with slightly different dimensions: 4. 9 y 3. 9 x 3 ins versus 5 x 3. eight x 3. 1 inches for your D3200. Both cameras share APS-C sized sensors at 24. two megapixels of resolution-the sensor creates a 1 . 5x crop factor in thirty-five mm equivalents. That resolution allows for a few fairly aggressive cropping while nevertheless retaining excellent image quality: here is an original shot at 20 of the 13. 3 inches and three hundred dots per inch along with a good 18 x 12 inch plants at 240 dots per ". Both images will make excellent images that are virtually indistinguishable.



Fully suitable for Nikon AF-S/AF-I lenses and teleconverters, the D3300 accepts SD/SDHC/SDXC memory space media in a single card slot. The actual camera is available in red, black, or even gray bodies in kit contact form, paired with a newly designed and more small AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3. 5-5. 6G VR II contact. Here’s a look at both ends in the focal length of the kit lens.



MSRP is $650 with at least one trustworthy Internet vendor discounting it all the way in which down to $647 as this is written. Nikon includes a rechargeable lithium-ion battery as well as charger, A/V cable, rubber eyecup, camera strap, body cap, imprinted user’s manual and View NX2 software with each camera. A good optional WU-1a Wireless Mobile Joindre can take advantage of Wi-Fi connectivity with regard to instant uploading of images and videos to some smart device for easy spreading through social networks. Users can also wirelessly control the D3300 using their intelligent device as a remote “Live View” monitor.

Build And Design

On the surface, the D3300 appears a digital twin to the D3200, with some minor contour changes to the body and a small relocation of a couple buttons within the rear of the camera. The overall style is what you expect from a modern DIGITAL SLR, which is to say a rounded rectangle-shaped form with a prominent handgrip and also protruding pentaprism/built-in flash housing located atop the body. Body construction is actually of composite materials with a metal zoom lens mount and Nikon has were able to shave nearly 1 ounce associated with body weight compared to the D3200, apparently with the inclusion of carbon fiber. The digicam is manufactured in Thailand and components, fit and finish appear commensurate using the price point.



Ergonomics and Controls
The particular D3300 positions itself toward small end of the DSLR size range and folks with large hands might discover it a bit small in use. Along with my average size hands, the small finger of my right hands has nowhere to go except snuggle under the camera body when handholding; my right index finger drops naturally onto the shutter switch between the first and middle important joints, requiring a conscious repositioning in order to merge the fingertip with the shutter release button. There is ample room between handgrip and lens barrel/base on the camera for handholding with the package lens; I also shot the photographic camera with Nikon 105 mm macro, 70-200, 50 and 10. five mm fisheye lenses handheld without any problems. With the kit lens on the machine the D3300 is a light along with pleasant walking around setup (along together with shorter lenses such as the 50 and also the 10. 5); longer and weightier lenses like the 105 and 70-200 tend to produce a somewhat nose weighty combination owing to the camera body’s light weight.

Controls on the D3300 is going to be easily recognizable to any Nikon consumer and particularly someone used to typically the D3200. The upper right of the video camera body features the mode face; movie-record, information, and aperture/exposure payment buttons along with the combination power on/off and shutter button.

The cameras back includes the 3 inch keep track of with replay, menu, enlarge, assist and information buttons arrayed vertically to be able to its left. To the monitor’s correct are a live view button, variable selector, release mode and remove buttons, also arrayed vertically. The top right rear of the body homes the command dial and AE-L/AF-L button; a diopter adjustment manage sits adjacent to the viewfinder. Adobe flash deployment and function buttons are located slightly below the flash housing on the top left side of the camera body, surrounding the lens mount.

Depending on the taking pictures mode, the info button on the dslr camera back can provide access to camera configurations such as image quality and dimension, white balance, flash, ISO, concentrate mode, autofocus area mode, metering mode, flash compensation, and publicity compensation. The full range of options comes in the manual or semiautomatic settings, but limited in fully automated or scene modes.

Menus in addition to Modes
Menus in the D3300 tend to be simple and short, in keeping with the camera’s entry-level DSLR status: a two-page playback menu, two-page shooting menus, four page setup menu, 3 page retouch menu and three-page recent settings menu. Some menu products may not be available depending on shooting setting.

The retouch menu is fairly nationwide and offers a number of tools for picture manipulation, such as D-lighting, redeye modification, RAW processing, resizing, quick retouch, distortion control and movie modifying. Here’s a look at a backlit photo of a meerkat along with the same chance after “quick retouch” applied within camera.



The View NX2 software furnished with the camera also contains a internet browser, movie editor, RAW converter, D-lighting and image adjustments including direct exposure compensation, white balance, picture handle, sharpness, contrast, brightness, highlight safety, shadow protection, color booster, any crop tool, straighten tool, car redeye, axial color aberration plus auto lateral color aberration.

Capturing modes are what you would expect from your entry-level DSLR, combining fully programmed “point and shoot” type choices including scenes and a guide function along with more traditional manual and semiautomatic settings.

Auto-a fully automatic method with the camera determining the majority of options; user has inputs to graphic quality and size, flash procedure, focus mode and autofocus region mode.
Auto, flash disabled-fully auto mode identical to auto apart from no flash capability.
Guide-a guide mode offering instruction/suggestions on firing, viewing or deleting images, retouching images, and camera set up. Whilst not a shooting mode in the most stringent sense, the shooting menu may guide users to camera setups for capturing certain types of pictures.
Scenes-fully automatic mode with the surveillance camera optimizing settings for particular topics; the mode dial provides emblems for portrait, landscape, child, sports activities, close-up and night portrait alternatives. User inputs are limited and could vary depending on the particular scene selected.
Effects-fully automatic mode with the digital camera applying special effects as determined by the consumer; rotation of the command dial can easily call up night vision, super brilliant, pop, photo illustration, color draw, toy camera effect, miniature impact, selective color, silhouette, high crucial, low key, HDR painting or perhaps easy panorama effects. User plugs are limited and may vary based on the effect chosen.
Program auto-automatic style with the camera setting aperture and even shutter speed; user has a selection of inputs and can vary the aperture/shutter settings originally selected by the digicam by rotation of the command watch dial.
Aperture priority-user sets aperture, photographic camera sets shutter speed and customer has a wide variety of inputs.
Shutter priority-user sets shutter speed, camera models aperture and user has a wide selection of inputs.
Manual-user sets shutter pace and aperture and has a wide variety of advices.
Movie-NTSC mode: capture video in 1920 x 1080 60p; 1920 x 1080 30p; 1920 by 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 back button 424 25p. Maximum movie quality is 4 GB; maximum full HD/high movie quality length at sixty or 50p is 10 minutes or maybe 20 minutes at normal film quality. H. 264/MPEG-4 Advanced Movie Coding, linear PCM audio. The stereo microphone jack is supplied.


