Nikon D100 Digital Camera

Pros: Feature rich, lens interchangeability, 6 megapixel resolution
Cons: Cons: see “a few concerns” below

Nikon introduced the first serious professional digital SLR camera, the D1, in early 1999. The D1 was the first reasonably priced digital SLR, and prior to its introduction professional caliber Digital cameras often cost more than a new car. The...

Pros: Instantaneous response
Cons: Few image stabilizing lenses available

My much-loved Canon EOS D30 got stolen, so it was once again time to research digital SLRs. Fortunately, this was just on time for the introduction of the Nikon D100, so I wandered down to Samy's Camera in Hollywood to test out both units. This is a...

Pros: Beautiful images, fast, natural picture taking. Bright viewfinder. Awesome battery life.
Cons: user interface can be hard to learn. Heavy. USB interface. SLOW compressed NEF

Introduction:
I recently received a D100 so this review represents a "first look".

As a digital imaging professional, I held off purchasing a digital SLR until the price-performance hit a satisfactory level. The introduction of the Nikon...

Pros: great images, decent price, will use Nikon glass
Cons: N80 body, USB,

There are some good reviews of the D100 on epinions. Howard Creech’s is very comprehensive, for example. Rather than rehashing a perfectly fine review, I’ll try to approach this review from the perspective of a F100 or F5 owner. Which is, in my...

Pros: Uses SLR lenses, fantastic resolution, familiar controls, no shutter delay!
Cons: Expensive, large, only 6 shot buffer, no IEEE-1394, changes lens focal length to 1.5X

It's strange having the distinction of being the first to review this particular camera on this site. I usually don't consider myself to be a leading-edge sort of guy, but I really got tired of dealing with my film cameras and slow point-and-shoot...

Pros: Good pictures, rugged construction, Nikon lenses.
Cons: Jpeg quality, must use Capture3 software to work with RAW files, C3 is unacceptable.

I took a number of pictures using all formats and decided with this camera RAW is the only way to go because of the widely reviewed "softness" of its jpeg output. However, you have to install Capture 3 software to work with the RAW files - which are in a...

Pros: 6 megapixels,great battery life,light weight
Cons: NC 3 software,camera underexposes

I've been a professional photographer for more than 20 years.
I've been interested in digital cameras for about 9 years when I first purchased an Apple Quicktake.Cute camera though the photos looked best on screen.It was a start
on my digital...

Pros: Negligible lag time when powering up the camera, long battery life.
Cons: Not for casual users, Pictures need post-processing, price, Nikon Capture 3 costs extra.

The D100 is Nikon's first model in the affordable digital SLR market. It directly competes with the Canon D60 and Fuji S2. It has a 6 megapixel CCD, compability with most of the Nikkor SLR lenses with ideal matching with D and G lenses, has a built-in...

Pros: Quality shots; robust body; after initiation intuitive menus
Cons: Long cycle times (RAW format), not prepared for pics in ISO mode, owner manual weak

I've had my D100 for about a year, transitioning from film (slowly) - my past cameras have included everything from an original Kodak 35 mm (circa 1960) to a Nikon F2AS. My primary shots involve outdoor and low light indoor environments, as well as ...

Pros: See review
Cons: See review

First, let me say that I am quite renowned for being a fanatical researcher. Before I buy something, I usually do weeks of research....talking to people, reading forums, examining test reviews. So when I decided to buy a digital camera, things were no ...

Pros: Easy to use all of the controls are familiar to all Nikon users
Cons: images are a little underexposed but very saturated. Use the software to adjust to perfect.

I recently have stepped up to the digital camera challenge. I have long been an avid film camera user. I had the chance to use a Nikon D100. To say the least I was very impressed. It was so easy to use after shooting with my F5 that it was almost funny. ...

Pros: Excellent quality, good easy control, ap/shutter dials, ::Custom Tone Curves::, good response
Cons: Nikon capture (only CTCs), card door, Compressed RAW worthless, need self-cleaning sensor, pc-sync?, firewire?

Having used slrs and digital compacts before, I was looking for a good kit to get into. All I had on the slr front was a couple of old ae-1s that I was looking to upgrade. I figured on getting a new film slr and digital slr with some great lenses. I ...

Pros: great feel, quick response, DON'T need nikon capture to open RAW files
Cons: sharpness, write time

for specs, and a thorough review of the camera, go to-
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond100

My main gripe (as with most other owners) is that the photos just aren't sharp in jpeg mode. The solution is to shoot in RAW mode, but you...

Pros: Professional, wonderful Nikon lens and Nikon accessories
Cons: Underexposes

I've had this camera for about TEN months and love it. Have many of the accessories. The camera is more than i am a photographer however, and now they just came out with a bigger better version for another $1,000! It is like driving a big fancy car ...

