Nikon Coolpix P500 (Black)
Manufacturer: Nikon Inc. Part number: CNETP500
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- The Nikon Coolpix P500 improves on its predecessor's features and shooting performance, but its photos and video quality still aren't as good as the rest of the package.
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CNET editors' review
Nikon Coolpix P500 (Black) price range: $368.00 - $399.99
- Reviewed by: Joshua Goldman
- Reviewed on: 03/25/2011
The good: The Nikon Coolpix P500 has a solid design, is overflowing with photo and movie features, and has very fast shooting performance for its class.
The bad: Its photo and video quality is very soft, particularly at high ISOs and in low-light conditions. It also lacks raw support and auto picture rotation.
The bottom line: The Nikon Coolpix P500 improves on its predecessor's features and shooting performance, but its photos and video quality still aren't as good as the rest of the package.
The Nikon Coolpix P500, the manufacturer's latest full-size megazoom, is packing a 36x f3.4-5.7 21.5-800mm lens (35mm equivalent). That blows away its predecessor, the P100, which had a 26x, f2.8-5 26-678mm lens and narrowly beats Canon's PowerShot SX30 IS and its 35x, f2.7-5.8, 24-840mm (35mm equivalent). At least in magnification, since the Nikon starts wider; it doesn't surpass the Canon, though really when it comes to specsmanship the "36x" is all that matters.
The camera is more than just its lens, however. It has a gorgeous 3-inch vari-angle LCD and an electronic viewfinder; excellent image stabilization to back up that lens (though keeping your subject in your shot is a whole other issue); shooting options that take advantage of its high-speed CMOS sensor; and it's got a comfortable, easy-to-figure-out control layout and menu system. It's also got great shooting performance including almost no shutter lag and short shot-to-shot times.
On the short list of notably absent features is raw support and automatic picture orientation, something that can be found on cameras at a fraction of the P500's cost and capabilities. It also lacks direct controls for settings like ISO and white balance, though, so maybe the P500 is a good fit for those looking for a point-and-shoot with a long lens and room to experiment, whereas something like the Panasonic Lumix FZ100 is for more serious hobbyists and enthusiasts.
| Key specs | Nikon Coolpix P500 |
| Price (MSRP) | $399.95 |
| Dimensions (WHD) | 4.6 x 3.3 x 4.1 inches |
| Weight (with battery and media) | 1 pound 1.5 ounces |
| Megapixels, image sensor size, type | 12 megapixels, 1/2.3-inch backside-illuminated CMOS |
| LCD size, resolution/viewfinder | 3-inch vari-angle LCD, 921K dots/None |
| Lens (zoom, aperture, focal length) | 36x, f3.4-5.7, 22.5-810mm (35mm equivalent) |
| File format (still/video) | JPEG/H.264 AAC (.MOV) |
| Highest resolution size (still/video) | 4,000x3,000 pixels/ 1,920x1,080p at 30fps |
| Image stabilization type | Mechanical and digital |
| Battery type, CIPA rated life | Lithium ion rechargeable, 220 shots |
| Battery charged in camera | Yes, by computer or wall adapter |
| Storage media | SD/SDHC/SDXC |
| Bundled software | Software Suite for Coolpix (Windows/Mac) |
In general, the P500's photo quality is good, but photos are just really soft and lack fine detail. They basically didn't improve from the P100; they're just higher resolution. However, the extra megapixels don't give you any more room to crop or enlarge. Put simply, the P500's photo quality, though decent for a point-and-shoot camera, is no doubt going to let down anyone expecting higher-caliber photos because of its price and design. The lowest ISO is 160, and things aren't really sharp there; start adding in more noise reduction as you go up in ISO and subjects only get softer. Photos are OK at ISO 400, but colors get somewhat muddy and desaturated. The P500 can be locked to use ISO 160 to 200 or ISO 160 to 400; I strongly recommend using the former when you're in bright conditions. The results above ISO 400 just aren't good for much beyond small prints and Web use. Every user is different, though, and seeing what this camera is capable of, some people will just be thrilled with what they are able to capture and more forgiving of the results.
