Single-lens reflex digital camera

Optical (Pentaprism)

Nikon F bayonet mount

Nikon F

Canon EF-S

24.3 million

35.9 x 24mm / 1.41 x 0.94"

22.3 x 14.8mm

FX Full-Frame (1.0x Crop Factor)

CMOS, 35.9 x 24 mm

Actual: 24.93 Megapixel
Effective: 24.3 Megapixel

Actual: 34.4 Megapixel
Effective: 32.5 Megapixel

Image sensor cleaning
Image Dust Off reference data (optional Capture NX-D software required)

6,016 x 4,016

JPEG, RAW

SD
SDHC
SDXC

2 Secure Digital (SD)

Compliant with DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) 2.0
DPOF (Digital Print Order Format)
EXIF 2.3 (Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras)
PictBridge

Compliant with DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) 2.0 EXIF 2.31 (Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras ) PictBridge

Eye-level Pentaprism Single-Lens Reflex Viewfinder

FX (36x24): 100% Horizontal and 100% Vertical (Approx.)
1.2x (30x20): 97% Horizontal and 97% Vertical (Approx.)
DX (24x16): 97% Horizontal and 97% Vertical (Approx.)

0.7x (Approx.)

Approx. 0.95x

21mm (-1.0 m)

-3 to +1

Type B BriteView Clear Matte Mark III screen with AF area brackets (framing grid can be displayed)

Quick-return type

Yes

Instant-return type

Yes

AF-S or AF lenses fully compatible
Metering with AI lenses

AF NIKKOR lenses, including type G, E, and D lenses (some restrictions apply to PC lenses), and DX lenses (using DX 24 x 16 image area), AI-P NIKKOR lenses, and non-CPU AI lenses (exposure modes A and M only).
Electronic rangefinder can be used with lenses that have a maximum aperture of f/5.6 or faster (the electronic rangefinder supports 15 focus points with lenses that have a maximum aperture of f/8 or faster, of which 9 points are available for selection).

Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane

Mechanical Focal Plane Shutter and Electronic Rolling Shutter

1/4000 to 30 sec.
Bulb

1/8000 to 30 Seconds

Mechanical Shutter:
1/8000 to 30 Second
Bulb Mode

Electronic Shutter:
1/16000 to 30 Second

Up to 1/200 sec.
Synchronizes with shutter at 1/250s or slower (flash range drops at speeds between 1/200 and 1/250s)

Yes

Continuous low-speed [CL] mode
Continuous high-speed [CH] mode
Mirror-up [Mup] mode
Quiet Shutter Release
Quiet Continuous Release
Self-timer Mode
Single-frame [S] mode

FX-format
CH: Up to 6.5 frames per second
CL: Up to 1-6 frames per second
DX-format
CH: Up to 6.5 frames per second
CL: Up to 1-6 frames per second

6.5 frames per second at full resolution

2, 5, 10, 20 sec.; 1 to 9 exposures at intervals of 0.5, 1, 2 or 3 sec.

2/5/10/20-Second Delay

2/10-Second Delay

TTL exposure metering using 91,000-pixel RGB sensor

Center-weighted, Matrix, Spot, Highlight-weighted

Center-Weighted Average, Highlight Weighted, Matrix, Spot

Center-Weighted Average, Evaluative, Partial, Spot

0 to 20 EV (3D Color Matrix, center-weighted metering or highlight weighted metering)
2 to 20 EV (spot metering)

-3 to 20 EV

1 to 20 EV

CPU
AI

Aperture-Priority (A)
Manual (M)
Programmed auto with flexible program (P)
Shutter-Priority (S)

Aperture Priority, Auto, Manual, Program, Shutter Priority

Aperture Priority, Manual, Program, Shutter Priority

+/-5 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 in P, S, A and M modes

-5 to +5 EV (1/3, 1/2 EV Steps)

-5 to +5 EV (1/3, 1/2 EV Steps)

2 to 5 frames in steps of 2 or 3 EV
2 to 9 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 or 1 EV

9 frames in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV

Yes

Flat
Landscape
Monochrome
Neutral
Portrait
Standard
Vivid
User-customizable Settings

ISO 100 -12,800
Extended Mode: 50-51200

Auto, 100 to 25600 (Extended: 100 to 51200)

Yes

Low
Normal
High
Off

Auto
Extra High
High
Normal
Low
Off

2 frames using selected value for one frame
3 5 frames using preset values for all frames

Yes

Number of AF points: 9, 21, 51 and 51 (3D-tracking)

Yes

51 focus points (including 15 cross-type sensors; f/8 supported by 11 sensors)
AF-assist illuminator (range approx. 0.5-3 m/1 ft. 8 in.-9 ft. 10 in.)
Finetuning
Nikon Advanced Multi-CAM 3500FX II autofocus sensor module with TTL phase detection

-3 to +19 EV (ISO 100, 68 F/20 C)

Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); Continuous-servo AF (AF-C); auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A); predictive focus tracking activated automatically according to subject status
Manual focus (MF): Electronic rangefinder can be used

9, 21 or 51 point Dynamic-area AF
Auto-area AF
Single-point AF
3D-tracking (51 points)
Group-area AF

