Nikon CoolPix P7100 Preview

August 2011 | Barnaby Britton

Preview based on a pre-production CoolPix P7100

When Nikon released the CoolPix P7000 last year, 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, although 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 finished for public release. It was a camera that we wanted to love, but just couldn't.

It was with great interest then, that we received news from Nikon of a successor. The P7100 isn't 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 almost exactly the same as the P7000, and is partly defined by the same optical viewfinder - a slightly anachronistic touch on a modern compact camera, perhaps, but no doubt a welcome one for some users and useful in some situations.

Meaningful changes can be seen though to both its ergonomics and operational speed, if you go looking for them. The most obvious physical additions are a command dial dial on the front of the camera, and of course that flip-out LCD screen on the rear. Operationally, Nikon claims to have greatly increased the P7100's responsiveness compared to the P7000, in everything from image processing time to menu activation/dismissal - areas in which the P7000 badly lagged behind its competitors.

In all other external respects, the P7100 resembles its predecessor. Like the P7000, the P7100 offers full manual exposure control, and pleasantly chunky mode dials on the top-plate, which reinforce the utilitarian, fashionably 'old fashioned' design aesthetic which is so prevalent in its class.

Not all of the cameras in its class are quite so large though. In fact, the P7100, like its predecessor and like the Canon Powershot G12, are remarkable amongst their peers for their bulk. Even direct competitors like Panasonic's Lumix-DMC LX5, and Samsung's TL500 / EX1 (which shares the same 10MP CCD sensor), are relatively small cameras. 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 rivals some interchangeable lens cameras in terms of its overall dimensions, despite having a sensor many times smaller. As such, despite its trump card - a 28-200mm (equivalent) optical zoom lens - it faces stiff competition on two fronts. Nikon's engineers will be hoping that by taking the imperfect P7000, and refining its ergonomics and its operation, they have done enough to keep the resulting updated model relevant in a changing market.

Compared to CoolPix P7000 - key differences

The differences between the P7100 and its predecessor are relatively few, and quite subtle. Here's a list:

Rear LCD now articulated (fold out design)
New front control dial
AE lock in movie mode
New effects modes (including cross-process, optical zoom burst effect and mono filters)
Claimed improvements to AF response and accuracy
Claimed improvements to raw (.NRW) write times
Claimed improvements to operation speed (menu activation/dismissal etc).
Claimed improvements to noise-reduction using Expeed C2 'ultraimaging' processing

P7000, G12 and P7100 compared (key differences)

	Canon Powershot G12	Nikon CoolPix P7000	Nikon CoolPix P7100
Sensor	• 1/1.7" Type CCD • 10.1 million effective pixels • Primary color filter array	• 1/1.7" Type CCD • 10.1 million effective pixels • Primary color filter array	• 1/1.7" Type CCD • 10.1 million effective pixels • Primary color filter array
Optical zoom	• 28-140mm (equivalent) • f/2.8-4.5	• 28-200mm (equivalent) • f/2.8-5.6	• 28-200mm (equivalent) • f/2.8-5.6
Video mode	• MOV [H.264 + Linear PCM (stereo)]: 1280 x 720 @ 24 fps 640 x 480 @ 30fps 320 x 240 @ 30fps	• MOV [H.264 + Linear PCM (stereo)]: 1280 x 720 @ 24 fps 640 x 480 @ 30fps 320 x 240 @ 30fps	• MOV [H.264 + Linear PCM (stereo)]: 1280 x 720 @ 24 fps 640 x 480 @ 30fps 320 x 240 @ 30fps
LCD screen	• 2.8" Vari-angle TFT LCD monitor • 460,000 dots • Approx 100% coverage	• 3.0 inch LCD • 921k dots • 100% coverage in playback mode (97% in live view)	• 3.0 inch flip-out LCD • 921k dots • 100% coverage in playback mode (97% in live view)
Viewfinder	Real-image zoom, optical viewfinder	Real-image zoom, optical viewfinder	Real-image zoom, optical viewfinder
Dimensions	112 x 76 x 48 mm	114 x 77 x 45 mm	116 x 77 x 48mm
Weight (including battery and card)	Approx. 355g	Approx. 360g	Approx. 395g

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Comments

Total comments: 108

Excellent ergonomics on this camera, I love it. Too bad it doesn't have a bit better sensor and wider & faster lens. This way it looks a bit inferior to Canon G series and also to recent Fuji models. Anyway, i like it.

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can this p7100 add up a lenses like g12?