Nikon does a great job correcting for lens distortion at both ends. There's no sign of barrel distortion or pincushioning. The lens isn't sharp in the center, but it is consistent from side to side with just some slight softening at the edges and in the corners. Though it's bad with most megazoom cameras, the fringing in high-contrast areas of photos is terrible with the P500, especially when the lens is fully extended. Lens flare was also an issue.
Up through ISO 400, color performance is very good from the P500. Everything turned out vivid and bright without looking artificial. Exposure is generally very good, plus there are plenty of options for adjusting and improving the results. Auto white balance looks overly warm under incandescent light; it performed well under natural light, though. The cameras presets work fine, too, and there's a manual option.
Video quality is on par with a basic HD pocket video camera: good enough for Web use and nondiscriminating TV viewing. Panning the camera will create judder that's typical of the video from most compact cameras. Low-light video suffers from the same problems that the photos do; they're very soft, bordering on looking like a living watercolor. The audio quality was good, though, and the zoom does work, and both it and the autofocus are fairly quiet so you'll only really hear them in scenes with little background sound.
| General shooting options | Nikon Coolpix P500 |
| ISO sensitivity (full resolution) | Auto, 160, 200, 400, 800, 1,600, 3,200 |
| White balance | Auto, Daylight, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Open Shade |
| Recording modes | Auto, Scene Auto Selector, Scene, Night Landscape, Night Portrait, Backlighting HDR, Smart Portrait, Program, Aperture priority, Shutter priority, Manual, User, Movie, High-speed Movie |
| Focus modes | 9-point AF, Manual AF (99-point selectable), Center AF, Subject tracking AF, Manual |
| Macro | 4 inches (Wide); 0.4 inch (at three increments from the maximum zoom position to the telephoto position) |
| Metering modes | Matrix, Center-weighted, Spot, Spot AF Area |
| Color effects | Normal, Softer, Vivid, More Vivid, Portrait, Black & White, Monochrome filter (Yellow, Orange, Red, Green, Sepia, Contrast, Image sharpening), Custom (Contrast, Image sharpening, Saturation) |
| Burst mode shot limit (full resolution) | Five shots |
The P500's shooting modes are mostly for point-and-shoot users, but you do get Program, Shutter priority, Aperture priority, and Manual options and a spot for a set of custom settings on the mode dial. The largest aperture is f3.4 (the P100 started at f2.8) and is enough to create some depth of field. The smallest aperture is f8. Shutter speeds go from 1/1,500 second to 8 seconds.
There are two Auto modes on this camera. One is Nikon's Scene Auto Selector located in with the other Scene modes. It adjusts settings appropriately based on six common scene types. If the scene doesn't match any of those, it defaults to a general-use Auto. Then there is an Auto mode, which shuts off all photo settings except for image quality and size.
Outside of the Scene Auto Selector there are 15 other scene modes like Landscape and Portrait as well as a new Pet Portrait mode and two panorama modes: Easy and Panorama Assist. The latter uses a ghost image on the screen to help you line up your successive photos. The former just requires you to press the shutter and pan the camera left, right, up, or down to create a panorama in camera. These modes never handle movement well, so they're best used on scenery without movement in it.
Like most cameras with BSI CMOS sensors, the P500 has multishot modes for improving low-light photos of landscapes and portraits. At a single press of the shutter release, the camera takes several photos and then combines them to improve blur from hand shake and reduce noise and correct exposure. In general, the Night Landscape mode is successful, but not as good as others I've tested. The Night Portrait mode takes shots with and without flash and combines them into nicely exposed shots. However, because of the nature of how these images are produced, these modes cannot be used with moving subjects.
