Nikon Announces New P7000 Prosumer Point-And-Shoot and Others

Watch out Canon! Nikon’s new P7000 seems very aggressively targeted towards taking out the Canon PowerShot G11(reviewed here) from the market. With a long feature set, we may perhaps see this taking aim at the Canon PowerShot S95in addition to the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5(comparison here) and the rumored G12. Nikon also announced the S8100 and the S80—all of which I’ve seen in person and was able to hold. I’ve seen these cameras about a month ago: my notes from the meeting and press releases are after the jump.

Nikon P7000

- 10.1 MP 1/1.7 CCD sensor

- 3 inch LCD with 921k dot screen

- 7.1x zoom, f/2.8 to 5.6 aperture

- 720 HD video MOV files 24p movie shooting

- Full manual control

- Expeed C2 processor

- Neutral density filters built into the lens.

- 1.1 fps shooting in RAW

- Stereo mic input

- Mono microphone built in

- Zoom memory function that remembers where the user loves to zoom to and immediately switches the lens to that point.

- One ED lens

- Optical viewfinder that zooms as the lens does

- Tone level information

- Multi-functional dial for things like White Balance, ISO, auto bracketing, TV value will allow you to lock in aperture and shutter speed and set ISO

- New feature that will give you a histogram for better tonal information

- Ergonomics and dials are very similar to the G11

- Wireless flash control, and all the new flashes will meter with the camera

- RAW images

- .9s startup, .31 second shutter lag

- ISO 100-6400 and expandable up to 12,800 in low noise night mode

- In-camera noise reduction

- No GPS

- $499.95 in October or November

- Press release here P7000 Press Release FINAL