Nikon Coolpix P6000
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17 years ago
Nikon Coolpix P6000 quick review
Please note: this information was current as of January 2009 but is still a useful guide to today's market.
17 years ago
Nikon Coolpix P6000 - Sublime, sub-pro.
Professional photographers or even serious enthusiasts don't have too many choices when it comes to compact digital cameras that offer advanced features as well as manual controls.
17 years ago
The Coolpix P6000 ($499) is the flagship camera in Nikon's compact digital camera lineup. It features a 13.5 Megapixel CCD, a 4X wide-angle zoom lens, image stabilization, 2.7" LCD display, full manual controls, a hot shoe, and RAW format support.
Pros:
- Good photo quality at low ISOs
- and in good light
- Well built
- fairly compact
- easy to hold (for the most part
- Optical image stabilization (known as Vibration Reduction here
- Sharp 2.7" LCD is visible outdoors and in low light
- Full manual controls
- Customizable menu and button
- Support for the RAW...
Cons:
- Noise reduction smudges fine details and solid areas of color, even at lowest ISO
- noticeable detail loss at ISO 400 and above, Occasional highlight clipping, Lens is slow at the telephoto end, Unusual RAW format has huge file sizes, slow shot-to-shot times, and cannot be used in continuous shooting...
17 years ago
Nikon Coolpix P6000 review
With pocket-friendly dimensions and high picture quality, we like the Nikon Coolpix P6000.
17 years ago
Nikon Coolpix P6000 Review
Yet another prosumer/enthusiast camera review… this one is on the Coolpix P6000, Nikon's top end compact digital camera with a wide-angle lens, lots of manual controls and built-in GPS.
Cons:
- Soft images from ISO 400
- some banding from ISO 2000 onwards, Popup flash hinders holding of left side
- tripod mount and hotshoe not in-line with lens, LCD doesn't have 100% coverage
- no viewfinder dioptric correction, Below average battery life, RAW issues: slow shooting using RAW and no bundled RAW...
17 years ago
Nikon Coolpix P6000
Boasting a built-in GPS receiver and Ethernet connectivity, this 13.5-megapixel camera is surprisingly compact. When not in use, the P6000 fits nicely into a very small shirt pocket or purse.
17 years ago
Nikon Coolpix P6000
The Nikon Coolpix P6000 has a sensor with 13.5 megapixel resolution, coupled to a Nikkor ED-branded 4x wide angle zoom lens that offers a useful 28mm wide-angle. The lens also includes Optical VR image stabilization, helping reduce camera shake when shooting in low light or towards the 112mm...
Pros:
- Great body design: compact
- attractive
- sturdy magnesium
- Customizable user settings
- menu and JPEG rendering
- Active D-Lighting is useful
- iTTL flash hot shoe
- Built-in GPS receiver
- Ethernet connection
- Very good Macro mode
- Wide-angle zoom with optical Vibration Reduction
- 2.7-inch LCD with an
Cons:
- No live histogram
- No Raw buffer to speak of
- Yet another proprietary Raw format
- Ethernet only for transfer to Picturetown
- GPS radio should be more sensitive
- Slow Continuous shooting mode
- Some corner softening at wide-angle
- Inaccurate optical viewfinder
- Reds and blues are quite oversaturated,
16 years ago
Nikon Coolpix P6000 Review
The Nikon Coolpix P6000 is a premium compact camera designed to appeal primarily to serious photographers looking for lots of control in a form factor that's more portable and convenient than a DSLR.
Pros:
- Generally solid auto focus
- Customizable interface couldn't be much better
- Pro-grade build quality
- Rich
- detailed images at lower ISOs
Cons:
- Luminance noise shows up in regular-sized prints
- GPS
- network connectivity could have both been better
- Screen and viewfinder not a great combo
- Flash recycle times measurable with a calendar
- Underwhelming battery life
16 years ago
Nikon Coolpix P6000
DSLR camera owners have a lot to be happy about when it comes to pure camera performance, but let's face it - the size does get restrictive on many occasions. Really, do you want to be the guy with the bulky camera at family dinners or the guy who can't take those high risk shots because the camera...
16 years ago
Nikon Coolpix P6000
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