Nikon D3200 Preview
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The Nikon D3200 on paper looks to be an AMAZING beginner camera with a ton of advanced features.
First lets start with the NEW 24.2 megapixel sensor. I am not a big fan of such a large sensor in a beginner camera. This is going to make the RAW files HUGE even though they are compressed and only 12 bit. The ISO range is 100-6400 expandable to 12,800 which again is insane.
The video features seem to be pretty extensive. It will shoot full hd 1080P at 24/30 FPS but you also have the ability to shoot at 60FPS at 720. You do have manual exposure controls during video recording. One item I over looked before I made the video is the fact that it does have a microphone input jack. That is an amazing feature to have if you are looking to do interviews or capture better audio than from the built in microphone. I look at this to be a substantial addition to an entry level camera.
Overal this is a very feature packet beginner camera. If you already own a D3100 do not upgrade to the D3200, it is not the best step forward for your photography. But if you are new to the DSLR game the D3200 would be a great place to start. Like I always say, good glass is important so adding on a Nikon 35 1.8 would be advised.
I may pick one of these cameras up to create a shooting guide for all the people who will be stepping into a DSLR for the first time. It is possible that this camera could serve as a third angle for when I am recording interviews or photo shoots.
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yes, filmed with the d4 and 50 1.4 afd along with the westoctt td6 lights.
Its a figure of speech, it allows you the ability to capture images in certain situations that the kit lens may not. But the idea is that yes better glass does help you get better images. Beginnger may not know why up front but with a little education and seeing how it works they surely wil.
Jared, I LOVE this lighting and framing! Looks like you're really getting dialed in with those lights.
yes, you can control the shutter speed opposed to letting the camera control everything.
yea, your right. I forgot about them compressing it. What sucks though is when editing those you have to wait for the computer to uncompress.
Thanks for the response. According to ArtoftheImage the D3100 didn't have manual focus with video. I'm glad to hear that this one does.
My first recommendation would be not to worry about comparing one camera to the other. The most important thing for you is to start to understand how exposure works, understand the basics. You could have the most expensive camera in the world and still get crap pictures. Remember this as well, good glass is very important in photography. My recommendation for a beginner like you would be a d3200 with a 35mm 1.8 lens. One lens to learn on and your all set. I have a guide coming very soon.
I honestly do not have an idea until I use the d3200. But id lean towards this one.
the hate for high mp is the fact that more does not mean better. I would prefer a 12mp sensor that did better high ISO and dynamic range. In terms of beginners shooting raw, your right, they should start learning with jpeg but understand that raw is very very important and maybe they should shoot both to start. You never know when that best image is going to happen so might as well capture it in raw. Also I am not a fan of the crop, the more you crop the more quality you lose.
I needed to add a few things that I missed when reading over the info in the press release. The press release actually does not even mention the 60fps at 720 and that is important to a lot of people. Also I missed reading the fact that it had a mic input and thats very very important so I wanted to make the corrections. I like to stick to one take and I felt there was solid info and voiceovers would be best for this video.
Good video on the Nikon D 3200 preview, I am researching on the D3200 because I will be buying one soon for beginner.
exactly, thats why i made it a point to say it 2 or 3 times that lenses are the most important thing here.
You are absolutely bang on in this review mate. 24.2mp is just a marketing thing. Not only will it mean larger files sizes, but it will also make low light images worse than what they could be at say 14mp. Still looks like a decent camera all the same.
Thanks Dude, I just ordered my d3200. Should get me through the next few years!
what jared is pointing out is that with that amount of Megapixels in the camera sensor, the size of raw file that you will be producing would definitely be huge.
It depends on what you intend to use it for and what kind of shooting you like to do. I would recommend you get the D5100
perfect observation!!! I agree!!!
Its a totally different focal length, the 12-24 is super wide angle and for landscape photo's and the 35mm is a focal length for a walk about lens, it's good for close ups and details but also good for photographing architecture etc. The best thing you can do is look through your previous photo's and see what the most common focal length used is. Then work out which lens would benefit you the most. If you shoot @ 18mm, get the tokina, If you shoot @ 30mm go for the 35mm or at 55mm get a 50mm 1.8
Your right, if they can control the noise yes. But you dont think your d700 is enough at 12 mp? I have huge posters printed from my D2H which was only 4.1 mp.
All else equal, the number of pixels on the sensor does not help or harm the image quality. It does capture a lot detail and the pictures that I have seen posted are incredible in that respect. If you print big, real big (probably something you, me or most people don't do) this is an advantage.