Display/Viewfinder
The 3-inch monitor will be fixed, has a 921, 000 us dot composition, is adjustable for eleven settings of brightness and offers some sort of 160 degree viewing angle. Being a common problem with most camera monitors, usage outdoors in bright conditions could be hard for image capture/composition or evaluation. Frame coverage is not specified however appears to be approximately 100%.

The viewfinder offers. 85x magnification and 95% frame coverage-the latter figure which means that there will be some materials/subjects slipping on to the edges of the frame which are not apparent through the viewfinder. There is a diopter adjustment to accommodate varying levels of vision and overall the viewfinder had been pleasant to use in both bright inside dim conditions.

Nikon D3300 User Review

Consequently, the D3300 comes up with many more extras than negatives--it's a good little cameras whether trading up or playing in for the first time.

When the annual Gadgets Show opened on January 4 in Las Vegas, Nikon watchers is usually excused if their attention was specific at the top of the DSLR line: Nikon’s flagship D4 had just ended up superseded by the virtually identical-appearing D4s.

Also announced on January ?tta was the D3300, Nikon’s entry-level magic size which at first blush appears virtually exactly the same to the D3200. However , just as with the exact D4/D4s, the D3300 picks up your sensor that may be different from the D3200 (dimensions are slightly different and more critically there is no anti-aliasing filter in the D3300) along with an EXPEED 4 chip. The new camera also gains one more ISO step at the high end of your spectrum, a 1080/60p (or 50p) video capability and an additional style per second on the continuous taking rate.



Apart from the aforementioned changes, the very D3300 comes in almost an ounces lighter than the older camera through slightly different dimensions: 4. 9 by 3. 9 x 3 long versus 5 x 3. almost 8 x 3. 1 inches in the D3200. Both cameras share APS-C sized sensors at 24. some megapixels of resolution-the sensor constitutes a 1 . 5x crop factor in thirty-five mm equivalents. That resolution allows for various fairly aggressive cropping while also retaining excellent image quality: here is an original shot at 20 back button 13. 3 inches and 310 dots per inch along with any 18 x 12 inch plant at 240 dots per within .. Both images will make excellent paper prints that are virtually indistinguishable.



Fully usable on Nikon AF-S/AF-I lenses and teleconverters, the D3300 accepts SD/SDHC/SDXC remembrance media in a single card slot. The very camera is available in red, black, or simply gray bodies in kit shape, paired with a newly designed and more efficient AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3. 5-5. 6G VR II contact lens. Here’s a look at both ends belonging to the focal length of the kit lens.



MSRP is $650 with at least one respectable Internet vendor discounting it all the path down to $647 as this is written. Nikon includes a rechargeable lithium-ion battery and also charger, A/V cable, rubber eyecup, camera strap, body cap, reproduced user’s manual and View NX2 software with each camera. Any optional WU-1a Wireless Mobile Mellemstykke can take advantage of Wi-Fi connectivity meant for instant uploading of images and videos towards a smart device for easy selling through social networks. Users can also slightly control the D3300 using their savvy device as a remote “Live View” monitor.

Build And Design

Outwardly, the D3300 appears a personal twin to the D3200, with some bit of an contour changes to the body and a minimal amount of relocation of a couple buttons over the rear of the camera. The overall structure is what you expect from a modern CAN BE SO, which is to say a rounded as a rectangle form with a prominent handgrip along with protruding pentaprism/built-in flash housing proudly located atop the body. Body construction is certainly of composite materials with a metal website mount and Nikon has was able to shave nearly 1 ounce about body weight compared to the D3200, apparently on the inclusion of carbon fiber. The dslr camera is manufactured in Thailand and items, fit and finish appear commensurate when using the price point.



Ergonomics and Controls
The main D3300 positions itself toward small end of the DSLR size pole and folks with large hands might find it a bit small in use. Utilizing my average size hands, real estate finger of my right present has nowhere to go except twirl under the camera body when handholding; my right index finger reduces naturally onto the shutter mouse between the first and middle predisposed joints, requiring a conscious repositioning towards merge the fingertip with the shutter release button. There is ample room from the handgrip and lens barrel/base within the camera for handholding with the set up lens; I also shot the surveillance camera with Nikon 105 mm macro, 70-200, 50 and 10. certain mm fisheye lenses handheld with out an problems. With the kit lens note of the D3300 is a light in addition to pleasant walking around setup (along utilizing shorter lenses such as the 50 and also 10. 5); longer and overweight lenses like the 105 and 70-200 tend to produce a somewhat nose quite heavy combination owing to the camera body’s light weight.

Controls on the D3300 would be easily recognizable to any Nikon operator and particularly someone used to the main D3200. The upper right of the digital camera body features the mode switch; movie-record, information, and aperture/exposure pay buttons along with the combination power on/off and shutter button.

The digicam back includes the 3 inch check with replay, menu, enlarge, allow and information buttons arrayed vertically so that you can its left. To the monitor’s best are a live view button, multiple selector, release mode and mess up buttons, also arrayed vertically. Top of the right rear of the body real estate the command dial and AE-L/AF-L button; a diopter adjustment regulate sits adjacent to the viewfinder. Pen deployment and function buttons are located a bit below the flash housing on the leading left side of the camera body, coterminous the lens mount.

Depending on the photographing mode, the info button on the photographic camera back can provide access to camera configuration settings such as image quality and measurements, white balance, flash, ISO, totally focus mode, autofocus area mode, metering mode, flash compensation, and vulnerability compensation. The full range of options is very useful the manual or semiautomatic formats, but limited in fully computerized or scene modes.

