Review
DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
D3500
Nikon
Announced:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 24.2 million Manufacturer ↗
- Sensor size
- 23.5 x 15.6 mm CMOS sensor Manufacturer ↗
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Max resolution
- 6000 x 4000
- ISO
- Auto, 100-25600
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Nikon F mount (with AF contacts) Manufacturer ↗
- Number of focus points
- Can be selected from 11 focus points Manufacturer ↗
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- No
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 30 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 5.0 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±5 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedSpot AF-area
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- Yes
- Built-in flash
- Yes (Pop-up)
- External flash
- Yes (via hot shoe or wireless)
- Timelapse recording
- No
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1920 x 1080 (60, 50, 30, 25, 24 fps), 1280 x 720 (60, 50 fps), 640 x 424 (30, 25 fps)
- Format
- MPEG-4, H.264
- Microphone
- Mono
- Microphone port
- No
- Headphone port
- No
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Optical (pentamirror)
- Viewfinder coverage
- 95%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 0.85× (0.57× 35mm equiv.)
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 921,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fixed
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC
- Battery description
- EN-EL14a lithium-ion battery and charger
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 1550
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- Approx. 415 g (14.6 oz) with battery and memory card but without body cap; approx. 365 g/12.9 oz (camera body only) Manufacturer ↗
- Dimensions
- 124 x 97 x 70 mm (4.88 x 3.82 x 2.76″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes (mini-HDMI)
- Wireless
- Built-In
- Remote control
- Yes (via smartphone)
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