Saturday, April 29, 2017

Nikon D3300 Digital SLR


D3300 to start your career

Self Timer, Digital Image Stabilization, Exposure Compensation, USB, Eye-Fi Card Ready, Auto White Balance, Automatic Face Tracking, AF Lock, HDMI, GPS, Digital Image Rotation, Automatic Flash

Nikon D3300 Digital SLR Camera Black + 3 Lens: 18-55mm Lens + 16GB Bundle

Nikon D3300 Digital SLR Camera Black + 3 Lens: 18-55mm Lens + 16GB Bundle


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Product Information
Featuring 24.2 sensor, this Nikon Nikon D D3300 Digital SLR camera delivers clear visuals with a simple click. You can instantly view the captured images or playback your videos on the camera’s display. It offers multiple features, including af lock, auto white balance, automatic face tracking, automatic flash, digital image rotation, digital image stabilization, exposure compensation, eye-fi card ready, gps, hdmi, self timer, usb and Component. In addition, the D3300 model camera comes in black.
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Product Identifiers
BrandNikon
ModelD3300
MPND3300BBKB
UPC617689590083

Key Features
Camera TypeDigital SLR
Sensor Resolution24.2MP
Screen Size3"

Lens System
Lens For SDBody Only

Exposure
Exposure compensation±5 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
Light Sensitivity200-6400

Camera Flash
Flash TypePop-up Flash

Memory / Storage
Supported Flash MemorySD Card, SDHC Card, SDXC Card

Dimensions
Depth2.99 in.
Height3.86 in.
Width4.88 in.
Weight15.17 Oz.

Display
Display TypeTFT LCD
Screen DetailsLCD display - TFT active matrix - 3" - color
Display Size3"

Connections
Connector TypesUSB 2.0, mini HDMI

File Format
Digital Video FormatH.264, MPEG-4
Still Image FormatJPEG, NEF (RAW)

Resolution
Max Video Resolution1920 x 1080

Other Features
Additional FeaturesAF Lock, Auto White Balance, Automatic Face Tracking, Automatic Flash, Digital Image Rotation, Digital Image Stabilization, Exposure Compensation, Eye-Fi Card Ready, GPS, HDMI, Self Timer, USB

Miscellaneous
Continuous Shooting Speed5 frames per second
Exterior ColorBlack
Review Sections







With somewhat better photo quality and slightly better performance, the Nikon D3300 delivers a modest improvement over its predecessor the D3200 -- enough to bump up its rating and improve its status relative to some competitors, but no so much that it's definitively worth the extra money over the D3200 for buyers on tight budgets. The rest of the updates, such as 1080/60p video, a redesigned beginner's Guide Mode, plus a slightly smaller, lighter body, barely move the needle. It retains the same 11-point autofocus system of its predecessor, and lacks built-in Wi-Fi; you still have to go dongle for that.

Image quality

Photos are the camera's strongest suit. The D3300 improves on the image quality of the D3200, with most images appearing somewhat sharper as you'd expect from the new 24-megapixel antialiasing-filter-free sensor, and the camera fares pretty compared to competitors. Also, for example, ISO 3200 JPEGs look a lot less noisy than their counterparts from the D3200, but the raw files seem to clean up about the same, pointing mostly to the inevitable improvements in Nikon's image processing over the past two years. JPEGs look very clean through ISO 400 and display only minimal artifacts through ISO 1600. Depending upon scene content the photos are usable through ISO 6400, but above that the less-bright colors become too desaturated and the tonal ranges compress unattractively.
Click to download ISO 100
ISO 1600
ISO 6400
Colors look quite accurate, and there's a reasonable amount of recoverable highlight and shadow detail in raw files given the camera's price class. Its video looks good, even in low light.
































