Nikon D3300 Digital SLR Camera Body Only - Black

The Nikon D3300 will surprise you with stunning images that inspire creativity at the next level. Featuring the latest EXPEED 4 image-processing engine, 24.2 effective megapixels, Picture Control and 13 special effects modes in a lightweight, compact body that goes everywhere you do – the D3300 gives you the freedom to explore like never before.

Capture everything you see
A 24.2-effective megapixel sensor without an optical low-pass filter combined with the new EXPEED 4 processing engine produces stunning images, with exceptional sharpness and detail effortlessly. Picture Control allows you to manage every aspect of your images for total control in every shooting situation.

Small size, big performance
Weighing a mere 460g, the lightweight, compact body of the Nikon D3300 is designed to travel. To match the camera’s extreme portability, the ISO range has been extended (100 – 12800), so whether shooting at home or trekking through a mountain, you will always capture exceptional images with superb noise-suppression.

Complements every experience level
New to a D-SLR? Guide Mode helps you get great shots in a variety of scenarios, without having to change numerous camera settings. The full-colour RGB metering sensor and Nikon’s Scene Recognition System work to give you the best images possible and the 5 frames per second (fps) shooting speed with the bright 0.85x viewfinder, all assist you in capturing great photos, every time.

Ignite your creativity
Spark your inventive side with the 13 special effects and Retouch Menu options that offer in-camera editing functions. The introduction of new special effects such as Photo Illustration, Easy Panorama, Super Vivid and Pop let your imagination run wild.

Share your passion
The WU-1a Wireless Mobile Adapter gives you control of the camera shutter from a smartphone or a tablet, and lets you share your photos to friends and family via your mobile device*. With this setup, you can even add location information to your travel images hassle-free.

Perfect moving moments
Even moving images can be captured with all the stunning detail of still images thanks to Full HD movie recording with 1080/60p support. A range of special effects is also available to add touches of brilliance to your videos.

Personalize it to your style
Choose from black, red and grey for the D3300, as well as from a vast range of lenses and accessories to create the camera combination of your choice.

Technical Details

Model

Brand : Nikon
Model : D3300

Specifications

Lens mount : Nikon F mount (with AF contacts)

Dust-reduction System
Image sensor cleaning, Image Dust Off reference data (optional Capture NX 2 software required)

Image size (pixels) 
Easy panorama mode: 4800 x 1080 (normal, horizontal pan) 1632 x 4800 (normal, vertical pan) 9600 x 1080 (wide, horizontal pan) 1632 x 9600 (wide, vertical pan) Other modes: 6000 x 4000 (Large) 4496 x 3000 (Medium) 2992 x 2000 (Small)

File format 
NEF (RAW): 12 bit, compressed JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1 : 4), normal (approx. 1 : 8), or basic (approx. 1 : 16) compression NEF (RAW)+JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats

Picture Control System 
Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, Landscape; selected Picture Control can be modified

Media 
SD (Secure Digital) and UHS-I compliant SDHC and SDXC memory cards

File system : DCF 2.0, DPOF, Exif 2.3, PictBridge
Viewfinder : Eye-level pentamirror single-lens reflex viewfinder
Frame coverage : Approx. 95% horizontal and 95% vertical
Eyepoint : 18 mm (-1.0 m-1; from center surface of viewfinder eyepiece lens)
Diopter adjustment : -1.7 - +0.5 m-1
Focusing screen : Type B BriteView Clear Matte Mark VII screen
Reflex mirror : Quick return
Lens aperture : Instant return, electronically controlled

Compatible lenses 
Autofocus is available with AF-S and AF-I lenses. Autofocus is not available with other type G and D lenses, AF lenses (IX NIKKOR and lenses for the F3AF are not supported), and AI-P lenses. Non-CPU lenses can be used in mode M, but the camera exposure meter will not function. The electronic rangefinder can be used with lenses that have a maximum aperture of f/5.6 or faster.

Shutter type : Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter
Shutter speed : 1/4000 - 30 s in steps of 1/3 EV; Bulb; Time
Shutter flash sync speed : X=1/200 s; synchronizes with shutter at 1/200 s or slower

Release mode
Single frame, continuous, quiet shutter release, self-timer, delayed remote; ML-L3, quick-response remote; ML-L3

Frame advance rate 
Up to 5 fps Note: Frame rates assume manual focus, manual or shutter-priority auto exposure, a shutter speed of 1/250 s or faster, and other settings at default values.

Self-timer : 2 s, 5 s, 10 s, 20 s; 1-9 exposures
Metering mode : TTL exposure metering using 420-pixel RGB sensor

Metering method 
Matrix metering: 3D color matrix metering II (type G, E, and D lenses) color matrix metering II (other CPU lenses) Center-weighted metering: Weight of 75% given to 8-mm circle in center of frame Spot metering: Meters 3.5-mm circle (about 2.5% of frame) centered on selected focus point

Range (ISO 100, f/1.4 lens, 20°C/68°F) 
Matrix or center-weighted metering : 0-20 EV Spot metering: 2-20 EV

Exposure meter coupling : CPU

Mode 
Auto modes (auto; auto, flash off) programmed auto with flexible program (P) shutter-priority auto (S) aperture-priority auto (A) manual (M) scene modes (portrait; landscape; child; sports; close up; night portrait) special effects modes (night vision; super vivid; pop; photo illustration; color sketch; toy camera effect; miniature effect; selective color; silhouette; high key; low key; HDR painting; easy panorama)

Exposure compensation 
Can be adjusted by -5 - +5 EV in increments of 1/3 EV in P, S, A, and M modes

Exposure lock 
Luminosity locked at detected value with AE-L/AF-L button

ISO sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index) 
ISO 100-12800 in steps of 1 EV. Can also be set to approx. 1 EV (ISO 25600 equivalent) above ISO 12800; auto ISO sensitivity control availableActive D-Lighting : On, off

Autofocus 
Nikon Multi-CAM 1000 autofocus sensor module with TTL phase detection, 11 focus points (including one cross-type sensor), and AF-assist illuminator (range approx. 0.5-3 m/1 ft 8 in.-9 ft 10 in.)

