westitzer Loc: Central California coastal area

Has anyone had a chance to purchase and try out the new Nikon P1000? 125x zoom! Wowzers! Also, $1000.

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

I've read a lot about it and am definitely considering buying one but since I don't need one I'm going to wait for the holiday price drop. I've learned my lesson when it comes to buying something that just hit the street, don't, there will be sales and or the price will drop. As for the camera, it looks pretty good in print.

MadMikeOne Loc: So. NJ Shore - a bit west of Atlantic City

mharvey, a member here, posted some images from his just yesterday. You can use the search function here to check further. To locate mharvey’s post, just use the user list function to locate his post from yesterday.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

At least one person posted that he got the P1000. He especially liked the VR - handheld at maximum extension.

Stan Gould Loc: La Crosse, Wisconsin

Early adopters also become “beta testers” and on their dime.

Warbird Loc: Sweden

I have one, delivered two days ago (Sweden).

I also have a Panasonic G9 with a 100-400 and a Olympus 300/4, and a D500 with Nikons 200-500 to compare with.
There is not much crop room in the small sensor in P1000, but never the less (my impression is) the reach is better than the other two cameras I have.
Lightroom is not supporting P1000 yet, so I can not make any exact comparing, and frankly, not sure I ever will... :-)

Some notes about things I was not aware of;

VR is "flimsy" in the EVF, but seems to work great on the images. 3000mm is definitely doable.
No continuous AF.
Camera freezes during the saving to SD card.
MENU don't return to where you was last time.

As for now, I like it!

westitzer Loc: Central California coastal area

Thanks, All, for the feedback. Christmas is just around the corner. I'm hope'n there's one in my stocking.