Overview | |
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Type | Digital single-lens reflex |
Lens | |
Lens | Interchangeable, Nikon F-mount |
Sensor/Medium | |
Sensor | 23.6 mm × 15.6 mm Nikon DX format RGB CMOS sensor, 1.5 × FOV crop, 4.78 µm pixel size |
Maximum resolution | 4,928 × 3,264 (16.2 effective megapixels) |
ASA/ISO range | 100–6400 in 1/3 EV steps, up to 25600 as high-boost. With Night-vision up to ISO 102400 equivalent. |
Storage | Secure Digital, SDHC, SDXC compatible and with Eye-Fi WLAN support. Supports UHS-I cards. |
Focusing | |
Focus modes | Instant single-servo (AF-S); continuous-servo (AF-C); auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A); manual (M) |
Focus areas | 11-area AF system, Multi-CAM 1000 AF Sensor Module |
Exposure/Metering | |
Exposure modes | Auto modes (auto, auto [flash off]), Advanced Scene Modes (Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Close-up, Night Portrait), programmed auto with flexible program (P), shutter-priority auto (S), aperture-priority auto (A), manual (M), (Q) quiet mode. |
Exposure metering | TTL 3D Color Matrix Metering II metering with a 420 pixel RGB sensor |
Metering modes | 3D Color Matrix Metering II, Center-weighted and Spot |
Flash | |
Flash | Built in Pop-up, Guide number 13m at ISO 100, Standard ISO hotshoe, Compatible with the Nikon Creative Lighting System |
Flash bracketing | 2 or 3 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 or 2 EV |
Shutter | |
Shutter | Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter |
Shutter speed range | 30 s to 1/4000 s in 1/2 or 1/3 stops and Bulb, 1/200 s X-sync |
Continuous shooting | 4 frames per second |
Viewfinder | |
Viewfinder | Optical 0.78x, 95% Pentamirror |
Image Processing | |
Custom WB | Auto, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Sunlight, Flash, Cloudy, Shade, Kelvin temperature, Preset |
General | |
Rear LCD monitor | 3.0-inch (76 mm) tilt and swivel 921,000-dot LCD screen |
Battery | Nikon EN-EL14 Lithium-Ion battery |
Weight | Approx. 510 g (1 lb. 2 oz.) body only |
Made in | Thailand |
The Nikon D5100 is a 16.2-megapixel DX-format DSLR F-mount camera announced by Nikon on April 5, 2011. It features the same 16.2-megapixel CMOS sensor as the D7000 with 14-bit resolution, while delivering Full HD 1080p video mode at either 24, 25 or 30fps. The D5100 is the first Nikon DSLR to offer 1080p video at a choice of frame rates; previous Nikon DSLRs that recorded 1080p only did so at 24 fps. It replaces the D5000 and is replaced by the D5200.
The D5100 has no in-body autofocus motor, and fully automatic autofocus requires one of the currently 162 lenses with an integrated autofocus motor. With any other lenses the camera's electronic rangefinder (which indicates if the subject inside the selected focus point is in focus or not) can be used to manually adjust focus.
It can mount unmodified A-lenses (also called Non-AI, Pre-AI or F-type) with support of the electronic rangefinder and without metering.
The Nikon D5100 has available accessories such as:
Independent reviews and image comparisons at all ISO speeds in JPEG and RAW (with different lenses) are available.
DxO Labs awarded its sensor an overall score of 80.
Nikon France used the D5100 for the production of the short film "Fragments". Nikon used the D5100 to film one of the television commercials for the camera itself, which feature actor and perennial Nikon pitchman Ashton Kutcher.