Menus plus Modes
Menus in the D3300 happen to be simple and short, in keeping with the camera’s entry-level DSLR status: a two-page playback menu, two-page shooting navigation, four page setup menu, a couple of page retouch menu and three-page recent settings menu. Some menu pieces may not be available depending on shooting style.

The retouch menu is fairly intensive and offers a number of tools for appearance manipulation, such as D-lighting, redeye calamité, RAW processing, resizing, quick retouch, distortion control and movie updating. Here’s a look at a backlit taken of a meerkat along with the same strike after “quick retouch” applied on camera.



The View NX2 software supplied with the camera also contains a phone, movie editor, RAW converter, D-lighting and image adjustments including being exposed compensation, white balance, picture manipulate, sharpness, contrast, brightness, highlight proper protection, shadow protection, color booster, a good crop tool, straighten tool, car or truck redeye, axial color aberration and even auto lateral color aberration.

Picture taking modes are what you would expect from your entry-level DSLR, combining fully semi-automatic or fully automatic “point and shoot” type possible choices including scenes and a guide manner along with more traditional manual and semiautomatic settings.

Auto-a fully automatic form with the camera determining the majority of surroundings; user has inputs to look quality and size, flash process, focus mode and autofocus section mode.
Auto, flash disabled-fully an automatic mode identical to auto except for no flash capability.
Guide-a series mode offering instruction/suggestions on picture taking, viewing or deleting images, retouching images, and camera set up. But not a shooting mode in the most stringent sense, the shooting menu will guide users to camera setups for capturing certain types of imagery.
Scenes-fully automatic mode with the video camera optimizing settings for particular subject areas; the mode dial provides symbols for portrait, landscape, child, sporting events, close-up and night portrait opportunities. User inputs are limited and would vary depending on the particular scene decided.
Effects-fully automatic mode with the cameras applying special effects as determined by the operator; rotation of the command dial will be able to call up night vision, super dramatic, pop, photo illustration, color théatre, toy camera effect, miniature impression, selective color, silhouette, high main, low key, HDR painting and also easy panorama effects. User advices are limited and may vary according to effect chosen.
Program auto-automatic way with the camera setting aperture together with shutter speed; user has a many inputs and can vary the aperture/shutter settings originally selected by the dslr camera by rotation of the command call.
Aperture priority-user sets aperture, surveillance camera sets shutter speed and owner has a wide variety of inputs.
Shutter priority-user sets shutter speed, camera sinks aperture and user has a tons of inputs.
Manual-user sets shutter accelerate and aperture and has a wide variety of terme conseillé.
Movie-NTSC mode: capture video within 1920 x 1080 60p; 1920 x 1080 30p; 1920 times 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 a 424 25p. Maximum movie quality is 4 GB; maximum full HD/high movie quality length at 61 or 50p is 10 minutes or possibly 20 minutes at normal picture quality. H. 264/MPEG-4 Advanced Online video media Coding, linear PCM audio. Some stereo microphone jack is delivered.


Display/Viewfinder
The 3-inch monitor is normally fixed, has a 921, 000 dust composition, is adjustable for 4 settings of brightness and offers some 160 degree viewing angle. Being a common problem with most camera monitors, outdoor usage in bright conditions could be very difficult for image capture/composition or critique. Frame coverage is not specified still appears to be approximately 100%.

The viewfinder offers. 85x magnification and 95% frame coverage-the latter figure consequently there will be some materials/subjects slipping against the edges of the frame which are not apparent through the viewfinder. There is a diopter adjustment to accommodate varying levels of prospect and overall the viewfinder was basically pleasant to use in both bright for dim conditions.

Update - Nikon D3300 Review

In the end, the D3300 comes up with many more advantages than negatives--it's a good little digicam whether trading up or lunging in for the first time.

When the annual Electronic devices Show opened on January a few in Las Vegas, Nikon watchers may just be excused if their attention was on target at the top of the DSLR line: Nikon’s flagship D4 had just happen to be superseded by the virtually identical-appearing D4s.

Also announced on January half a dozen was the D3300, Nikon’s entry-level version which at first blush appears virtually the exact same to the D3200. However , just as with the particular D4/D4s, the D3300 picks up any sensor that may be different from the D3200 (dimensions are slightly different and more truly there is no anti-aliasing filter in the D3300) along with an EXPEED 4 pick. The new camera also gains just one more ISO step at the high end in the spectrum, a 1080/60p (or 50p) video capability and an additional skeleton per second on the continuous taking pictures rate.



Apart from the aforementioned changes, typically the D3300 comes in almost an oz lighter than the older camera having slightly different dimensions: 4. 9 times 3. 9 x 3 inches tall versus 5 x 3. almost eight x 3. 1 inches for those D3200. Both cameras share APS-C sized sensors at 24. a pair of megapixels of resolution-the sensor creates a 1 . 5x crop factor in thirty-five mm equivalents. That resolution allows for certain fairly aggressive cropping while yet retaining excellent image quality: here is an original shot at 20 a 13. 3 inches and 400 dots per inch along with some sort of 18 x 12 inch creep at 240 dots per micron. Both images will make excellent patterns that are virtually indistinguishable.



Fully opennable on Nikon AF-S/AF-I lenses and teleconverters, the D3300 accepts SD/SDHC/SDXC mind media in a single card slot. Often the camera is available in red, black, or perhaps gray bodies in kit variety, paired with a newly designed and more streamlined AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3. 5-5. 6G VR II lens. Here’s a look at both ends on the focal length of the kit lens.



MSRP is $650 with at least one professional Internet vendor discounting it all exactly how down to $647 as this is written. Nikon includes a rechargeable lithium-ion battery along with charger, A/V cable, rubber eyecup, camera strap, body cap, produced user’s manual and View NX2 software with each camera. Some sort of optional WU-1a Wireless Mobile Omformer can take advantage of Wi-Fi connectivity just for instant uploading of images and videos for a smart device for easy expression through social networks. Users can also distantly control the D3300 using their bright device as a remote “Live View” monitor.

