Nikon D3200

Nikon D3200
Entry-level DSLR Entry-level DSLR
March, 2012

Summary Nikon D3200

Prices Price
Body only Unknown With 18-55mm lens $547
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Score Snapsort rank
Within its price range #2 of 7 Among similar cameras #6 of 15
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Specifications Key specs
Sensor size Help APS-C 23.2x15.4mm Screen resolution Help 921k dots
Megapixels Help 24.1 MP Movie format Help 1080p @ 30fps
Screen size Help 3.0" Light sensitivity Help 6,400 ISO
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Lenses Lenses
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Videos

Nikon D3200 Users Guide

Nikon D3200 Product Tour
Nikon D3200 Users Guide
Nikon D3200 Product Tour
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Pros

The Nikon D3200 vs other recent entry-level DSLRs

Dynamic range Wide dynamic range Help
13.2 EV
True resolution High true resolution Help
24.1 MP
Startup delay Short startup delay Help
400 ms startup delay
Movie continuous focus Movie continuous focus Help
Makes it easy to get in-focus movies
Weight Light Help
505 g
Popularity Very popular Help
Among snapsort users
Low light performance Low noise at high ISO Help
1,131 ISO
Overall image quality Great overall image quality Help
81.0
Color depth Good color depth Help
24.1 bits
Supports 24p 24p movies Help
For that film look
Lens availability More lenses available Help
169 lenses
Size Quite small Help
Prosumer size 125x96x76 mm

Cons

The Nikon D3200 vs other recent entry-level DSLRs

Image stabilization No image stabilization Help
Risk of blur
Viewfinder size Small viewfinder Help
0.50x
Autofocus Contrast detection autofocus Help
slower focusing
Shutter lag Longer shutter lag Help
276 ms shutter lag
Cross type focus points Fewer cross-type focus points Help
1
3D Doesn't take 3D photos Help
No 3d support
Lens focus motor No focus motor Help
Won't autofocus with all lenses
Fastest shutter speed Slow shutter speed Help
1/4000 of a second
Light sensitivity Poor maximum light sensitivity Help
6,400 ISO
Weather sealed No weather sealing Help
Need to shelter it from weather
Continuous shooting Slow continuous shooting Help
4 fps
Screen flips out Fixed screen Help
Less flexible
Panorama Lacks in-camera panoramas Help
You could stitch photos in post
HDR Lacks in-camera HDR Help
You could do HDR manually
Viewfinder coverage Below average viewfinder coverage Help
95%
Light sensitivity (boost) Low boost light sensitivity Help
12,800 ISO

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Discussion What do you think about the Nikon D3200?

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Avatar for Santiago Santiago (10:10 PM, May 30, 2013)
Pentaprism or pentamirror??
 
Avatar for Syed ALi MehDi Rixvi Syed ALi MehDi Rixvi (8:14 PM, May 23, 2013)
im confused in between sony alpha a-55,a-65 and nikon d3200 .. since d3200 have no image stabilization but true high resolution .. so which one do u suggest ??
 
Avatar for Lucian Sultan Lucian Sultan (11:55 PM, March 08, 2013)
But... A camera that's a couple years old... kinda gets outdated, you know...
 
kamal (1:03 PM, July 22, 2012)
only problem i found in d3200 is white balance you cant choose in numbers
 
me (3:15 PM, June 15, 2012)
Thanks Snapsort, I always trust your comparisons :)
 
Avatar for Snapsort Snapsort (0:08 AM, June 08, 2012)
Hi KG, the way our scoring system works is the best camera in a category gets a score of 100.  So this means if today a camera is the best and has a score of 100, later if another camera comes out that scores higher, we give that new camera 100 and push the others down.

The non-normalized scores are listed on the scores page, and they don't change.

I can see that there are some benefits to having a scoring system where the scores don't change, but I don't think there is anything fundamentally wrong with readjusting the scores.
 
KG (7:56 PM, June 06, 2012)
Seriously, people awaiting snapsort's scores before buying?? Sheesh, they change the bloody scores once any camera is a couple of years old. Which is complete BS. The D90 was once one of the highest rated dslrs on here, it's been dropping in score by the month it seems. What a crock. Scores are scores, they shouldn't change just because something newer arrives. 
 
Avatar for Snapsort Snapsort (3:21 AM, May 23, 2012)
Hi James, Snapsort just calculates 36mm / 23.2mm, which is 1.55, and it gets rounded up to 1.6.
 
Avatar for Snapsort Snapsort (5:29 PM, May 22, 2012)
There are no image quality ratings because DxOMark has not released their independent test results yet. When they do we will add them here. 
 
Avatar for James McDonnell James McDonnell (11:23 PM, May 21, 2012)
The Crop Factor According to Nionusa, The D3200 is a DX (APSC) camera and has the 1.5X crop factor
 
kris (5:00 PM, May 20, 2012)
Why is there not an Image Quality rating for this camera, that is the most important rating i use when comparing cameras, and i really really want the details on this camera.... please hurry
 
kris (4:58 PM, May 20, 2012)
that link goes nowhere.... please hurry up and post the specs- i need them before i can make a purchase
 
Avatar for Snapsort Snapsort (4:42 PM, April 19, 2012)
We are working on getting the specs up here for the D3200, but we have run into a few bugs and are working to get rid of them. In the meantime you can check out the Nikon D3200 on our sister site Sortable.