If you like to shoot close-ups, the P500 has a few ways to enter Macro mode. It will automatically switch to it if you're using the Scene Auto Selector mode. You can also select a Close-up mode from the camera's Scene options. And if you're in PSAM, you can switch to macro focus via the control pad. You can focus as close as 0.4 inch from your subject if you extend the lens some (there's an onscreen marker to let you know where to stop zooming), but at the lens' widest position, it focuses 4 inches from a subject.
The high-speed performance of the CMOS sensor gets put to use in burst modes, too. The best one is the Continuous H setting, which lets you shoot at up to 8 frames per second (fps) for five photos. The Continuous L mode drops to approximately 1.8fps, but can capture up to 24 photos. The camera also has 60fps and 120fps burst options for capturing up to 25, 2-megapixel or 50, 1-megapxiel photos, respectively, at a press of the shutter release. Similarly, there's a preshooting cache setting that will start capturing images once you half-press the shutter release. Once you fully press the shutter, it will store the five photos before you press and up to 20 after (2-megapixel resolution). There's a substantial wait while the camera stores all those photos, but if you're trying to capture a specific moment in time, these are your best bet with this camera. At the other end of the speed spectrum is an interval shooting option that will continuously shoot every 30 seconds or 1, 5, or 10 minutes.
Overall shooting performance is excellent. It goes from off to first shot in just over 1 second with a typical shot-to-shot time of 1.4 seconds. Using the flash adds about a second to that time. Shutter lag is low in both bright and dim lighting, at 0.3 and 0.6 second, respectively. Its full-resolution high-speed continuous mode is capable of 10fps, but again only for five shots.
The body design barely changes from its predecessor. The look and feel is still nice and amazingly compact considering the lens. The grip is deep and comfortable with a textured rubber piece on front, the body is well-balanced, and the lens barrel gives you ample space to hold and steady the camera with your left hand. The controls are comfortably placed and responsive.
There's a decent electronic viewfinder (EVF) and a vari-angle LCD for framing up your shots. The LCD pulls out from the body and can be tilted up or down, but it does not swing out horizontally from the body and rotate. Like all LCDs and EVFs, the screen blanks out for a second once you've taken a shot, but it's reasonably fast to recover. To the left of the EVF is a button for switching between the LCD and EVF, as well as a diopter adjustment dial. To its right is a Display button for changing what info is viewed on the displays and a movie record button with a switch for picking what type of video you want to shoot (regular or high speed).
The rest of the controls don't change from the P100 (i.e., a pretty standard digital camera control layout) with two exceptions. There is now a rocker switch on the lens barrel for controlling the lens. It can be used to zoom in and out (handy when shooting movies), snap the lens back a bit in telephoto, should your subject move out of frame, or for manual focus. (Its function is changed in the settings menu; this is a nuisance while testing, but otherwise fine, as I don't imagine changing it often in regular use.) The only other change is a button just behind the shutter release for changing continuous-shooting modes.
The menu systems are sharp and easy to read, helped, no doubt, by the bright, high-resolution LCD. My one gripe is that there are no shortcuts for changing ISO, white balance, autofocus mode or area mode, or metering. Almost everything's done through the Menu button. Even exposure bracketing, which I expected to find under the continuous-shooting modes, is in the main menu system. If you want fast, easy control over those settings, this might be a deal breaker for you.
The battery compartment and card slot are under a door on the bottom. The battery life isn't great for this camera, and using the wall adapter takes nearly 5 hours to fully charge the battery from zero. If a typical day of shooting will include the high-speed burst modes and movie capture and using the 3-inch LCD and the zoom a lot, you'll want a backup battery.
Outputs are under a cover on the body's left side. There's a Mini-HDMI and a Micro-USB/AV port. There's no accessory shoe for an add-on flash, limiting you to the onboard pop-up one. It doesn't automatically rise when needed; it remains off until you push a button on the left side of the camera. It's adequately powerful and there are flash exposure compensation settings available.
Conclusions Like I said about the P100, the Nikon Coolpix P500 is one of those cameras that consumers will either love for all that it can do or hate because one of those things isn't taking superb photos. For those interested mainly in having a very wide, very long lens on a point-and-shoot with room for experimentation and a lot of settings to play with, the P500 is exactly that.
