Friday, May 17, 2013

Nikon Coolpix P510 Point and Shoot Digital Compact Camera








Nikon Coolpix P510 Review


Nikon CoolPix P510 Camera is a super-zoom camera which is designed to unleash the hidden photographer within you. The world leader of imaging Nikon has combined performance and quality together in this device that will impress you with its experience. Let’s check out what this new point-and-shoot camera has in store for enhancing your photography skills.
Nikon CoolPix P510 Camera is incorporated with NIKKOR Lens with focal length of 4.3 – 180mm and 35mm can give equivalent focal length of 24-1000mm. The lens sports CMOS image sensor which can capture images at the pixel resolution of 16.1 MP.
The camera looks like a DSLR from a distance with similar build and curved grip on the front panel, just like any other Nikon DSLR, to hold the camera securely. There’s a rotary dials at the back panel for tweaking between modes including Flash, timer, Exposure etc. and a dedicated button for video recording.
The camera is reasonably bulky with the weight of 555g and might feel burden when held in hand. But it is definitely crafted to meet your travelling needs with its rugged and strong build.

Features
The Nikon Point-and-shoot camera is integrated with EXPEED C2 Image processing system which provides high sensitivity images with maximum possible sharp images. The camera features an electronic viewfinder with diopter adjuster which is used for composing images.
The camera sports a 3 inch TFT LCD screen which supports 921,000 dot pixels; the screen can be tilted up to 82 degrees which allows you to take images from different view angle. The LCD screen comes with Anti-reflection coating that protects the screen from glaring effect in bright sun.
The Nikon CoolPix P510 Camera allows HD video recording at 30 frames per second for 1920 x 1080 dot pixels. Along with that, the camera offers 16 different shooting modes including Portrait, Landscape, Snow, Food and much more.
One of the unique features Lens Shift Vibration Reduction enables you to click blur-free images in case of inadvertent camera shaking. The camera also offers built-in GPS which lets you use geo-tagging feature on your images. You can Label you images depending upon their location and watch them later sometime for rememorizing in future.
With Continuous Shooting mode the camera allows you to capture images at the rate of 7 frames per second to catch your each and every action as a continuous movement. You can also make use of Self timer by putting your camera on 2 to 10 seconds self-timing setting to capture a big group photograph.

Performance
Nikon Coolpix camera offers aperture range of f/3 to f/5.9 which allows the different amount of light to fall on the image sensor through the lens opening. The light sensitivity varies as per the ISO range of camera which goes from 100 – 3200, allowing you to take beautiful clear images in the dim lights as well.
With shutter speed of 1/4000 – 1 sec, you can expect some highly bright images in the dark or you can indulge the built-in flash for capturing night shots. The flash comes with the range of 1.5 -4.5 (Tele) and 0.5 – 8m (wide), offering brightness to every corner of the image being captured.
The Nikon CoolPix P510 Camera is an ideal partner for those who love capturing Traveling and sports shots. The camera offers them with 42x optical zoom and 2x digital zoom which lets you capture close-up details from a viable distance.

Nikon Coolpix P510 Price in India – Rs. 22,980/-


Technical Specifications

Sensor
  • Size : 1/2.3 Inch.
  • Type : BSI-CMOS
  • Processor : Expeed C2
  • Effective Pixels : 16.0 Mega Pixels
  • Sensor Photo Detectors : 16.8 Mega Pixels
  • Image Ratio : 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9
  • Max Resolution : 4608 x 3456 Pixels
Image
  • ISO : Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 2000, 3200
  • JPEG Quality Levels : Fine, Normal, Basic
  • White Balance Presets – 5
  • Optical Image Stabilization
  • Custom white balance
Optics & Focus
  • Focal length : 24 – 1000 mm
  • Optical Zoom : 41.7x
  • Digital zoom : 2x
  • Normal Focus Range : 30 cm
  • Macro Focus Range : 2 cm
  • Autofocus : Contrast Detect (sensor), Multi-area, Center, Tracking, Face Detection
Display / Viewfinder
  • Display Size : 3 Inch.
  • Display Dots : 921,000
  • Display Type : TFT-LCD with Anti-reflection coating
  • Tilting Articulated LCD
  • Electronic Viewfinder
FeaturesPhotography
  • Maximum Aperture : F3.0 – F5.9
  • Flash Modes : Auto, On, Off, Red-Eye, Slow-sync
  • Exposure compensation : ±2 EV
  • Built-in flash
  • Continuous Drive
  • Self-timer
  • Metering Modes : Multi, Center-weighted, Spot, Spot AF-area
Videography
  • Format : MPEG-4, H.264
  • Stereo Microphone
  • Mono Speaker
  • Resolution : 1920 x 1080 , 1280 x 720p , 640 x 480 Pixels
Connectivity
  • USB v2.0
  • HDMI
  • EyeFi Wireless
Storage
  • SD/SDHC/SDXC
Layout
  • Size : 120 x 83 x 102 mm
  • Weight : 555gm
Battery
  • Type : Nikon EN-EL5 Lithium-Ion
  • Life : 200 CIPA