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Just posted: Hands-on preview of the Nikon Coolpix P330

Mar 5, 2013 at 04:01:00 GMT

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We've just posted a hands-on preview of Nikon's latest small form-factor compact, the Coolpix P330. Externally almost identical to its predecessor the P310, the P330 features a larger 1/1.7" BSI-CMOS sensor and raw capture mode - two additions that should make it much more popular with enthusiasts, as well as putting it in direct competition with Canon's popular PowerShot S110. We've spent a little time with the P330, and for more details, images and specifications, click the links below to read our hands-on preview.

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Nikon Coolpix P330

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Total comments: 37

Is it a dial around the lens?

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Oops, my bad thought this was the cool pix a.

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I wonder if Fuji is going to fight back with a law suite for copying that style of sensor. This camera is clearly trying to copy the x series. Maybe Fuji is going to comeback and make a dslr.

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P3300 "Test" Photos - Full res images

http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/35641/nikon-coolpix-p330/

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Has anyone found full-sized sample images from the P330?

I found these, two of them are full res and they look fantastic, similar to the P7700 and nicer to my eyes than the S110.

http://www.cameraegg.org/nikon-coolpix-p330-sample-images/

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If it has manual exposure control in video mode like the P7700 it should be an excellent all-around shooter. And if IQ is as good as the class leading P7700, I may just have to pick one up. I only wish they had made the lens faster like the one on the excellent MX-1, but then it could never be this small.

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"class leading P7700"? ;)

You are true Nikon fan!

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They need to make camera compete with rx100.

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Unfortunately they can't because a 1" sensor Nikon compact would cannibalize their Nikon 1 line-up. It's tough when you have competitive products in a variety of sensor format.

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Fine looking camera, but with the RX100 at just roughly $80.00 more, it's becoming very hard to be a pocket camera!

Comment edited 6 minutes after posting

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RX100 appears to be selling for ~$650, while the P330 is expected to initially list for $379.

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"RX100 appears to be selling for ~$650, while the P330 is expected to initially list for $379."

It'll drop in price VERY quickly, as was the case with earlier P3x0 models.

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And we know that the RX100 will NEVER drop in price. Sony doesn't play that.

Personally, I've owned an RX100 and it's an OK camera, but unless you need such small camera, spending $650 which is MILC, a used X100 or a mid-level DLSR type money on a P&S, is a tough sell.

And after spending hours editing 36 mp D800 files, the last thing I want to do is edit 20 mp RX100 RAW files. If the shooting experience were better, maybe. But when it shoots like a regular P&S, is slippery, and has no VF or tilt LCD, all the IQ in the world can't make up for it.

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Will be my next camera if it supports remote release for interval shooting. Sadly I don't think it will support that feature.

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Any chance we can get the P7700 review finished before this one is reviewed? Its only been 6+ months now...

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Looks like a great improvement over the previous model. Just got an S100 on deep discount though. A very nice cam also except for operational speed. Maybe the Nikon will be faster.
Aftermarket finger grips are available for these pocket cams and they work wonderfully.

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"Looks like a great improvement over the previous model. Just got an S100 on deep discount though. A very nice cam also except for operational speed. Maybe the Nikon will be faster."

Nikon's P3x0 series has always been pretty responsive and, in this regard, pleasure to shoot with (unlike with, say, the Canon G1X). Surely the P330 won't be an exception.

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Thanks for the comment. I'll probably check one out.

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The picture you have posted above looks like the most uncomfortable grip I have ever seen...

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Of course nobody holds light compact cameras like that...

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They need to make camera compete with rx100.

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About time they brought RAW to this camera. Now it competes directly with the Canon S95, S100, S110 etc.

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f/1.8-f/5.6 ? I'm no Olympus fan, but XZ-10 will destroy it in low-light, despite the smaller sensor.

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Perhaps, but you'll have better DOF control with the Nikon, at least at the wide end. And if it performs like the P7700, you should have better high ISO ability, but of course the faster max aperture at full tele on the Olympus will offset the high ISO advantage for the Nikon.

The XZ-10 does look nice, but it remains to be seen if IQ will be as good as cameras like the P7700 or MX-1. The samples from Olympus's website did not impress but I still have my eye on this camera mainly for it's size, and fast lens.

That said, I'm not the type who needs the smallest of the small. A camera like the MX-1 or X20 feels nicer in my hands than slippery little cameras like the RX100 or S110.

Comment edited 3 minutes after posting

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But for me, having f/2.7 @ 140mm eq is much more attractive than 50% larger sensor. The number f/5.6 is so unpleasant to read and think of.

Ad "smallest of the small": well, pocketability is the main point of both P330 & XZ-10. If the strict pocketability is not a hard constraint, then there are multiple options (P7700, MX-1, XZ-2, X10, X20, EX2F ...)

And then there is RX100

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you didn't get it. it's a fade-in effect.

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I waited for this type of camera from Nikon (APS-C). But I'm really disappointed to see the final product. Well, maybe Nikon wants it to look like ordinary point and shoot cameras out there. I love the sensor size but I hate the look of this camera.

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I think you're thinking of the Coolpix A.

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lol

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Finally Larger sensor .

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Yes, finally larger sensor in a toy housing. It will be better if the housing of this camera is something similar to Fujifilm X100. But that's Nikon.

Comment edited 1 minute after posting

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No hotshoe..... no viewfinder=no sale ;)

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I hope you are joking.

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There's a wink so maybe he's joking.

It's a subcompact camera.

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No view finder. so this camera is target at people who rarely shoot or shoot occasionally at school event or family gathering together. Not for people who are serious about photography.

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For people who care about photography, want to use something better than a cell phone and not have to carry a brick. IE competes with the Canon S range.

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"competes with the Canon S range."
Also with Olympus XZ-10. Things are looking good in this segment...

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Total comments: 37

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