"Capable of great results, but suffers from stow focus and a lack of versatility"
If you’re looking for maximum power froni the smallest package, the teensy Coolpix A could fill your aperture. Despite packing the sane size sensor as most of Nikon’s DSLRs, this is the only truly pocketable compact of the trio tested. Some of the svelteness Is due to the retracting wideangle lens and the lack of a viewfinder. Its also not quite so tooted up In the controls department as its rivals. The built-in lens cap is welcome. though.
The Coolpix A Is a camera you really want to love. With seemingly little effort It manages to look and feel premium, yet irs subtle enough for discreet street photography. Image quality is really very good, but this cuties hampered by slow autofocus that has to hunt for subjects far too regularly. The 28mm- equivalent lens is also too wideangle to be versatile — you wont be taking many portraits with it, that's for sure-and the f/2.8 max aperture is a little slow for low-light shooters
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| Price: | $1,096.95 |
Effective pixels
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Effective pixels
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16.2 million
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Image sensor
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Image sensor
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23.6 x 15.6 mm Nikon DX format CMOS; approx. 16.93 million total pixels
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Lens
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Lens
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NIKKOR lens (7 elements in 5 groups)
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Focal length
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18.5 mm (angle of view equivalent to that of 28 mm lens in 35mm [135] format)
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Maximum aperture
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f/2.8
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Autofocus (AF)
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Autofocus (AF)
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Contrast-detect AF
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Focus range
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Approx. 50 cm (1 ft 8 in.) - infinity; approx. 10 cm (4 in.) - infinity in macro autofocus mode. All distances measured from center of front surface of lens
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Focus-area selection
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Face-priority, normal area, wide area and subject-tracking AF
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Monitor
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Monitor
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7.5 cm/3-in., approx. 921k-dot, TFT LCD with a wide viewing angle, anti-reflection coating, and 9-level brightness adjustment
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Frame coverage
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Approx. 100% horizontal and vertical (compared to actual picture)
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Storage
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Media
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SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards
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File system
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DCF, Exif 2.3, DPOF, and PictBridge compliant
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File formats
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Still pictures: JPEG, RAW (NEF; a proprietary Nikon format)
Movie recording: MOV (Video: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, Audio: Linear stereo PCM) |
Image size (pixels)
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Image size (pixels)
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Still pictures: L (4928 x 3264), M (3696 x 2448), S (2464 x 1632)
Movie recording: 1920 x 1080 pixels (30p/25p/24p), 1280 x 720 pixels (30p/25p/24p) |
ISO sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index)
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ISO sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index)
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ISO 100 - 3200; can be adjusted using ISO sensitivity to 6400, Hi 0.3 (ISO 8000 equivalent), Hi 0.7 (ISO 10000 equivalent), Hi 1 (ISO 12800 equivalent), and Hi 2 (ISO 25600 equivalent)
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Exposure
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Metering mode
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Matrix, center-weighted, or spot
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Exposure control
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Auto, scene, programmed auto with flexible program, shutter-priority auto, aperture-priority auto, manual with exposure bracketing and exposure compensation (±5 EV [photos] or ±2 EV [movies] in steps of 1/3 EV), U1 (user settings 1), U2 (user settings 2)
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Shutter
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Shutter
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Mechanical and CMOS electronic shutter
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Speed
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1/2000 to 30 s; bulb and time available in mode M (time requires optional ML-L3 remote control)
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Aperture
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Aperture
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Electronically-controlled 7-blade iris diaphragm
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Range
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19 steps of 1/3 EV
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Self-timer
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Self-timer
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Choose from durations of approx. 20, 10, 5 and 2 seconds
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Built-in flash
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Range
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Approx. 0.5 - 11.5 m/1 ft 8 in. - 37 ft (mode
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Flash control
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TTL auto flash with monitor pre-flashes; manual flash control available; Guide Number approx. 6/21, or 6/22 when fired in manual mode at full power (ISO 100, m/ft, 23°C/73.4°F)
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Flash compensation
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Flash compensation
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-3 - +1 EV in steps of 1/3 EV
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Accessory shoe
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Accessory shoe
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ISO 518 hot-shoe with sync and data contacts and safety lock
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Interface
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Interface
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Hi-Speed USB
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Data transfer protocol
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PTP
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HDMI output
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HDMI output
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Auto, 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i
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I/O terminals
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I/O terminals
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Supported languages
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Supported languages
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Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, European Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
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Power sources
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Power sources
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Battery life*1
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Battery life
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Still pictures: approx. 230 shots with EN-EL20
Movie recording (endurance for movie recording)*2: approx. 1 hour and 10 minutes with EN-EL20 |
Tripod socket
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Tripod socket
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1/4 (ISO 1222)
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Dimensions (W x H x D)
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Dimensions (W x H x D)
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Approx. 111.0 x 64.3 x 40.3 mm (4.4 x 2.6 x 1.6 in.) excluding projections
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Weight
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Weight
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Approx. 299 g (10.6 oz), including battery and memory card
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Operating environment
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Temperature
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0°C - 40°C (32°F - 104°F)
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Humidity
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85% or less (no condensation)
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Supplied accessories
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Supplied accessories
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EN-EL20 Rechargeable Li-ion battery, MH-27 Battery Charger, UC-E16 USB Cable, Camera Strap, BS-1 Accessory Shoe Cover, ViewNX 2 CD-ROM
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