Review
DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
D3000
Nikon
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 10 megapixels
- Sensor size
- APS-C (23.6 x 15.8 mm)
- Sensor type
- CCD
- Max resolution
- 3872 x 2592
- ISO
- Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, (plus 3200 with boost)
- Boosted ISO (maximum)
- 3200
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Nikon F
- Number of focus points
- 11
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- No
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 30 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 3.0 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±5 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedSpot
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- Yes
- Built-in flash
- Yes (pop-up)
- External flash
- Yes (Hot-shoe)
- Timelapse recording
- No
Video and audio
- Microphone
- None
- Speaker
- None
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Optical (pentamirror)
- Viewfinder coverage
- 95%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 0.8× (0.53× 35mm equiv.)
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 230,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fixed
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC card
- Battery description
- Lithium-Ion EN-EL9a rechargeable battery & charger
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 500
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 536 g (1.18 lb / 18.91 oz)
- Dimensions
- 126 x 97 x 64 mm (4.96 x 3.82 x 2.52″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- No
- Wireless
- Eye-Fi Connected
- Remote control
- Yes (Optional ML-L3)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
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Archive updated 2026-10-04. Archive coverage and dataset credits →