Nikon Coolpix P5100 digital camera specifications

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Nikon Coolpix P5100 Nikon Coolpix P5100

Minor refresh of Nikon's flagship compact concentrates on improving performance, though it still feels pretty sluggish in use. The compact styling, useful (if slightly unambitious) 35-125mm equiv. 3.6x zoom, extensive manual controls and excellent build quality make it an appealing pocket camera for the serious photographer. It's capable of excellent results in the right conditions, but in low light it's painfully slow (and the results not worth the wait). A great landscape camera for the committed enthusiast wanting something small - and not too expensive - but one it's hard to recommend for more general uses.

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Review by dpreview.com , November 2007

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Announced 30-Aug-07
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 Format      Compact
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Click for help Max resolution      4000 x 3000
Click for help Low resolution      3264 x 2448, 2592 x 1944, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480
Click for help Image ratio w:h      4:3, 3:2, 16:9
Click for help Effective pixels      12.1 million
Click for help Sensor photo detectors      12.4 million
Click for help Sensor size      1/1.72 " (7.40 x 5.55 mm, 0.41 cm²)
Click for help Pixel density      29 MP/cm²
Click for help Sensor type      CCD
Click for help Sensor manufacturer      Unknown
Click for help ISO rating      Auto (64 - 800), 64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 2000, (3200 at 5 MP)
Click for help Zoom wide (W)      35 mm
Click for help Zoom tele (T)      123 mm (3.5 x)
Click for help Digital zoom      Yes, 4x
Click for help Image stabilization      Yes, Lens
Click for help Auto Focus      TTL
Click for help Manual Focus      Yes
Click for help Normal focus range      30 cm
Click for help Macro focus range      4 cm
Click for help White balance override      5 positions, manual preset
Click for help Aperture range      F2.7 - F5.3
Click for help Min shutter      8 sec
Click for help Max shutter      1/2000 sec
 Built-in Flash      Yes
 Flash range      8 m
 External flash      Yes, hot shoe
 Flash modes      Auto, Red-Eye reduction, Off, On, Slow sync
Click for help Exposure compensation      -2 to +2 EV in 1/3 EV steps
Click for help Metering      256 segment Matrix, Center-Weighted, Spot
Click for help Aperture priority      Yes
Click for help Shutter priority      Yes
Click for help Focal length multiplier       
 Lens thread      No
Click for help Continuous Drive      Yes
 Movie Clips      Yes, 640 x 480, 30 fps, 320 x 240 15 fps, 160 x 120, 15 fps
 Remote control      No
 Self-timer      Yes, 3 or 10 sec
Click for help Timelapse recording      Yes
 Orientation sensor      No
Click for help Storage types      SD/SDHC card, Internal
Click for help Storage included      52 MB Internal
Click for help Uncompressed format      No
Click for help Quality Levels      High, Normal
Click for help Viewfinder      Optical (Tunnel)
Click for help LCD      2.5 "
Click for help LCD Dots      230,000
Click for help Live View      No
Click for help USB      USB 2.0 (480Mbit/sec)
Click for help HDMI      No
Click for help Wireless      No
 Environmentally sealed      No
Click for help Battery      Nikon EN-EL5 Lithium-Ion & charger
 Weight (inc. batteries)      250 g (8.8 oz)
 Dimensions      98 x 65 x 41 mm (3.9 x 2.6 x 1.6 in)
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