As you know if you read the Roberts Imaging Blogs with any frequency, new point and shoot cameras are starting to arrive.  I mentioned the new Olympus Tough series cameras recently, myself. The new Nikon Coolpix Cameras are starting to show up too. There are 8 new models coming, and our sales rep Jeff Penn has brought some of them in to see.  They have new cool convenience features and some new models gain a better ergonomic feel. Ergo, the new Nikon Coolpix camera line is sure to be as big a hit as the last one.  We have the “New Coolpix 560′s” in a few different colors already, so here is my assessment.

The detail on the right shows the navigation controls (the terminology is more complicated than the cameras, trust me), the asterisk button * opens the quick settings menu (shown below).  The screen size on the Coolpix 560 moves up to 2.7 inch from the 2.5 of it’s predecessor the Coolpix 550, likewise the ISO is bumped up from 2000 to 3200, while the zoom and the megapixels remain the same. All the new Nikon Coolpix Cameras still use SD memory cards, and come with batteries, video and USB download cables so you don’t need to buy a USB card reader (but I like the convenience of a stand alone USB card reader myself). Models with a Lithium Ion “high performance” battery will still come with a worldwide charger as the Nikon Coolpix cameras have in the past.

Rest assured we will keep you in the loop as more cameras arrive.