Elegantly Minimalist. Fully Loaded.
On the surface, the Nikon 1 J3 is a simple reflection of the art of photography.
Inside, it's packed with technology you would expect to find on a high-end camera. Use your Nikon 1 J3 everyday to capture pictures you'll treasure forever. Or, explore its advanced features and see your photography flourish in ways you never imagined.
High-speed continuous shooting
Continuous shooting mode delivers high speed and sharp images. When your subject is in motion, continuous shooting mode works with the camera's phase-detection AF system to track movement and keep the subject in focus. The moment you press the shutter-release button, the camera captures razor-sharp images at 15 framesper second (fps). Continuous shooting mode can shoot even faster when your subject is stationary (imagine a golfer's swing). In this case, you can set the camera to shoot at up to 60 fps!
Sized for perfection
The moment you pick up the Nikon 1 J3 you may not believe that you're holding an advanced camera with interchangeable lenses. With the proportion of W101 x H60.5 x D28.8, the small camera body is also extremely light weighing just 244 g (with battery and memory card but without body cap). Such a compact, lightweight design encourages you to carry the Nikon 1 J3 with you anywhere.
Slow view for fast scenes
When faced with a fast-motion scene, it is hard to know exactly when to shoot. Slow view is the solution. When you half-press the shutter-release button, the Nikon 1 J3 shoots continuously, capturing approximately 20 frames in a few seconds. On the LCD monitor you'll see the action occurring in slow motion. Once you see an image you like, just fully depress the shutter-release button-the precise moment is yours!
- Never miss the perfect moment with Smart Photo Selector
- Experience the emotional combination of a still image and movie with the improved Motion Snapshot
- Enjoy a wider range of expression with the advanced movie by selecting the shooting mode (P/S/A/M)
- See the special effects with live image control before you shoot
- 14.2 effective megapixels with Nikon CX-format CMOS image sensor
- Further improved "EXPEED 3A" high-speed image-processing engine
- The built-in flash with automatic pop-up
CAMERA SPECIFICATIONS:
Type of camera
- Digital camera with support for interchangeable lenses
Lens mount
- Nikon 1 mount
Effective angle of view
- Approx. 2.7 x lens focal length (35 mm format equivalent)
Effective pixels
- 14.2 million
Image sensor
- 13.2 mm x 8.8 mm CMOS sensor (Nikon CX format)
Image size (pixels)
Still images
- Auto, best moment capture, and all creative modes other than Easy panorama; aspect ratio 3 : 2: 4608 x 3072, 3456 x 2304, 2304 x 1536
- Normal panorama, camera panned horizontally; aspect ratio 120 : 23): 4800 x 920
- Normal panorama, camera panned vertically; aspect ratio 8 : 25): 1536 x 4800
- Wide panorama, camera panned horizontally; aspect ratio 240 : 23): 9600 x 920
- Wide panorama, camera panned vertically; aspect ratio 4 : 25: 1536 x 9600
- Taken during movie recording, aspect ratio 3 : 2): 4608 x 3072 (1080/60i, 1080/30p), 1280 x 856 (720/60p, 720/30p)
- Motion Snapshots; aspect ratio 16 : 9): 4608 x 2592
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; storage for custom Picture Controls
Storage media
- SD (Secure Digital), SDHC, and SDXC memory cards
File system
- DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) 2.0, DPOF (Digital Print Order Format), Exif (Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras) 2.3, PictBridge
Shooting modes
- Auto; creative, with a choice of the following options: P, S, A, M, night landscape, night portrait, backlighting, easy panorama, soft, miniature effect, and selective color; best moment capture (slow view and Smart Photo Selector), advanced movie (HD-P, S, A, M only-and slow motion), Motion Snapshot
Shutter type
- Electronic shutter
Shutter speed
- 1/16,000 to 30 s in steps of 1/3 EV; Bulb (Bulb ends automatically after approximately 2 minutes)
Flash sync speed
- Synchronizes with shutter at X=1/60 s or slower
Release mode
- Single frame, continuous
- Self-timer
Frame advance rate
- Approx. 5, 15, 30, or 60 fps
Self-timer
- 2 s, 5 s, 10 s
Exposure metering
- TTL metering using image sensor
Metering method
- Matrix
- Center-weighted: Meters 4.5 mm circle in center of frame
- Spot: Meters 2 mm circle centered on selected focus area
Mode
- P programmed auto with flexible program;
- S shutter priority auto;
- A aperture-priority auto;
- M manual; scene auto selector
Exposure compensation
- -3 to +3 EV in increments of 1/3 EV
Exposure lock
- Luminosity locked at metered value when shutter-release button is pressed halfway
ISO sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index)
