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Technical Notes and Index
Specifications
Nikon COOLPIX S3100 Digital Camera
Type Compact digital camera
Effective pixels 14.0 million
Image sensor
1
/2.3-in. type CCD; total pixels: approx. 14.48 million
Lens 5× optical zoom, NIKKOR lens
Focal length 4.6–23.0mm (angle of view equivalent to that of 26–130 mm
lens in 35mm [135] format)
f/-number f/3.2–6.5
Construction 6 elements in 5 groups
Digital zoom Up to 4× (angle of view equivalent to that of approx. 520 mm
lens in 35mm [135] format)
Vibration reduction Electronic VR
Autofocus (AF) Contrast-detect AF
Focus range (from
lens)
• Approx. 50 cm (1 ft. 8 in.) to ∞ (W); approx. 80 cm (2 ft. 8 in.) to
∞ (T)
• Macro mode: Approx. 10 cm (4 in.) (wide-angle position) to ∞
Focus-area selection Face priority, auto (9-area automatic selection), center, manual
with 99 focus areas, subject tracking
Monitor 6.7 cm (2.7-in.), approx. 230k-dot, TFT LCD and 5-level
brightness adjustment
Frame coverage
(shooting mode)
Approx. 97% horizontal and 97% vertical (compared to actual
picture)
Frame coverage
(playback mode)
Approx. 100% horizontal and 100% vertical (compared to
actual picture)
Storage
Media • Internal memory (approx. 45 MB)
• SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card
File system DCF, Exif 2.3, and DPOF compliant
File formats Still pictures: JPEG
Sound files (Voice Memo): WAV
Movies: AVI (Motion-JPEG compliant)
Image size (pixels)
• 14M (high image quality) [4320 × 3240P]
• 14M [4320 × 3240]
• 8M [3264 × 2448]
• 5M [2592 × 1944]
• 3M [2048 × 1536]
• PC [1024 × 768]
• VGA [640 × 480]
• 16:9 [4224 × 2376]