Specifications and equipment are subject to change without any notice or obligation on the part of the manufacturer. April 2012
2012 Nikon Corporation
Type
Type Single- lens reflex dig ital camer a
Lens mo unt Nikon F mo unt (with AF c ontacts)
Effe ctive angl e of view
Appr ox. 1.5× lens fo cal length (3 5 mm format e quivalent) ; Nikon DX form at
Effe ctive pix els
Effe ctive pix els 24.2 million
Image sensor
Image s ensor 23.2 × 15. 4 mm CMOS senso r
Total pix els 24.7 million
Dust-reduction System Image Sensor Cleaning
Image D ust Off re ference da ta (optional C apture NX 2 s oftwar e required)
Storage
Image s ize (pixels) 6,016 × 4,0 00 (L), 4,512 × 3,0 00 (M), 3,00 8 × 2,000 (S)
File format • NEF (RAW): 12 bit, compres sed • JPEG: JPEG-B aseline compliant with ne
(approx. 1:4), norm al (approx. 1:8) or basic (appr ox. 1:16) compression
• NEF (RAW) + JPEG: Single photograp h recor ded in both NEF (RAW) and
JPEG format s
Picture Cont rol System S tand ard, Neu tral, Vi vid, Monochrome, Por trait, Landscape; selected Picture
Cont rol can be modie d
Media SD (Secu re Digital) and U HS-I comp liant SDHC and S DXC memory c ards
File s ystem DCF (Design Rule for Ca mera File Syste m) 2.0, DPOF (Di gital Print Order Form at),
Exif (E xchangea ble Image File Form at for Digital Still C ameras) 2.3, Pic tBridge
View nder
View nder Eye-lev el pentamirr or single-len s reex viewnder
Frame c overage Appro x. 95% horizo ntal and 95% ve rtical
Magni cation Appr ox. 0.8× (50m m f/1.4 lens at in nity, -1.0 m
-1
)
Eyep oint 18 mm (-1.0 m
-1
; from ce nter surfa ce of viewn der eyepiece lens)
Diopt er adjustmen t -1.7 to +0.5 m
-1
Focusing scr een Type B BriteView Cl ear Matte Ma rk VII screen
Reex mir ror Quick re turn
Lens ap erture In stant ret urn, elect ronically c ontrolled
Lens
Compatible le nses Auto focus is availab le with AF-S and A F-I lenses; Au tofocus is no t available
with ot her type G and D lense s, AF lense s (IX-NIK KOR and lens es for the F3 AF
are not sup por ted) and AI -P lens es; Non- CPU lenses can be used in mode M
but the camer a expo sure meter will not func tion
The electro nic rangend er can be used wit h lenses that have a maximum
aper ture of f/5.6 or f aster
Shutter
Type Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter
Spee d 1/4,000 t o 30 s in step s of 1/3 EV; Bulb; Time (req uires option al ML-L3 Remote
Control)
Flash sync spe ed X=1/200 s; sy nchronizes with s hutter at 1/20 0 s or slowe r
Release
Release mode
8
(single f rame),
s
(continuous),
E
(self-t imer),
"
(delayed remote),
#
(quick-response remote),
J
(quiet sh utter rele ase)
Frame a dvance rat e Up to 4 fps (manual fo cus, mode M or S, shut ter speed 1/25 0 s or fast er, and
othe r settings a t default valu es)
Self-tim er 2 s, 5 s, 10 s, 20 s; 1 to 9 ex posures
Exp osure
Metering TTL ex posure met ering using 420 -pixel RGB sen sor
Metering method • Matrix me tering: 3D colo r matrix met ering II (typ e G and D lense s); color
matr ix metering II (o ther CPU lense s) • Cente r-weigh ted metering: Weight of
75% given to 8-mm cir cle in center of f rame • Spot metering: M eters 3.5- mm
circle (ab out 2.5% of fram e) centered on select ed focus point
Range
(ISO 100, f/1.4 len s, 20°C/68° F)
