Nikon Coolpix P90 12.1MP Digital Camera with 24x Wide Angle Optical Vibration Reduction (VR) Zoom and 3 inch Tilt LCD
Nikon Coolpix P90 12.1MP Digital Camera with 24x Wide Angle Optical Vibration Reduction (VR) Zoom and 3 inch Tilt LCD
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- Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)
- Nikon's Smart Portrait System , Red-eye Fix, Face Priority AE and more
- 24x optical wide-angle (35mm equivalent focal length: 26-624mm) Zoom-Nikkor ED glass lens
- 12.1-megapixel resolution for photo-quality prints up to 16 x 20 inches
- 3.0-inch Vari-Angle LCD and Electronic Viewfinder
- 12.1-megapixel resolution for photo-quality prints up to 16 x 20 inches
- 24x optical wide-angle (35mm equivalent focal length: 26-624mm) Zoom-Nikkor ED glass lens
Brand : Nikon
Category : Electronics,Camera & Photo,Digital Cameras,Point & Shoot Digital Cameras
Rating : 4
Review Count : 215
Nikon Coolpix P90 12.1MP Digital Camera with 24x Wide Angle Optical Vibration Reduction (VR) Zoom and 3 inch Tilt LCD
- Nikon\'s P90 Hybrid Point And ShootMy turn to weigh in on this camera! First, I was pretty surprised at the mixed reviews, most of which I read after ordering my P90. Even the negative posts didn\'t scare me though, as I have owned a Coolpix 5700, another \"hybrid PNS\", for about six years and have had nothing but great luck with it. (Many thousands of photos later, I still love it.) And, hats off to Nikon ... five years into my 5700, it came up lame and Nikon USA fixed it and had it back to me in a week at no charge.To be fair, I AM a user\'s guide reader, which is one thing everyone should be doing with a tool that offers so many features. Once you\'ve been through a few manuals, it gets easier to understand. Trust me; your manual is your friend.The accusation that the P90 takes terrible pictures is absolutely absurd. Incompetent photographers take terrible pictures. The camera is perfectly capable of taking excellent quality pictures that will be satisfying to all but true professionals. There are reasons that those National Geographic shots are so impressive ... starting with the fact that few of those photographers are using a three hundred dollar point and shoot for the brunt of their work, and ending with the fact that those people behind the lens are far more trained in photography than the average person, or me for that matter. (And remember, we see the best of their work.)Getting on with the P90, I am perfectly smitten. The monster LCD screen is just terrific, but it still has a conventional viewfinder with a diopter adjustment. You can switch between the two in an instant with one button. It\'s a wonderful camera that has so much control at the fingertips, and can be adjusted so quickly, there really isn\'t any reason, aside from user error, that great results can\'t be achieved. White balance, exposure compensation, metering, ISO and shooting mode setting are all of general note here, and they are all quick and easy to get to via the menus or the mode dial. And then, a reality check is in order.White balance used to be corrected with filters on conventional cameras, but now it is done digitally. When you scroll to the white balance menu on the P90 and make a change, feedback is visually immediate on the screen if applicable. For instance, setting it to incandescent will get rid of the orange hue of indoor lights. You should adjust for white balance depending on your shooting situation and think of it each time you shoot.Exposure compensation is available on the multi-selector with just one push of the button. As you then adjust the exposure by click, again, you see the change on the screen. Although you can also use an auto bracketing feature, I really like this feature when I see the first shot on screen and want to decrease or increase exposure fast and easy.Four types of metering are available. I happen to like the spot meter for most shooting. One trick (useful with all digital cameras that offer spot metering) is to meter various things in the shot. You will see the exposure change before your eyes. Metering something dark will lighten the shot or, the reverse, metering something light will darken the shot. For instance, I have two black dogs with white paws and briskets. If I meter their faces directly the shots are always overexposed. I often meter the white brisket by pushing the shutter release button half down and then recompose the shot to take the picture. You can do this in all kinds of shooting situations, provided your subject remains in focus.As in film photography, the most useful ISO speeds are probably 64 through 400. Expect shots at 800 and 1600 to be digitally noisy, just as they would be grainy in film. Again, the P90 allows for almost instant changing of ISO settings, something you couldn\'t do with film.As for shooting modes, all the standard modes (aperture and shutter priority as well as program auto) are available on the mode dial, including full manual, and lots of other bells and whistles. A good many people will treat the P90 like a pocket camera and just go full auto, which is fine. That will yield many good results. However, for those who are more inclined to an artistic eye or more control, the camera is feature rich enough to offer almost limitless