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Amazing Camera!
by S-Bruck on November 11, 2011
Pros: + Battery life is reasonably good
+ Big LCD screen
+ Photo quality is not bad for this type of camera
+ Very easy to use
+ Amazing lens and zoom
+ Menu is clear and easy to navigateCons: - No memory card that comes with it
Summary: I am not a professional photographer nor do I claim to be a semi pro/amateur. I am more of the average person who likes taking pictures for personal use ...
Summary: I am not a professional photographer nor do I claim to be a semi pro/amateur. I am more of the average person who likes taking pictures for personal use - families, holidays and events. So with that background I don't claim to be know it all in the field of digital photography nor camera. So this review will come from this point of view. I used the camera on a recent family holiday in Hanoi for 5 days.
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Camera: big but not too heavy to lug about. We bought a Lowe Alpine camera casing to fit in the camera, battery and memory card. Yes it is obvious but you can put it in your rucksack or even in a big woman's handbag easily. This camera has no memory card that comes with it so you have to purchase one.It does have a 100 MB internal memory. Because of the HD and the size we deliberately choose a Transcend 16GB SDHC Class 10 Memory Card. The result was very good with pictures taken very quickly. Battery life is reasonably good - again dependent on usage, and how often you take the pictures and how often you views the picture on screen. But for my standards and usage we didn't have to recharge every single day. However, once charging it takes about 10 hours if the battery completely drained. In the beginning it does seem that the battery has a bad battery life but after a few charges it improved dramatically.
LCD screen: Big and what we love about it the fact you can angulate it to take pictures.
Usage: Very easy to use for someone who is lazy to read the manual like myself. But my other half is far keener and honestly you make far better use with the camera after reading the manual and trying all the setting. But it is very straightforward and not complicated at all. Play and play and read the manual. The camera itself is easily to hold and my niece who is 5 could take a fairly decent picture without feeling it too heavy and bulky and difficult to aim. There are functional buttons like image stabilization, anti-blur, panorama picture assistance, side zoom etc. Most are available anyway in high end digital camera in the last few years. For someone like myself (not great camera literate) it is all pretty good stuff.
Lens and zoom: one word - amazing. We were sitting on a boat where we can zoom in to very clear detailed picture. Lens does come with a lens cover. My other half did note that the image does distort on zooming in (a bit of barrel vision). Honestly I don't know if this is a common problem or specifically due to this Nikon camera.
Download: easy and straightforward. Either connected straight from the camera to the computer or use the memory card.
This camera was a step up from a compact digital camera. Certainly it was worth getting this camera compare to a digital SLR which would have been more complicated for myself. Recommended.
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Updated on Nov 30, 2011
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Hope this helps.9 out of 9 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great all-around camera
by mglish on April 13, 2011
Pros: Great zoom range
Easy to access features
"Scenes" feature provides versatility
Easy to use video featureCons: Zoom isn't smooth
Hard to get consistently good photo quality
Zoom motor is loud on video
Video quality isn't spectacularSummary: I got this camera because I wanted a lot of zoom, better pictures than a point-and-shoot, and video in the same camera. All in all this camera fulfills my wishes. ...
Summary: I got this camera because I wanted a lot of zoom, better pictures than a point-and-shoot, and video in the same camera. All in all this camera fulfills my wishes. It's a very nice size. The zoom range is wonderful. I don't feel the images are "soft" as CNET says. My quibble is that the colors aren't very rich. Maybe I just haven't found the right settings. The video is pretty good. If I did a lot of video I'd want a dedicated video camera but it's just what I want for the limited videoing that I do. However the zoom motor is very loud and you can only zoom in steps. You can press the zoom button and it quickly jumps to the next increment vs. moving slowly. I wish it had a manual zoom to eliminate both.