- ISO 160-6400 in steps of 1 EV; auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 160-6400, 160-3200, 160-800) available (user controlled in P, S, A, and M modes)
Active D-Lighting
- On, off
Autofocus
- Hybrid autofocus (phase-detection/contrast-detect AF); AF-assist illuminator
Lens servo
- Autofocus (AF): Single AF (AF-S); continuous AF (AF-C); auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A); fulltime AF (AF-F)
- Manual focus (MF)
AF-area modes
- Single-point, auto-area, subject tracking
Focus area
- Single-point AF: 135 focus areas; the center 73 areas support phase-detection AF
- Auto-area AF: 41 focus areas
Focus lock
- Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single AF)
Face priority
- On, off
Built-in flash
- Auto; Soft, Miniature effect, Selective color (Creative mode): Flash pops up automatically and fires as required
- Night portrait, Backlighting (Creative mode): Flash pops up automatically and fires with every shot
- P programmed auto, S shutter-priority auto, A aperture-priority auto, M manual (Creative mode): Manual pop-up
Guide number
- Approx. 5/16 (m/ft, ISO 100, 20 ?C / 68 ?F; at ISO 160, Guide Number is approx. 6.3/20.7)
Flash control
- i-TTL flash control using image sensor
Flash modes
- Auto, auto + red-eye reduction, fill flash, fill flash + slow sync, red-eye reduction, red-eye reduction + slow sync, rear-curtain sync, rear curtain + slow sync, off
Flash compensation
- -3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 EV
Flash-ready indicator
- Lights when built-in flash unit is fully charged
White balance
- Auto, incandescent, fluorescent, direct sunlight, flash, cloudy, shade, underwater, preset manual, all except preset manual with fine tuning
Movie metering
- TTL metering using image sensor
Metering method
- Matrix
- Center-weighted: Meters 4.5 mm circle in center of frame
- Spot: Meters 2 mm circle centered on selected focus area
Frame size (pixels)/recording rate
HD movies and movies recorded in auto (aspect ratio 16 : 9)
- 1920 x 1080 / 60 i (59.94 fields/s)
- 1920 x 1080 / 30 p (29.97 fps)
- 1280 x 720 / 60 p (59.94 fps)
- 1280 x 720 / 30 p (29.97 fps)
Slow-motion movies (aspect ratio 8 : 3)
- 640 x 240 / 400 fps (plays at 30 p / 29.97 fps)
- 320 x 120 / 1200 fps (plays at 30 p / 29.97 fps)
Motion Snapshot (aspect ratio 16 : 9)
- 1920 x 1080 / 60 p (59.94 fps) (plays at 24 p / 23.976 fps)
File format
- MOV
Video compression
- H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding
Audio recording format
- AAC
Audio recording device
- Built-in stereo microphone; sensitivity adjustable
Monitor
- 7.5 cm (3-in.), approx. 921k-dot, TFT LCD with brightness adjustment
Playback
- Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images or calendar) playback with playback zoom, movie and panorama playback, slide show, histogram display, auto image rotation, and rating option
USB
- Hi-Speed USB
HDMI output
- Type C mini-pin HDMI connector
Supported languages
- Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (European and Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Battery
- One EN-EL14 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery
AC adapter
- EH-5b AC adapter; requires EP-5C power connector (available separately)
Tripod socket
- 1/4 in. (ISO 1222)
Dimensions (W ? H ? D)
- Approx. 101.0 x 60.5 x 28.8 mm (4.0 x 2.4 x 1.1 in.), excluding projections
Weight
- Approx. 244 g (8.6 oz) with battery and memory card but without body cap; approx. 201 g (7.1 oz), camera body only
Operating environment
- 0 ?C to 40 ?C (+32 ?F to 104 ?F), 85% or less (no condensation)
LENS SPECIFICATIONS:
High-power zoom lens covering 10-100 mm focal-length range
1 NIKKOR VR 10-100mm f/4-5.6 is a high-power zoom lens that covers an extremely wide focal-length range from wide-angle 10 mm to telephoto 100 mm. Angle of view is equivalent to a focal length of approx. 27 to 270 mm in 35mm [135] format. With this lens, you can easily shoot a wide variety of subjects and scenes. It is also useful when capturing a moving subject, such as children running, with which shooting distance changes quickly.
- Focal length: 10 to 100 mm
- Maximum aperture: f/4 to f/5.6
- Minimum aperture: f/16
- Lens construction: 19 elements in 12 groups (including 3 aspherical lens elements, 2 ED glass elements and HRI lens elements)
- Angle of view: 77? to 9?10'
- VR: VR
- No. of diaphragm blades: 7 (rounded diaphragm opening)
- Minimum focus distance
- 10 mm focal length: 0.35 m/1.1 ft from focal plane
- 60 mm focal length: 1.0 m/3.3 ft from focal plane
- 100 mm focal length: 0.65 m/2.1 ft from focal plane - Maximum reproduction ratio: 0.12x (approx. 0.33x with 35mm [135] format)
- Weight: Approx. 298 g/10.5 oz
- Diameter x length (distance from the camera's lens-mount flange): Approx. 60.5 mm x 70.5 mm
- Filter-attachment size: 55 mm (P=0.75 mm)
- Lens cap: Snap-on
- Lens hood: HB-N106 (optional)
- Lens case: CL-N101 (optional)