Build And Design

Outside the body, the D3300 appears a multimedia twin to the D3200, with some negligible contour changes to the body and a modest relocation of a couple buttons to the rear of the camera. The overall model is what you expect from a modern BECAUSE OF THE, which is to say a rounded block form with a prominent handgrip in addition to protruding pentaprism/built-in flash housing nestled atop the body. Body construction is definitely of composite materials with a metal aperture mount and Nikon has been able to shave nearly 1 ounce for body weight compared to the D3200, apparently via the inclusion of carbon fiber. The photographic camera is manufactured in Thailand and substances, fit and finish appear commensurate considering the price point.



Ergonomics and Controls
The exact D3300 positions itself toward small end of the DSLR size selection range and folks with large hands could find it a bit small in use. Through my average size hands, small finger of my right grip has nowhere to go except twist under the camera body when handholding; my right index finger is naturally onto the shutter link between the first and middle structures, requiring a conscious repositioning to help merge the fingertip with the shutter release button. There is ample room relating to the handgrip and lens barrel/base with the camera for handholding with the bundle lens; I also shot the video camera with Nikon 105 mm macro, 70-200, 50 and 10. quite a few mm fisheye lenses handheld with no need of problems. With the kit lens on-ship the D3300 is a light plus pleasant walking around setup (along by using shorter lenses such as the 50 and then the 10. 5); longer and larger lenses like the 105 and 70-200 tend to produce a somewhat nose significant combination owing to the camera body’s light weight.

Controls on the D3300 might be easily recognizable to any Nikon person and particularly someone used to often the D3200. The upper right of the cameras body features the mode face; movie-record, information, and aperture/exposure cost buttons along with the combination power on/off and shutter button.

The dslr camera back includes the 3 inch watch with replay, menu, enlarge, enable and information buttons arrayed vertically that will its left. To the monitor’s ideal are a live view button, asset selector, release mode and remove duplicate content buttons, also arrayed vertically. The top of right rear of the body households the command dial and AE-L/AF-L button; a diopter adjustment management sits adjacent to the viewfinder. Sign deployment and function buttons are located around the flash housing on the second left side of the camera body, handy the lens mount.

Depending on the firing mode, the info button on the surveillance camera back can provide access to camera controls such as image quality and capacity, white balance, flash, ISO, aim mode, autofocus area mode, metering mode, flash compensation, and subjection compensation. The full range of options is supplied in the manual or semiautomatic processes, but limited in fully programmed or scene modes.

Menus and even Modes
Menus in the D3300 are actually simple and short, in keeping with the camera’s entry-level DSLR status: a two-page playback menu, two-page shooting dishes, four page setup menu, two page retouch menu and three-page recent settings menu. Some menu stuff may not be available depending on shooting way.

The retouch menu is fairly substantial and offers a number of tools for impression manipulation, such as D-lighting, redeye repellant, RAW processing, resizing, quick retouch, distortion control and movie cropping and editing. Here’s a look at a backlit picture of a meerkat along with the same opportunity after “quick retouch” applied with camera.



The View NX2 software are going to be the camera also contains a cell phone, movie editor, RAW converter, D-lighting and image adjustments including visibility compensation, white balance, picture deal with, sharpness, contrast, brightness, highlight coverage, shadow protection, color booster, some sort of crop tool, straighten tool, sedan redeye, axial color aberration together with auto lateral color aberration.

Photographing modes are what you would expect from your entry-level DSLR, combining fully auto “point and shoot” type selections including scenes and a guide setting along with more traditional manual and semiautomatic settings.

Auto-a fully automatic function with the camera determining the majority of functions; user has inputs to photograph quality and size, flash treatment, focus mode and autofocus vicinity mode.
Auto, flash disabled-fully intelligent mode identical to auto except no flash capability.
Guide-a information mode offering instruction/suggestions on filming, viewing or deleting images, retouching images, and camera set up. Before a shooting mode in the most stringent sense, the shooting menu can certainly guide users to camera setups for capturing certain types of shots.
Scenes-fully automatic mode with the digital camera optimizing settings for particular matters; the mode dial provides significance for portrait, landscape, child, sporting, close-up and night portrait solutions. User inputs are limited and will vary depending on the particular scene elected.
Effects-fully automatic mode with the digicam applying special effects as determined by the individual; rotation of the command dial might call up night vision, super clear, pop, photo illustration, color algarade, toy camera effect, miniature benefit, selective color, silhouette, high key element, low key, HDR painting or maybe easy panorama effects. User terme conseillé are limited and may vary dependant upon the effect chosen.
Program auto-automatic method with the camera setting aperture as well as shutter speed; user has a wide selection of inputs and can vary the aperture/shutter settings originally selected by the photographic camera by rotation of the command watch dial.
Aperture priority-user sets aperture, video camera sets shutter speed and individual has a wide variety of inputs.
Shutter priority-user sets shutter speed, camera lies aperture and user has a variety of inputs.
Manual-user sets shutter quickness and aperture and has a wide variety of plugs.
Movie-NTSC mode: capture video for 1920 x 1080 60p; 1920 x 1080 30p; 1920 y 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 of the 424 25p. Maximum movie quality is 4 GB; maximum full HD/high movie quality length at 50 or 50p is 10 minutes as well as 20 minutes at normal video clip quality. H. 264/MPEG-4 Advanced Training video Coding, linear PCM audio. A good stereo microphone jack is made available.


Display/Viewfinder
The 3-inch monitor can be fixed, has a 921, 000 appear in composition, is adjustable for 6 settings of brightness and offers a new 160 degree viewing angle. Being a common problem with most camera monitors, use outdoors in bright conditions could be problematic for image capture/composition or examine. Frame coverage is not specified however , appears to be approximately 100%.

The viewfinder offers. 85x magnification and 95% frame coverage-the latter figure e . g there will be some materials/subjects slipping into the edges of the frame which are not apparent through the viewfinder. There is a diopter adjustment to accommodate varying levels of view and overall the viewfinder was initially pleasant to use in both bright around dim conditions.

Latest Nikon D3300 Review

Altogether, the D3300 comes up with many more extras than negatives--it's a good little dslr camera whether trading up or getting in for the first time.

When the annual Electronics Show opened on January 6th in Las Vegas, Nikon watchers may very well be excused if their attention was aimed at the top of the DSLR line: Nikon’s flagship D4 had just really been superseded by the virtually identical-appearing D4s.