3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great feature set, amazing lens, fair video
by drdfwatt on March 27, 2011
Pros: 1) 36 x zoom - can shoot almost anything from very wide-angle to extreme telephoto in lightweight package
2) Great flexibility - more modes than you can possibly use, including multiple high speed and high definition video modes
3) Finally, Nikon makes aCons: 1) in video modes, focus seems sometimes hit or miss, seems to take a long time to actually focus when panning or zooming
2) pictures can seem a bit soft and lack apparent resolution
3) anything above ISO 400 is mostly unusable except for very small pictSummary: this camera is basically only a modest tweaking of the P100, except for the incredible lens. Unquestionably the most amazing lens kit Nikon or anyone else has ever made. To ...
Summary: this camera is basically only a modest tweaking of the P100, except for the incredible lens. Unquestionably the most amazing lens kit Nikon or anyone else has ever made. To go from an extreme wide angle to over 800 mm (35mm equivalent) is remarkable in such a small lightweight package. However this also means a small sensor, with all the attendant trade-offs, particularly the less than great performance in low light, subsequent aggressive noise reduction in anything above ISO 400, and the usual deterioration of picture quality in low light.
Balancing all this is the fact that no other compact super zoom camera manages to escape these physical Constraints, although I believe the Panasonic FZ 100 does do a better job With preserving video quality, although probably not picture quality compared to the Nikon P500. If you accept that this type of camera involves some intrinsic compromises (poor low light performance, lower effective resolution than its pixel count would suggest particularly compared to a digital SLR) then you won't be unhappy with the results. In order to get this kind of lens range on a digital SLR, you have to probably carry two or three lenses, costing thousands and thousands of dollars and weighing a boatload. To get all this flexibility for under $400, despite some compromises, seems like a pretty good deal. If you're looking for SLR quality, well, first of all you'll be disappointed, and secondly, you should know better.
Compared to the competition (at this point that really means Canon's and Panasonic's competing super zoom models), the Nikon P500 offers a better lens, slightly faster operation than the Canon, and slightly poorer video than the Panasonic. It weighs less than either of the other models and is roughly the same size. Although the Panasonic beats it significantly in the video department (an increasingly important feature for a lot of people), Panasonic loses points because their JPEG algorithm produces more problematic results than Nikon's.
All in all, 4.5/5 stars.2 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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camera with many facilities at reasonable price tag.
by shireish58 on September 27, 2011
Pros: Performance of 36X optical zoom is amazing and fort trials one can shoot in normal mode in dusk light, without using tripod, just cover the flash with a finger. Results are fine.
Cons: Nikon must admit it's poor battery performance. Easy Panaroma is not easy. Sony has best, user friendly Panaroma facility.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Complete Disappointment
by aishetudozie on July 1, 2011
Pros: Nice picture quality when it actually shoots
Cons: I bought the camera in order to capture my growing toddler and this camera couldn't keep up. Worse still, it just stopped working. I called Nikon service support and they couldn't help me. Said I should mail it in, what a joke. The camera isn't even
Summary: Don't buy this camera. It works well and then it just doesn't.
Summary: Don't buy this camera. It works well and then it just doesn't.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Unbeatable value for money
by ColyMar on June 30, 2011
Pros: Price, quality, Nikon throughout, wonderful after sales help from Nikon website, easy to use yet full of facilities
Cons: Image quality not as good as a Nikon costing 4 times as much
Summary: Unbelievable price for what you get, excellent zoom including digital when focussing on a specific distant object. Loads of facilities all easy to use.
Summary: Unbelievable price for what you get, excellent zoom including digital when focussing on a specific distant object. Loads of facilities all easy to use.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great camera for the money, Easy to use.
by Luckycharlie on May 13, 2011
Pros: Wide angle to over 800mm lens is fantastic and very light in weight. Controls are the same as any digital point and shoot and easy to find.
Cons: Battery was dead 2 times when I picked it up to take on a photo shoot. I still haven't figured out why, but I bought a spare battery just in case. The batteries are very inexpensive. 29.00 at Ritz and even cheaper at BH photo and video in NY. You get the
Summary: It's a great camera and easy to carry on field trips because it's so light in weight. Easy to shoot in a hurry because the controls are in ...
