Main performance
Released on August 2012
Product Type Micro Single
Operation mode Full manual operation
Sensor type CMOS
Sensor size 1 inch (13.2*8.8mm)
Effective pixels 10.15 million
Image processor EXPEED 3
The highest resolution 3872×2592
Image resolution 3872×2592(L), 2896×1944(M), 1936×1296(S); still image (animation mode): 3840×2160 (1080/60i), 1920×1080 (1080/30p), 1280 ×720 (720/60p); panorama: general panorama (horizontal rotation of the camera) 3200×560, general panorama (vertical rotation of the camera) 1024×3200; wide panorama (horizontal rotation of the camera) 6400×560, wide panorama (vertical rotation of the camera) 1024×6400
HD camera Full HD (1080)
Lens characteristics
Focusing method Auto focus (AF), single servo AF (AF-S), continuous servo AF (AF-C), automatic AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A), full-time AF (AF-F) ; Manual focus (MF)
Focus area Single point, automatic area, subject tracking
Single-point AF: 135-point focus area; 73-point focus area in the center supports phase detection AF; Auto-area AF: 41-point focus area
Number of focus points 41 points
Display function
Display size 3 inches
Display pixels 920,000 pixel LCD screen
Menu languages Arabic, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish Languages, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
Shutter performance
Shutter type Electronic shutter
Shutter speed 30-1/16000 seconds
B door, remote control B door
Flash sync speed: 1/60 second
flash
Flash type built-in
Flash mode Slow sync, red-eye reduction, slow sync with red-eye reduction, rear-curtain sync, slow rear-curtain sync
Guide number GN about 5/16 (m, ISO 100, 20 °C)
Exposure control
Exposure mode Program automatic exposure (P), aperture priority (A), shutter priority (S), manual exposure (M), scene automatic
Exposure compensation ±3EV (1/3EV step length)
Metering method Evaluative metering, center-weighted metering, spot metering
The sensitivity is fine-tuned between ISO100-3200 in steps of 1EV. Can increase by about 1EV on the basis of ISO 3200 (equivalent to ISO 6400); automatic ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100-3200, 100-800, 100-400)
Shooting performance
Image stabilization performance Optical image stabilization
Movie shooting HD movies
1920×1080/60i (59.94 fields/sec)
1920×1080/30p (29.97 frames/sec)
1280×720/60p (59.94 frames/sec)
Slow motion animation
640×240/400 frames/sec (playing at a speed of 30p/29.97 frames/sec)
320×120/1200 frames/sec (playing at a speed of 30p/29.97 frames/sec)
Motion snapshot 1920×1080/60p (59.94 frames/sec) (played at a speed of 24p/23.976 frames/sec)
Selfie function 2 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds
Continuous shooting function support
Facial recognition support
Shooting mode Still image (3:2), smart photo selector (3:2), animation (HD 16:9, slow motion 8:3), dynamic snapshot (16:9); automatic photo (3:2), Creative mode: night scene (3:2), night portrait (3:2), backlight (3:2); simple panorama (horizontal 40:7/80:7, vertical 8:25/4:25), soft (3 :2), model effect (3:2), optional color (3:2), exposure mode [P, S, A, M] (3:2)
Function parameter
Remote control function support
Storage parameters
Memory card type SD/SDHC/SDXC card
File format Picture: NEF (RAW): 12 bits, compressed
JPEG: Compatible with JPEG-Baseline, the compression ratio is about fine (1:4), standard (1:8) or basic (1:16)
NEF (RAW) + JPEG: record single photos in NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats
Video: MOV (H.264/MPEG-4)
Interface parameters
HDMI interface support
Video interface AV interface
Other interfaces USB2.0
Battery performance
Battery type Lithium battery (EN-EL20)
Power performance Power adapter: EH-5b power adapter, EP-5C power connector (sold separately)
Exterior design
Body color orange, white, black, pink, red, silver
Dimensions 106×61×29.8mm
Product weight: about 237g (body only), 280g (including battery and memory card)
Other properties
Microphone/speaker stereo/mono
Playback mode Full screen or thumbnail (4, 9 or 72 images or calendar) playback, zoom playback, animation and panorama (J2 only) playback, slide show, histogram display, automatic image rotation and rating options
Camera accessories
Packing list Nikon J2 x1
Lithium-ion rechargeable battery (including battery cover) x1
MH-27 charger x1
BF-N1000 body cap x1
UC-E15 USB cable x1
AN-N1000 camera strap x1
ViewNX 2/Movie Editing CD x1
User Manual x1
Reference Manual CD x1