COOLPIX P80 closer encountersincredible 18x zoom in a compact design

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incredible 18x zoom in a compact design

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Supplied Accessories

  • Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL5
  • Battery Charger MH-61
  • USB Cable UC-E6
  • Audio Video Cable EG-CP14
  • Strap AN-CP18
  • Lens Cap LC-CP18
  • COOLPIX Software Suite CD-ROM

*Supplied accessories may differ depending on country or area.

Key Features

10.1 Megapixels for stunning prints as large as 20 x 30 inches. Plenty of sharp resolution to capture the finest details, crop creatively and produce incredible enlargements.

The World's Most Compact Super-telephoto Camera among competing models equipped with an 18x zoom as of March 4, 2008. This gives you the benefits of both a compact camera and a super-telephoto lens.

Incredible, Bright 2.7-inch High-Resolution LCD and an Electronic Viewfinder make it easy to compose and share your pictures with friends and family. The incorporation of the high-resolution electronic viewfinder enables you to see through the lens in any type of lighting condition.

Program, Shutter-Priority, Aperture-Priority and Manual Exposure Modes give you ultimate control over your pictures. The D-SLR-type mode dial on the top of the camera provides quick access to this greater personal and creative control. Now, you can adjust the camera's settings for any type of lighting conditions and get as creative as you want.

New Sports Continuous Scene Mode for shooting up to 13fps, up to 30 frames, when you set the resolution to 3MP or lower. These high-speed capture settings help you stay ahead of the action, whether it's a swift golf or baseball swing, or the speed of the soccer field. At 13fps, you'll capture all the action.

High Quality TV Movies with Sound are now just a press of a button away with your COOLPIX P80. Record TV-quality movies with sound whose duration is only limited by the space available on your SD/SDHC card. Connect your camera to your TV, and you have instant home movies.

Amazing 18x Optical Wide-Angle Zoom-NIKKOR Lens provides exceptional pictures. This lens is built on Nikon's proud heritage of producing precision camera optics that deliver superb color and razor-sharp results. This amazing lens offers unbeatable compositional freedom with its wide-angle (27mm) to super-telephoto coverage (486mm). You can photograph sweeping landscapes and zoom in to capture the action on the baseball or soccer field!

New EXPEED Image Processor ensures high-quality pictures with stunning color and sharpness. Nikon's comprehensive digital imaging processing concept incorporates the know-how and the technologies acquired throughout our long history of photographic and digital imaging development. EXPEED is customer-tuned for COOLPIX and renders natual-looking pictures of incredible quality and quick response so you won't miss that special moment.

Optical Vibration Reduction Image Stabilization compensates for camera shake to prevent blur and produce clearer, sharper results in lower light or unsteady conditions. In addition, the benefits of Nikon's VR system extends to faster framing on the monitor as well as smoother action when using the movie mode.

Auto Adjusts up to ISO 6400 and lets you keep shooting, even in lower light. With a light sensitivity range of up to ISO 6400 in manual control, this creates new opportunities to take sharper, more natural-looking photos in lower light conditions. ISO 3200 and ISO 6400 settings are available at 3MP or lower resolution.

Nikon Image Innovations include: In-Camera Red-Eye Fix™, that automatically looks for and fixes most instances of red-eye; Face Priority AF, Nikon's face-finding technology that can quickly find and focus on up to 12 faces in a group portrait; and D-Lighting which rescues pictures that are too dark for printing by enhancing the underexposed areas of the picture while not touching the properly exposed areas.

Specifications

  • Effective Pixels
    10.1 million
     
  • Image Sensor
    CCD
     
  • Sensor Size
    1/2.33 in.
     
  • Total Pixels
    10.7 million (approx.)
     
  • Lens Zoom
    18x
     
  • Lens Specification
    4.7-84.2mm (35mm [135] format picture angle: 27-486mm); f/2.8-4.5
     
  • Autofocus (AF)
    Contrast-detect AF, Multi-area AF
     
  • Auto-area AF Mode
    Yes
     
  • Focus Modes
    Face-Priority AF
    Auto
     
  • Focus Lock
    Half press of shutter-release button (single-point AF in AF-S)
     