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I took the plunge and purchased the P7000 based upon the firmware updates, and the price of 279, seems like at that price, one can just wait until the P7100 is on the replaement block, sell the P7000 for 200 dollars on ebay, and upgrade at a later date. The deciding factor was that the sensor was not really improved except for the processing speed.

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Was dithering over the Canon G12 or this one! The G12's maximum exposure time of 15 seconds put me right off it as I am used to exposures of 30 seconds and longer. The Nikon looks great on-spec, but that blasted flash just had to be a pop-up! Why do they do this?! They get caught on things like pockets, bags etc., and they break so easily. Nearly! :(

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Anyone know how the in camera HDR effect works? Can't find anything about it on the Nikon site. Multiple images and tripod needed? Anyone tried it and have samples?
thanks.

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Leaving price out of this - would you rather have the convenient P7100 or DSLR D90 with 18-200 and 50 f1.4 having to change lenses etc. I know completely different but it seems the quality of P & S has increased - maybe a toss up?

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Image quality is much better with the D90. One bkg difference is the lag time between shots. D90 has none,P7100 can feel like an eternity when you need to take acouple quick shots. In low light the P7100 hunts alot and when it does find focus it mis-focuses half the time. D90 is a much better,faster and more consistant camera.

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This is such a beautiful and well thought of camera design for this class.

This is what the Nikon 1 series should have looked like.

Import all the bells and whistles of the Nikon 1 series into this beauty and it will surely be a winner for higher end consumer class.

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Will there be a Titanium version?

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Looks like Contax G2, cool!

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when will the review be out?

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P7100, I have it in my hands. A $500.00 Nikon with a 10 rated sd card. Feels good. Fast and eager to shoot raw in Nikon land. Even faster in jpg. Happy to brkt, easy to find controls and overlapping functions. Number 7 in my Nikon collection....well received. You work with what you got, and it delivers.( I use a camcorder for my video.)
Over the d5100 or my d7000, this one rides with me up front for a while. you know new stuff kinda thing. Oh and the p7000 was $100.00 less but...... I like this one. It's in the feel and construction. Helps me feel good about my big daddy D700 from '09.
IMHO

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Micromirror made with swivel screen, optical viewfinder, a flash shoe, with the quality and value as a soap dish DSLR!

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Would it be possible to post a side-by-side comparison review of the Nikon P7100 camera and the Panasonic FZ150 camera? In theory, they are designed for somewhat different users, but I think they are direct competitors. I am considering getting one of them and would like to read a head-to-head comparison.

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I totally agree. I wanted to buy the FZ-150 until hearing about this camera. A quick comparism to the Olympus XZ-1 and Canon S95 which both do not offer sufficient zoom for my taste.
It was the P7100 which made it in the end and I am very happy. Until now I did not miss that super zoom I was looking forward to. After Lumix FZ-28, this is another step closer to a DSLR for me.
Which one was your choice after all?

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I checked one out on Saturday and it definitely has the mic out.

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Thanks for the info

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Can anyone confirm the P7100 has the mic out. Thank you.

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I just got mine and , as with the P7000, it is made in Indonesia. Just got it yesterday, but already I love the flip-out LCD. also, the placement of the AE-L/AF-L button is great and I am now using the AE-L. Can't wait until Adobe adds the P71000 RAW to Photoshop and Lightroom. Not ready to comment yet on focus or speed.

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Would anyone know where this camera is made, Japan or somewhere else? Anyone with P7000 would you please let me know where it is made, I will assume P7100 will be same?
Thank you all?

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Indonesia

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Does anyone have any suggestions relative to the fact that Photoshop does not recognize the Raw Files from the P7100?
I have all the latest updates for Photoshop in CS5
I don't see any updates for Raw in the Adobe website (maybe I missed it)
Of course Nikons ViewNX2 recognizes the files but I would like to access them with Lightroom and Photoshop, neither of which seem to work with the files.

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I purchased PS Elements after being told that it will handle Nikon NRW files. Not the case. That was a month ago. I don't know of any updates offered by Adobe at this time. So we're out of luck for the moment.

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Adobe releases camera compatability updates to LR and ACR (Photoshop plugin) around four times on a year. So P7100 users have to wait a bit more.

Adobe Camera Raw 6.5 RC will expire 10/31/2011, so official 6.5 (next release) will be released fairly close to that day. Unfortunately 6.5 RC don't contain P7100 support, but final version may have it.

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Update
PS Elements 9 will support NRW. What I failed to do when I installed PSE9 was run the built-in updater. The updater will load an updated plugin.

I would imagine other Adobe apps will need a new plugin as well.

