Nikon D3000 10MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S DX VR Nikkor Zoom Lens

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Casual shots never looked so good. Beautiful photos were never so easy.

Imagine all the high-tech wizardry of advanced digital SLR picture taking in an easy-to-use camera. Now imagine the Nikon D3000, a camera that combines Nikon technology with simplicity never before found in a camera so advanced. The Nikon D3000features a new Guide mode, intuitive in-camera assistance that allows even first-time users to transform everyday moments into stunning pictures.

Not sure of what to do? Let the D3000 be your guide.

For shots you can’t afford to miss but aren’t sure how to take, simply set the Mode dial to GUIDE, then let the Nikon D3000assist you in adjusting camera settings. Guide mode helps you capture the moment to obtain the kinds of pictures you expect from a quality digital SLR camera.

Create pictures of breathtaking beauty by getting close to the subject. This mode optimizes camera settings to soften the foreground and background in order to draw attention to the subject, making it ideal for close-ups of flowers, jewelry, and other highly detailed objects.

Record the majesty of a dynamic city or natural beauty of a breathtaking vista. This setting enhances the vibrancy and liveliness of the scene while disabling flash, allowing the Nikon D3000’s intelligent metering to set exposure and capture the scene as you see it. Even when shooting at dusk or under a cloudy sky, you are assured of beautiful pictures containing well-saturated color.

Want to elevate your photo skills? Let the D3000 assist.

The Nikon D3000’s intelligent Guide mode helps you take your photography to new heights, revealing techniques you thought were the exclusive realm of professional photographers but which you can now call your own. Artistry like blurring backgrounds or freezing fast-moving action is easily accomplished with the Nikon D3000.

Obtain beautiful portraits without distracting backgrounds. This setting keeps the subject in sharp focus while softly blurring the background, resulting in portraits with a studio-like feel.

Capture moments that can slip away in the blink of an eye. This setting places priority on maintaining shutter speeds faster than 1/1000 second in order to freeze action such as fast-moving cars and other vehicles. The results are exciting photos that display all the dynamic action of the original scene.

The savvy new D3000. The camera that shows you how.

How to preserve precious memories. How to improve your pictures. And how to do it all, easily. The new Guide mode demystifies the often complex world of digital SLR photography.

No more guesswork
Easy operation

The Nikon D3000 handles nearly any picture taking opportunity with specially engineered settings suitable for a variety of subjects and situations.
And if you just want to point and shoot, select Auto and let the Nikon D3000 do the rest. As you become more familiar with the camera, you can even fine-tune each setting — a great way to show the world your unique style.

• Auto
• Distant subjects
• Sleeping faces
• Landscapes
• Night portrait
• No flash
• Close-ups
• Moving subjects

• Portraits

The professional touch
Advanced operation

Advanced automation makes the Nikon D3000 so easy to use. But for the especially curious, the Nikon D3000’s Guide mode can help you acquire impressive picture taking skills — quickly and more easily than ever imagined. You’ll be thrilled to put newfound techniques to work, creating photos you’ve always dreamed of but were previously unable to take.

• Soften backgrounds: Select aperture
• Freeze motion (people): Select a shutter speed

• Freeze motion (vehicles): Select a shutter speed

A right time for everything
Timers & remote control

Whether you want to fire off a series of shots in rapid succession or use an optional remote control, Guide mode shows you how. No more digging through manuals or searching through menus to find the function you want to use. Thanks to Guide mode, you can start enjoying the Nikon D3000 from the moment you open the box.

• Single frame (1 frame)
• Continuous (approx. 3 fps)
• 10-second self-timer
• Delayed remote

• Quick-response remote

Renowned Nikon technology. Everything you need for beautiful photos.

The Nikon D3000 packs all the innovation and advanced engineering for which Nikon is famous into a light, compact body.
And with the Nikon D3000, advanced doesn’t mean difficult. Its leading-edge technology resides behind a user-friendly interface that makes it extraordinarily simple to take the kinds of photos you’ve always wanted to take.

Nikon DX-format CCD sensor; 10.2 effective megapixels

Combining a CCD sensor with Nikon’s famed EXPEED image processing system, the Nikon D3000 produces finely detailed photos that exhibit exceptional color and sharpness as well as smooth gradation, and does so at lightning-quick speed. The high resolution also gives you the freedom to print beautiful enlargements and crop more creatively without loss of sharpness.

11-point autofocus system for tack-sharp results

The diamond-shaped array of 11 autofocus points provides outstanding coverage for achieving focus no matter where the subject is located in the frame. Additionally, four AF-area modes — Single-point, Dynamic-area, Auto-area, and 3D-tracking — cover any situation, from fast or unpredictable action to static, off-center subjects.

Scene Recognition System — Brains behind the beauty

Nikon’s exclusive Scene Recognition System utilizes a 420-pixel RGB sensor to analyze a composition immediately before you take the shot. It then automatically optimizes exposure, autofocus, and white balance, allowing you to obtain beautiful photos without the hassle of making complicated camera adjustments yourself.

Active D-Lighting — What you see is what you get

Shooting in bright sunlight often produces pictures with extreme contrast between light and dark areas, resulting in loss of tone and detail. Active D-Lighting effectively combats this by preserving important details in shadows and highlights. The results are optimally exposed photos that better reflect the scene as you saw it.

Picture Control System expands creativity

Customize the appearance of photos before you shoot with Nikon’s Picture Control System. Six settings — Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, and Landscape — let you change the look of photos depending on mood or subject. Each setting can be adjusted to provide additional control over sharpness, contrast, and other effects.

3.0-inch LCD monitor goes easy on the eyes

Bright and sharp, the Nikon D3000’s 3.0-in., approximately 230k-dot TFT LCD monitor ensures comfortable viewing when playing back photos. It also makes reading menus easier thanks to text size that is now 20% larger than that of the D40 and D60. In addition, the spacious monitor is convenient for retouching, allowing you to modify pictures without the need for a computer.

Nikon Integrated Dust Reduction System

The Nikon D3000 is equipped with Nikon’s Integrated Dust Reduction System. This solution includes a special Airflow Control System that redirects dust away from the low-pass filter located in front of the image sensor, thereby limiting its accumulation. Additionally, when powering the camera on or off, the filter automatically vibrates at precise frequencies to release image-degrading dust that may adhere to it.

Durable 100,000-cycle shutter unit

Reliable performance is a given with the Nikon D3000 thanks to its long-lasting shutter unit. Tested to 100,000 cycles on actual working models of the D3000, this precision mechanism delivers shutter speeds from 30 seconds to 1/4000 second and flash synch up to 1/200 second. And you’ll never miss a shooting opportunity thanks to the rapid shutter response that eliminates annoying shutter-release delay.

Pop-up flash helps optimize exposure

When the light gets low or you find yourself shooting in tricky backlit lighting, use the built-in pop-up flash to brighten the scene. It activates automatically when needed depending on exposure mode, or can be enabled manually. In addition, support for i-TTL flash control increases exposure accuracy.

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