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D3100 User's Manual - Page 5
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What other accessories are available for my camera? How do I restore default settings? What software is available for my camera? How do I display menus in the information display? Connections
How do I print photos? How do I copy photos to use ? Retouching Photographs
How do I create retouched copies of RAW (NEF) photos?
How do I format memory cards? Can I trim...
D3100 User's Manual - Page 17
... recommended if the camera is a precision device and requires regular servicing. information that default settings are used.
1 THE USE OF NON-NIKON ACCESSORIES COULD DAMAGE YOUR CAMERA AND MAY VOID YOUR NIKON WARRANTY. A Camera Settings
The explanations in this manual assume that should be inspected by Nikon specifically for your purchase of a Nikon single-lens reflex (SLR) digital...
D3100 User's Manual - Page 32
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Mounting mark CPU contacts (0 168)
Rear lens cap
Focus ring (0 43, 62) Zoom ring
1 Turn the camera off. 2 Remove the rear lens cap and the
camera body cap. Keeping the mounting mark on the camera body, position the lens in this manual for autofocus with autofocus motors.
Autofocus is an AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR. Being careful not to press the lensrelease button...
D3100 User's Manual - Page 69
... memory buffer at current settings is rotated during shooting. For information on the number of the images in the buffer, recording may take from a few seconds to 100 photographs
k can be taken in succession; A Auto Image Rotation
The camera orientation recorded for the first shot applies to the memory card slot will light. A Continuous Release Mode
Continuous release mode...
D3100 User's Manual - Page 111
...J.
Repeat this step until all settings have been modified from default settings are indicated by pressing the O
button.
4 Save changes and exit.
G button
3 Adjust settings.
Modifying Picture Controls
Picture Controls can be modified to suit the scene or the user's creative intent.
Choose a balanced combination of settings.
Default
settings can be restored by an asterisk...
D3100 User's Manual - Page 185
... of f/5.6 or faster.
2 Exposure indicator can be used in mode M.
Camera setting
Focus
Mode
Metering
MF (with electronic Auto and scene
Lens/accessory
AF rangefinder) MF modes;
Selecting another mode disables the shutter release. Aperture must be adjusted manually via the lens aperture ring and the camera metering system, i-TTL flash control, and other features requiring a CPU...
D3100 User's Manual - Page 190
... automatically set to TTL and shutter-release is used regardless of mode selected with flash unit.
7 Can be used to control other flash units.
2 CPU lens required.
3 Standard i-TTL flash for digital SLR is used with spot metering or when selected with flash unit.
4 Standard i-TTL flash for digital SLR is used with spot metering.
5 Selected with CLS-compatible...
D3100 User's Manual - Page 191
... controls on CLS-compatible digital SLR cameras. D Notes on Optional Flash Units
Refer to the section on the optional SB-900, SB-800, SB-600, or SU-800 flash unit are used to select standard i-TTL flash control. If the flash unit supports CLS, refer to the Speedlight manual for AF-assist illumination and red-eye reduction...
D3100 User's Manual - Page 198
... insert a fully-charged EN-EL14 battery or connect an optional EP-5A power connector and EH-5a AC adapter.
2 Remove the lens. Note, however, that light falls on and press the G
button to Step 8.
Holding the camera so that the filter is extremely delicate and easily damaged. Nikon recommends that this option is required when...
D3100 User's Manual - Page 204
... in manual focus mode: focus manually (0 62). If the problem persists after removing the battery from shutter-release button, confirm that battery is pressed halfway. Shutter-release disabled: • Memory card is locked, full, or not inserted (0 20, 24). • Built-in flash is charging (0 27). • Camera is not in focus (0 26). • CPU lens with temperature. Camera does...
D3100 User's Manual - Page 211
...selected
Picture Control can be modified
Media
SD (Secure Digital), SDHC, and SDXC memory cards
File system
DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) 2.0, DPOF (Digital Print Order
Format), Exif 2.21 (Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still
Cameras), PictBridge
Viewfinder Viewfinder Frame coverage Magnification Eyepoint Diopter adjustment Focusing screen Reflex mirror Lens aperture...
D3100 User's Manual - Page 213
....) -1 - +19 EV (ISO 100, 20 °C/68 °F) • Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); continuous-servo AF (AF-C); Exposure ISO sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index) Active D-Lighting Focus Autofocus
Detection range Lens servo
Focus point AF-area mode Focus lock Flash Built-in flash Guide Number Flash control
Flash mode
ISO 100 - 3200 in flash and SB-900, SB-800...
D3100 User's Manual - Page 216
... rechargeable Li-ion battery
Type
Rechargeable lithium-ion battery
Rated capacity
7.4 V/1030 mAh
Dimensions (W × H × D) Approx. 38 × 53 × 14 mm (1.5 × 2.1 × 0.6 in.)
Weight
Approx. 48 g (1.7 oz.), excluding terminal cover
AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens
Type
Type G AF-S DX NIKKOR zoom lens with Nikon DX-format digital SLR cameras
Focal length
18...
D3100 User's Manual - Page 219
...widely used in the digital camera industry to ensure compatibility among different makes of camera.
• DPOF: Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) is an industry-wide standard that allows pictures to be printed from print orders stored on the memory card.
• Exif version 2.21: The D3100 supports Exif (Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras) version 2.21, a standard in which...
D3100 User's Manual - Page 222
... set (DPOF 124 Printing 117 Programmed auto 74 Protecting photographs 108
Q
Quality (Movie settings 47 Quick retouch 161
R
Rangefinder 144 Rear lens cap 16 Rear-curtain sync 69 Recent settings 165 Red intensifier (Filter effects) ...155 Red-eye correction 153 Red-eye reduction 69 Release mode 5, 53 Release-mode selector 5, 53 Remote cord 78, 177 Removing the lens from the camera...
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