Nikon D7100

24.1-megapixel DX format CMOS sensor, with no OLPF

For extreme image sharpness on even the finest details.

Professional-level AF system

Utilizing 51 focus points, 15 of which are cross-type, for rapid and precise autofocus.

6 fps continuous shooting

To ensure you always capture that fast action shot.

1.3x crop function, expanding the possibilities of DX format

With extra telephoto effect, faster speed (up to 7 fps) and extra wide AF coverage.

Wireless connectivity¹

Compatible with WU-1a Mobile Adapter.

EXPEED 3 image processor

For high speed operation, vibrant color reproduction and enhanced noise reduction.

2,016-pixel RGB metering sensor with Scene Recognition

Highly accurate metering for exact exposures; optimizing auto exposure (AE), autofocus (AF) and auto white balance (AWB) for supreme accuracy.

Full HD D-Movie

1080p up to 60i/50i and 30p/25p/24p, for smooth movie recording.

The Power And Agility To Leap Forward video

ISO sensitivity of 100-6400, extendable to 25600: for exceptional low light performance.

High performance viewfinder: with approximately 100% frame coverage and 0.94x magnification.

High-intensity LCD monitor: offers an 8cm/3.2in 1229k-dot wide-angle view.

Conveniently portable: powerful features packed into a compact body weighing just 675g.

Durable body with magnesium alloy covers: sealed for dust and weather resistance.

Dual SD memory card slots: allow overflow and backup recording or set to record RAW and J-PEG individually.

Accessible usability functions: improved ‘i’ button and Spot White Balance for quick and precise white balance setting in Live View.

Active D-Lighting (ADL): retains details in highlights and shadows for well-balanced images.

High Dynamic Range (HDR): combines two shots within a single shutter release to create detailed images of high contrast scenes.

Effects Mode: allows selected effects to be applied to both stills and movies in Live View.

NIKKOR lenses: with acclaimed NIKKOR lenses you can take full advantage of the camera’s 24.1 megapixels and 1.3x crop mode to create exceptional images and enjoy the portability of DX lenses.

• • Type

  • Single-lens reflex digital camera

• • Lens mount

  • Nikon F mount (with AF coupling and AF contacts)

• • Effective angle of view

  • Nikon DX format; focal length in 35 mm [135] format equivalent to approx. 1.5x that of lenses with FX format angle of view

• • Effective pixels

  • 24.1 million

• • Image sensor

  • 23.5 x 15.6 mm CMOS sensor

• • Total pixels

  • 24.71 million

• • Dust-reduction system

  • Image sensor cleaning, Image Dust Off reference data (optional Capture NX-D software required)

• • Image size (pixels)

  • DX (24 x 16) image area: 6000 x 4000 (L), 4496 x 3000 (M), 2992 x 2000 (S); 1.3x (18 x 12) image area: 4800 x 3200 (L), 3600 x 2400 (M), 2400 x 1600 (S); Photographs with image area of DX (24 x 16) taken in movie live view: 6000 x 3368 (L), 4496 x 2528 (M), 2992 x 1860 (S); Photographs with image area of 1.3x (18 x 12) taken in movie live view: 4800 x 2696 (L), 3600 x 2024 (M), 2400 x 1344 (S);

• • Storage file formats

  • NEF (RAW): 12 or 14 bit, lossless compressed or compressed; JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1 : 4), normal (approx. 1 : 8), or basic (approx. 1 : 16) compression (Size priority); Optimal quality compression available; 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

• • Media

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

• • Dual card slot

  • Slot 2 can be used for overflow or backup storage or for separate storage of copies created using NEF+JPEG; pictures can be copied between 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

• • Viewfinder

  • Eye-level pentaprism single-lens reflex viewfinder

• • Frame coverage

  • Approx. 100% horizontal and 100% vertical

• • Magnification

  • Approx. 0.94x (50 mm f/1.4 lens at infinity, -1.0 m-1)

• • Eyepoint

  • 19.5 mm (-1.0 m-1; from center surface of viewfinder eyepiece lens)

• • Diopter adjustment

  • -2 - +1 m-1

• • Focusing screen

  • Type B BriteView Clear Matte Mark II screen with AF area brackets (framing grid can be displayed)