  • Maximum Autofocus Areas/Points
    9
     
  • Single-point AF Mode
    Yes
     
  • Viewfinder
    0.24 in. TFT LCD, approx. 230,000 dot with diopter adjustment
     
  • Viewfinder Frame Coverage
    Approx. 97%
     
  • Monitor Size
    2.7 in. diagonal
     
  • Monitor Type
    Wide Viewing Angle TFT-LCD
     
  • Monitor Resolution
    230,000-dots
     
  • Storage Media
    SD memory card
    SDHC memory card
     
  • Internal Memory
    Approx. 50MB
     
  • Storage System
    JPEG: JPEG-baseline-compliant; can be selected from Size priority and Optimal quality
    AVI
    WAV
     
  • Storage File System
    DCF 2.0
    EXIF 2.21
    DPOF compliant
     
  • Movie Modes
    Movie with sound
    Time lapse movie
     
  • Voice Memo Function
    Yes
     
  • Image Size (pixels)
    2592 x 1944 (5M)
    2048 x 1536 (3M)
    1600 x 1200 (2M)
    1280 x 960 (1M)
    1024 x 768 (PC)
    640 x 480 (TV)
    3648 x 2432 (3:2)
    3584 x 2016 (16:9)
    2736 x 2736 (1:1)
     
  • Lowest ISO Sensitivity
    64
     
  • Highest ISO Sensitivity
    6400
     
  • Exposure Modes
    Programmed Auto (P)
    Shutter-Priority Auto (S)
    Aperture-Priority Auto (A)
    Manual (M)
    Auto
    Scene
     
  • Automatic Exposure Scene Modes
    Yes
     
  • Scene Modes
    Portrait
    Night Portrait
    Sports
    Landscape
    Party
    Beach/Snow
    Sunset
    Dusk/Dawn
    Night Landscape
    Museum
    Fireworks Show
    Close Up
    Copy
    Back Light
    Panorama Assist
    Voice Recording
    Face-Priority AF
     
  • In-Camera Image Editing
    D-Lighting
    Small Pic
    Distortion Control
     
  • Exposure Compensation
    ± 2 EV in steps of 1/3
     
  • Exposure Lock
    Yes
     
  • White Balance
    Fluorescent
    Incandescent
    Flash
    White Balance Preset
    Auto
    Daylight
    Cloudy
     
  • Image Stabilization
    Optical
     
  • Top Continuous Shooting Speed at full resolution
    1.1 frames per second
     
  • Self-timer
    Electronically controlled timer with duration of 2 or 10 sec.
     
  • Built-in Flash
    Yes
     
  • Built-in Flash Distance
    28 ft (8.8m)
     
  • Flash Sync Modes
    Slow sync
    Red-eye reduction
    Red-eye reduction with slow sync
    Flash cancel/ flash off
    Auto
    Auto with red-eye reduction
    Anytime flash
     
  • Interface
    Hi-speed USB
     
  • Video Output
    NTSC
    PAL
     
  • Projector Playback Functions
    Full frame
    Thumbnail (4 or 9 or 16 segments)
    Zoom
    Slideshow
    Sound playback
     
  • Battery Type
    Rechargeable
     
  • Battery Life (shots per charge)
    Nikon Rechargeable:
    250 shots (CIPA)
     
  • Tripod Socket
    ¼-20
     
  • Approx. Dimensions
    Height: 3.1 in. (79mm)
    Width: 4.3 in. (110mm)
    Depth: 3.1 in. (78mm)
     
  • Approx. Weight
    12.9 oz. (365g)
     
  • Supplied Accessories
    • Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL5
    • Battery Charger MH-61
    • USB Cable UC-E6
    • Audio Video Cable EG-CP14
    • Strap AN-CP18
    • Lens Cap LC-CP18
    • COOLPIX Software Suite CD-ROM

    *Supplied accessories may differ depending on country or area.

     

**Specifications and equipment are subject to change without any notice or obligation on the part of the manufacturer.

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July 14, 2008, Nikon COOLPIX P80

by Ned Potter

ABCNews.com's Ned Potter called the Nikon COOLPIX P80 a megazoom digital camera perfect for those looking for big pictures with little hassle. Potter claimed that the P80 was designed to fill the void between standard point-and-shoot cameras and more complex D-SLR cameras. The P80 also comes equipped with Nikon's Vibration Reduction technology and D-Lighting which help address the effects of camera shake and bad lighting in photos. Potter later concluded that the COOLPIX P80's 18x zoom lens is a tremendously versatile lens capable of taking great photos.

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