Nikon D3000 Digital Camera [10MP, 3-in LCD, Educational Menus for Beginners]

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Today, Nikon Inc. announced the released of their new D3000 digital SLR camera. Their latest product is touted as an affordable answer for users looking to experience the superiority of digital SLR photography. The 10.2-megapixel D3000 features a Guide Mode, which lends a smart helping hand photog newbies, and an extensive Retouch Menu, that enables users to edit photos directly from the camera. At first blush it might seem like it’s simply a D5000 stripped of its video capabilities, but its extensive list of features just might make up for this shortcoming.

The D3000, which offers an 11-point auto-focus system, also leverages the typical Nikon D-SLR technologies, including EXPEED image processing, the Active D-Lighting system and 3D Color Matrix Metering II, making it even more of a brainless option for those looking to get started in the world of digital imagery.

The Nikon D3000 sports a softly rounded corner design and it’s relatively small in size compared to most professionally sized D-SLR models. While it may be slight in stature, it does come with some pretty large features like a brighter three-inch 230,000-dot LCD screen with larger enhanced fonts (20% bigger than previous Nikon D-SLRs) to make the on-screen text easier to read. The D3000 also includes the ability to capture images in the NEF (RAW) format, in addition to traditional JPEG. Images captured with the D3000 in this format include a greater amount of image data, which in turn, affords finer image control and higher uncompressed lossless image quality.

The new Nikon D3000 sounds like a great starter camera that’s loaded with a lot of the features only found in much higher priced models, but with a retail price of $600 it still might be out of reach of most consumers looking to take a step above the more user-friendly point-and-shoot models flooding the market today. For more information you can head over to www.nikon.com.