New Nikon Coolpix P5000!!!

Greetings all,

I am new to the group here. I just purchased a Nikon D40 and
love it. 
I have been patiently waiting for Nikon to introduce a more

portable "prosumer" camera for travel and day to
day use.

I'm not sure my wait is over, but Nikon has just announced
the 
CoolPix P5000 camera. It has great retro looks, stabilized
optics, 
magnesium alloy shell, a hot shoe, an optical view finder,
and is 
supposedly using the processing system from the D80 DSLR.
That is all 
great news.

My discouragement comes from the lens starting at a
not-so-wide 36mm 
and only reaching for 3x at the long end. I think the Canon
G7 has it 
right with a 6x lens, but they too stopped too narrow at
only 35mm 
(effective). The lens is also pretty slow at the long end
(f/5.6 I 
think). Add to that, trying to cram 10Mps into a teeny
sensor and I'm 
worried it will be plagued with noise at higher ISOs like
most other 
point and shoot cameras.

Till the camera hits the streets and the reviews are done we
won't 
know how good it really is. I am hoping for the best but
preparing 
for a bit of let down regarding the narrow, slow, short lens
and 
pixel-packed sensor.

Here are some links:

http://crave.cnet.com/8300-1_105-1.html?search=nikon+p
5000


http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1171944059.html

http://www.popphoto.com/photonews/3832/nikon-
aims-coolpix-p5000-at-
advanced-shooters.html

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07022006_nikonp
5000.asp#specs

http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Ni
kon-Expands-P-Series-with-
P5000.htm

http://press.nikonusa.com/2007/02/nikons_new
_coolpix_pseries_cam.php

http://press.nikonusa.com/gallery/product.ph
p?c=nikon/COOLPIX/P5000/

http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat
=1&grp=2&productNr=25565

http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/19/nikons-
p5000-10-megapixel-prosumer-
cam/

http://www.engadget.com/gallery/nikons-p5000-
10-megapixel-prosumer-
cam/163673/

Anyone else intrigued by this new Nikon Prosumer offering?

Cheers, TR



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starcolony wrote:
> Greetings all,
> 
> I am new to the group here. I just purchased a Nikon
D40 and love it. 
> I have been patiently waiting for Nikon to introduce a
more 
> portable "prosumer" camera for travel and day
to day use.
> 
> I'm not sure my wait is over, but Nikon has just
announced the 
> CoolPix P5000 camera. It has great retro looks,
stabilized optics, 
> magnesium alloy shell, a hot shoe, an optical view
finder, and is 
> supposedly using the processing system from the D80
DSLR. That is all 
> great news.
<snip>
> Anyone else intrigued by this new Nikon Prosumer
offering?

Boy, that camera does look nice!  My old CoolPix 5200 is
still 
soldiering on, though, and I don't really have the itch for
a new camera 
right now.  As long as I have a working point-n-shoot, my
next camera 
will probably be a DSLR.

-- 
Rich


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