Also announced on January some was the D3300, Nikon’s entry-level style which at first blush appears virtually the identical to the D3200. However , just as with the very D4/D4s, the D3300 picks up a good sensor that may be different from the D3200 (dimensions are slightly different and more clearly there is no anti-aliasing filter in the D3300) along with an EXPEED 4 processer. The new camera also gains a surplus ISO step at the high end belonging to the spectrum, a 1080/60p (or 50p) video capability and an additional figure per second on the continuous photographing rate.



Apart from the aforementioned changes, the main D3300 comes in almost an oz. lighter than the older camera together with slightly different dimensions: 4. 9 y 3. 9 x 3 in versus 5 x 3. around eight x 3. 1 inches with the D3200. Both cameras share APS-C sized sensors at 24. couple of megapixels of resolution-the sensor constitutes a 1 . 5x crop factor in thirty-five mm equivalents. That resolution allows for quite a few fairly aggressive cropping while however retaining excellent image quality: here is an original shot at 20 of the 13. 3 inches and 3 dots per inch along with a strong 18 x 12 inch scalp at 240 dots per in. Both images will make excellent printing that are virtually indistinguishable.



Fully that will work with Nikon AF-S/AF-I lenses and teleconverters, the D3300 accepts SD/SDHC/SDXC storage area media in a single card slot. The particular camera is available in red, black, and also gray bodies in kit kind, paired with a newly designed and more small in size AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3. 5-5. 6G VR II contact. Here’s a look at both ends within the focal length of the kit lens.



MSRP is $650 with at least one dependable Internet vendor discounting it all the manner in which down to $647 as this is written. Nikon includes a rechargeable lithium-ion battery in addition to charger, A/V cable, rubber eyecup, camera strap, body cap, printed out user’s manual and View NX2 software with each camera. A strong optional WU-1a Wireless Mobile Pointer can take advantage of Wi-Fi connectivity pertaining to instant uploading of images and videos to the smart device for easy giving through social networks. Users can also through the network control the D3300 using their brilliant device as a remote “Live View” monitor.

Build And Design

On the surface, the D3300 appears a exclusive twin to the D3200, with some little contour changes to the body and a insignificant relocation of a couple buttons in the rear of the camera. The overall pattern is what you expect from a modern IS REALLY SO, which is to say a rounded sq form with a prominent handgrip plus protruding pentaprism/built-in flash housing placed atop the body. Body construction will be of composite materials with a metal standard zoom lens mount and Nikon has were able to shave nearly 1 ounce with body weight compared to the D3200, apparently in the inclusion of carbon fiber. The surveillance camera is manufactured in Thailand and products, fit and finish appear commensurate along with the price point.



Ergonomics and Controls
Typically the D3300 positions itself toward small end of the DSLR size assortment and folks with large hands will find it a bit small in use. By using my average size hands, the insufficient finger of my right fretting hand has nowhere to go except curls under the camera body when handholding; my right index finger tumbles naturally onto the shutter control key between the first and middle joint capsules, requiring a conscious repositioning to be able to merge the fingertip with the shutter release button. There is ample room regarding the handgrip and lens barrel/base from the camera for handholding with the kits lens; I also shot the digital camera with Nikon 105 mm macro, 70-200, 50 and 10. some mm fisheye lenses handheld lacking problems. With the kit lens top-dash the D3300 is a light and even pleasant walking around setup (along using shorter lenses such as the 50 as well as 10. 5); longer and more heavy lenses like the 105 and 70-200 tend to produce a somewhat nose serious combination owing to the camera body’s light weight.

Controls on the D3300 shall be easily recognizable to any Nikon customer and particularly someone used to the actual D3200. The upper right of the digicam body features the mode switch; movie-record, information, and aperture/exposure damages buttons along with the combination power on/off and shutter button.

The photographic camera back includes the 3 inch observe with replay, menu, enlarge, assistance and information buttons arrayed vertically for you to its left. To the monitor’s perfect are a live view button, adjustable selector, release mode and rub out buttons, also arrayed vertically. The top right rear of the body dwellings the command dial and AE-L/AF-L button; a diopter adjustment handle sits adjacent to the viewfinder. Show deployment and function buttons are located at the base of the flash housing on the superior left side of the camera body, endways the lens mount.

Depending on the picture taking mode, the info button on the video camera back can provide access to camera options such as image quality and volume, white balance, flash, ISO, center mode, autofocus area mode, metering mode, flash compensation, and direct exposure compensation. The full range of options will be the manual or semiautomatic modules, but limited in fully semi-automatic or fully automatic or scene modes.

Menus together with Modes
Menus in the D3300 will be simple and short, in keeping with the camera’s entry-level DSLR status: a two-page playback menu, two-page shooting list, four page setup menu, some page retouch menu and three-page recent settings menu. Some menu merchandise may not be available depending on shooting method.

The retouch menu is fairly extensive and offers a number of tools for graphic manipulation, such as D-lighting, redeye punition, RAW processing, resizing, quick retouch, distortion control and movie touch-ups. Here’s a look at a backlit chance of a meerkat along with the same hit after “quick retouch” applied inside camera.



The View NX2 software provided by the camera also contains a technique, movie editor, RAW converter, D-lighting and image adjustments including coverage compensation, white balance, picture command, sharpness, contrast, brightness, highlight safeguards, shadow protection, color booster, some crop tool, straighten tool, automatic redeye, axial color aberration as well as auto lateral color aberration.

Taking modes are what you would expect from your entry-level DSLR, combining fully an automatic “point and shoot” type alternatives including scenes and a guide style along with more traditional manual and semiautomatic settings.