Summary: It's a great camera and easy to carry on field trips because it's so light in weight. Easy to shoot in a hurry because the controls are in the same place as any other digital camera. The people that have trouble with the video quality must not have gone into the menu and set in on high resolution. The only thing I have on that is the sound is really low on the camera but works on the computer fine. People keep saying that there is no external charger, but there is. If you don't want to wait 4 and a half hours for it to charge in the camera, you can get a Nikon MH-61 charger from BH Photo and Video in NY for 18.95 and it will charge the battery in only 2 hours !!!
You can also get a Nikon brand spare battery from them for only 21.95 and cheapest shipping is fast (3 or 4 days UPS.) All in all I would buy this camera, it's great.1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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great camera
by sherif_soaida on April 8, 2011
Pros: light weight, very rapid start up, excellent night photos, can take snaps when recording movies without affecting recording (unlike canon sx30is)
Cons: sound o zoom is high specially in movies, some times i constantly hear sound from the lens!!
Summary:
cons: battery indicator is not very helpful to estimate exactly when the battery will get empty.
Updated on Apr 23, 2011
pros: great image stabilizationSummary:
cons: battery indicator is not very helpful to estimate exactly when the battery will get empty.
Updated on Apr 23, 2011
pros: great image stabilization1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Too early for a full review as I've shot only stills.
by seabee65 on April 23, 2012
Pros: I'm happy w/it & that's all that matters. It does what I want & does it well.
Cons: Maybe too much to learn about this camera but I'm only 70 & have the time. :^)
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BEST BRIDGE CAMERA ON THE MARKET
by sas012345 on December 29, 2011
Pros: Everything
Cons: Sometimes Freezes
Summary: Don't listen to what CNET says about the image quality because the image quality is stellar and you should get this camera over any other camera you had in ...
Summary: Don't listen to what CNET says about the image quality because the image quality is stellar and you should get this camera over any other camera you had in mind.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Nikon Inc.
- Part number: CNETP500
- Description: You'll never miss a shot with this versatile camera because it starts right up, has a quick autofocus, and shoots five shots in approximately one second - at full resolution. Plus, multiple continuous modes allow for a variety of high speed shooting options up to a blazing 120 frames per second (reduced resolution). When a single picture just isn't enough, the versatile Coolpix P500 features a one-touch record button that lets you shoot Full HD (1080p) movies at 30fps while recording audio with a built-in stereo microphone. It's great for sporting events because it will record high speed activity in slow motion, catching action missed by the human eye. The Coolpix P500 also has an HDMI-CEC output for simple playback on your HDTV or computer - so now it's as easy to watch your own movies as it is to shoot them.
