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Nikon Coolpix P90

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Very good

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The good: Relatively speedy; tiltable LCD; two custom settings slots on mode dial.

The bad: Sub-par photo quality; poor battery life.

The bottom line: While the Nikon Coolpix P90 brings its performance up to speed with the rest of its class, it now falls behind in terms of photo quality.

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CNET Asia Review

By Leonard Goh
Jun 29, 2009
Nikon joins the ranks of manufacturers ramping up their top-of-the-line megazoom models to 24x. The replacement for the Nikon Coolpix P80, the P90, outdoes its 18x predecessor with a 24x optical zoom lens. The new model also has increased resolution from 10 to 12 megapixels. But what's really useful is the 3-inch tilting LCD on the camera, bringing it into parity with competing megazooms from Canon, Sony, and others.

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This review is based on tests done by our sister site CNET.com. As such, please note that there may be slight differences in the testing procedure and ratings system. For more information on the actual tests conducted on the product, please inquire directly at the site where the article was originally published. References made to some other products in this review may not be available or applicable in Asia.

Design

With the exception of the improved LCD and some changes on the mode dial, the P90's body doesn't differ much from the P80. It's heavier--more than 400g--and bigger in all dimensions. Like its competitors, you can access most of the frequently used shooting controls via a dedicated button, including exposure compensation, focus modes (macro, infinity, and manual), self-timer, and flash (red-eye reduction, fill, slow sync, and rear curtain sync). In addition to the buttons, you can navigate via the back dial which also controls your shutter, aperture, and exposure-compensation adjustments in the various shooting modes. Nikon has improved the mode dial, moving Setup into the menu and replacing it with two slots for custom settings and a Scene Auto Selector mode.

You can access other controls from the shooting menu. Most notable are an array of ISO sensitivity options. In addition to complete Auto and manual 64 through to 6,400, it offers high ISO sensitivity Auto (64-1600) and fixed-range auto, which lets you choose one of three ranges: ISO 64-100, 64-200 or 64-400. Given how aggressive the blurring gets at ISO 200, we would suggest you stick with the 64-200 range if you're going to use the automatic mode.



Tags: Mode, compensation, Nikon Corp., LCD, adjustment
 
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Very Good Camera

Oct 25, 2009

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: Good Telephoto and Image Quality
Cons: No RAW Image and Hot Shoe.
Opinion:
If you wanna get the quality out of this camera, you will have to refer to the user manual. Most of the quality comes from the manual mode. This camera is for a beginner who wants to learn about photography. Great for those who likes night scenery. Try searching the camera image samples in flickr. Telephoto 624mm is also good for money.. as compared to the DSLR's 600mm, try searching the price...

 

SUPER!!!!

Jun 30, 2009

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: User friendly, great color saturation
Cons: Poor in low light
Opinion:
Just bought the coolpix P90 from www.sumaria.in.

It really cool and would recommend it to any one whos looking for a better alternative to Canon.

 

Money Drain

Jun 15, 2009

Rating: 2 out of 10 (Terrible)
Pros: Features rich
Cons: Hyped camera with terrible results
Opinion:
This camera has lot of features but these are helpful only when they compliment the final result i.e. picture quality.

The picture quality of nikon coolpix p90 is very bad...

I never expected in my wildest dream this from NIKON brand. This camera costs Rs 25000 in INDIA and all my money has gone into drain. pictures shot with p90, display good on LCD monitor but when transferred on PC , they look either dark (shot with Exposure normal, color valaue normal or vivid) or pictures shot in telephoto looks over exposed. I have made a complaint to NIKON service centre and hoping that they should return my money. I am having two other cameras Samsung D760 and Sony DSC w170 which shoots much better pictures than p90. It is a horrible camera.
The quick retouch feature of camera is also too horrible. Pictures shot in day light gives yellow tinge with haze and pictures shot in the ... Read more
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