Detection range : -1 - +19 EV (ISO 100, 20°C/68°F)

Lens servo 
Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S) continuous-servo AF (AF-C) auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A) predictive focus tracking activated automatically according to subject statusManual focus (MF): Electronic rangefinder can be used

Focus point : Can be selected from 11 focus points
AF-area mode : Single-point AF, dynamic-area AF, auto-area AF, 3D-tracking (11 points)

Focus lock
Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF) or by pressing AE-L/AF-L button

Built-in flash 
Auto, portrait, child, close up, night portrait, super vivid, pop, photo illustration, color sketch, toy camera effect: Auto flash with auto pop-up P, S, A, M: Manual pop-up with button release

Guide Number 
Approx. 12/39, 13/43 with manual flash (m/ft, ISO 100, 20°C/68°F)

Flash control 
TTL: i-TTL flash control using 420-pixel RGB sensor is available with built-in flash and SB-910, SB-900, SB-800, SB-700, SB-600, SB-400, or SB-300; i-TTL balanced fill-flash for digital SLR is used with matrix and center-weighted metering, standard i-TTL flash for digital SLR with spot metering

Flash mode 
Auto, auto with red-eye reduction, auto slow sync, auto slow sync with red-eye reduction, fill-flash, red-eye reduction, slow sync, slow sync with red-eye reduction, rear-curtain with slow sync, rear-curtain sync, off

Flash compensation : -3 - +1 EV in increments of 1/3 EV

Flash-ready indicator 
Lights when built-in flash or optional flash unit is fully charged; flashes after flash is fired at full output

Accessory shoe 
ISO 518 hot-shoe with sync and data contacts and safety lock

Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS) 
Advanced Wireless Lighting supported with built-in flash, SB-910, SB-900, SB-800, or SB-700 as a master flash and SB-600 or SB-R200 as remotes, or SU-800 as commander; Flash Color Information Communication supported with built-in flash and all CLS-compatible flash units

Sync terminal : AS-15 sync terminal adapter (available separately)

White balance 
Auto, incandescent, fluorescent (7 types), direct sunlight, flash, cloudy, shade, preset manual, all except preset manual with fine-tuning.

Lens servo 
Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S) full-time servo AF (AF-F)Manual focus (MF)

AF-area mode 
Face-priority AF, wide-area AF, normal-area AF, subject-tracking AF

Autofocus 
Contrast-detect AF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point automatically when face-priority AF or subject-tracking AF is selected)

Automatic scene selection : Available in auto and auto (flash off) modes
Metering : TTL exposure metering using main image sensor
Metering method : Matrix

Frame size (pixels) and frame rate 
1920 x 1080, 60p (progressive)/50p/30p/25p/24p, high/normal 1280 x 720, 60p/50p, high/normal 640 x 424, 30p/25p, high/normal Frame rates of 30p (actual frame rate 29.97 fps) and 60p (actual frame rate 59.94 fps) are available when NTSC is selected for video mode. 25p and 50p are available when PAL is selected for video mode. Actual frame rate when 24p is selected is 23.976 fps.

File format : MOV
Video compression : H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding
Audio recording format : Linear PCM
Audio recording device : Built-in monaural or external stereo microphone; sensitivity adjustable

ISO sensitivity 
ISO 200 - 6400; can also be set to approx. 1 EV above ISO 6400 (ISO 12800 equivalent)

Monitor
7.5-cm (3-in.), approx. 921k-dot (VGA) TFT LCD with 170 ° viewing angle, approx. 100% frame coverage, and brightness adjustment

Playback 
Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images or calendar) playback with playback zoom, movie playback, photo and/or movie slide shows, histogram display, highlights, auto image rotation, and image comment (up to 36 characters)

USB : Hi-Speed USB
Video output : NTSC, PAL
HDMI output : Type C mini-pin HDMI connector

Accessory terminal 
Wireless remote controllers: WR-1, WR-R10 (available separately) Remote cords: MC-DC2 (available separately) GPS units: GP-1/GP-1A (available separately)

Audio input 
Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5mm diameter) supports optional ME-1 stereo microphones

Supported languages 
Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Battery : One rechargeable Li-ion EN-EL14a battery
AC adapter : EH-5b AC adapter; requires EP-5A power connector (available separately)
Tripod socket : 1/4 in. (ISO 1222)
Dimensions (W x H x D) : Approx. 124 x 98 x 75.5 mm (4.9 x 3.9 x 3 in.)

Weight 
Approx. 410 g/14.5 oz (camera body only)

Temperature : 0 - 40°C (+32 - 104°F)
Humidity : Less than 85% (no condensation)

Supplied accessories
EN-EL14a rechargeable Li-ion battery (with terminal cover), MH-24 battery charger, DK-25 rubber eyecup, BF-1B body cap, AN-DC3 strap, UC-E17 USB cable, EG-CP14 audio/video cable, ViewNX 2 CD-ROM