Pros: Image quality. Ability to use Nikon lenses. Options.
Cons: The camera quits after too few photos; must then wait.

I have used this camera extensively over a great variety of situations. Overall it is a good camera. What really bothers me is that after a few photos, the camera requires an inordinate amount of time to store the taken photos and then allow you to...

Pros: Just a great camera to use with all the versatility that you could want.
Cons: A wide angle lens is too expensive and is badly needed.

The body of the camera is designed beautifully. All of the controls are well thought out and well p ...

Pros: Battery life; fit, feel with Md-100, cable release screw=in, ISO 3200,6400
Cons: Flash sync slow, low light dots, slower loading than D70

I traded in all of my old SLR's and twin lens reflex camera bodies, associated lens, etc. The Nikon D100 was the replacement back on Dec 2002. I have used it for thousands of shots and am very pleased with it's performance to date. I am not a ...

Pros: Nikon quality, all Nikon lenses will work. Image quality very good.
Cons: Doesn't come with a lens, or any compact flash. Demo software 30 day trial.

The Nikon D100 has lived up to gadgetman's expectations. I read plenty of reviews on dpreview.com, so you might want to look there too. I really like the feel of the camera, but it improved even more when I added the optional portrait grip that costs...

Pros: Solid, stable, well balanced body Full control of exposure settings Interchangeable lenses
Cons: Capture Software should be included Flash Synch could be faster

I have owned an Olympus C2100 for 4 years, and have taken some of the most amazing images with it. I have been searching for it's replacement for the last year, and I have FINALLY found it. Even though it was only 2.1 MP, the C2100 would blow away most ...

Pros: Easy to use, Great Photos, Long Battery life, functionality
Cons: Haven't found any

My first Digital SLR. Began shooting hundreds of pictures changing various settings learning how to ...

Pros: It's got all the functions needed for a basic professional camera.
Cons: Only 2 frames per second motor drive.

First of all it's a great camera and definitely the most camera you can buy right now for the price. ...

Pros: Pictures, Product construction, Battery life
Cons: Software, Support

I'm very happy with the camera, the quality and construction are excellent. Unfortunately I have two complains:
1) Software.
I cannot believe that such expensive camera does NOT include the required software to handle pictures on the computer,...

Pros: Clear pictures. ISO 200-1600 - great for wild life photography.
Cons: Battery goes flat if left in the camera when not in use.

I purchased my D100 over two years ago because I already had Nikon SLR gear and could thus use the existing lenses. I am very happy with the D100 except that if I leave the battery in the camera it goes flat within two weeks without any use. If I take the battery out while the camera is not being used the camera works fine when I put the battery back in. I did have this checked when the camera was new and was told that nothing was wrong - yet a Nikon technician recently informed me that I should send the camera back to Nikon as the battery should be able to be left in the camera without going flat so soon. It takes clear pictures. The 1600 ISO was very useful when we were taking photos in Africa at night. I was the only person in our group who was able to get photos of the lions feeding. I have also used the camera in the Australian outback and am thrilled with the photos, some which I have had enlarged considerably.

Pros: No problem with shutter lag. Camera has nice balanced weight and rich, easy features.
Cons: I love Photoshop, but don't want to spent all day using it.

Love the camera feel and features, but very dissatisfied with the slow raw processing as well as the underexposed low contrast picts. Flash is useless for most situations. After two years of use, mine will end up on e-bay. I'm getting tired of spending so much time in Photoshop getting picts to look right. I will now purchase a Canon 20D with hopefully better results. Good bye Nikon - hello Canon.

Pros: MB-D100 grip
Cons: way too slow for average use.

The D100 provides reasonable picture quality. However, if you need to take more than about 6 shots in a row you will be sitting there staring at your camera for up to 2 minutes. This makes it impossible to use for commercial applications. The camera is a bit bulky for personal use on vacations etc. The MB-D100 sure gives it a head turning look though. My advice; save your money and go with a rebel.

Pros: WHEN IT WAS WORKING, the D100 took beautiful pictures and was easy to use.
Cons: It wasn't working full time.

After 11 months, the lens assembly broke. (Fortunately, still under warranty.) After 17 months, (10,000 photos) the shutter stopped working. NIKON WANTED $500 TO FIX IT. After much haggling and many weeks without the camera, they agreed to fix it for $250. THIS IS NOT YOUR FATHER'S NIKON. Ask the service department at your local store -- I talked to three stores and all say that Nikon D100 is not as reliable as comparable Canon. I will never buy another Nikon after this experience.

Pros: Great feel with MBD100 added. Body uses a standard cable release.
Cons: Slow flash synch speed. Not good for fill flash.

