{"id":1620,"date":"2010-08-20T06:32:06","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T10:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2010-08-20T06:32:06","modified_gmt":"2010-08-20T10:32:06","slug":"the-new-nikon-d3100-a-dslr-camera-with-auto-focus-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/20\/the-new-nikon-d3100-a-dslr-camera-with-auto-focus-video\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Nikon D3100 &#8211; A DSLR Camera With Auto-Focus Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DSLR cameras have become very popular because of the gorgeous video they shoot. \u00a0However, one drawback has been that unlike traditional video cameras, they cannot auto-focus while shooting video. \u00a0But the new Nikon D3100 addresses this issue.<\/p>\n<p>The D3100, aimed at the consumer market, shoots full HD 1080p video using a servo auto-focus, which means the camera intelligently determines what should be in focus while you record video. \u00a0Other camera makers will certainly add this auto-focus feature to their cameras soon, but Nikon is the first to market with it.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the D3100 only records mono audio with no mention of an external microphone jack (which means there&#8217;s a very real possibility that the cameras built-in microphone will pick up noise from the auto-focus mechanism). \u00a0All other specs are in line with competing DSLR cameras. \u00a0So the main plus here is the auto-focus feature for shooting video&#8230;while everything else can be found in other cameras.<\/p>\n<p>The D3100 is expected to be available in September 2010 with a price tag of $700 (including an 18-55mm lens). \u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikon.com\/about\/news\/2010\/0819_d3100_01.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s everything Nikon has to say about it so far<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DSLR cameras have become very popular because of the gorgeous video they shoot. \u00a0However, one drawback has been that unlike traditional video cameras, they cannot auto-focus while shooting video. \u00a0But the new Nikon D3100 addresses this issue. The D3100, aimed at the consumer market, shoots full HD 1080p video using a servo auto-focus, which means [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[19],"tags":[650,652,651],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1620"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1634,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620\/revisions\/1634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}