The Nikon Coolpix P500 is a fully featured digital camera. If you are looking for plenty of zoom power then the Coolpix P500 could be the camera for you. This is because it has a 36x zoom lens. This gives you the scope to zoom in on most distant subjects. The lens offers you a great deal of flexibility. It has a minimum focal length of 22.5mm (35mm equivalent) giving you extra wide angle capabilities. On top of that it is able to focus from 1cm away from your subject in macro mode. As you might expect with a lens of this length Nikon have built vibration reduction or image stabilisation into the Coolpix P500.
Other features worth mentioning are a full set of manual exposure controls including aperture priority and shutter priority. You can also reel off still photos at a rate of 5 frames per second with the Coolpix P500.
For composing photos there is a 3 inch LCD screen. The main attraction of the screen is that you can vary the angle it is at. This helps when you are in awkward shooting positions.
You can shoot High Definition movies too. The maximum movie resolution is 1080p. This gives your movies a bit of extra quality over and above the move standard resolution on offer with most digital cameras.
Nikon Coolpix P500 Details
Style
Extended Zoom
Megapixels
12
Zoom
36x
LCD Screen
3
MemoryCards
SD/SDHC/SDXC
Resolution
Not Supplied
File Formats
JPEG
Focal Length Equivalent
22.5 - 810mm
Shutter Speed
2 - 1/1500
Aperture
f/3.5 - 5.7
Sensitivity
Auto, 160 - 800
White Balance Settings
Auto / Manual
ExposureCompensation
-2.0 to +2.0 EV in steps of 1/3 EV
Viewfinder
No
Flash Modes
Not supplied
Flash Range
8m
Shooting Modes
Back Light, Beach, Black and White Copy, Close Up, Dusk/Dawn, Fireworks Show, Food, Landscape, Museum, Night Landscape, Night Portrait, Panorama, Party/Indoor, Pet Portrait, Portrait, Scene Auto Selector, Snow, Sports, Sunset
Maximum Movie Resolution
1920 x 1080 pixels
Maximum Movie Frames Per Second
Not supplied
Maximum Movie Duration
Not supplied
Macro Focus
1cms
Metering
Multi Pattern, Centre weighted, Spot
ManualControls
Manual, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority
Image Stabilisation
Yes
Lens Converters
No
Self Timer
2 or 10 seconds
Video Out (TV Playback)
Yes
Computer Connection
Yes
Batteries
Lithium-ion Rechargeable
Dimensions
83.7 x 115.5 x 102.5mm
Weight
494g
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
Nikon Coolpix P500 Specification
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