iyernat

Hello all. I still do not have the camera yet. I have seen several posts about this great camera. I have ordered in Amazon and still not received it yet. I have a genera question though. As compared to a DSLR - I already know that I cannot change lens in this (but I get a fantastic zoom instead), and I cannot shoot is raw. But other than these two drawbacks - how does it compare to typical DSLR such as a Nikon D7000/7100 in features. Any other deficiencies I should be aware of ?

This plays into another post I will have comparing this to another camera for a cruise trip.

JPL

It is much cheaper than a typical DSLR. It is not nearly as good for capturing fast moving objects like sports or birds, the image quality is not as good when you view or print pictures full size. But generally this camera is considered the best camera in the category of small sensor bridge cameras. Now there are already available a few bridge cameras with 1" sensor, which is much bigger than the sensor in P900, those cameras have generally better image quality, but still are far behind in zoom range. So it is all up to the needs of the user if he should buy P900 or larger sensor bridge cameras or dslr. But the P900 is by far the cheapest solution to get a very broad zoom range and long reach if you are not chasing fast moving objects.

warrior Loc: Paso Robles CA

At the Fair with the P/900

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Bmarsh Loc: Bellaire, MI

I just got my P900 from Sam's on Friday. Haven't used it much but did take it to a 50th anniversary party in a very dark banquet hall. It did very well. I also have a 7100 that stayed home and I'm not sure it could have done better. Almost no light at all. Had to play with the settings to avoid some shake and people movement but it worked well. Hope this helps. I had ordered from Amazon on June 24th but found one at Sam's online.

I checked on availability by going to:

http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/WhereToBuy.page?pnbr=26499