Customer Ratings & Reviews

Its a good buy for 599.99. The camera could have been better than the d5000 but they lowered the fps and took away the wireless remote option. Overall I think that its an alright camera. I need to use it more.

Great device. I would recommend it to everybody. Best Buy is the best electronic shop.

The "dummy guide" makes for easy use. Takes beautiful, crisp pictures. Highly recommended.

I'm having a great time with my camera and I would definitely recommend it to a friend.

I have not expected that the Nikon camera delivers what it promised.

Awesome camera. Great for beginner. Easy to use features.

Great value for money. Love the performance on this camera.

I like it very much, easy to use and lots of features

Love the camera. Still learning all the camera can do.

Bought this camera for my wife, she is very happy with it

Great camera for beginners. Had it for a few weeks before I realized that there was a whole lot of other things I could with it.

I would like for it to take picture at a faster rate and a short hand book for more information as to what is does.

Great photos but could use more instructions on all the info the camera is able to do.

I bought this camera for Christmas as my first SLR camera and while I was initially happy with it I soon learned that the D3100 lives up to just being an entry level SLR. Pros: - the camera takes great pictures in Manual mode. - the video looks good Cons: - the camera takes sub-par pictures indoors in Auto or in any of the scene modes. A friend had the Canon d60 which blew the D3100 away in image quality; however, the D60 has a horribly designed interface. I hate the squash pad in the middle of the command wheel. So I am now moving the D7000. If the D7000 is out of your price range I recommend buying the D90. If you're undecided between Nikon and Canon go with Nikon due to a better camera design and better low ISO performance.

Meets my needs for good quality pics.I am an amatuer photogrpaher and meets my needs.

The auto focus is great and the camera is easy to adjust for different scenes

So far I'm loving it but I'm still learning how to use it

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it probably isn't the cameras fault. This is my first slr camera, I'm used to point and shoot with good zoom lenses. I bought my camera last week with the 18-55 lens after reading all the great reviews. I try to take a shot across a small room and can't zoom close enough to really see the subject of the shot. I took it to Disneyland and couldn't get any good shots. So I decide to spend $200.00 more to purchase a 55-200 lens but the reviews say you can't use them indoors. I'm confused, on an slr do you need to change lenses with every shot ? I keep experimenting with the settings but miss many shots that I could have gotten with my old point and shoot. Should I spend $200.00 on another lens or a new point and shoot camera ?

I thought the picture quality should have been much better for a Nikon. The pictures were washed out, poor color. I assume I could play with settings and get better but did not feel I should have to. Returned item and researched a little better, ended up buying a higher end Canon.

Camera does not focus sharply in center of lens. Especially when zoomed.