• Matri x or center-wei ghted meter ing: 0 to 20 EV • Spot me tering: 2 to 20 EV
Exp osure mete r coupling
CPU
Mod e A uto modes (
i
auto;
j
auto [fla sh off]); s cene mode s (
k
portrait;
l
lands cape;
p
child;
m
spor ts;
n
close u p;
o
night por trait); pro grammed auto with exible
prog ram (P); shut ter-priori ty auto (S); ap erture -priorit y auto (A); m anual (M)
Exposure compensation
-5 to +5 EV in in crements o f 1/3 EV
Exp osure lock L uminosity l ocked at det ected valu e with
A
(
L
) butt on
ISO sens itivity ISO 100 to 6400 in steps of 1 E V; can also be set to ap prox. 1 EV abov e
(Reco mmended Ex posure Inde x)
ISO 640 0 (ISO 12800 equi valent); auto ISO sensitivity co ntrol availa ble
Active D-Lighting On, off
Focus
Auto focus Nikon Multi -CAM 1000 au tofocus s ensor module w ith TTL ph ase detec tion,
11 focus poi nts (includin g one cross-t ype sens or) and AF-as sist illuminat or
(range approx. 0.5 to 3 m/1 f t 8 in. to 9 ft 10 in.)
Dete ction range -1 to +19 EV (ISO 100, 20° C/68°F)
Lens se rvo • Autofo cus (AF): Single -servo AF (A F-S); continuous-s ervo AF (AF-C); aut o
AF-S/AF -C selection (AF- A); predicti ve focus tracking ac tivated au tomatically
according to s ubject status • Manu al focus (MF): Ele ctronic ra ngender can
be used
Focus point Can be selected f rom 11 focus p oints
AF-ar ea mode Single-p oint AF, dynamic -area AF, auto- area AF, 3D-tr acking (11 points)
Focus lock Focus ca n be lock ed by pressing shut ter-release butt on halfway (single-s ervo
AF) or by pressi ng
A
(
L
) butt on
Flash
Built-in a sh
i
,
k
,
p
,
n
,
o
: Auto as h with auto pop -up
P, S, A, M: Manual pop -up with but ton release
Guide num ber Approx. 12/39, 13/43 wi th manual ash (m/ ft, ISO 100, 20° C/68°F)
Flash co ntrol • TTL: i-TTL ash contr ol using 420-p ixel RGB senso r is available wit h built-in
ash and SB-910, SB -900, SB -800, SB -700, SB -600 or SB- 400; i-TTL b alanced
ll-ash for digit al SLR is used with m atrix and cen ter-weighted mete ring,
stan dard i-TTL ash f or digital SLR wi th spot meter ing
Flash m ode Au to, auto with r ed-eye re duction, au to slow sync, a uto slow sy nc with red-
eye reducti on, ll-ash, red- eye reduct ion, slow sync, slow syn c with red-ey e
reduc tion, rear-c urtain wi th slow sync, r ear-curt ain sync, of f
Flash co mpensation -3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 EV
Flash-read y indicator Light s when built-in ash or optio nal ash unit is full y charg ed; ashes af ter
ash is re d at full output
Acce ssory sho e IS O 518 hot-sh oe with syn c and data con tacts and s afety lo ck
Nikon Creative Adv anced Wirele ss Lighting sup ported with SB- 910, SB-900, SB-8 00 or
Light ing System (CLS) SB-700 as a maste r ash and SB-6 00 or SB-R2 00 as remote s, or SU-800 as
comma nder; Flash C olor Inform ation Communicat ion supported wi th all
CLS-comp atible ash unit s
Sync terminal AS-15 Sync Terminal A dapter (available sep arately)
White b alance
Whit e balanc e Auto, inc andescen t, uoresce nt (7 types), dire ct sunlight, as h, cloudy, shade,
pres et manual, all excep t prese t manual with ne-tuning
Live v iew
Lens se rvo • Autofo cus (AF): Single -servo AF (A F-S); full-time -servo AF (A F-F)
• Manual focus (MF)