Auto-a fully automatic manner with the camera determining the majority of adjustments; user has inputs to photo quality and size, flash function, focus mode and autofocus space mode.
Auto, flash disabled-fully automated mode identical to auto apart from no flash capability.
Guide-a short training mode offering instruction/suggestions on capturing, viewing or deleting images, retouching images, and camera set up. Without the need of a shooting mode in the most stringent sense, the shooting menu can easily guide users to camera setups for capturing certain types of pics.
Scenes-fully automatic mode with the cameras optimizing settings for particular content; the mode dial provides designs for portrait, landscape, child, physical activities, close-up and night portrait possibilities. User inputs are limited and may also vary depending on the particular scene picked out.
Effects-fully automatic mode with the dslr camera applying special effects as determined by you; rotation of the command dial could call up night vision, super intense, pop, photo illustration, color discussion, toy camera effect, miniature consequence, selective color, silhouette, high critical, low key, HDR painting or possibly easy panorama effects. User plugs are limited and may vary depending on effect chosen.
Program auto-automatic form with the camera setting aperture and also shutter speed; user has a tons of inputs and can vary the aperture/shutter settings originally selected by the surveillance camera by rotation of the command call.
Aperture priority-user sets aperture, digital camera sets shutter speed and end user has a wide variety of inputs.
Shutter priority-user sets shutter speed, camera packages aperture and user has a selection of inputs.
Manual-user sets shutter swiftness and aperture and has a wide variety of advices.
Movie-NTSC mode: capture video during 1920 x 1080 60p; 1920 x 1080 30p; 1920 by 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 back button 424 25p. Maximum movie quality is 4 GB; maximum full HD/high movie quality length at 59 or 50p is 10 minutes or even 20 minutes at normal flick quality. H. 264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video tutorial Coding, linear PCM audio. Your stereo microphone jack is furnished.


Display/Viewfinder
The 3-inch monitor is usually fixed, has a 921, 000 dept . of transporation composition, is adjustable for 5 settings of brightness and offers the 160 degree viewing angle. Being a common problem with most camera monitors, external use in bright conditions could be tricky for image capture/composition or analysis. Frame coverage is not specified nonetheless appears to be approximately 100%.

The viewfinder offers. 85x magnification and 95% frame coverage-the latter figure for example there will be some materials/subjects slipping in the edges of the frame which are not apparent through the viewfinder. There is a diopter adjustment to accommodate varying levels of sight and overall the viewfinder appeared to be pleasant to use in both bright throughout dim conditions.

All Out Nikon D3300 Review

To sum up, the D3300 comes up with many more advantages than negatives--it's a good little photographic camera whether trading up or moving in for the first time.

When the annual Gadgets Show opened on January ?tta in Las Vegas, Nikon watchers can be excused if their attention was focussed at the top of the DSLR line: Nikon’s flagship D4 had just been recently superseded by the virtually identical-appearing D4s.

Also announced on January six was the D3300, Nikon’s entry-level unit which at first blush appears virtually indistinguishable to the D3200. However , just as with typically the D4/D4s, the D3300 picks up some sort of sensor that may be different from the D3200 (dimensions are slightly different and more appreciably there is no anti-aliasing filter in the D3300) along with an EXPEED 4 brand. The new camera also gains however ISO step at the high end on the spectrum, a 1080/60p (or 50p) video capability and an additional shape per second on the continuous firing rate.



Apart from the aforementioned changes, often the D3300 comes in almost an whiff lighter than the older camera utilizing slightly different dimensions: 4. 9 by 3. 9 x 3 inches width versus 5 x 3. main x 3. 1 inches for any D3200. Both cameras share APS-C sized sensors at 24. 3 megapixels of resolution-the sensor creates a 1 . 5x crop factor in thirty-five mm equivalents. That resolution allows for many fairly aggressive cropping while even now retaining excellent image quality: here is an original shot at 20 back button 13. 3 inches and 500 dots per inch along with the 18 x 12 inch head at 240 dots per half inch. Both images will make excellent marks that are virtually indistinguishable.



Fully best with Nikon AF-S/AF-I lenses and teleconverters, the D3300 accepts SD/SDHC/SDXC ram media in a single card slot. The main camera is available in red, black, or maybe gray bodies in kit type, paired with a newly designed and more stream-lined AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3. 5-5. 6G VR II contact lens. Here’s a look at both ends with the focal length of the kit lens.



MSRP is $650 with at least one highly regarded Internet vendor discounting it all the best way down to $647 as this is written. Nikon includes a rechargeable lithium-ion battery plus charger, A/V cable, rubber eyecup, camera strap, body cap, paper user’s manual and View NX2 software with each camera. The optional WU-1a Wireless Mobile Jumeler can take advantage of Wi-Fi connectivity to get instant uploading of images and videos with a smart device for easy expressing through social networks. Users can also via network control the D3300 using their sensible device as a remote “Live View” monitor.

Build And Design

Outwardly, the D3300 appears a internet twin to the D3200, with some bit of a contour changes to the body and a trivial relocation of a couple buttons for the rear of the camera. The overall style and design is what you expect from a modern WITH ALL THE CURRENT, which is to say a rounded sq . form with a prominent handgrip and even protruding pentaprism/built-in flash housing found atop the body. Body construction is normally of composite materials with a metal the len's mount and Nikon has was able to shave nearly 1 ounce connected with body weight compared to the D3200, apparently over the inclusion of carbon fiber. The video camera is manufactured in Thailand and resources, fit and finish appear commensurate together with the price point.



Ergonomics and Controls
The actual D3300 positions itself toward small end of the DSLR size selection and folks with large hands should find it a bit small in use. Having my average size hands, the miscroscopic finger of my right give has nowhere to go except frizz under the camera body when handholding; my right index finger crumbles naturally onto the shutter option between the first and middle bones, requiring a conscious repositioning so that you can merge the fingertip with the shutter release button. There is ample room between your handgrip and lens barrel/base of your camera for handholding with the set lens; I also shot the cameras with Nikon 105 mm macro, 70-200, 50 and 10. 5 various mm fisheye lenses handheld devoid of any problems. With the kit lens on the deck of the D3300 is a light together with pleasant walking around setup (along along with shorter lenses such as the 50 along with the 10. 5); longer and bulkier lenses like the 105 and 70-200 tend to produce a somewhat nose hefty combination owing to the camera body’s light weight.

Controls on the D3300 will likely be easily recognizable to any Nikon owner and particularly someone used to the exact D3200. The upper right of the dslr camera body features the mode face; movie-record, information, and aperture/exposure pay out buttons along with the combination power on/off and shutter button.

The surveillance camera back includes the 3 inch display with replay, menu, enlarge, guide and information buttons arrayed vertically in order to its left. To the monitor’s suitable are a live view button, multi-ply selector, release mode and get rid of buttons, also arrayed vertically. Top of the right rear of the body buildings the command dial and AE-L/AF-L button; a diopter adjustment manipulate sits adjacent to the viewfinder. Thumb deployment and function buttons are located just beneath the flash housing on the high left side of the camera body, next the lens mount.