Yep, in my opinion it depends on the depth of the scene. An example is when I recently took some photographs in the Alps, I found at 12mp the fore and mid ground have great detail, but I found the detail in the distant mountains a little lacking (when viewed at size). Don't misunderstand the pictures produced have great quality at 12mp and I am happy with the results but when I view the comparisons between a d700 and d800 you can tell the difference in detail.
they do make a nice sensor though. Not sure if they make the d3200 one as they did not make the d3100 i think.
This is the same sensor that Sony currently uses in the a65/a77. I own the a77, and for an aps-c sensor, it's pretty amazing. Dynamic range and color depth are amazing, and according to dxomark, it's quite a bit better then any other aps-c sensor out there.
Well I'm not who you are asking but I have done a bit of research into this. Basically the T3i is still better for video. Although Nikon have stepped up with most of the features in the D3200, it has too many megapixels.
T3i: 22.3 x 14.9 mm sensor & 18 megapixels;
D3200: 23.2 x 15.4 mm sensor & 24 megapixels.
So, the sensors are pretty similar but it is a large jump in megapixels, therefore, smaller pixels on the Nikon sensor. Smaller pixels have lesser low light performance, bad for video.
i agree, 4 mp can be enough if you get the image you want when you take it, instead of cropping it afterwards
a lot depends on your cameras quality. I export out of screenflow.
it comes out in less than a month, OMG I CANT WAIT!!
Its not a problem at all. Look into lenses, lenses are the key.
Both are great cameras! The single most important thing is to make your choice & take some great images & stop wasting your life wondering what is best.Im not being rude,just trying to save you from the beating up ive given myself in the past trying to decide on what to buy! Canon & Nikon & Olmpus & Pentax all make really great cameras.Go to the store,handle & use the cameras you are thinking about & buy what YOU feel comfortable with. Happy shooting !
Have a D3100 and have thoroughly used and enjoyed it... But in upgrading, I'm still waiting for the D400 (or equivalent) to come out since that's what I want to upgrade to...
Yea, I did a little research of it and it's 15x3=46
Three layers of something they used for the color
I think the d5100 still has the edge. It has the same 16mp sensor mounted on the d7000, and unless you are willing to make huge prints of your photos that is more than enough. The noise at high ISO is probably better too. And don't forget that the RAW files coming out of the d5100 are 14-bit while the d3200 is only 12-bit; that means better quality images.
I recently upgraded from the D3000 to the D90, best thing I ever did. The other thing I did was purchase the Nikkor 50mm 1.8 for $219. The combination of those 2 is awesome. The biggest thing you gain with going to the D90 is better pictures using higher ISO's. If you can get a D7000, which would be an awesome jump.
yes there is canon red.
and the censor is actually pretty good on my nex. the output size is around 30-45Mb per file. i dont think storage is going to be a problem becuase most people can easily buy a 500gb hard drive and that would last them a while. im using 4 120gb drives and i've shot up to 200-400 raw photos and a dozen or so 5-15min videos at full size(1080 60p) and haven't used a full 120gb yet.
its not a picture, it is an oil painting that was a gift from Adam Rosenberg the artist.
I own my basic entry level DLSR now for already 3-4 years and yes I bought good glass in between. Most of my investment is glass, tripod, flash..
But now yes 3 years later.. with such better sensors out there and hey VIDEO .. that is nice! So now I am ready to upgrade.
its not a bad lens it is great outdoors and not so much indoors.
I really hope that they put a wireless flash commander build in, so useful.
Finally a decent entry level camera
I think at this point what is going on is the cost to produce the sensors has dropped drastically with quality going way way up.
yup, i think so, Im gonna buy it soon
Nikon released few weeks ago some D3200 image samples and I compared those images with yours. It looks like your shots have more noise than Nikon's, even with ISO 100. If it is true, did you disabled noise reduction or something like that?
Its probably the same sensor from the Sony A77 and A65, and that sensor produces some good files
Jared, could you perhaps do a short video or include a segment in an upcoming video about the new upcoming 28mm F.1/8 AF-S designed for FX cameras? I'm in a situation right now where I've been debating between the 24mm 1.4 and the 35mm 1.4, but both retail close to $2,000. The newly announced 28mm is supposedly under $1k. Any input would be great.
