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Free NIKON COOLPIX P90 Superzoom - Advantages

By Shimuran Monk of Amorsiko.com

There is a lot to like with Nikon's Coolpix P90. What I really see is Nikon trying to make superzooms very much like DSLR's without making it a complete DSLR. Why? Well making superzooms function like DSLRs with the same quality would completely destroy the DSLR industry. Leading camera manufaturers wouldn't like that. But sooner or later... something is gonna give. So here are some of the things that would make the Nikon P90 the king of all superzooms and ultrazooms.

No. 1: A large 3" tilting full color LCD. The Sony DSC-H50 has this too. The advantage is tremendous. Here's an example. Suppose you want to take a picture of the underside of your ferrari. How would you do it with a camera. Perhaps you need to squat like crazy to take the shot. Now what if you have a gigantic beer belly of the likes of Asterix or a sumo wrestler? Squatting is out of the questions. So with a tilting LCD... you can kneel as far as your belly allows you and shove your camera under the car, tilt the LCD and compose your shot.

No. 2: An unbelievable 14 frames per second burst mode. This would theoretically capture even the fastest bird or sport. A Canon 40d can do only 6 frames per second... my Sony DSC-H50 can do only 1.9, do the math and see which wins.

No. 3: If my Sony DSC-H50 has a Smile Detect Mode then the Nikon Coolpix P90 adds a Blink Detect Mode. It captures two shots and selects the image were the subjects eyes are open. Coupled with Niko's own Smile Detect Mode... well those portraits better be perfect. I wonder how this mode works. Does it detect the whiteness of the eyes? What if the subject has sore eyes? Or perhaps the subject has a patch? Would it work on dog eyes... or cat eyes? Hmmm.... points to ponder.

No. 4: Program, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority and Manual Exposure... The Coolpix P90 offers all of this. It give you full manual control of the cameras settings. The controls are very DSLR like... which makes the camera DSLR like without the burden of the lenses.

No. 5: Macro shots is possible at 1 cm. Now I love macro shots. Macro shots for DSLRs would require a macro lens or an extra diopter. I'm sure the shooter can discover new worlds at the head of pin using the Macro mode.

No. 6: I was never a fan of the megapixel race but 12.1 megapixels is nothing to laugh at. This would mean bigger photos and better looking printouts. The Sony H50 has only 9.1 megapixs.

No. 7: Let's not forget the lens. the lens is manufactured by Nikkor and brand that has for quite sometime ruled the lens universe. With powerful 24x zoom reach (624mmm) and a digital zoom of 4x... whew. Only the shooters imagination limits the possibilities. This camera is capable of taking the widest and farthest shot available in superzooms. Just imagine the lens required by a DSLR to have this kind of reach.


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First appeared in Squidoo by Portable_eBay (that's me)

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Front View of the Nikon Coolpix P90
Front View of the Nikon Coolpix P90

Contributed by The Monks of Shimura on February 8, 2009, at 11:57 PM UTC.

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