Input on P1000 or other point and shoot: I'm thinking of getting an easier camera to take with me in the city other than my D750. I've seen the p1000 from Nikon and others from Sony...

Rjk608

I'm thinking of getting an easier camera to take with me in the city other than my D750. I've seen the p1000 from Nikon and others from Sony and Panasonic. Any input?

david vt Loc: Vermont

Hi Welcome to UHH

The question you asked comes up every few weeks, and usually starts a debate running XX pages long. I can recommend, if you are willing to let your fingers walk for you, of searching the main photography digest archives, and you will find related threads to the P1000, or any of the similar model P&S you might type in.

Keep your seaches tight at first (P1000, or particular other model numbers) and broaden as you need/want to.

The group is wealth of knowledge, and equally virolent opinions, so enjoy what you find

Good luck

tomad Loc: North Carolina

Rjk608 wrote:

I'm thinking of getting an easier camera to take with me in the city other than my D750. I've seen the p1000 from Nikon and others from Sony and Panasonic. Any input?

I bought the Panasonic ZS100 for that very purpose. It fits in a coat pocket, has most controls you find on DSLRs, shoots RAW and is pretty good in low light. My wife always wanted me to drag a camera along when we go out in the city and I bought this specifically so that I would not have to bring a larger camera. It fills the requirement nicely. If you have deep pockets I'd go for the Sony RX100 series but if you have budget constraints this Panasonic will work very well.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

The P1000 is rather large, but there are many compact cameras that would work well in a situation like that. When I don't want to bring my D750, I bring my Sony A6000, instead.

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elee950021 Loc: New York, NY

Rjk608 wrote:

I'm thinking of getting an easier camera to take with me in the city other than my D750. I've seen the p1000 from Nikon and others from Sony and Panasonic. Any input?

I have a Nikon P900 and I love it! I also have a Nikon D800, D600, D3X and a host of other cameras including Canon and Sony. The P900 is a large bridge camera with a small sensor as you can see from the accompanying chart, actually, it's 1/2.3" is among the smallest but it takes great images considering.

The new P1000 is even bigger, weighing in at 3.2 lbs vs the P900's almost 2 lbs. Your D750 body (without lens)weighs less than the P900 so you don't gain too much in terms of weight and size. I do wish I had the raw capabilities of this new camera.

Cheers. Ed

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Rjk608

Thank you

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Here is a pic of my pocket camera, the Canon PowerShot A1400. Got it refurbished from Canon for under $100. It takes ordinary AA batteries.

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Ched49 Loc: Pittsburgh, Pa.

The only advantage you'll have with the P1000 over the D750 is you wont have to change lens and you'll have a longer reach. The P1000 is about as big and heavy as the D750.

BebuLamar

The advantage of the P1000 is that it has a very long lens which you can't get with the D750. It's quite big so if I only use a small lens on the D750 then the P1000 isn't any more portable in my opinion. The long reach at small aperture and small sensor I am not sure it would work hand held.

insman1132 Loc: Southwest Florida

Hey, RJK, welcome!! Unless you are doing a lot of photography requiring a long reach with your lens, can I recommend two options for you to consider??

1) if you do not shoot RAW, take a look at the Nikon P900. You'll have almost as much telephoto reach, and you will save half a grand in purchase price.

2) if you do shoot RAW, take a look at the Nikon B700. It not only shoots RAW, but it is lighter weight than either the 1000 or the 900. You do give up some lens reach, but at 60x it still reaches well enough for most uses.

I bet you will be happy with either.

Good luck with your decision!

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

tomad wrote:

I bought the Panasonic ZS100 for that very purpose. It fits in a coat pocket, has most controls you find on DSLRs, shoots RAW and is pretty good in low light. My wife always wanted me to drag a camera along when we go out in the city and I bought this specifically so that I would not have to bring a larger camera. It fills the requirement nicely. If you have deep pockets I'd go for the Sony RX100 series but if you have budget constraints this Panasonic will work very well.

I can quote you, Tomad, to the word. I have had my TZ or ZS 100 for a month and am amazed at the trick this 1" sensor camera holds. Yes, put on auto and it is a simple point and shoot with 4x the sensor area of the normal P&S. To me, P&S is an insult to these great innovative Compact Zooms. P&S cost $50 or less Aunt Sally's junk, I consider that my $500 for my ZS100 was well spent. For about $20 there is an attachment allowing the addition of 52mm filters and adjunct lenses.

MikeMck Loc: Southern Maryland on the Bay

Over the course of a year, I sold a bunch of canon equipment and purchased a Sony RX10 IV. It is expensive, ($1,695) but that the only camera I thought I would need. It goes from 24mm to 600mm. Excellent in low light and weighs a lot less than a DSLR. The images are excellent. I did get Nikon P1000 for the reach, but I found it very heavy and since I am 73 and have shaking difficulties, I could not use the reach without carrying around a tripod. I am in the process of getting a P900 which is a lot lighter and almost the same reach (2,000mm). Good luck

mizzee Loc: Boston,Ma

Love my Olympus OMD e-M5II. With a 17mm or 25mm it fits into a generous pocket and weighs a little over a pound!

ELNikkor

I agree with insman1132. The B700 is small, but very versatile and sharp. My neighbor did awesome shots of the West and the eclipse with it in the summer of 2017.

ChuckMc Loc: Prescott, AZ

I immediately thought of responding to you and commenting on the size and weight of the P1000, but I'm late to that party. So I'll limit my comments to encouraging you to focus on your requirements. E.G., how important is that reach? I use the Canon SX50 and am quite satisfied with its functionality. I have considered getting the SX60, but the additional reach wasn't important, and the cost for a very modest improvement in the sensor density was not worth it to me. Maybe the future SX70's sensor will pique my GAS... TBD.
In closing, the P1000 is one big puppy.