I have a canon t2i and the raw files are aprox 21mb, I can always buy new hard drives if I want that 24.2mp probably close to 26mb files. But I do understand the concern over loosing detail in high iso the sony nex-7 starts getting crummy around 3200iso and its a 24.3mp. The cool thing about high megabyte is cropping is fun. I have a d5000 but I hate the video mode no manual control sucks. With a mic in and manual control video I think I'm already sold. if it has clean hdmi out, I bought it.
I agree. 24MP RAW files are 20MB. JPEG-FINE files are 11MB. Not as bad as the 50MB speculation.
wow, wonder what the 5200 and the 7100 are going to look like with upgrades
I will be able to give a better recommendation after I try one out.
And just when I thought that the mirrorless camera market was chipping away on the beginner SLR market, this breaks the gap wide open again.
YES IT DOES. IT GIVES YOU BETTER PICTURES. He wasn't referring to color or resolution, or things of the sort that relate to the camera--nor was he talking about composition and setting, things that relate to the photographer. He was merely saying the obvious, good glass can give you better pictures. Great pictures depend on the rest. It's people like you that argue the semantics of photography that intimidate and discourage beginners.
Jared, Thanks for the early preview. Serious question and your opinion. I'm getting into video for my hs senior portrait clients, fusion type video. I shoot with 2 D700's and FX glass for still's so no real need for another still body. I was considering the D7000 for strictly video work but now with the D3200 I'm not sure which way to go. What are your thoughts? I'll be using external audio with a zoom so I need a decent camera for video that auto-focuses and can use the FX glass.
I agree. I bought the D90 partly because it takes Nikon's professional lenses while the D3000 and D5000 don't. Do pro lenses work on the D3200?
Jared would you share your export setting for youtube? it looks pretty good at 360p...when i upload my videos in 360p does not look that good, when 1080p wow, but at 360p (what people normally watch) does not looks like yours
thanks :)
yup because they are compressed.
Hey! So I have a D3000 already. For the past 2 months or so I was considering buying the body for a D3100 but now I see this and the information for the D3200. Do you think that upgrading from the 3000 to the 3200 is worth it or wait it out to invest in another camera further down the line?
Thanks for that. Got a baby coming and I need a good "starter" camera for consideration.
I see. I suggest you added the patch video at the end of the video instead patching and overwriting the video. I feel like I'm missing something when it is patched that way. Kind of distracting too. But still, great review and hope to see the photo quality from it soon.
cool, so when's the D400 coming out?
I m about to buy a camera.Waiting 4 this one just to compare with d5100. I would still go 4 d5100. Choice became clear.
do you think they will have this adapter for the rest of the nikon range, like i have a d300s and would really love this feature!
Do you know when you will get your hands on the d3200 one?
Hey Jared, don't you think it's a good idea to wait for the d5200? Last year you recommend the d5100 over the d3100. Do you think it will be a better option for a beginner?
I think they made it 24mp because people shopping at that price point are focussed on specs and MP numbers, thinking more is better. I think 16mp and better low light performance would be much better for those users. Granted, I'm waitting for my 36mp beast myself, but I'm not an entry level user, and I'm prepared to buy lots of hard drives to accomodate it. 24mp on a DX sensor is huge. Hey I might even get one as a backup too.
Hello Jared, I have my eye on the Nikon D2H and I know that it's a old camera, but I am looking at something cheap that has the FPS I feel is needed for photojournalism. Or do you think it would be best to save back for the D2X minus three FPS, but a eight more MP?
Hi Jared, I have a valid question, which maybe you will answer. The D3200 also accepts FX lenses as well as the DX type. I have a D5100, which I have DX lenses. If as you say, the best way of improving your equipment is to buy the best glass, which way should I go, FX or DX?
Hey Jared, if you dont mind, when you get the chance to play with it (or whenever you can) can you compare this to the D5100? because that was the camera i originally planned to buy but now this is out, im divided. i dont have any experience with a DSLR and im really passionate about photography but right now its just a hobby...so which would you recommend?
Hey Jared, is it the D3200 can be manually operate while on video mode? cause i tried to used the D3100 is untouchable while on video mode..
would you mind to tell me what camera or DSLR of "Nikons" did you use on this D3200 preview video?
I have a D90 and a D5000, I know that the 5k is a different camera but the controls are very similar to the D3200. This really separates the two cameras into their own leagues. The D90 is so much easier and faster to adjust settings however the D3200 would technically take a more detailed image.
Personally I would rather shoot with the D90 as it would be faster and this would show in the results. That said, if you plan on using it on Auto, then I suppose the D3200 would be the better option.