• • Reflex mirror

  • Quick return

• • Depth-of-field preview

  • Pressing depth-of-field preview button stops lens aperture down to value selected by user (A and M modes) or by camera (other modes)

• • Lens aperture

  • Instant return, electronically controlled

• • Compatible lenses

  • Compatible with AF NIKKOR lenses, including type G and D lenses (some restrictions apply to PC lenses) and DX lenses, AI-P NIKKOR lenses, and non-CPU AI lenses (A and M modes only). IX NIKKOR lenses, lenses for the F3AF, and non-AI lenses can not be used. The electronic rangefinder can be used with lenses that have a maximum aperture of f/5.6 or faster (the electronic rangefinder supports the center focus point with lenses that have a maximum aperture of f/8 or faster).

• • Shutter type

  • Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter

• • Shutter speed

  • 1/8000 - 30 s in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV, bulb, time, X250

• • Flash sync speed

  • X=1/250 s; synchronizes with shutter at 1/320 s or slower (flash range drops at speeds between 1/250 and 1/320 s)

• • Release mode

  • Single frame (S), continuous low speed (CL), continuous high speed (CH), quiet shutter-release (Q), self-timer, mirror up (MUP); interval timer photography supported

• • Frame advance rate

  • JPEG and 12-bit NEF (RAW) images recorded with DX (24 x 16) selected for Image area CL: 1 - 6 fps, CH: 6 fps JPEG and 12-bit NEF (RAW) images recorded with 1.3x (18 x 12) selected for Image area CL: 1 - 6 fps, CH: 7 fps 14-bit NEF (RAW) images recorded with DX (24 x 16) selected for Image area CL: 1 - 5 fps, CH: 5 fps 14-bit NEF (RAW) images recorded with 1.3x (18 x 12) selected for Image area CL: 1 - 6 fps, CH: 6 fps

• • Self-timer

  • 2 s, 5 s, 10 s, 20 s; 1 - 9 exposures at intervals of 0.5, 1, 2, or 3 s

• • Remote control modes (ML-L3)

  • Delayed remote, quick-response remote, remote mirror-up

• • Exposure metering

  • TTL exposure metering using 2016-pixel RGB sensor

• • Metering method

  • Matrix: 3D color matrix metering II (type G and D lenses); color matrix metering II (other CPU lenses); color matrix metering available with non-CPU lenses if user provides lens data Center-weighted: Weight of 75% given to 8 mm circle in center of frame. Diameter of circle can be changed to 6, 10, or 13 mm, or weighting can be based on average of entire frame (non-CPU lenses use 8-mm circle) Spot: Meters 3.5 mm circle (about 2.5% of frame) centered on selected focus point (on center focus point when non-CPU lens is used)

• • Metering 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

  • Combined CPU and AI

• • 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; night landscape; party/indoor; beach/snow; sunset; dusk/dawn; pet portrait; candlelight; blossom; autumn colors; food); special effects modes (night vision; color sketch; miniature effect; selective color; silhouette; high key; low key); U1 (user settings 1); U2 (user settings 2)

• • Exposure compensation

  • Can be adjusted by -5 - +5 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV in P, S, A, and M modes

• • Exposure bracketing

  • 2 - 5 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1, 2, or 3 EV

• • Flash bracketing

  • 2 - 5 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1, 2, or 3 EV

• • White balance bracketing

  • 2 - 5 frames in steps of 1, 2, or 3

• • ADL bracketing

  • 2 frames using selected value for one frame or 3 frames using preset values for all frames

• • Exposure lock

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

• • ISO sensitivity

  • ISO 100 - 6400 in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV. Can also be set to approx. 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1, or 2 EV (ISO 25600 equivalent) above ISO 6400; auto ISO sensitivity control available

• • Active D-Lighting

  • Auto, Extra high, High, Normal, Low, Off

• • Autofocus

  • Nikon Advanced Multi-CAM 3500DX autofocus sensor module with TTL phase detection, fine-tuning, 51 focus points (including 15 cross-type sensors; the center focus point is available at apertures slower than f/5.6 and faster than f/8 or at f/8), and AF-assist illuminator (range approx. 0.5 - 3m/1 ft 8 in. - 9 ft 10 in.)

