The Nikon D3000 is Nikon's smallest easiest digital SLR camera with a host of features and capabilities that deliver superior performance and image quality along with amazing versatility for both photo enthusiasts and those new to digital SLR photography. Leveraging Nikon's expertise and innovative technologies found in its pro-level D-SLRs, the 10.2-megapixel D3000 enables users to capture exceptionally stunning images with remarkable ease.

Whether consumers are progressing from a point-and-shoot digital camera or looking to upgrade their current digital SLR and elevate their photographic expression, the D3000 serves as an ideal solution. First time D-SLR photographers will appreciate logical and easy-to-use controls, while creative enthusiasts will appreciate the D3000's robust combination of features, technologies and performance. The D3000 boasts a versatile 3.0-inch LCD monitor that encourages shooting with a fresh perspective, Nikon expands on six automatic Scene Modes and In-Camera Editing, delivering superior Nikon innovation in a compact, user-friendly design.

Key Features:

• 10.2-megapixel DX-format CMOS image sensor
  Nikon's 10.2 megapixel DX-format CMOS imaging sensor coupled with Nikon's industry-leading advanced EXPEED image processing technologies provides color-independent pre-conditioning prior to A/D conversion and works in harmony with high-precision digital image processing algorithms to produce natural-looking images that benefit from faithful color and tone reproduction along with a wide dynamic range.

• Active D-Lighting
  Shooting in bright sunlight often produces pictures with extreme contrast between light and dark areas, resulting in loss of tone and detail. Active D-Lighting effectively combats this by preserving important details in shadows and highlights. The results are optimally exposed photos that better reflect the scene as you saw it.

• 3.0-inch Color LCD monitor
  Bright and sharp, the D3000's 3.0-in., approximately 230k-dot TFT LCD monitor ensures comfortable viewing when playing back photos. It also makes reading menus easier thanks to text size that is now 20% larger than that of the D40 and D60. In addition, the spacious monitor is convenient for retouching, allowing you to modify pictures without the need for a computer.

• Picture Control System expands creativity
  Customize the appearance of photos before you shoot with Nikon's Picture Control System. Six settings — Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, and Landscape— let you change the look of photos depending on mood or subject. Each setting can be adjusted to provide additional control over sharpness, contrast, and other effects.

• Nikon Integrated Dust Reduction System
  The D3000 is equipped with Nikon's Integrated Dust Reduction System. This solution includes a special Airflow Control System that redirects dust away from the low-pass filter located in front of the image sensor, thereby limiting its accumulation. Additionally, when powering the camera on or off, the filter automatically vibrates at precise frequencies to release image-degrading dust that may adhere to it.

• Low noise ISO sensitivity from 100 to 1600
  The D3000's normal ISO range extends from ISO 100 to 1600, allowing for superior shooting in low-light conditions. Additionally, the D3000's ISO range can be expanded to a Lo 1 setting of ISO 100 or a Hi 1 setting of ISO 3200, furthering the opportunities for previously impossible shots.

• Durable 100,000-cycle shutter unit
  Reliable performance is a given with the D3000 thanks to its long-lasting shutter unit. Tested to 100,000 cycles on actual working models of the D3000, this precision mechanism delivers shutter speeds from 30 seconds to 1/4000 second and flash synch up to 1/200 second. And you'll never miss a shooting opportunity thanks to the rapid shutter response that eliminates annoying shutter-release delay.

• 11-point Autofocus System with 3D Focus Tracking
  The D3000's 11-point auto focus system utilizes Nikon's exclusive Scene Recognition System with Face Detection to help create the best possible images in a variety of shooting environments. Nikon's 11-point AF offers best-in-class speed and accuracy, helping to ensure sharp focus, shot-after-shot. Single-point AF is suggested for static subjects, Dynamic-area AF for moving subjects, Auto-area AF for spontaneous shooting and 3D-tracking with 11 AF points for maintaining accurate focus on a subject moving throughout the frame.

• In-camera Retouch image editing
  The D3000 incorporates a comprehensive set of in-camera editing features to make the most of captured images without the need of a computer. The D3000 also introduces several new Retouch features, including a Soft Filter effect, which applies a smooth appearance to faces or the entire image; Perspective Control, which helps correct distortions in perspective often encountered in photographs of architecture; and Color Outline, which creates monochrome outlines of objects in images by eliminating color and tonal gradations. The D3000 saves each of these edited images as a separate JPEG file, ensuring the original image is left unmodified.

• Pop-up flash helps optimize exposure
  When the light gets low or you find yourself shooting in tricky backlit lighting, use the built-in pop-up flash to brighten the scene. It activates automatically when needed depending on exposure mode, or can be enabled manually. In addition, support for i-TTL flash control increases exposure accuracy.

• Timers & remote control
  Whether you want to fire off a series of shots in rapid succession or use an optional remote control, Guide mode shows you how. No more digging through manuals or searching through menus to find the function you want to use. Thanks to Guide mode, you can start enjoying the D3000 from the moment you open the box.

• Continuous shooting as fast as 3 frames per second
  Combined with fast power-up and split-second shutter response, decisive moments are captured easily without annoying shooting lag.

Lo-1 (ISO 100 equivalent) in steps of 1/3 EV
Hi-1 (ISO 3200 equivalent) in steps of 1/3 EV

- AF-S or AF-I: All functions supported
- Type G or D AF NIKKOR without built-in autofocus motor: All functions except autofocus supported. IX NIKKOR lenses not supported.
- Other AF NIKKOR: All functions supported except autofocus and 3D color matrix metering II. Lenses for F3AF not supported.
- Type D PC NIKKOR: All functions supported except autofocus and some shooting modes.
- AI-P NIKKOR: All functions supported except autofocus and 3D color matrix metering II.
- Non-CPU: Autofocus not supported. Can be used in mode M, but exposure meter does not function. Electronic rangefinder can be used if lens has a maximum aperture of f/5.6 or faster

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