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P100, other Coolpix point and shoots announced

Today Nikon announced their refresh for the Coolpix line by adding the P100, L110, L22, and S3000, S4000, S6000, S8000 compacts. The P90 is to cede to the P100, and it looks like it’ll be a doozie of an upgrade. The Nikon Coolpix P100 will have a 10.3 megapixel back-lit CMOS sensor and a 26x optical zoom (26mm-678mm equivalent) Nikkor ED lens. It’ll also be able to churn out 10fps at 10MP, and near 120fps at 1.1MP. No idea how the 3200 ISO setting will perform yet, but maybe you won’t need to use it given the sensor-shift VR system. There’s a host of other software functions to make “minimal user intervention shooting” produce good looking pics. It’s also got a macro focusing distance of .4″, though no word on what the maximum reproduction ratio. Oh right, 1080p HD video is also on the menu.

If you’ve got to use AA batteries and don’t trust this new-fangled back-lit CMOS business, then step down to the L110 and take your pick between black and red. Your glass is 15x optical from 28-420mm (equivalent), supported by sensor-shift VR image stabilization and a max ISO of 6400. It also has the first ‘cyanotype’ color setting I’ve seen a manufacturer brag over. Ta da. It takes 12.1MP stills and 720p HD video (at 30fps).

The other AA offering is the L22, weighing in at 12MP with a modest 37-134mm equivalent focal range. The L22 has a ‘Big, Bright 3.0-inch LCD’ with an anti-glare coating and a maximum ISO of 1600.

The 000 (Tri-aught?) range of Coolpix this time around are the S3000, S4000, S6000, and S8000. The S3000 (for Style yeah) wields 12.0MP, a 27-108 equivalent focal range, a 2.7″ LCD, some firmware functions to correct for red-eye, florid, staggering friends who neither smile nor cease blinking, and a maximum ISO of 3200.

Next up is the S4000, which looks to succeed the S230 and put a 3.0″ touch screen in your hot, little hands for things like touch-shutter (which sounds like an alt-rock band who should be opening for Toad the Wet Sprocket) and touch-AF. Beyond that it records 720pHD movies, and sidles on up to 3200 ISO. It also has a cyanotype color mode.

The S6000 appears with 14.2MP, a 28-196 equivalent Nikkor ED glass lens, and spits 4fps for up to 45 frames in Sports Continuous mode. It also features the “make your friends look good without trying” firmware functions.

The S8000 crowns the Tri-Aught sorority with a 14.2MP sensor, 10x optical zoom with Nikkor ED glass (starts at 30mm equivalent), a 3.0″ VGA display at 921,000 dots, and Optical VR Image Stabilization and a close focus distance of .4″ in Macro mode.



All In The Family

I’m almost done with the New Nikon Coolpix Camera introductions. At least the ones that have arrived here at your headquarters for Nikon camera sales in Indianapolis, or on the Internet.  We’ve talked about the Nikon Coolpix L-series cameras, the Nikon Coolpix S220 and S230 cameras, and in an earlier blog (The Next Wave; February 19th) I talked up the new Nikon Coolpix S560 cameras.
Now it is time to move up to the next branch of the Nikon family tree. It’s time to look at the Nikon Coolpix S630 cameras.

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Roberts Raw 4

I just ran out of time yesterday to get this posted for you all, but in honor of Nikon Days we have a special installment of Roberts Raw Footage, and there’ll be more to come. I conned Nick once again into presenting this (which means you’ll be stuck with me for the other updates this week in exchange), and this time we take a look at the Nikon Coolpix camera the S60. The Nikon Coolpix S60 is 10 megapixel, SD memory card toting sleek beast of a compact, sporting the same VR technology found on many Nikon lenses.

But, enough reading, just click below to watch the rest of this installment:



Nikon Days

Nikon Days

The next several weeks are going to be all the best kinds of crazy at Roberts as we have the hat trick of Nikon Days, Canon Days, and our Fall/Winter Expo in quick succession. This week is Nikon Days, and it culminates this Saturday at our Indianapolis downtown store where you can meet our Nikons reps and try out as much equipment as your little photog heart desires: including the newest wave of Nikon Coolpix cameras, the very best VR Nikon lenses, and the top-end Nikon digital SLR cameras like the D3 and D700.

We’ve apparently got quite a few specials going on all week, and I’ll be uploading graphics for them throughout today and tomorrow on our homepage, so you’ll probably do well to keep an eye on it as the day progresses.

Unfortunately, our next free Nikon class isn’t until January, but you can focus instead on our Roberts Raw Footage video blog, I’ll be stealing down to the floor and doing some product overviews for the S60 Nikon Coolpix camera (you might remember it from here), as well as a few other informative shorts and reviews. Want to see something in particular? Let me know in the comments and I’ll try and make it happen.



Color Me Once

Well, here’s an oddity for you. This is one of the colors you can get for the Nikon Coolpix camera, the S60.

S60

Nikon’s website and marketing calls it “Platinum Bronze.” But, the box on this Nikon digital camera says “gold.” As webmaster, it’s my job to find the best way to display these products to you, our customers. But, this is a stumper. Do I call it Gold and mismatch with their site, or call it Platinum Bronze and risk confusing you, the customer. It’s just a bit bizarre that I even have to decide this. I think I’ll just call it both, actually. S60 (Platinum Bronze / Gold). But, whatever you want to call the color, this is a very stylish little camera, isn’t it?

But maybe I’m just a sucker for gunmetal trim. Or is it Polished Pewter?




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