Nikon just announced a bunch of new Coolpix digital cameras earlier today. They’ve got something for almost everyone, and seem to be pushing aggressively into the ultra-zoom and compact super-zoom camera markets with pretty solid offerings. They’ve also [fianlly] included 720p and 1080p HD movie modes in most of today’s newly announced cameras. We’ll see how they perform in real life once they become available…
Nikon Coolpix P100
(Ultra-zoom camera)
- 10 effective megapixels (backlit CMOS)
- 26 – 678 mm (f2.8 – f5.0) 26X optical zoom lens
- Sensor-shift image stabilization
- 3.0 inch LCD (460,000 pixels) with EVF
- Full manual controls
- Continuous shooting up to 10 frames per second at full resolution
- Smart Potrait: Face, smile and blink detection, software redeye removal, skin softening
- Camera HDR combines several pictures into one HDR photo
- Night Landscape combines several pictures into one low-noise photo
- Full HD (1920 x 1080) 30 FPS movie mode with stereo sound and optical zoom
- Takes SD/SDHC memory cards
- Uses a lithium-ion battery
- Available in March for $400
Nikon Coolpix S8000
(Compact super-zoom)
- 14 effective megapixels
- 30 – 300 mm (f3.5 – f5.6) 10X optical zoom lens
- Optical image stabilization
- 3.0 inch LCD (921,000 pixels)
- No manual controls
- Smart Potrait: Face, smile and blink detection, software redeye removal, skin softening
- Creative Slider allows quick and easy adjustment of image brightness, saturation and tone
- 720p HD (1280 x 720) 30 FPS movie mode with stereo sound
- Takes SD/SDHC memory cards
- Uses a lithium-ion battery
- Available in February for $300
- Comes in your choice of silver, black, red or brown
Nikon Coolpix L110
(Compact super-zoom)
- 12 effective megapixels
- 28 – 420 mm (f3.5 – f5.4) 15X optical zoom lens
- Sensor-shift image stabilization
- 3.0 inch LCD (460,000 pixels)
- No manual controls
- Smart Potrait: Face, smile and blink detection, software redeye removal, skin softening
- 720p HD (1280 x 720) 30 FPS movie mode with stereo sound and optical zoom
- Takes SD/SDHC memory cards
- Uses 4 AA batteries
- Available in February for $280
- Comes in your choice of black or red
Nikon Coolpix S6000
(Compact super-zoom)
- 14 effective megapixels
- 28 – 196 mm (f3.7 – f5.6) 7X optical zoom lens
- Optical image stabilization
- 2.7 inch LCD (230,000 pixels)
- No manual controls
- Smart Potrait: Face, smile and blink detection, software redeye removal, skin softening
- 720p HD (1280 x 720) 30 FPS movie mode with stereo sound
- Takes SD/SDHC memory cards
- Uses a lithium-ion battery
- Available in February for $250
- Comes in your choice of silver, black, red or brown
Nikon Coolpix S3000/S4000
(Compact cameras)
- 12 effective megapixels
- 27 – 108 mm (f3.2 – f5.9) 4X optical zoom lens
- NO image stabilization
- S3000: 2.7 inch non-touch LCD (230,000 pixels)
S4000: 3.0 inch touchscreen (460,000 pixels) - No manual controls
- Smart Potrait: Face, smile and blink detection, software redeye removal, skin softening
- S3000: VGA (640 x 480) 30 FPS movie mode with mono sound
S4000: 720p HD (1280 x 720) 30 FPS movie mode with mono sound - Takes SD/SDHC memory cards
- Uses a lithium-ion battery
- Available in March for $150 (S3000) and $200 (S4000)
- S3000: Comes in your choice of silver, black, purple, red or pink
S4000: Comes in your choice of silver, black, purple, blue, orange or green
Nikon Coolpix L22
(Entry-level camera)
- 12 effective megapixels
- 37 – 134 mm (f3.1 – f6.7) 3.6X optical zoom lens
- NO image stabilization
- 3.0 inch LCD (230,000 pixels)
- No manual controls
- Smart Potrait: Face, smile and blink detection, software redeye removal, skin softening
- VGA (640 x 480) 30 FPS movie mode with mono sound
- Takes SD/SDHC memory cards
- Uses 2 AA batteries
- Available in March for $130
- Comes in your choice of black, silver, red or blue