Nikon COOLPIX B700 Digital Camera

Nikon COOLPIX B700 Digital Camera

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• 20.2MP 1/2.3\" BSI CMOS Sensor
• NIKKOR Super ED 60x Optical Zoom Lens and rechargeable Li-ion battery EN-EL23
• 24-1440mm (35mm Equivalent) and focal length is 4.3 to 258mm,maximum aperture is f/3.3, to 6.5
• 921k-Dot Electronic Viewfinder. Focus range : Approx.50 cm (1 ft 8 Inch ) to ∞, [T]: Approx.2.0 m (6 ft 7 Inch ) to ∞. Macro close-upmode: Approx., 1 cm (0.4 Inch ) to ∞
• 3.0\" 921k-Dot Vari-Angle LCD Monitor
• UHD 4K Video Recording at 30p
• Built-In Wi-Fi with NFC & Bluetooth BLE

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Brand : Nikon
Category : Electronics,Camera & Photo,Digital Cameras,Point & Shoot Digital Cameras
Rating : 4.1
Review Count : 266

Nikon COOLPIX B700 Digital Camera

• I upgraded from a  Panasonic DMC-ZS40K Digital Camera with 3-Inch LCD (Black)  mostly for casual nature photography. The main criteria for selecting the Nikon Coolpix B700 were the very long zoom (I wanted 50x for birds and other wildlife), the weight and the cost. The typical use it to carry it around when I go on hikes and shot mostly landscape, flowers and all sorts of bugs and critters. I don\'t do portraits at all and hardly ever do street photography.It is a little bit too large for hiking as it doesn\'t fit in a pocket but there are easy ways around this. I personally use  Peak Design Capture Camera Clip  which allows me to have the camera readily available on the shoulder straps of my backpack. There is the real risk that it will snag and bang on whatever obstruction comes across the way but it is still small enough to make it a reasonable choice even on rough hikes. Also, the camera has an impressive image stabilization, which enables shooting hand-held even at 60x in good light - no need to carry around a tripod or monopod.Image quality in good light is really impressive for a point-and-shoot in that price range and it has almost all the neat features that any casual photographer can dream of, including RAW format, burst modes (with pre-cache), video, time lapses, etc. - a very long and impressive list of feaures indeed. It is also convenient to use, including WiFi, good viewfinder, articulated screen, USB charging, etc. There are however two features that are unfortunately missing: an electronic horizon (landscape pictures usually look a lot better when the horizon is horizontal) and filter threads. There are stores selling filters for this camera but, even though a filter would somewhat fit where the lens cap attaches to the camera, it is a sure way to lose a filter. An alternative is to use the JW P600K lens adapter tube ( JW P600K 72mm UV Filter + CPL Filter + JJC Lens Hood + Lens Adapter Tube + Lens Cap + String Strap Stick Cap Keeper for Nikon Coolpix P600 P610 P610S B700 Camera + JWemall Micro Fiber Cleaning Cloth ) but this adds to the bulk of the camera and is really not convenient to use (the tube extension must be removed to shoot at wider angles).The main limitation of this camera is low light. The ISO sensitivity goes up to 3200, but for all practical uses, even 800 starts to be very noisy. The f/3.3-6.5 aperture on a 1/2.3 inches sensor really has limitations. As usual, Nikon doesn\'t advertise the fact that that it is a rather slow lens (like all manufacturers they do the conversion to a 35mm equivalent focal length but they deliberately omit the 35mm aperture equivalent) with a very small sensor (the equivalent ISO on a 35mm would be close to 5 stops higher, which explains why the noise builds up that quickly). The low light performance really limits the use during the golden hours near sunrise and sunset (some night photography is still possible with reasonably good results though).Landscape photography: the widest angle is alright - possibly just not wide enough - and there are plenty of useful features to support great photos, including specific scene modes including backlighting, beach, panorama, night landscape, sunset, superlapse movie, etc. Exposure bracketing, tripod socket, convenient HDR support and very broad range of shutter speeds (no Bulb mode though) pave the way to endless creations. This is also one area where the slow lens is handy as it is really easy to get as much depth of field as needed. If only it had lens filter threads!Small things (e.g. flowers, insects): even though it doesn\'t technically qualify as a Macro lens, it does have a macro mode with a minimal focus distance of 0.4 in. (1cm) at wide angle. The combined effect of very small minimal focus distance together with a tiny sensor enables decent macro-type photos. It also has focus peaking which is not always very accurate but good enough when taking a few extra shots for safety (or when there is enough time to review the result on the really good monitor). At the widest angle, f/3.3 will still provide substantial DOF but somewhat narrow enough for reasonable artistic creativity. That is an area where the 20mp resolution and the vibrant colors will reveal exquisite details.Birds on sticks and other shy wildlife: 60x zoom together with a very effective image stabilization and fast shutter speed (up to 1/4000s) is perfect for most small birds. The autofocus is pretty good as long as the subject has enough contrast and it is usually pretty easy to get around minor obstructions (grass, leaves, etc.) and accurately focus on the subject. At 60x, 1/1000s is definitely fast enough for hand-held camera shake even though I am not at all a sharp shooter. As aperture is pretty small on the long end of the telephoto, a fair bit of separation is needed to get a nice bokeh, but once the separation is there, the bokeh can be extremely satisfying indeed. Again, with 20mp, there is still plenty of resolution to crop and rotate the image as needed.Birds in flight: not really an option as it doesn\'t have continuous autofocus (AF-C or AI-servo). There is a target tracking feature but it applies only before focus lock - focus lock actually locks the focus at a specific distance (as opposed to locking on a moving target). A very dedicated user would be able to get good shots of large slow moving birds (e.g. a pelican sideways) but for this type of photography a DSLR with a 150-600mm lens is almost certainly a much better option (at lease 3 times the price of the B700 though).Altogether, I am very happy with this camera. As a replacement to the Panasonic DMC ZS40 the only drawback is that it doesn\'t fit in my pocket anymore (and the loss of the electronic horizon) but it has twice the zoom capabilities and much better image quality (at least 50% more perceptual resolution).

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