Can the Nikon D7000 use that wireless adapter to preview the images and stuff?
will am interested to know how many times you said 24.2 mega pixels
As many have said. I believe that this is the same sensor that is in the A65/A77/NEX-7 but will probably have at least as good an ISO ability as all of them, Probably the best comparison will be with the NEX-7 which doesn't have the translucent mirror tech. I also guess that Nikon will play with the ISO ability which traditionally is stronger with the Nikon than the Sony. Good that it used the Expeed 3 processor. Old AF system though but It looks like it is a very strong beginners camera.
Try to lean towards FX lenses but DX lenses are great even though they will be useless once you go full-frame. I'm assuming that you'd most likely upgrade to a D300s(D400 in the future) after your D5100 so you don't have to worry about DX and FX at this time. Start to worry about that once you decide to go full-frame.
Jared you forgot that beginners associate megapixels with image quality. This is what Canon did and their sales increased a lot. Now it looks like Nikon wants a piece of that.
Hey Jared, when you say "take vertical steps up" what do you mean? Can you explain or reference a video where you do?
Still not disappointed with my choice to get the Sony A560. Specs are still very competitive with this, except in megapixels and video.
Why is there a 20 minute record limit?
I've got the D3100 and use it for HD video but found that is pretty poor with low lighting shooting.
Would you think the increase to 6400 ISO would benefit the D3200 for better video at low lighting settings ? Otherwise which one from the D series would you recommend for such video shooting? Thanks.
Not really unless you needed some of the new features and already had some glass.
Go with the 35/1.8. Its equivalent to 50mm on a d3000. The 50mm is like 85 or so
Hey Jared,
I'm a 17 year old student and I've always been interested in photography. I like taking pictures. But now it's time to step up a bit by buying a SLR camera. Which one do you think is suitable for a beginner? :)
Also I can't really buy an expensive one. I'm just a student and in a (level-1) middle class family.
Think ya can help me out please?
I got a 16gb class 10 card for 11 bucks, so those aren't much of an issue anymore. High capacity HDDs are pretty cheap today as well, with 2tb below 100 bucks.
I also use this camera myself and I highly recommend it^^ Although some times I miss the tilty flippy screen of the D5100. If you want a tilty flippy screen that camera might be worth a look as well!
Hi, Nice review ;)
Where can i download a video sample from this D3200 ?
Thank you
I agree. For starters (people coming from P&S camera's), this would be a great start. The 35 1.8G would be great. The 18-55 is also very fun to play with. Can't wait for review....and sniff test! :D
I'm planning to buy a Nikon camera..What do you think is better to buy Nikon D5100 or D3200? Thanks!
Hey Jared, whats the biggest reason you choose Nikon over Canon?
Would you recommend getting this camera over a d5100? I am about to invest in a DSLR and I'm wondering if I should wait and get this camera instead or go ahead and get a 5100
I love watching this in the future and hearing him say that 24 megapixels is too much.
@jarodpolin hey jarod! Get vid as always!
I just bought a d5100 in the uk for £450. And now they announced the d3200 the next day?! Was this a bad decision on my part??
What I mean by that is if you had a choice right this min i would not get the d3000.
heyy the D3000 isnt being sold any more any reccomendations?
and if i wanted to get a cheap camera to take pictures and videos what do you suggest??
love your editing dude u are simply awesome :D btw canon 550D or D3200?? what should i buy
hey there, no I mean the d3200...
The screen is for checking composition only in my opinion. The colours look muted and the overall fell on the lcd's quality is questionable.
I found the raw images to be very soft too, I've tried w/ the 24-70 f2.8, 35 f1.8 and 50 f1.4 (all Nikon's). Actually, not that bad if you look at it as a beginner's camera, but it could be an awesome camera though...
Would it be a good idea to sell my D3100 before this one comes out? Because I'm planning on upgrading to a D7000 or something and I don't want the D3100 to lose too much value..
PS I know you do not like cropping but more mp gives more option for recomposition post shot (aspect ratio, etc).
about your comment on good glass, i put my nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 N on my D3100 and was blown away by the quality of the image WOW
I own a D80 and I am wondering would this actually be an upgrade? any thoughts?
Hey Jared! we're still waiting for part two on the D5100.
I know you're busy though but I'm just saying.
hey I'm going on holiday soon and I'm stuck I can't decide between the cannon 60D,Nikon d3200, Panasonic gh2 and the Panasonic g3. Each on has its own perks and was just wondering which you might recommend
manual exposure in video mode?