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

Chris Gampat
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09/08/2010
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Last Updated on 09/08/2010 by

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

S8100

– Back illuminated sensor

– 12.1 CMOS sensor

– 3 inch LCD

– 10fps at full res

– 921k dot LCD

– Vibration reduction

– 3200 ISO

– 1080p HD video

– ED glass in lens

– 249.95 no official date

– Press release here S8100 Press Release FINAL

S80

– 14.1MP CCD

– 3 1/2 OLED screen at 820k dots

– Full touch control

– 3200 iso

– 5 way to reduce blur

– 5x optical zoom

– H.264 MPEG 4 720p 30p

– Colors: silver, purple, blue, gold, red, black

– Retouch functions

– Looks like a business card holder

– Selective color mode

– $329.95

– Press release here S80 Press Release FINAL

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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