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Can Lightroom and Adobe PS recognize raw files of P7100? Does anybody know?

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I eagerly await the full test. I bought an Olympus xz-1 last year. While it has a great lens, I can only use it indoors. Outdoors in sunlight I can't see anything in the LCD. I don't understand how so many people can apparently use an LCD in sunlight. I have to take my ancient Canon S-45 for use in sunlight because it has an OVF. I've been kicking myself for not getting a Canon S-80 when they were still avalable. This was the last truly compact camera with an OVF. I'm hoping the P7100 may be the solution.

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Why not just buy one of the 2 external EVF's Olympus offers for the XZ-1? Either will be better than the tunnel-like OVF's offered in the P7100.

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I have the EVF (at a cost of $250). It is no better for viewing in bright sunlight. Moreover, its sticks out so much to the top and back that the Camera is very awkwardly big with it on such that it will not fit in any reasonable size bag.

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Seriously? $499 and it weighs 395 grams? f2.8,and 720/24 video? Seriously?

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Seriously? Seriously??? SERIOUSLY?? What's your point?

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I like this camera - I own a P7000 & the 7100 seems to fix everything I don't like about it (and if you think the 7000 is slow now you should have owned one before the firmware update - 4 secs to write a RAW file!)
And even with that I still think the 7000 is a great camera (it's a travel camera for me so I don't use RAW much)
For those that criticize the noise at higher ISO the P7000 is much better than my D2X in low-light situations (admittedly with only 3MP) - and Nikon says it's been improved on the 7100
But the user-friendly controls are probably my favourite feature - everything is at your fingertips - one of the reasons I switched from Canon (EOS1's - pre-digital) to Nikon years ago
I'm looking forward to owning a P7100

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Did they do anything to fix the lousy lens cover problem? That alone is enough reason to buy something else if they didn't.

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One thing about flash... on the P7000 you can manually set the output. Cranked down the on camera flash will trigger an optical slave, and act as fill.

Can't manually control external flash output though which is a shame.

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not true . you can set flash manually in steps 1/4 - 1/64 :-) easy

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No matter what you do it is almost impossible to get quality photographs in High ISO from such small sensor, so the only way is to go for the base ISO 100.These Cameras are good for daylight/outdoor shooting and flash photography. Forget available light photos with such small sensors.

Currently owner of P7000.

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Very happy to hear this. I returned my P7000 due to the lack of speed and focusing issues. Off to place this on pre-order!

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Me too, I got my P7000 during the first week of its release and sold it within 3 weeks cos of the slow speed, otherwise it's a great alternative to my D700. Might reconsider P7100.

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I guess Nikon and the others in the prosumer category aren't happy about the Fuji X10 unveiling.

Larger sensor and faster lens than the Nikon and G12 to boot.

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Larger of the two small sensor sizes (1/1.8 vs. 1/2.3) is good here but the rumors of Nikon's new line of ILC having smaller sensor than 4/3 system makes no sense. Why do they insist on handicapping themselves with smaller sensor to begin with??

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Neither a Pentax K-R nor any other dslr or mirrorless system camera offers such a zoom range in a relatively small package. If the P7100 finally delivers in speed and handling, it might well end up in my bag as my travel camera. I prefer a bigger size to the miniature cameras, in the end it's all about handling. Either take real photos with a real camera with perfect manual handling, or use the iphone to just get that shot.

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The point of the G12 and P7100 is that they have optical viewfinders, which largely explains their bulk but also gives them a big advantage in shooting moving objects (for which LCD screens and EVFs are useless). Such a shame that one has to look to cameras as bulky as these to get that feature these days

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Could always go for the OVF if needed via the flash hotshoe.

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Rather get a Pentax K-R !!!

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With competition from both low-end DSLRs and mirrorless cameras, $500 is a lot to pay for a small-sensor camera. Ditto for the Canon G-Series.

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Looking to those, I'm impressed by the color rendition, the exposure, the lens peformance and the definition of the image, considering being JPG, but as others have commented, those can be matched at that ISO by other cameras.

Two things I still don't get about these Nikon P7XXXs, that is the lens aperture and the unispiring design. The lens could be a little lighter and the body is big, heavy and disproportional. But, let me keep in mind its name, P7100, a tenth of an improvement to what could be something to say wow.

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Absolutely the most fantastic camera to come out of Nikon…. “WELL DONE” depreview, I’ll be the first to buy one, must tell the people at kelby training this will replace all there so called pro cameras.

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i bet nikon will give you one for free for all your advertising.
i rather buy a G12. a way more finished product.

