Nikon Coolpix P6000 Review

If you are an enthusiast photographer in need of a compact digital camera that is not only stylish but also packaged with most of the advanced features, then I will suggest you to get yourself the Nikon Coolpix P6000, which was introduced lately by the Nikon Corporation to enhance the level of photographing. The Nikon Coolpix P6000 is the first digital camera that has a built-in Ethernet connection plus a built-in GPS receiver that allows the user to globally share their painstakingly captured images via the Nikon’s ‘my Picturetown’. Moreover, this 13.5 megapixel magnesium-bodied camera comprises of a 4x Zoom-Nikkor lens coupled with two ED glass elements. And besides the Vibration Reduction optical lens shift, the Nikon Coolpix P6000 also houses a 2.7 inches LCD screen of 230000 pixels for high resolution. The optical viewfinder setting is also available in this pocket sized camera for composing the photos.

Besides being a stylish camera, this Coolpix P6000 is also engineered on the EXPEED image processing concept and is packaged with Nikon’s innovative features that will make photographing a real fun.

A highlight of Nikon Coolpix P6000 features:

• A built-in GPS receiver ideal fo “Geotagging”
• 13.5 megapixel
• 4x Zoom-Nikkor lens (equivalent to 28 – 112 mm) plus optical VR stabilization
• A 2.7 inches LCD screen with 230,000 pixels
• Sensitivity range as high as ISO 6400 -the ISO range is 64 to 1600 at full resolution whereas 3200 and 6400 at 3MP.
• Raw as well as Raw + JPEG modes
• External flash hot shoe coupled with lens adapter rings
• LAN port (Wired)
• Face-priority AF
• USB connection
• Active D-Lighting
• Best Shot Selector Mode
• In-Camera Red-Eye Fix
• Internal memory of about 48 MB
• Distortion control
• Adjustable shutter and aperture speed
• 15 scene modes for different shooting situations
• 5 Movie modes
• 4 exposure modes (P/S/A/M)

The Nikon COOLPIX P6000 is a camera built to make photographing comfortable and is packaged with a rechargeable battery and an AC adapter along with the USB and A/V cables plus a COOLPIX software suite. It also offers a free online storage of about 2GB at Nikon’s ‘my Picturetown’.

Pros:  This is really a great camera with useful active D-lighting, simple menu structure and GPS plus panoramic, RAW capturing facility.

Cons: The drawback in this camera is the sluggish performance with flash being no automatic. The GPS has weak receiver and capture images slowly.