Protect your Nikon D3100 with this custom- moulded silicon skin. It offers excellent protection from shocks , bump or knocks and still provide easy access to camera controls. It also can improve your grip on the camera.
Features:
- Give your camera the protection it deserves with this high quality silicone skin.
- Custom moulded for the Nikon D3100 digital SLR camera.
- Offers excellent protection from bumps and knocks.
- Doesn’t stop access to the controls.
- Improves your grip on the camera.
- Doesn’t add too much bulk to the camera.
Price : EUR 39.95 ( order from Discovered ) .Currently not available on Amazon
For the alternative , you can check on Snug-It Pro protection skin. Snug-It Pro now available on Amazon
Read more about it : Link
New Nimar underwater camera housing available for Nikon D3100. This is the second housing that designed for Nikon D3100. The first one is from Ikelite. The housing is made of transparent polycarbonate that provides crytal clear view to camera’s controls and functions. Supported lenses ? Nimar offer a large selection of ports, extension rings and zoom gears that allows you to use many other Nikon lenses.
Features:
- Housing material: transparent Makrolon Bayer (High Quality Polymer)
- Maximum depth of use: – 60m
- Dimensions with handles, eye and eye protection: L. A. 17 cm 34 cm. P. 26 cm
- Weight with handle: 2.70 Kg
- Buoyancy in water: slightly positive
- Porthole removable black ABS with bayonet mount, flat lens, gear steel for adjusting zoom AF-S Nikkor 18/55 mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
- Removable viewfinder eyepiece magnification x 1.5
- moisture alarm sound
- Available commands: On-Off, Sprint, info button Comp Exp. Comp diaphragm Flash, so dial, command dial, Switch Live View, Movie Shutter Button, Play, Menu, Thumbnail button / Rid. Playing and Help, maximize button in playback / edit information, multi selector buttons, button “ok”, basket
How to order , housing photos , and more specs at Nimar website
If you love shooting in outdoor / travelling, you may want to ‘geotag’ your photos with the gps coordinates of your current location. No more worries like ‘where did i take this photo’ etc. The GP-1 is Nikon’s ‘official’ accesories that can record GPS information such as latitude, longitude, altitude, and time information. It’s attaches to camera’s accessory shoe or a camera strap via strap adapter GP1-CL1. Power is supplied from the camera.
order it from BHPhotoVideo and Adorama
Features:
- Geotag (image positioning information of pictures such as latitude, longitude [Geodetic System WGS84]) can be added to the image.
- Correlation between pictures and maps is supported by GPS function in conjunction with ViewNX version 1.2 software (no-charge download) and my Picturetown.
Specs:
- Acquired data: Latitude, longitude, altitude, time information
- Time required for satellite acquisition: Approx. 45 sec. (cold start), approx. 5 sec. (hot start)
- Power source: Supplied from camera body
- Receiving indicators:
- Red blinking (GPS data not recorded)
- Green blinking (GPS data recorded utilizing three satellites)
- Green solid(Four or more satellites detected, GPS data are more accurate)
- cable GP1-CA10). Some models may require an update to the latest version of firmware.
- Attachment: Attaches to camera’s accessory shoe or a camera strap via strap adapter GP1-CL1
- Dimensions: Approx. 2 x 1.8 x 1 inches
Price is a bit expensive : $184-$189 , you can order it from BHPhotoVideo and Adorama. Amazon still doesn’t have it in-stock.
Yep.. finally ! the PRO battery grip for Nikon D3100 is now available on eBay. I’m not sure if it’s fake or not .. but one thing for sure , the seller is Top-Rated seller with 95.5% feedback. It’s brand new and available for $34.95 . The grip can hold two EN-EL14 battery and has a built-in vertical release button. Additionally, you can use a shutter release with the battery grip using special cable included in the package.
Currently , it’s shipping to US only . Order Here (update: it’s also available on Amazon ) .
Canadian can order one from Amazon.ca
and Amazon UK
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Don’t you love taking portrait photographs of your lovely family or friends ? You can use any lenses to take portraits but for best results use a special portrait lens . Basically , you’ll need a lens that has medium focal length (50mm to 135mm , in 35mm format ) and small aperture value ( wide opening ). With these combination would allow us to take sharp portrait photos with nice blurred out-of-focus background (or bokeh). It’s important to have out-of-focus background to help separate our subject (person) from its background.
So, what’s the top 3 portrait lenses for Nikon D3100 ? here it is Read the rest of this entry »
Nikon MC-DC2 is a handy accesories if you want to explore your Nikon D3100′s potential. See my previous posts on how to create HDR and timelapse video . Besides that , it also can help you to reduce blur due to camera shake when shooting landscape , star/light trail , macro , etc
Technical details:
- Wired remote for Nikon D90 and D5000 , D3100, D7000 digital SLR cameras
- Replicates functions of the camera’s shutter button
- Offers immediate shutter release and shutter lock for long exposures
- 41-inch cable
- 15/16″W x 11/16″H x 3-5/8″D
Amazon have it in stock for $27 — Visit Amazon
Nikon D3100 provide two Ferrite Cores inside the box : smaller one for USB cables and other for A/V cables. Ferrite Cores ( also known as Ferrite Bead ) designed to filter high frequency noises in electronics. These noises can affect data transfer performance or quality. Ferrite Cores clipped onto cables like ilustration below ( see manual page 116 )
Nikon put nice tutorial video on how to assemble these stuff ..check it at Nikon Support USA