The D100 is an excellent Digital workhorse camera. It is sturdy enough to make it as a backup in a Pro's bag. OUTSTANDING battery life becomes unbelievable with the addition of the MBD100 battery pack. Camera is fast to startup and easy to use. Works great with the new high speed pro CF cards.
The command dial is awkward due to having to change your shooting mode temporarily to change ISO or White Balance, but the camera remembers the last settings you had in each of the Shooting Modes you use. The D100's only setbacks are lack of an external flash synch and a slow 1/180th sec flash synch speed with the lowest 200 ISO. Don't count on having a rich blue sky in the background of a fill flash shot. Great camera for studio, controlled outdoor portraiture or general landscape photos.

Pros: Very versatile, user friendly, and room for more toys. The battery lasts for days !!
Cons: I think the optional handle should be included in package.

If you are new to digital photography or just getting ready to transition to digital from 35mm, make this your first step. Others have rated this camera low because of underexposing images, but the bracketing capabilities of this camera makes it almost impossible to get a bad photograph. You can bracket with or without flash and even bracket white balance!!
EVERY photography classroom should have one of these and the software to go with it (capture 3) and cut the learning process down to hours instead of weeks in understanding photography. This camera and software combination makes a perfect team and makes me wonder why others are not able to use the features of this great little camera. GOOD JOB NIKON !!!

Pros: AMAZING DIGITAL OPTIONS. GOOD BATTERY LIFE
Cons: Dust WILL get in the CCD and will never come out.

If you plan to use it in a photo studio and NEVER take it to your vacation trip, it is a very good option.

If you are planning to use it outdoors, sooner or later your ccd sensor will be filled with lots of dust. If you plan to take it to a trip all the way down the Amazon River, as I did, your camera will be useless in 2 weeks, due to the ammount of humidity and dust in the CCD.

Pros: Fast shutter and interchangeable lens.
Cons: Takes a while to learn all of the features. Cheap door on memory slot.

Purchased this camera after the October 2003 price reduction. Great value. Lots of great features. Fast shutter with no lag time. Relatively light in weight.

Pros: Quality, durability, Nikon
Cons: Speed, professional oriented if thats a bad thing

I also have a N80 and I thought this would be a perfect addition to my kit and it is, there are so many good things to say about this camera. For one you can use g lenses that you can buy a 70-300 for a hundred easy. It has the same quality as professional models the only difference is how fast you can take photos. Which doesn't matter if you are not taking sports photos. The only other thing is that it is not geared for consumers but if you are a professional it is a perfect camera for the home. I used to be a military photographer using the governments $4000 cameras and me and my wife decided to buy our own 6mp nikon, It changed our lives forever.

Pros: Features, Price, Quality, Easy-to-Use, Light Weight, Nice Feel
Cons: Exposures come out slightly darker than the actual situation, but easily correctable

I own a Nikon F4s 35mm camera and was searching for a digital SLR that would be compatible with my Nikon lenses and flashes, as well as give me equal quality images... I found it... This camera works like a dream... Easy to learn, simple to use, priced reasonably well for a 6 mega-pixel range camera, and works with virtually all of my other Nikon accessories and lenses... I have had only one very minor issue with the camera dealing with exposure, which seems to come out slightly darker than the actual exposure... But with the computer edits prior to printing this is rectified easily and with extremely satisfying results... I would recommend this camera to any advanced amateur or semi-pro looking to move into digital... I have blown up to 12x16 and you cannot tell the difference from 35mm or digital.

Pros: Great image quality, has the right "feel" for a camera.
Cons: None so far

Solid camera, not a light weight. Many features to capture great photos. Great selection of Nikon lens, no complaints with any part of camera

Pros: Everything you could possibly want or need in a sub $2000 Camera Body.
Cons: No cons

I have been a professional photographer for more than 20 Years. I have owned every F model Nikon has produced. I will wait a few Years before I buy the top of the line D model. Until then, I can assure you that any serious photographer advanced amateur to professional will get top notch results from this camera (provided you are also using high end Nikon glass). I am a firm believer that the lens matters so much more than the body does. The D100 will allow you to take gallery quality photographs that are at least as good as those from higher mega pixel models producing enlargements up to at least 16x20. So take my advice - Invest in lenses over the body. This camera will handle everything you throw at it. Don't get caught up in all the mega pixel hype and feature jungle. A really good photographer is not defined by his or her equipment but rather by talent and originality. The D100 is the best D-SLR for the money period. I would recommend buying the MB-D100 grip - It completes the camera.

Pros: Bye, Bye Film!
Cons: OK, if you a pro not "perfect" else YES!!!

