Noise is pretty minor in brighter parts of the picture. In our nighttime clips, image noise is quite visible as a flickering "snow" in darker portions of the image. We don't see these as being significant defects. At 1,920 x 1,080, we saw no evidence of moiré or other resolution-related artifacts in the video, but there were some very minor ones at 1,280 x 720: If you look closely at the grass fronds in the background of the daytime dog/Frisbee videos above, you'll see very slight jaggies in some of them,and the texture of the asphalt produces just a little shimmering. Videos are very natural-looking, under a variety of lighting conditions.Ĭompression artifacts are very well controlled in the Nikon D3200's video, even when the camera is panning or the subject is moving rapidly: While you lose detail from the inter-frame compression, the resulting video is still very smooth-looking, with no blocky artifacts. Contrast and color are both to our liking, with its videos having plenty of zip, without appearing too contrasty or with oversaturated color. Night scenes under typical city street-lighting are usable, but show quite a bit of image noise. It's best for shooting in daylight, reasonably well-lit interiors, or shortly after the sun sets. The Nikon D3200 produces pretty good-quality video, with good detail, modest motion artifacts, and pleasing color.
Nikon d3200 camera full#
Pretty much any computer or editing program made within the last 5 years should be able to play its files with little problem, although the full 1,920 x 1,080 resolution files may strain older systems. The Nikon D3200 saves its video files in the MOV format, using MPEG-4 encoding. Note that the Nikon D3200 records video at 25p and 50p instead of 30p and 60p respectively when PAL video mode is selected. The 60 frames/second frame rate available in 1,280 x 720 mode is great for capturing smooth-looking action, but won't be as good in low-light situations, because the camera can't use a shutter speed longer than 1/60 second. The lower frame rate can look choppy, though, particularly when shooting in bright light with fast shutter speeds. The 24 frames/second mode is popular with some people, as they feel it gives a more "movie like" look to their videos, because 24fps is the frame rate for cinema. The Nikon D3200 offers three different video resolutions, three frame rates, and two quality settings in combinations as shown below: Nikon D3200 Video Speeds & Feeds: Image size, frame rate, and file format Video duration limited to 20 minutes maximum.No spec for it, but rolling shutter seems better than average (see rolling shutter section at the end of this page for examples).
Nikon d3200 camera movie#
Single frames can be selected from movie files and saved as separate JPEG files.Movies can be "trimmed" in-camera, selecting just the portion you want and saving it as a new file.Flicker-reduction mode for both 60Hz and 50Hz light sources.Still image can be captured while in video recording mode, but doing so stops the recording.Built-in monaural or external stereo microphone, sensitivity adjustable (both unusual in entry-level DSLRs).EV adjustment (exposure compensation) can be selected prior to or during recording.