Depending on the filming mode, the info button on the digital camera back can provide access to camera surroundings such as image quality and measurement, white balance, flash, ISO, concentration mode, autofocus area mode, metering mode, flash compensation, and being exposed compensation. The full range of options can be purchased in the manual or semiautomatic ways, but limited in fully auto or scene modes.

Menus as well as Modes
Menus in the D3300 usually are simple and short, in keeping with the camera’s entry-level DSLR status: a two-page playback menu, two-page shooting selection, four page setup menu, several page retouch menu and three-page recent settings menu. Some menu objects may not be available depending on shooting form.

The retouch menu is fairly nationwide and offers a number of tools for look manipulation, such as D-lighting, redeye rectification, RAW processing, resizing, quick retouch, distortion control and movie editing and enhancing. Here’s a look at a backlit strike of a meerkat along with the same photo after “quick retouch” applied for camera.



The View NX2 software given the camera also contains a cell phone browser, movie editor, RAW converter, D-lighting and image adjustments including publicity compensation, white balance, picture manage, sharpness, contrast, brightness, highlight safeguard, shadow protection, color booster, a new crop tool, straighten tool, automotive redeye, axial color aberration and also auto lateral color aberration.

Filming modes are what you would expect from your entry-level DSLR, combining fully intelligent “point and shoot” type opportunities including scenes and a guide way along with more traditional manual and semiautomatic settings.

Auto-a fully automatic setting with the camera determining the majority of configurations; user has inputs to picture quality and size, flash surgery, focus mode and autofocus place mode.
Auto, flash disabled-fully computerized mode identical to auto except for no flash capability.
Guide-a course mode offering instruction/suggestions on taking, viewing or deleting images, retouching images, and camera set up. Although it is not a shooting mode in the most stringent sense, the shooting menu will be able to guide users to camera setups for capturing certain types of photographs.
Scenes-fully automatic mode with the digicam optimizing settings for particular themes; the mode dial provides building for portrait, landscape, child, activities, close-up and night portrait choices. User inputs are limited and can vary depending on the particular scene preferred.
Effects-fully automatic mode with the photographic camera applying special effects as determined by anyone; rotation of the command dial may call up night vision, super dazzling, pop, photo illustration, color scène, toy camera effect, miniature outcome, selective color, silhouette, high major, low key, HDR painting as well as easy panorama effects. User advices are limited and may vary with regards to the effect chosen.
Program auto-automatic function with the camera setting aperture along with shutter speed; user has a variety of inputs and can vary the aperture/shutter settings originally selected by the video camera by rotation of the command watch dial.
Aperture priority-user sets aperture, cameras sets shutter speed and consumer has a wide variety of inputs.
Shutter priority-user sets shutter speed, camera value packs aperture and user has a many inputs.
Manual-user sets shutter acceleration and aperture and has a wide variety of terme conseillé.
Movie-NTSC mode: capture video on 1920 x 1080 60p; 1920 x 1080 30p; 1920 times 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 a 424 25p. Maximum movie quality is 4 GB; maximum full HD/high movie quality length at 70 or 50p is 10 minutes or simply 20 minutes at normal dvd quality. H. 264/MPEG-4 Advanced Videos Coding, linear PCM audio. A new stereo microphone jack is given.


Display/Viewfinder
The 3-inch monitor is actually fixed, has a 921, 000 dept of transportation composition, is adjustable for 13 settings of brightness and offers your 160 degree viewing angle. Being a common problem with most camera monitors, usage outdoors in bright conditions could be complicated for image capture/composition or evaluate. Frame coverage is not specified although appears to be approximately 100%.

The viewfinder offers. 85x magnification and 95% frame coverage-the latter figure and thus there will be some materials/subjects slipping on top of the edges of the frame which are not apparent through the viewfinder. There is a diopter adjustment to accommodate varying levels of eyes and overall the viewfinder seemed to be pleasant to use in both bright within dim conditions.

New Nikon D3300 Review

In general, the D3300 comes up with many more extras than negatives--it's a good little surveillance camera whether trading up or pouncing in for the first time.

When the annual Electronic devices Show opened on January half a dozen in Las Vegas, Nikon watchers may be excused if their attention was centered at the top of the DSLR line: Nikon’s flagship D4 had just also been superseded by the virtually identical-appearing D4s.

Also announced on January 4 was the D3300, Nikon’s entry-level type which at first blush appears virtually equivalent to the D3200. However , just as with the main D4/D4s, the D3300 picks up some sensor that may be different from the D3200 (dimensions are slightly different and more drastically there is no anti-aliasing filter in the D3300) along with an EXPEED 4 model. The new camera also gains one particular more ISO step at the high end within the spectrum, a 1080/60p (or 50p) video capability and an additional structure per second on the continuous picture taking rate.



Apart from the aforementioned changes, the actual D3300 comes in almost an oz . lighter than the older camera by using slightly different dimensions: 4. 9 times 3. 9 x 3 inches wide versus 5 x 3. 6 x 3. 1 inches to the D3200. Both cameras share APS-C sized sensors at 24. only two megapixels of resolution-the sensor constitutes a 1 . 5x crop factor in thirty-five mm equivalents. That resolution allows for a number of fairly aggressive cropping while nonetheless retaining excellent image quality: here is an original shot at 20 a 13. 3 inches and 600 dots per inch along with a 18 x 12 inch bounty at 240 dots per inches. Both images will make excellent styles that are virtually indistinguishable.



Fully works with Nikon AF-S/AF-I lenses and teleconverters, the D3300 accepts SD/SDHC/SDXC recollection media in a single card slot. The exact camera is available in red, black, or possibly gray bodies in kit application form, paired with a newly designed and more sleek and stylish AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3. 5-5. 6G VR II lens. Here’s a look at both ends from the focal length of the kit lens.



MSRP is $650 with at least one respected Internet vendor discounting it all how down to $647 as this is written. Nikon includes a rechargeable lithium-ion battery and even charger, A/V cable, rubber eyecup, camera strap, body cap, branded user’s manual and View NX2 software with each camera. A optional WU-1a Wireless Mobile Assembler can take advantage of Wi-Fi connectivity intended for instant uploading of images and videos to your smart device for easy revealing through social networks. Users can also wirelessly control the D3300 using their clever device as a remote “Live View” monitor.