I've had the D100 for almost a week. Shot 2000+ photos: trying every imaginable combination of f-stop, iso, and shutter. That is what makes this camera soooo awesome! If you are an advanced amateur looking to progress in the field this camera is for you. You can shoot an shoot and shoot. The price for learning is zero. Something new from film that is really cool: the ability to change ISO on the fly and the embedding of technical photo settings (where every imaginable parameter is recorded within the still--very cool), the Nikon View software is nice as well (but not Photoshop; however for for the average guy more than you need). OK, now the not so good: the camera is heavy and large (like an F100 not like the N80), the door to the flashcard is where you grab the camera via right hand thumb (so with time it may get loose), no movie mode, fast with jpegs, slow with tiff or raw write to chip, the manual sucks compared to what the camera can do (see bythom.com for help). Overall: YES!

Pros: Excepts all lens. It's light, fast, durable and SHARP!! It's my new buddy.
Cons: Be careful changing lens. Dust gets in easy. Carry a can of air BE CAREFUL!!

Beautiful sharp images! Have owned it now for a year and love it. I shoot professional golf and course photography. I back-up all my 6x7 images with the D100. Sure it can't match the detail that film picks up but the images are fantastic. I've had several photos in major magazines ads using the large Jpeg and Tiffs. My clients are very happy and love the work. No complaints. I own the F5, F100, Contax and Pentax and probably will buy another D100 because of the use I'm putting it through.

Pros: Pixels, Lens compatibility, Well built for the most part, price
Cons: Under exposure, Slow raw file write time, capture software not included

I have owned this camera for about a year now. I have owned several 35mm Nikon cameras over the years and already had several Nikon and Sigma lenses, so the D100 was a no brainer for me. The picture quality is very good, I have printed several large prints from my Epson 2200 printer and am amazed at the detail. A vast selection of Compatible lenses and accessories. The only negatives I have experienced are the slight under exposure when using flash. I have experienced it with the built in flash and the SB 80. The instruction manual could be better written. It takes a long time to write the file when shooting in raw mode and the Nikon capture software is sold seperately! Also, the side cover for USB connection is made out of rubber and I am afraid I will rip it off every time I open it, this could have been a much better design, but so far no problems. I always thought Nikon cameras ruled! If you already own Nikon lenses the D100 is a good choice, if not I might look elsewhere

I have now had my D100 for about 2 months. During that time I have shot over 2,000 images with the camera. The shooting situations, that I have been in, have been both outside and inside. The D100 results have met and exceeded my expectations. I, recently, shot over 500 photos for a wedding and still had plenty of battery power for more shots. This is my 6th digital camera, but with this camera I am now convinced that my film cameras will now permanently stay on the shelf.

I've only been using this for a week now, moving up from the 990 and I am thrilled with it. It's so much more than I had imagined..sharp photos, instant shutter reaction, great balance and feel in the hand, NO red eye. It's made photography fun again.

Pros: Really beautiful piece of equipment.
Cons: THE IMAGES IT PRODUCES ARE NOT SHARP.

I've tried everything. Photoshop CS, Capture 3.5, Neat Image, Jasc, Ulead, Elements 2, MSFT pro, in cam sharp, no in cam sharp, 5 different Nikkors, different ISO settings, shutter speeds and 1000+ pics and STILL NOT SHARP. My wife has a G2 and the pics are to die for with no effort. Really wanted to like this camera. Right size, weight, settings and price. BUT THE IMAGES ARE NOT SHARP. Compared to my F100, this is a Kodak Brownie. Ebay, here I come.

It's a good cam for the pricetag, but the bundled Nikon software is useless and the "soft images" are not good for anything but portraits. Wait a while longer, till the other "Pro" cameras come down in price. This one was Nikon's way of reaching the "Digital masses" with a Pro camera... Right now the Canon D60 would be a wiser "Pro" choice.

From the first test shots I was hooked on this camera. I dare say it's as good as using film! The Fuji S2 was priced $400 more, has firewire and PC, but I'm very glad I chose the D100.

I have found the D100 very user friendly. I have taken several hundred product catalog photographs using the camera in manual mode with an external studio flash. I got excellent results. I have found the the ac power supply very helpful. I use the D100 as my ditigal studio camera it gives me great results. I especially like the ablity to view and focus through the interchangable lens.

This camera is not for the point and click user. Any 35mm user that knows what they are doing with a good camera in their hands wants to move up to a true quality digital camera you want this one. No other SLR digital can touch the D100. Add the SB80DX flash and a few Sigma Pro or Nikkor V lenses and you are ready for any photographic situation. With the SB80DX Flash you can slave another external flash off the side so multiple flash setup is possible. Again this camera is for people who know what they are doing or want to learn and do it with a great camera

I had the camera for only 2 weeks and already took 600 pictures with an excellent yield of 75 % exposed and composed the way I like it. Inspite of me wearing glasses, the camera is easy to frame and focus. In combination with the cannon S900 printer, I have my 9x12 inch pictures ready for review within 30 min. And this is using an edited file size of 80 mega- pixels.