• • Detection range

  • -2 - +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 status Manual focus (M): Electronic rangefinder can be used

• • Focus points

  • Can be selected from 51 or 11 focus points

• • AF-area mode

  • Single-point AF; 9-, 21-, or 51-point dynamic-area AF, 3D-tracking, auto-area AF

• • 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, party/indoor, pet portrait, color sketch: Auto flash with auto pop-up P, S, A, M, food: Manual pop-up with button release

• • Guide Number

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

• • Flash control

  • TTL: i-TTL flash control using 2016-pixel RGB sensor is available with built-in flash and SB-910, SB-900, SB-800, SB-700, SB-600, or SB-400; 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 modes

  • 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; Auto FP High-Speed Sync supported

• • Flash compensation

  • -3 - +1 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 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

  • Advanced Wireless Lighting supported with: - 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 - Built-in flash can serve as master flash in commander mode. Auto FP High-Speed Sync and modeling illumination supported with all CLS-compatible flash units except SB-400; Flash Color Information Communication and FV lock supported with all CLS-compatible flash units

• • Sync terminal

  • AS-15 sync terminal adapter (available separately)

• • White balance

  • Auto (2 types), incandescent, fluorescent (7 types), direct sunlight, flash, cloudy, shade, preset manual (up to 6 values can be stored, spot white balance measurement available during live view), choose color temperature (2500 K - 10000 K), all with fine-tuning

• • Live View - Modes

  • Live view photography (still images), movie live view (movies)

• • Live view - lens servo

  • Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); full-time-servo AF (AF-F) Manual focus (M)

• • Live view - AF-area mode

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

• • Live view - autofocus

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

• • Movie - metering

  • TTL exposure metering using main image sensor

• • Movie - metering method

  • Matrix

• • Movie - frame size (pixels) and frame rate

  • 1920 x 1080; 60i (59.94 fields/s)/ 50i (50 fields/s) 1 1920 x 1080; 30 p (progressive), 25p, 24p 1280 x 720; 60p, 50p Actual frame rates for 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, and 24p are 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, and 23.976 fps respectively; options support both high and normal image quality 1 Available only when 1.3x (18 x 12) is selected for Image area. Sensor output is about 60 or 50 fps.

• • Movie - file format

  • MOV

• • Movie - video compression

  • H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding

• • Movie - audio recording format

  • Linear PCM

• • Movie - audio recording device

  • Built-in or external stereo microphone; sensitivity adjustable

• • Monitor

  • 8-cm/3.2-in., approx. 1229 k-dot (VGA; 640 x 4 x 480 = 1,228,800 dots), TFT monitor with approx. 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, photo information, GPS data display, and auto image rotation

• • USB

  • Hi-Speed USB

• • HDMI output

  • HDMI mini connector (Type C)

• • Accessory terminal(s)

  • Wireless remote controller: WR-1 and WR-R10 (available separately) Remote cord: MC-DC2 (available separately) GPS unit: GP-1 (available separately)

• • Audio input

  • Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5 mm diameter; plug-in power supported)

• • Audio output

  • Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5 mm diameter)

• • 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 rechargeable Li-ion EN-EL15 battery

• • Battery pack

  • Optional MB-D15 multi-power battery pack with one rechargeable Nikon EN-EL15 Li-ion battery or six AA alkaline, Ni-MH, or lithium batteries

• • AC adapter

  • EH-5b AC adapter; requires EP-5B power connector (available separately)

• • Tripod socket

  • 1/4 in. (ISO 1222)

• • Dimensions (W x H x D)

  • Approx. 135.5 x 106.5 x 76 mm (5.3 x 4.2 x 3.0 in.)

• • Weight

  • Approx. 765 g (1 lb 11.0 oz) with battery and memory card but without body cap; approx. 675 g (1 lb 7.8 oz; camera body only)

• • Operating environment - temperature

  • 0 °C - 40 °C (+32 °F - 104 °F)

• • Operating environment - humidity

  • 85% or less (no condensation)

• • Supplied accessories

  • EN-EL15 rechargeable Li-ion battery (with terminal cover), MH-25 battery charger, DK-5 eyepiece cap, AN-DC1 strap, UC-E6 USB cable, BS-1 accessory shoe cover, DK-23 rubber eyecup, BF-1B body cap, ViewNX 2 CD, User's Manual