Nikon D5100 versus Nikon D3100 Comparison

Nikon always bring a new innovation to its DSLR camera product. The newer product try to answer the weakness of previous product. Today we will compare between Nikon D5100 versus Nikon D3100. We know that Nikon D5100 is the successor of Nikon D3100. What are upgrade from Nikon D5100 from previous Nikon D3100? Are these improvement really worth with the price? Let analyze one by one with short comparison between Nikon D5100 versus Nikon D3100 below:

Nikon D5100 has significantly better image quality, 80 vs 67 if we compare with Nikon D3100, around 20 % better image quality. Of course when we use in the low light environment, D5100 has significantly lower noise at high ISO, 1183 ISO vs 919 ISO, the D5100 has a slight edge (0,4 f-stops) in low noise, high ISO performance. These two features also supported by better screen resolution of Nikon D5100, 920k dots vs 230k dots,4 times higher than Nikon D3100

Nikon D5100 has more dynamic range than D3100, 13,6 EV vs 11,3 EV, 2,3 f-stops more dynamic range. Nikon D5100 has advanced features in video recording. To produce high quality audio record, D5100 is equipped with an external mic jack which is not available in the D3100. Flip-out screen facility of Nikon D5100 ease us to make self shooting video and also helpful when composing tricky shots or taking movies, this feature also not available in previous DSLR camera. Moreover, Nikon D5100 shoots faster than D3100; that is 4 fps vs 3 fps or give us more than 30% faster continuous shooting.

Has in-camera HDR features also become differentiators between Nikon D5100 versus Nikon D3100, this features will combine multiple exposures to capture high dynamic range. Moreover this DSLR camera also has better color depth, 23,5 bits vs 22,5 bits.

Talk about true resolution, this Nikon D5100 has 16.1 MP true resolution which is 1.9 MP higher than Nikon D3100 which is only 14.2 MP, ease us to capture more than 10% more detail in our photos. To guarantee high image quality produced by Nikon D5100, this camera has better maximum light sensitivity than Nikon D3100, 6,400 ISO vs 3,200 ISO and also has better boost ISO; 25,600 ISO vs 12,800 ISO

All sophistication of Nikon D5100 above is meaningless without the support of battery life, that's way Nikon equip D5100 with longer battery life; 660 shots vs 550 shots, more than 20% more shots per battery charge.

See the complete specification of Nikon D5100 here.
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Nikon D3100 is not no advantages when compared it with Nikon D5100, some features attached to this camera are better. Nikon D3100 has less start up delay which is only 400 ms, this value is 20% less delay when turning on than Nikon D5100 which is 500 ms. From the dimensional side, Nikon D3100 has very nice design which are lighter and smaller than Nikon D5100. The last but not least,it is cheaper, see the update price here.

See the complete specification of Nikon D3100 here.

From short review about Nikon D5100 versus Nikon D3100 comparison above we strongly recommend you to buy Nikon D5100. Buy online with secure transaction Here.