General
- Product Type Digital camera - Compact
- Enclosure Color Black
- Resolution 12.1 megapixels
- Optical Sensor Type CMOS
- Total Pixels 12,750,000 pixels
- Effective Sensor Resolution 12,100,000 pixels
- Optical Sensor Size 1/2.3"
- Digital Zoom 4 x
- Image Processor EXPEED C2
- Image Stabilizer Optical (image sensor shift mechanism)
- Auto Focus TTL contrast detection
- Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 99
- Digital Video Format AVCHD
- Image Recording Format JPEG
- Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080
- AV Interfaces HDMI,
Composite video/audio Exposure & White Balance
- Light Sensitivity ISO 3200,
ISO 160,
ISO 400,
ISO 1600,
ISO 800,
ISO auto (160-1600),
ISO auto (160-200),
ISO auto (160-400),
ISO 200,
ISO auto (160-800) - Exposure Metering Multi-segment,
Center-weighted,
Spot - Exposure Metering Zones 256
- Exposure Modes Program,
Automatic,
Shutter-priority,
Manual,
Aperture-priority - Shooting Programs Black and white copy,
Snow,
Beach,
Dawn/dusk,
Sports mode,
Night landscape,
Close-up,
Sunset,
Back light,
Night portrait,
Fireworks,
Food,
Museum,
Party/indoor,
Pet,
Panorama assist,
Portrait mode,
Landscape - White Balance Automatic,
Presets - Max Shutter Speed 1/1500 sec
- Min Shutter Speed 2 sec
- Exposure Compensation ±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
- Auto Exposure Bracketing 3 steps
Lens System
- Type Nikkor,
36 x x Zoom lens - 4 mm - 144 mm - F/3.4-5.7 - Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 22.5 - 810 mm
- Focus Adjustment Automatic
- Min Focus Range 19.7 in
- Macro Focus Range 0.4 in
- Zoom Adjustment Motorized drive
- Lens Construction 9 groups / 14 elements
- Features ED glass
Camera Flash
- Camera Flash Pop-up flash
- Flash Modes Auto mode
- Effective Flash Range 1.6 ft - 26 ft
Additional Features
- Continuous Shooting Speed 8 frames per second
- Self Timer Delay 2 sec,
10 sec - Additional Features Exif Print support,
D-Lighting technology,
DPOF support,
In-camera red-eye fix,
Audio recording,
Face detection,
Motion Detection Technology,
Cropping an image,
Blink Detection technology,
PictBridge support,
Digital image stabilization (video mode),
1080p Full HD movie recording,
USB 2.0 compatibility,
Scene Auto Selector,
Direct print,
Face-priority AF function Display
- Type 3 in LCD display
- Display Features Folding
Microphone
- Microphone Operation Mode Stereo
Connections
- Connector Type 1 x Hi-Speed USB,
1 x HDMI output,
1 x Composite video/audio output - Memory Card Slot SD card
Viewfinder
- Viewfinder Type LCD
- Viewfinder Color Support Color
- Viewfinder Diagonal Size 0.24 in
- Viewfinder Resolution 230,000 pixels
System Requirements for PC Connection
- Peripheral Devices USB port,
CD-ROM drive Miscellaneous
- Microsoft Certifications Compatible with Windows 7
- Included Accessories Lens cap,
Battery charger,
Carrying strap,
USB cable,
Audio / video cable Software
- Software Nikon ViewNX 2,
Drivers & Utilities Battery
- Supported Battery Nikon EN-EL5
- Supported Battery 1 x Li-ion rechargeable battery ( Included )
Memory / Storage
- RAM Installed 102 MB
- Supported Memory Cards SDHC Memory Card,
SD Memory Card,
SDXC Memory Card - Included Memory Card 102 MB Integrated
- Image Storage JPEG 4000 x 3000,
JPEG 3264 x 2448,
JPEG 2592 x 1944,
JPEG 2048 x 1536,
JPEG 1600 x 1200,
JPEG 1280 x 960,
JPEG 1024 x 768,
JPEG 640 x 480,
JPEG 3984 x 2656,
JPEG 3968 x 2232,
JPEG 1920 x 1088,
JPEG 2992 x 2992 Dimensions & Weight
- Width 4.6 in
- Depth 4.1 in
- Height 3.3 in
- Weight 17.4 oz
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature 32 °F
- Max Operating Temperature 104 °F
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 1 year warranty
- Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 1 year
Product series
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Manufacturer: Nikon Inc.
Specs: Full body,
12.1 megapixels,
22.5 - 810mm F/3.4,
36 x x Zoom lens - 4 mm - 144 mm - F/3.4-5.7,
1/2.3",
CMOS,
Optical (image sensor shift mechanism) -
Manufacturer: Nikon Inc.
Specs: Full body,
12.1 megapixels,
22.5 - 810mm F/3.4,
36 x x Zoom lens - 4 mm - 144 mm - F/3.4-5.7,
1/2.3",
CMOS,
Optical (image sensor shift mechanism)
Accessories
Manufacturer info
- Manufacturer profile
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- Manufacturer:Nikon Inc.
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