Body material

Magnesium alloy

Sensor

• 23.6 x 15.8 mm CMOS sensor
• DX format
• RGB Color Filter Array
• Built-in fixed low-pass filter (with self-cleaning unit)
• 13.1 million total pixels
• 12.3 million effective pixels
• 3:2 aspect ratio

Image processor

 EXPEED

A/D conversion

14 bit

Image sizes

• 4288 x 2848 [L; 12.2 MP]
• 3216 x 2136 [M; 6.9 MP]
• 2144 x 1424 [S; 3.1 MP]

Image sizes (Movie)*

• 1280 x 720 @ 24 fps *
• 640 x 424 @ 24 fps *
• 320 x 216 @ 24 fps *

File formats

• NEF (12-bit or 14-bit, compressed or lossless compressed RAW)
• NEF + JPEG
• TIFF
• JPEG (EXIF 2.21)
• AVI *
• Motion JPEG *

NEF compression

• Compressed 12/14-bit NEF (RAW, Lossless compressed):
• Compressed 12/14-bit NEF (RAW, Compressed): approx.

Lens mount

•  F mount with AF coupling and AF contacts
• 1.5x field of view crop

Usable lenses

• DX AF NIKKOR: All functions possible
• D-/G-type AF NIKKOR (excluding IX NIKKOR lenses): All functions possible (excluding PC Micro- NIKKOR)
• AF NIKKOR other than D-/G-type (excluding lenses for F3AF): All functions except 3D-Color Matrix Metering II possible
• AI-P NIKKOR: All functions except Autofocus, 3D-Color Matrix Metering II possible
• Non-CPU AI NIKKOR: Can be used in exposure modes A and M; electronic range finder can be used if maximum aperture is f/5.6 or faster; Color Matrix Metering and aperture value display supported if user provides lens data

Dust reduction

• Self-cleaning sensor unit ('Clean image sensor')
• Image dust-off data acquisition (Capture NX required)

Auto Focus