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I am disappointed by the comment of the reviewer about the Optical Viewfinder "a slightly anachronistic touch on a modern compact camera".

I wish Dpreview would have more photographers and less "tech geeks" dominating their commentaries.

Optical Viewfinder (OVF) as of this date is dramatically superior to any existing Electronic Viewfinder (EVF), only the newest Sony OLED viewfinders which I even haven not seen yet personally, seem to getting close to optical viewfinder.

I would not ever buy a camera of any size without a viewfinder, and all the even so expensive add-ons from Leica or Olympus were just so poor compared to even bottom-of-the-line optical viewfinder. Why?

1) The energy of the light passing optical viewfinder is always proportional to ambient light, thus to the light to which your eye is attuned to.

2) Light change is instantaneous, EVF need some adaptation time.

3) Battery use is... Zero!

Of course, the era of EVF might be coming, but is not yet there.

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I could not agree more with you, Thomas. I was a working pro for 30+ years, 16 of them with my own small commercial studio. I hung up my guns for many years, then picked up a tiny Nikon L12 and fell in love all over again. I resist getting a DSLR with bells and whistles because I resist carrying 50# of supporting gear. I want the whole thing in one tiny package. I accept slightly slow performance. I went to a Nikon P5000, to some extent because of its optical finder. I upgraded this year to the P7000. I use the finder, a lot! I too would not buy a camera without a finder. True, it's not dead accurate, but a little finagling in post processing takes care of errors, and I've discovered that I can sometimes keep a literal eye on the screen, blurry though it is when you're mashed up against it, and finesse the composition, at least a little. When the sun is bright on your screen, the finder is absolutely essential. The P7000, BTW, in my opinion is hugely underrated and way over criticized.

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Yes, that comment was completely out of place. There's nothing anachronistic about an optical viewfinder. It is an extremely useful feature and a major reason to get this camera or the G12.

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Spot-on. It is too easy to be caressed and seduced by the geek-toy loveliness of camera gear, and forget the whole image capturing thing.

Image - get it Mr Previewer? Repeat after me: image, image, image. So first and foremost the viewfinder is the critical component. Second only to seeing the image before raising camera to eye, the viewfinder is king.

The viewfinder is where the image is first captured, before the shutter button is even pressed. After that, the rest of the camera really just does the secretarial work.

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An OVF, for me, is required.

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Totally agree, you nailed it. I would always prefer an OVF and then EVF only as second choice. For me, it is a must have on a camera like this one.

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I notice that a few people agree with you Thomas... Let's hope that some camera designers read these comments also. Too many compact digital cameras have no viewfinder at all... They are arms length cameras and require peering at the screen not the subject. Optical viewfinders offer so much more, not in the least the ability to hold the camera firmly in both hands elbows tucked in for firm camera shake free photographs.
I bought my first two compact digitals on the basis they had optical viewfinders. When buying my third... it had to have this feature. It came down to the Canon G12 or Nikon P7000... I chose the Nikon... a brilliant camera... my only regret... hmm... The P7100... a few more very useful features... Now... can I justify selling my 12month old 7000 to buy a 7100?

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Those are good but not spectacular. Any 100$ camera can produce results like that at IS0-100 in daylight.

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Doh.. So many pictures taken only at low iso, really? It is not hard to figure that most compacts in within this group can do decent at low isos.
Would be more interesting to see at least some iso 400 and higher.

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These "prosumer" cameras are a useless category for me nowadays. They are BIG/heavy/expensive and produce SAME image quality as smaller premium compacts (s95, lx5, zx1). They even have one stop less lenses (f2.8 vs f2.0 or f1.8). What is the point buying one? Premium compacts have many shorcuts as well that do the job while fitting to pockets..

It is true that results for this sensors are "acceptable" up to iso 100 (i own a S90) which is ok for sunny places like where i live, especially with a f:2 lens (keeps ISO low when at wide).

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Pretty decent results, including good exposure in all images. Re high ISO, can't see how such a tiny sensor will produce anything useful, except for 4x6 prints, at settings higher than 400ISO. But remember that up to 10 years ago, 400ISO was what was available for regular shooting. People are really spoiled by dslr's perfomance in that dept.

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Nice quality.........but all at ISO 100....!

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Every one of the dozen or more compacts I've used handles noise and exposure nicely at 100 ISO. Big deal.

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According to the press release:-
'Users can also attach an optional external microphone, such as Nikon’s ME-1 microphone, via the stereo microphone jack'

This is quite important to me, but the 'Connectivity' section above makes no mention of it.

I assume that it's just an omission from the spec above?