Focus can be locked by pressing AE-L/AF-L button
Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF)

Auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A)
Continuous-servo (AF-C)
Face-Priority AF available in Live View only and D-Movie only
Full-time Servo (AF-A) available in Live View only and D-Movie only
Manual (M) with electronic rangefinder
Normal area
Single-servo AF (AF-S)
Wide area

51

-3 to +19 EV (ISO 100, 20 C/68 F)

-3 to +19 EV

-3 to +18 EV

Yes

Yes, Flash Distance: 39' / 11.88m at ISO 100

Yes

2 to 5 frames in steps of 2 or 3 EV
2 to 9 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 or 1 EV

1/200

Up to 1/4000

TTL: i-TTL flash control using 91,000-pixel RGB sensor are available with built-in flash and SB-910, SB-900, SB-800, SB-700, SB-600, SB-500, SB-400 or SB-300; i-TTL balanced fill-flash for digital SLR is used with matrix and center-weighting metering, standard i-TTL flash for digital SLR with spot metering

Auto
Auto FP High-Speed Sync supported
Auto with red-eye reduction
Auto slow sync
Auto slow sync with red-eye reduction
Fill-flash
Rear-curtain sync
Rear-curtain with slow sync
Red-Eye reduction
Red-Eye reduction with slow sync
Slow sync
Off

-3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV

-3 to +1 EV (1/3, 1/2 EV Steps)

-3 to +3 EV (1/3, 1/2 EV Steps)

Lights when built-in flash or optional flash unit is fully charged; flashes after flash is fired at full output

Yes

CLS Supported

No

Auto (2 types)
Choose color temperature (2500K 10000K)
Cloudy
Direct Sunlight
Flash
Fluorescent (7 types)
Incandescent
Preset manual (up to 6 values can be stored, spot white balance measurement available during live view)
Shade

Presets: Auto, Cloudy, Color Temperature, Direct Sunlight, Fine, Flash, Fluorescent, Incandescent, Preset Manual, Shade

Auto, Cloudy, Color Temperature, Custom, Daylight, Flash, Fluorescent (White), Shade, Tungsten

2 to 9 exposures in increments of 1, 2 or 3 EV

Photography Live View Mode
Movie Live View Mode

Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); full-time-servo AF (AF-F)
Manual focus (MF)

Face-priority AF
Wide-area AF
Normal-area AF
Subject-tracking AF

Contrast-detect AF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point automatically when face-priority AF or subject-tracking AF is selected)

TTL exposure metering using main image sensor

20 minutes at highest quality
29 minutes 59 seconds at normal quality

MOV

H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding

Linear PCM

Full HD 1,920x1,080 / 60 fps
Full HD 1,920x1,080 / 50 fps
Full HD 1,920x1,080 / 30 fps
Full HD 1,920x1,080 / 25 fps
Full HD 1,920x1,080 / 24 fps
HD 1,280x720 / 60 fps
HD 1,280x720 / 50 fps

Built-in microphone, stereo

3.2" diagonal

3"

1,229,000 Dots

1,040,000 Dot

170-degree wide-viewing angle

Brightness and angle adjustment available

Yes
Also visible in LiveView Modes
Also visible in Viewfinder

Auto Image Rotation
Full-Frame and Thumbnail (4, 9 or 72 images or calendar)
Highlights
Histogram Display
Image Comment
Movie Playback
Movie Slideshow
Playback with Zoom
Slideshow

Color Balance
Color Outline
Color Sketch
D-Lighting
Distortion Control
Edit Movie
Filter Effects
Fisheye
Image Overlay
Miniature Effect
Monochrome
NEF (RAW) Processing
Perspective Control
Quick Retouch
Red-Eye Correction
Resize
Selective Color
Side-by-Side Comparison
Straighten
Trim

Yes

Audio input: Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5 mm diameter; plug-in power supported)
HDMI output: Type C mini-pin HDMI connector
Headphone Connector
Hi-speed USB
NTSC

Yes (Built-in)

No

No

None

Yes

54

Yes with customization

Yes

Arabic - Bengali - Brazilian Portuguese - Bulgarian - Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) - Czech - Danish Dutch - English - Finnish - French - German - Greek - Hindi - Hungarian - Indonesian - Italian - Japanese - Korean - Marathi - Norwegian - Persian - Polish - Portuguese - Romanian - Russian - Serbian - Spanish - Swedish - Tamil - Telugu - Thai - Turkish - Ukrainian - Vietnamese

Yes

Yes

EN-EL15 Lithium-ion Battery

1,230 shots (CIPA)

EH-5b AC Adapter; requires EP-5B Power Connector (available separately)

MH-25a Quick Charger

1/4"

5.6 x 4.5 x 3.1" / 14.22 x 11.43 x 7.87cm (approx.)

5.54 x 4.13 x 3.02" (140.7 x 104.8 x 76.8mm)

26.5oz / 751.26g (camera body only) (approx.)

1.41 lb / 640 g (Body Only)

1.54 lbs (701g) (Body Only)

0 40 deg. C (+32 104 deg. F)