Nikon CoolPix 3100 Digital Camera

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This is a good camera for its price, and it uses high resolution lenses that produce excellent picture quality.

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Pros	Compact design. Easy to operate. Quality lenses.
Cons	Slow autofocus. Body is too thick to fit in your pocket.

Description

• Resolution: 3 megapixel CCD, Image sizes; 2048x1356, 1600x1200, 1024x768, 640x480.
• Lens: Nikkor 3x optical zoom 5.8-17.4mm (38-115mm equivalent to 35mm). 4x total digital zoom.
• Viewfinder: 1.5” LCD monitor.
• Exposure: Auto Exposure, 10 scene modes.
• Focus: Autofocus.
• Flash: Built-in speedlight
• Storage: CompactFlash Card type I.
• File Type: JPEG, Motion JPEG
• Dimensions: 3.5”x2.5”x1.5”, 5.3 oz.

Guide Review - Nikon CoolPix 3100 Digital Camera

The overall image quality from this camera is better than most other cameras in this class. Though it is advertised that it will produce photo lab quality prints at 11”x14”, I have not seen this to be possible. It will, however, make beautiful 8”x10” prints.

There are 10 scene modes on this camera. Although using scene modes can be a bit confusing to the beginner, they are good for enhancing the quality of your photographs.

If you’d rather keep things simple and rely on automatic features, you’ll be pleased with the quality of the auto exposure and auto focus. Unfortunately, the auto features do move a bit slower than some other cameras in this class. On the positive side, they outdo the quality of many cameras, especially in this price range.

This camera burns through AA batteries, so I recommend using the lithium battery instead.

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