Nikon D3300 Color

Performance

Overall, the D3300 tests faster than the D3200 and many of its competitors, but it still feels pretty slow to shoot with -- possibly because of the relatively sluggish new kit lens. It takes half a second to power on, focus, and shoot; that's not bad. Time to focus and shoot in good light runs about 0.4 second, rising to 0.6 second in dim light. It does perform quite fast when shooting two consecutive photos, 0.2 second regardless whether you're using raw or JPEG, since it doesn't attempt to refocus, rising to 0.9 second with flash enabled.
Live View performance remains terrible, taking almost 2 seconds to focus and shoot thanks to slow everything -- slow autofocus, slow mirror movement -- and two consecutive JPEG shots takes 3.7 seconds.
The camera delivers an excellent 5.1fps burst when equipped with a 95MB/sec SD card (almost 4.4fps for raw) with autofocus and with no significant slowing -- it just gets a little more variable -- for more than 30 frames. However, the autofocus can't really keep up with the frame rate so there are a lot of misses.
The annoying small, dim viewfinder hasn't changed, unsurprising since that's typical for these entry-level models. I really dislike the tiny focus points which only illuminate (and briefly) when you half-press the shutter. They're impossible to see in moderate to dim light, so if you shoot on anything other than full auto you first have to press the shutter to find the appropriate focus point (in my case, center) before you can even begin to frame the scene. The LCD hasn't changed, but it's a good size, bright and reasonably visible in bright sunlight.







SHOOTING SPEED (IN SECONDS)

Canon EOS Rebel SL1
0.6
0.2
0.3
0.8
0.3
Nikon D3200
0.3
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.3
Pentax K-50*
1.2
0.3
0.3
1
0.4
Sony Alpha A3000
1.9
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.5
Nikon D3300
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.6
0.4







Legend:

Time to first shot
Raw shot-to-shot time
Typical shot-to-shot time
Shutter lag (dim light)
Shutter lag (typical)

Note:

Shorter bars indicate better performance



Design and features

The body looks almost identical to the D3200 (which had barely changed from the D3100 before that) except for a few tweaks. It's light and a bit plasticky with a deep, comfortable grip. On top of the grip sits the power switch and shutter button, and behind that a trio of buttons: a somewhat hard-to-feel record button, plus exposure compensation and info display. The crowded mode dial serves up the the typical assortment of manual, semi-manual and automatic modes, plus a Guide mode and Effects mode (with the usual suspects).







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So hard to please Lori. Very tough critic on many levels. Watching her reviews, I come to the point of saying " Oh nice one...I am on it..I like what I see and hear..." than Lori comes in and states something that puts so  much doubt and I give up on the model. So watching the next review....the same happens. 















Probably not much of a chance.  Canon seems to have a business model that does not allow to use older lens in new bodies.  However, if she were to get a Nikon then she can get older AIS/AI lens that will fit. 








Question...I have an old Canon 35mm SLR camera that I used for decades before the digital age...remember 35mm film? Over the years I acquired a couple of fairly decent zoom lenses for the camera and now my daughter has caught the bug and wants to purchase a 35mm SLR digital camera. What are the chances my old zoom lenses will fit these new digital bodies? Do they still use the same 1/4 turn bayonet style mount?








I'm a pro, and yet I use this "Entry level" camera for long-day shoots because I'm tired of wearing lead bricks around my neck. The photo quality is mostly all that matters to me, and this is the best for non-full frame. I've had many pro cameras with all the whistles (and all the weight), but I prefer to lock my focus and exposure on the center of the frame, and then recompose each shot. I prefer a simple set of P,A,S,M options. That is all I need for bells and whistles in order to get great shots. The D7200 has a few more software improvements (and ONE extra button), but has just caught up with the Expeed-4 in the D3300, and costs more than twice as much. My point is this; an entry level camera may be all you need if you know what you are doing. 








The entry level Nikon is an Ok camera- and that's about all. The d 5200 has more useful features and at the 7000 level you get weather sealed body more and  better focus points etc.. Sometimes a person outgrows entry level very quick and wishes they had the one up. The lenses are an investment- spend a couple bucks and get a fast prime or a halfway decent zoom- it makes all the difference  and you can use them when you step up.




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