Nikon Coolpix P7000

Nikon Coolpix P7000 Specifications

Dimension

• Thickness
  44.8 mm
• Weight
  360 g
• Width
  114.2 mm
• Height
  77.0 mm

Zoom

• Optical Zoom
  7.1x
• Digital Zoom
  4x

Pixels

• Mega Pixel
  10.1 MP

Lens

• Auto Focus
  Single AF/Full-time AF, Multi AF, Center AF, Face detection AF
• Focal Length
  6.0-42.6mm / F2.8-5.6

LCD

• LCD Size
  3 inches
• LCD Image Resolution Display
  921,000 dots

Flash

• Flash Modes
  Auto,Auto with red-eye reduction,Off,Fill flash,Slow sync,Rear-curtain sync

Image

• Image Format
  JPEG
• Video Format
  mono/wav file,MOV movie

Memory

• Card Type
  SD memory cards (SDHC and SDXC compliant;
• Upgradeable Memory

Sensor

• Sensor Type
  CCD

Battery

• Battery Type
  Li-ion Battery

Additional Features

• Red Eye Reduction
• LCD Screen Size
  3 inches
• Self Timer
  2 and 10 secs
• Continuous Shots
  1.3 fps up to 45 shots
• Supported Languages
  24
• Image Display Resolution
  921,000 dots
• Memory Card Type
  SD / SDHC / SDXC
• Sales Package
  Camera, Camera Strap AN-CP22, Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL14, Battery Charger MH-24, USB Cable UC-E6, Audio Video Cable EG-CP16, View NX 2 CD, User Manual
• Shooting Modes
  Auto Mode,Scene mode,P, S, A, and M exposure modes,Movie mode,Low Noise night mode,User Setttings preset (U1,U2, U3)
• White Balancing
  Auto, Preset manual, Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy, Flash

Nikon Coolpix P7000 Review

Nikon CoolPix P7000 is a high performance digital camera offering superb image quality and precise imaging control. For advanced amateurs and pro-shooters alike. Nikon CoolPix P7000 is the camera to keep in your bag while you travel and shoot with challenging light or want to capture detailed quality images. Nikon CoolPix P7000’s design is swift and comfortable to handle. Yet not palm sized or a pocket camera. This requires a big coat pocket or a handbag for it weighs a good 358g and dimensions 4.5" x 3.0" x 1.8". However, the size can be forgiven with the amount of quality features it offers. It has a 10.1 megapixel resolution engineered on a large 1/1.7 inch CCD sensor coupled with the new Nikon EXPEED C2 imaging engine and a versatile 7.1x optical 28 to 200mm wide zoom Nikkor ED glass lens. All of this is to maximize its ability to achieve high resolution, finely detailed and high quality images. These optimized technologies also ensure that the system performance on the highest level.

Light sensitivity settings go as high as ISO 6400 to help attain sharper and more natural looking shots even in challenging low light and fast moving subjects. Even reaches ISO 12,800 in low noise night mode to capture beautiful handheld photos. More creative features include ‘ Tone Level information’ that provides you with 9 levels of grey scale info about the scene for fine exposure according to your needs, also ‘Electronic Virtual Horizon Display’ that gives real time visual feedback about whether the camera is level relative to horizontal plane, ‘In camera editing’ that include : ‘Exposure Compensation, Coolpix Picture Control, Noise Reduction Filter, Quick Retouch, D-lighting, and Active D-lighting’ of which ‘Coolpix Picture Control can be customized for image sharpening, contrast, saturation, filter effects and tone. Also, an easy to use dial controls for key functions including ISO, white balance etc. An interesting feature is the in-camera RAW processing that lets you modify and edit the image freely without about degrading the image quality.
The 3 inch LCD monitor in Nikon CoolPix P7000 complements those quality images and HD videos as you view them. Yes, Nikon CoolPix P7000 has an HD 720p movie recording option that records at 24 fps with zoom and autofocus given along with stereo, mic input jack and a HDMI output. Nikon CoolPix P7000’s high speed performance is bear witnessed by the Ultra fast start up, auto focus, shooting and features like ‘Subject Tracking’ and ‘Continuous shoots’ that takes up to 45 pictures i.e. 1.3fps!
Other convenient features include ‘ Smile timer’,’ In-camera Red Eye Fix’, ‘Face priority AF’, ‘Skin softening’, ‘Blink warning’, ‘Scene auto selector’ that offers 18 scene modes and a ‘Macro shooting’ option to as close as 0.8 inches. All this coupled with a built-in Flash plus the life of 350 shots the camera stands pretty reliable.