Nikon Coolpix P900
Mar 13, 2015 19:29:36 #
Do any of you Hogs now anything about this point and shoot?..friend is asking me questions about it and I don't know anything about it..I guess Costco has it at $599..seems like a lot for a point and shoot.
Mar 13, 2015 21:37:49 #
The very top of the line for a super zoom --- for now. The ONLY drawback I know about is that it still has the same sensor of all the Nixon point and shoot cameras
Mar 13, 2015 21:48:53 #
It has a electronic view finder. 86X magnifier which makes it a 2000 mm.
Mar 13, 2015 21:58:35 #
Pepper
Loc: Planet Earth Country USA
Google Nikon P900 reviews and you'll get a lot of information. Hard to get much help here as it won't be released until the 19th.
Mar 13, 2015 22:38:17 #
I've had several Nikon superzooms and have liked them except for one thing, they don't shoot RAW, which I believe will still be the case for this camera. I think for what this one will do, $600 is not bad. They also have several lesser superzooms in the $400 range, comparable in price to Canon and others of this genre.
Mar 13, 2015 23:24:17 #
Mrsmoses wrote:
Do any of you Hogs now anything about this point and shoot?..friend is asking me questions about it and I don't know anything about it..I guess Costco has it at $599..seems like a lot for a point and shoot.
I am surprised Costco has it since my understanding is it won't be relased until April. Earlier in the week it was a pre order on both B & H and Amazon. Are you sure it was the P900?
Mar 14, 2015 00:44:29 #
Racmanaz
Loc: Sunny Tucson!
Mr PC wrote:
I've had several Nikon superzooms and have liked them except for one thing, they don't shoot RAW, which I believe will still be the case for this camera. I think for what this one will do, $600 is not bad. They also have several lesser superzooms in the $400 range, comparable in price to Canon and others of this genre.
Not sure what Nikon is thinking if they are thinking at all when it comes to no raw capability on their bridge camera.
Mar 14, 2015 01:17:21 #
Mar 14, 2015 01:28:16 #
Racmanaz
Loc: Sunny Tucson!
Mogul wrote:
Sorry, Rac, wrote this before I noticed your post.
Ha? wha? lol
Mar 14, 2015 01:33:21 #
Racmanaz wrote:
Ha? wha? lol
Wrote a brief comment regarding Raw - 30 minutes after yours! Slow brain, slow typist -and I can't read too well either. 8-) 8-) 8-)
Mar 14, 2015 01:35:35 #
Racmanaz
Loc: Sunny Tucson!
Mogul wrote:
Wrote a brief comment regarding Raw - 30 minutes after yours! Slow brain, slow typist -and I can't read too well either. 8-) 8-) 8-)
Oh you are fine, I thought at first that this camera did have raw but then realized it didn't, what a disappointment, not to mention the tiny sensor :(
Mar 14, 2015 01:46:00 #
Racmanaz wrote:
Oh you are fine, I thought at first that this camera did have raw but then realized it didn't, what a disappointment, not to mention the tiny sensor :(
I don't even want to speculate why Nikon would build a camera like that and not include Raw.
Mar 14, 2015 10:57:29 #
Mr PC wrote:
Surprised by your comment, I just went out and checked. Sure enough, you're right: the P900 is JPEG only. That makes for a mighty shaky bridge!I've had several Nikon superzooms and have liked them except for one thing, they don't shoot RAW, which I believe will still be the case for this camera. I think for what this one will do, $600 is not bad. They also have several lesser superzooms in the $400 range, comparable in price to Canon and others of this genre.
Mar 14, 2015 11:36:56 #
Racmanaz wrote:
Oh you are fine, I thought at first that this camera did have raw but then realized it didn't, what a disappointment, not to mention the tiny sensor :(
What can you expect, it is a bridge superzoom after all, so basically it is like most bridge superzoom cameras, except it has a much longer zoom range and a bit better image stabilization and color rendering than other superzoom bridge cameras. And that is what makes it the best in the category. There is no need for RAW in a camera like this, the sensor is so small that you will not need to use RAW really.
But there is a new category of bridge/superzoom cameras born with the Sony RX10 that has a big enough sensor to benefit from using RAW. The drawback with this camera is that the superzoom is so far only zoom, not super as it is only about 8x zoom equal to 24-200 mm on full frame. We can get much better zoom range in f.x. the Nikon 1 series, which uses the same sensor size and for only half the prize of this Sony. But when we get more cameras in this new category of bridge/superzooms we are seeing some fun times ahead with new level of image quality and good usability of RAW ;)
Mar 14, 2015 11:44:59 #
Mrsmoses wrote:
Do any of you Hogs now anything about this point and shoot?..friend is asking me questions about it and I don't know anything about it..I guess Costco has it at $599..seems like a lot for a point and shoot.
I would use the term "Bridge," and the price is reasonable compared to what else is selling out there.
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