Lens Mount
Nikon F Mount With AF Coupling and AF Contacts
Other Lens Features
Lens Aperture Instant Return, Electronically Controlled, Compatible Lenses Compatible with AF NIKKOR Lenses, Including Type G, E and D Lenses Some Restrictions Apply to PC Lenses and DX Lenses Using DX 24 x 16 1.5x Image Area, AI-P NIKKOR Lenses and Non-CPU AI Lenses Exposure Modes A and M Only, IX NIKKOR Lenses, Lenses for the F3AF and Non-AI Lenses can not be Used, The Electronic Rangefinder can be Used with Lenses that Have a Maximum Aperture of f/5.6 or Faster The Electronic Rangefinder Supports the 11 Focus Points with Lenses that Have a Maximum Aperture of f/8 or Faster
View Finder Type
Eye-level Pentaprism Single-lens Reflex Viewfinder
Viewfinder Magnification
0.7 x 50 mm f/1.4 Lens at Infinity, -1 m-1
Viewpoint Dioptric Adjustment
-3 to +1 m-1
Viewfinder Eye Point
18 mm
Other Viewfinder Features
Eyepoint 18 mm -1 m-1, From Center Surface of Viewfinder Eyepiece Lens, Depth of Field Preview Pressing Pv Button Stops Lens Aperture Down to Value Selected by User A and M Modes or By Camera P and S Modes
Focus Points
Can be Selected from 51 or 11 Focus Points
Metering Modes
Matrix 3D Color Matrix Metering III Type G, E and D Lenses, Color Matrix Metering III Other CPU Lenses, Color Matrix Metering Available with Non-CPU Lenses if User Provides Lens Data Center-weighted Weight of 75% Given to 12 mm Circle in Center of Frame, Diameter of Circle can be Changed to 8, 15 or 20 mm or Weighting can be Based on Average of Entire Frame Non-CPU Lenses Use 12 mm Circle Spot Meters 4 mm Circle About 1.5% of Frame Centered on Selected Focus Point On Center Focus Point When Non-CPU Lens is Used
White Balancing
Auto 2 Types, Incandescent, Fluorescent 7 Types, Direct Sunlight, Flash, Cloudy, Shade, Preset Manual Upto 6 Values can be Stored, Spot White Balance Measurement Available During Live View, Choose Color Temperature 2500 K - 10000 K, All with Fine Tuning
Other Focus Features
Autofocus Nikon Advanced Multi-CAM 3500FX Autofocus Sensor Module with TTL Phase Detection, Fine Tuning and 51 Focus Points Including 15 Cross-type Sensors, f/8 Supported by 11 Sensors, Contrast-detect AF Anywhere in Frame Camera Selects Focus Point Automatically When Face-priority AF or Subject-tracking AF is Selected, Detection Range -2 to +19 EV ISO 100, 20°C, AF-area Mode Single-point AF, 9-, 21- or 51- Point Dynamic-area AF, 3D-tracking, Group-area AF, Auto-area AF, Face-priority AF, Wide-area AF, Normal-area AF, Subject-tracking AF, Focus Lock Focus can be Locked by Pressing Shutter-release Button Halfway Single-servo AF or By Pressing the Center of the Sub-selector
Exposure Compensation
-5 to +5 EV in Increments of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV
Other Exposure Features
Metering TTL Exposure Metering Using RGB Sensor with 91K 91,000 pixels, Range ISO 100, f/1.4 Lens, 20°C Matrix or Center-weighted Metering -1 to +20 EV, Spot Metering 2 - 20 EV, Exposure lock Luminosity Locked at Detected Value with the Center of the Sub-selector
Shutter Type
Electronically-controlled Vertical-travel Focal-plane Shutter
Other Shutter Features
Speed 1/8000 - 30 sec in Steps of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV, Bulb, Time, X250, Approximate Frame Advance Rate Upto 10 fps CL or 10 - 11 fps CH
Image Format
NEF RAW 12 or 14 bit, Lossless Compressed, Compressed or Uncompressed, Small Size Available 12 bit Uncompressed Only TIFF RGB JPEG JPEG Baseline Compliant with Fine 14, Normal 18 or Basic 116 Compression Size Priority, Optimal Quality Compression Available NEF RAW + JPEG Single Photograph Recorded in Both NEF RAW and JPEG Formats, MOV