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I think everyone who is serious about photography already noticed that there is better performance in smaller package already out.
my coolpix 8400 from 2004 got a sensor from 8.8x6.6 and a good electronic viewfinder and a better lens.
Why Nikon can make it half a s good as Sony today.
Yes I waiting for the D800

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Not everyone wants to carry a Minox. ;-)

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No photos in album.

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Still very disappointing sensor size: 7.6 x 5.7mm
I don't expext anything from this camera.

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So, what's wrong with that sensor size? Hopefully an updated version of the 10mp low noise ccd from Sony. Most decent compacts uses this senor size, previously 1/1.8".
The Samsung EX1 which seems to have better optic than any other compact within this group is a good example of what these ccds can be up to.

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I love my P7000, but would like the additional processing speed and, I hope, better focusing. However, I plan to buy the P7100, if and only if I can still get it in my pocket. With the P7000 I have no trouble carrying it in the front pocket of my shorts and can even get it into the front pocket of my jeans. I am very concerned that the increase in size will make that impossible. Also, I don't like the increase in weight.

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Sounds like they kept everything that was good about the P7000 and fixed what was wrong. Good job Nikon.

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I agree. Now I'll buy one.

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Yawn, nothing really new here.

Looks like I'll stick to Nikon for SLRs and Canon for compacts (G10 and S95, 90 owner).

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Haha! So true! I also prefer Nikon DSLRs and Canon compacts! But the styling on this P7100 is very attractive to me :)

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Same here now (D7k/80 + G9). But the Canon G9 sucks in terms of AF.

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I agree with you 100%, I love my D700 but I think Canon make better compact cameras. What a shame, 10 Mpx CCD.

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If it was smaller it would stand out from the G12, but it looks too big.
There is still a gap in the market for a small serious compact with a real optical viewfinder!

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I agree with D.Spreen's comments.
Any camera without a viewfinder of some kind is completely off my shopping list. I would have liked to have seen Nikon take the 7100 and dropped in an APS-C sensor. In spite of the specifications, most of these small sensor cameras become unusable (IMO) above ISO 800. As for the looks of the camera, I have no issues at all. Like the G12, I expect this would feel very good in the hands.

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IMO, you are generous by including ISO 800.

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And yet very, very few people within this segment of the market want a viewfinder and that is why you see them on so few compact cameras. Camera companies goals are focused on profits, not fulfilling every want of a very small portion of the market.

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@Phoque, I can easily get good images out of my Canon S95 at ISO 1600 with some minor RAW processing. They easily hold up to 8X10 printing, maybe larger. So, I would say ISO 800 is generous only if we're talking JPEG. It's no DSLR, obviously, but I think they do quite well given their sensor size. P7100 should be exactly the same, or better.

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Me, I prefer having noise at higher ISOs lately, it adds some grit and character to the images, especially for B&W. My high ISO G12 RAWs pp'd in LR3 give some great grain and the prints come out very filmic on paper. If I want/need low noise at high ISO, I'll pull out my D3 then. I think people need to get over avoiding noise so much, personally.

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I don't see the optical VF as a "retro" touch at all. Maybe the sun's just not as bright in Seattle (or wherever DPR lives these days) as it is where I shoot but I find an eye-level VF (despite its limitations) is essential. I'm sorry to say that every LCD I've tried (including some of the latest 920K versions) is just plain deficient in bright light. I'd call it good solid design and should be applauded.

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"it utilizes the same 10MP CCD as its predecessor (and is thus limited to the same 720p video specification)"

What?
A 3648 x 2736 pixel CCD is not "limited" to 720p24.
This chip has MORE than enough pixels for 1080p30, or even higher.
Older Canon's are doing 720p30 from CCDs just fine.

What limits the camera is the processor. I have a CCD camcorder that shoots 1080 just fine TYVM, so let's not blame the CCD... you know, the chip that's not going to have any rolling shutter, jello, flash strobing, or distortion of fast moving objects (like propellers, baseball bats, etc).

I'll take the CCD, despite the fact that Nikon engineers weren't able to get the video frame rate up to at least p30. Shame on them for that but the rest of the improvements seem worth it.

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Wait, the specs & the press release differ on the 720 fps.
Press release says 30, specs say 24.

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Not all CCD sensors are created equal. The CCD sensor in the FZ40 was not fast enough to run 1080, but the sensor in the FZ47 is. It seems a safe bet that the FZ47's sensor is more expensive, or else I can't imagine why Panasonic wouldn't simply use it in all of their 1/2.3" sensor cameras.

What model camcorder do you have?

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