possibilities. And, that is the reason to digest the manual fully. Remember, it\'s digital, so you can delete failed shots (and just imagine the waste and money if it was film and prints).Listen, there are a hundred other added values on the various menus. Voice recording, time lapse movies, continuous shooting at 15 frames per second ... blah, blah, blah. I won\'t even go there. Suffice it to say that it\'s a lot of value for fewer than three hundred bucks.Now, let\'s address the reality check. Much of the hype about the 24X zoom is just that, hype. Few shots can be terrific at full length on a zoom of this quality, so don\'t count on using it for bald eagles a quarter mile away, let alone off tripod. As stated above, don\'t hope for magazine quality shots at ISO 1600, it just can\'t happen. The built-in flash is standard fare. Straight-on flash can be flat and unflattering in portraiture on any camera. It\'s also easy to wash out a shot ... so expect to bracket if the shot is important to you.Some have stated that the camera feels cheap because it is so light weight. I actually love that it is light and easy on the neck. Personally, I don\'t think it looks or feels \"cheap\" at all.Finally, I do have a few minor complaints. I cannot for the life of me understand why Nikon won\'t thread these cameras for filters. Sure, most filtering is digital these days, but I would kill sometimes for a polarizing filter and would very much have liked to keep a UV filter on the camera for lens protection, just as I always did on my old conventional cameras. Further, I hate rechargeable batteries. I so wish that they would have gone with AA or AAA batteries which you can always find anywhere.Having stated that, I am giving the P90 five stars, because it\'s been an amazing, wonderful camera for me, and it\'s taking some killer good pictures, especially since I took the time to understand its potential. Repeat after me ... \"the manual is my friend\".
- The Nikon Coolpix P90 is what it is, a Point & Shoot Camera. It is not a DSLR and was never designed to replace a DSLR. Duh!I do a lot of back country travel both in 4X4 vehicles and on foot and the P90 is a dream come true. It\'s light and packs easily on my belt, it\'s versatile and the super zoom lets me frame shots without climbing all over a mountain. It has easy to use controls and I can shift in seconds from a macro shot of a cactus blossom to an action shot of a javalina running along the river bottom. I would love to take the DSLR guy on some of my hikes and let him pack a camera, tripod and three or four lenses around for the day. I wonder who will get all the shots and who will still be several miles back trying to shift lenses!Honestly, I\'ve been the whole SLR/Darkroom route and I have eight film cameras and a dozen lenses sitting in a box in the closet. I started using digital cameras back when you paid a lot of money for a 2 megapixal camera. I bought a Coolpix 4500 and took almost 3000 pictures with it. I banged it around, dropped it in the dirt and it never stopped taking really good pictures.Nikon knows how to make great cameras and the Coolpix P90 is a great camera. Don\'t let the \"flamers\" fool you with their horrific reviews. They buy a Point & Shoot camera and complain bitterly that it doesn\'t do the same thing a DSLR does. Wow, I suppose the same person buys a Saturn and complains because it doesn\'t handle like a BMW M6.I\'ve been playing with my new P90 and have over a hundred pictures in 5 days. It\'s going to be a great camera and a fantastic travel companion.
- I am an amateur photographer. I just wanted a good point and shoot with specific features. The most important feature I wanted was a great zoom. The 24x is awesome. Clear, crisp shots from soooo far away. My second must have feature was a large LCD screen. The 3\" was the best I could find - and it makes photo taking much easier (my last Nikon 4800 which I had for many years had a teeny 1 or 1 1/2\" screen). I always like to have a camera with a viewfinder - for those bright, sunny outdoor shots. This camera has it. The menu is easy to navigate; even my technologically-challenged husband is able to use it. I especially like how the LCD screen angles out for difficult shots. It also makes it easier for you to take surprise shots of people while you are sitting inconspicuously! Although you can just take it out of the box and begin shooting photos, it does take some getting used to. I read through the manual thoroughly and bought a book on digital photography. You just have to play with it for a little while; take photos in all sorts of situations with the different settings, find the settings you like. When you find them, then there\'s two buttons, U1 and U2 (user 1 and 2) that you can set your preferred settings. The battery life has been good. I purchased a 4G memory card which is more than enough for me. You have to take the lens cap off yourself, and push a button to bring up the flash, but again that just takes getting used to. The camera is comfortable to hold and it\'s not as heavy as I expected it to be. Amazon had the best price for this camera! I am very pleased with it. I\'ve had other brands of point-and-shoot cameras, but always seem to go back to Nikon.
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