Nikon Coolpix P7100

Review based on a production CoolPix P7100 running firmware V1.0

When Nikon released the CoolPix P7000 in 2010, several commentators, including ourselves, remarked on its uncanny resemblance to the Canon Powershot G-series. Clearly intended to compete with Canon’s G-series in the high-end compact camera market, the raw-enabled P7000 offered very similar ergonomics, as well as near-identical top-level specifications to the Powershot G12. Sadly, even though it was capable of producing excellent image quality, the P7000 was plagued with poor operational speed and frustratingly glitchy on-screen menus. The overall impression was of a camera which was almost, but not quite completed for public release. It was a camera that we wanted to love, but just couldn’t.

The P7100 is not hugely different to the P7000 in terms of specification – it utilizes the same 10MP CCD as its predecessor (and is thus limited to the same 720p video specification) and the same lens. The LCD screen might be articulated, but it is the same excellent 3in, 921k-dot display as before. The P7100′s form factor is nearly exactly the same as the P7000, and is partly defined by the same optical viewfinder.

Not all of the cameras in its class are quite so massive though. In fact, the P7100, like its predecessor and like the Canon Powershot G12, are remarkable amongst their peers for their bulk. Direct competitors like Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-LX5, and Samsung’s TL500 / EX1 (which shares the same 10MP CCD sensor), are relatively small cameras but the P7100, by comparison, is something of a beast, thanks mostly to its height.

Certainly not small enough to fit in a shirt or trouser pocket, the P7100 is not much smaller than some interchangeable lens mirrorless cameras.What the P7100 has which these cameras do not though is a versatile built-in lens, covering a range of 28-200mm (equivalent).

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