AF-ar ea mode Face-pr iority AF, wide- area AF, normal-area AF, subje ct-tracking AF
Auto focus Contra st-detec t AF anywhe re in frame (ca mera selec ts focus poi nt
autom atically wh en face-pri ority AF or subject-t racking AF is sel ected)
Automatic scene selection
Available in
i
and
j
modes
Movie
Mete ring TTL expo sure meter ing using main ima ge sensor
Metering method Matrix
Frame size (pixels) • 1,920 × 1,080, 3 0p (progres sive)/25p/ 24p,
H
high/no rmal • 1,280 × 720,
and fra me rate 60p/50 p,
H
high/no rmal • 640 × 424, 30p/ 25p,
H
high/normal
Frame r ates of 30 p (actual fr ame rate 29. 97 fps) and 60 p (actual fra me rate
59.94 fps) are available whe n NTSC is selected fo r video mod e; 25p and 50p
are available wh en PAL is selected for vide o mode; Actual frame r ate when
24p is sele cted is 23.9 76 fps
File for mat MOV
Video c ompressio n H .264/MPEG-4 Ad vanced Video Codin g
Audio re cording for mat Linear PCM
Audio re cording dev ice Built-in m onaural or extern al stereo micr ophone; sensitivity adj ustable
ISO sens itivity ISO 200 t o 6400; can also b e set to approx . 1 EV abov e ISO 6400 (ISO 128 00
equivalent)
Monitor
Monit or 7.5-cm/3-in., approx. 921k-dot (VGA) TF T LCD with 160° viewing angle,
approx. 100% frame co verage, and br ightness adjustm ent
Playback
Playb ack Full-fram e and thumbnail (4, 9 or 72 im ages or calend ar) playback w ith
playb ack zoom, movie playb ack, photo and/or mo vie slide shows, histogram
displa y, highligh ts, auto imag e rotation a nd image comm ent (up to 36
characters)
Interface
USB Hi-Spe ed USB
Video ou tput NTSC, PAL
HDMI output Type C mini-pin HDMI connector
Acce ssory ter minal MC-DC2 Re mote Cord (available se parately), GP-1 GPS Unit (a vailable
separately)
Audio input St ereo mini-pin jack (3.5-mm diameter)
Supported languages
Suppo rted languages Ara bic, Chinese (Simp lied and Traditio nal), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Englis h,
Finnish, Frenc h, German, Gree k, Hindi, Hungar ian, Indonesian, Italian,
Japan ese, Korean, Nor wegian, Polish, Por tuguese (Po rtu gal and Bra zil),
Romanian, Russian, Spa nish, Swedish, Th ai, Turkish, Ukrai nian
Power s ource
Battery One EN-E L14 Recharge able Li-ion Battery
AC adapt er EH -5b AC Adapter; req uires EP-5A Power Connect or (available sep arately)
Tripod socket
Tripod so cket 1/4 in. (ISO 1222)
Dimensions/weight
Dimensions (W × H × D) Appr ox. 125 × 96 × 76.5 mm/5. 0 × 3.8 × 3.1 in.
Weight Appr ox. 505 g/1 lb 1.8 oz (wi th batter y and memor y card but without bo dy
cap); app rox. 455 g/1 lb (ca mera body onl y)
Operating environment
Tempera ture 0 to 40°C/ 32 to 104°F
Humidi ty Les s than 85% (no con densation)
Accessories
Supplie d acces sories EN- EL14 Recharg eable Li-ion Battery, MH-24 Battery Char ger, DK-5 Eyepie ce
(may dif fer by country or area)
Cap, DK-20 Rubber Ey ecup, UC-E17 USB Cab le, EG-CP14 Audio V ideo Cable,
AN-D C3 Camer a Strap, BF -1B Body Cap, BS-1 Acce ssor y Shoe Cover,
ViewN X 2 CD-RO M
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A colorful life deserves clearer memories
24.2
Effective
megapixels
Nikon Digital SLR Camera D3200 Specifications
Printed in Holland Code No. 6CE12050 (1204/A)K
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