Build And Design

Outside the body, the D3300 appears a electronic twin to the D3200, with some moderate contour changes to the body and a slight relocation of a couple buttons about the rear of the camera. The overall layout is what you expect from a modern DIGITAL, which is to say a rounded oblong form with a prominent handgrip together with protruding pentaprism/built-in flash housing based atop the body. Body construction can be of composite materials with a metal contact mount and Nikon has been able to shave nearly 1 ounce involving body weight compared to the D3200, apparently throughout the inclusion of carbon fiber. The digital camera is manufactured in Thailand and elements, fit and finish appear commensurate while using price point.



Ergonomics and Controls
The very D3300 positions itself toward small end of the DSLR size array and folks with large hands might discover it a bit small in use. Using my average size hands, the limited finger of my right side has nowhere to go except contort under the camera body when handholding; my right index finger is catagorized naturally onto the shutter press button between the first and middle articulations, requiring a conscious repositioning that will merge the fingertip with the shutter release button. There is ample room amongst the handgrip and lens barrel/base in the camera for handholding with the equipment lens; I also shot the digicam with Nikon 105 mm macro, 70-200, 50 and 10. your five mm fisheye lenses handheld without having problems. With the kit lens on the machine the D3300 is a light as well as pleasant walking around setup (along through shorter lenses such as the 50 plus the 10. 5); longer and heavy lenses like the 105 and 70-200 tend to produce a somewhat nose major combination owing to the camera body’s light weight.

Controls on the D3300 are going to be easily recognizable to any Nikon individual and particularly someone used to the particular D3200. The upper right of the photographic camera body features the mode switch; movie-record, information, and aperture/exposure reimbursement buttons along with the combination power on/off and shutter button.

The video camera back includes the 3 inch keep an eye on with replay, menu, enlarge, support and information buttons arrayed vertically towards its left. To the monitor’s appropriate are a live view button, numerous selector, release mode and eliminate buttons, also arrayed vertically. The top of right rear of the body residences the command dial and AE-L/AF-L button; a diopter adjustment deal with sits adjacent to the viewfinder. Expensive deployment and function buttons are located just under the flash housing on the uppr left side of the camera body, nearby the lens mount.

Depending on the capturing mode, the info button on the cameras back can provide access to camera functions such as image quality and dimensions, white balance, flash, ISO, target mode, autofocus area mode, metering mode, flash compensation, and visibility compensation. The full range of options can be found in the manual or semiautomatic modalities, but limited in fully an automatic or scene modes.

Menus and also Modes
Menus in the D3300 are generally simple and short, in keeping with the camera’s entry-level DSLR status: a two-page playback menu, two-page shooting food list, four page setup menu, a few page retouch menu and three-page recent settings menu. Some menu goods may not be available depending on shooting function.

The retouch menu is fairly intensive and offers a number of tools for photograph manipulation, such as D-lighting, redeye static correction, RAW processing, resizing, quick retouch, distortion control and movie croping and editing. Here’s a look at a backlit opportunity of a meerkat along with the same taken after “quick retouch” applied around camera.



The View NX2 software forwarded to the camera also contains a visitor, movie editor, RAW converter, D-lighting and image adjustments including vulnerability compensation, white balance, picture regulate, sharpness, contrast, brightness, highlight security, shadow protection, color booster, the crop tool, straighten tool, vehicle redeye, axial color aberration along with auto lateral color aberration.

Firing modes are what you would expect from your entry-level DSLR, combining fully automated “point and shoot” type solutions including scenes and a guide method along with more traditional manual and semiautomatic settings.

Auto-a fully automatic style with the camera determining the majority of configuration settings; user has inputs to appearance quality and size, flash functioning, focus mode and autofocus spot mode.
Auto, flash disabled-fully programmed mode identical to auto except no flash capability.
Guide-a training mode offering instruction/suggestions on taking pictures, viewing or deleting images, retouching images, and camera set up. Whilst a shooting mode in the most stringent sense, the shooting menu might guide users to camera setups for capturing certain types of graphics.
Scenes-fully automatic mode with the dslr camera optimizing settings for particular things; the mode dial provides buildings for portrait, landscape, child, sporting activities, close-up and night portrait possible choices. User inputs are limited and might vary depending on the particular scene decided on.
Effects-fully automatic mode with the surveillance camera applying special effects as determined by an individual; rotation of the command dial will call up night vision, super stunning, pop, photo illustration, color design, toy camera effect, miniature influence, selective color, silhouette, high essential, low key, HDR painting or even easy panorama effects. User terme conseillé are limited and may vary with respect to the effect chosen.
Program auto-automatic manner with the camera setting aperture in addition to shutter speed; user has a selection of inputs and can vary the aperture/shutter settings originally selected by the digital camera by rotation of the command call.
Aperture priority-user sets aperture, digicam sets shutter speed and operator has a wide variety of inputs.
Shutter priority-user sets shutter speed, camera pieces aperture and user has a wide selection of inputs.
Manual-user sets shutter rate and aperture and has a wide variety of plugs.
Movie-NTSC mode: capture video with 1920 x 1080 60p; 1920 x 1080 30p; 1920 y 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 of the 424 25p. Maximum movie quality is 4 GB; maximum full HD/high movie quality length at 58 or 50p is 10 minutes or perhaps 20 minutes at normal motion picture quality. H. 264/MPEG-4 Advanced Online video Coding, linear PCM audio. Some sort of stereo microphone jack is presented.


Display/Viewfinder
The 3-inch monitor is certainly fixed, has a 921, 000 populate composition, is adjustable for 14 settings of brightness and offers any 160 degree viewing angle. Being a common problem with most camera monitors, outdoor usage in bright conditions could be tough for image capture/composition or assessment. Frame coverage is not specified nevertheless appears to be approximately 100%.

The viewfinder offers. 85x magnification and 95% frame coverage-the latter figure which means there will be some materials/subjects slipping upon the edges of the frame which are not apparent through the viewfinder. There is a diopter adjustment to accommodate varying levels of visual acuity and overall the viewfinder ended up being pleasant to use in both bright on dim conditions.