Nikon Coolpix P100 26x SuperZoom: The First Full HD 1080p Video Camera
As a superzoom camera, the Nikon Coolpix P100 has a beefier feel to it than your typical point and shoot camera. The rubberized grip is large and has a DSLR-like feel to it. It’s a very easy and comfortable camera to hold. While you can hold the camera with one hand using the large handle, the P100 is definitely a camera that wants to put his hands in two – way especially when zooming out there. Fortunately, the lens butt provides a actual automatic anchor point for your larboard hand, which added adds to the DSLR-ish feel.
The Nikon Coolpix P100’s main settings can be begin on the approach punch aloft the camera. From there, you can quickly access the fully automatic mode and the more advanced P, A, S and M modes and special scene modes.
The feel is overall very nice and amazingly compact considering the lens and all that the camera can do. The grip is deep and comfortable, the body is well-balanced, and the lens barrel gives you ample space to hold and steady the camera with your left hand. Though you really don’t want to use a zoom like that without a support, the camera does have sensor-shift image stabilization that Nikon calls Optical VR. Though it’s difficult to hold the camera still with the zoom fully extended, the stabilization does an excellent job of minimizing blur, and when combined with Nikon’s Best Shot Selector you have a better than average chance of getting a sharp shot of a still subject while holding the camera. BSS is a set of high-speed shot takes up to 10 shots while the shutter is pressed and saves only the sharpest shot.
There’s a decent electronic viewfinder and a variable-angle LCD screen for framing your photos. The LCD screen is removed from the body and can be tilted up or down, but does not swing in horizontal body. Like all LCDs and EVFs, the awning blanks out for a additional already you’ve taken a shot, but it’s analytic fast to recover.