Nikon CoolPix P100 Semi DSLR Camera

Nikon Inc. showcased the new COOLPIX P100 digital camera with an expansive 26x Optical Wide Angle Zoom-NIKKOR ED glass lens and a 3.0-inch 460,000-dot vari-angle Clear Color Display LCD screen.

It’s the firsts for Nikon with the debut of a CMOS image sensor and full High Definition (HD) movie (1080p) capabilities in the COOLPIX line. The COOLPIX P100 delivers a compact camera fully equipped and readily able to expand a user’s photographic potential. The Nikon COOLPIX P100 digital camera features a 10.3-megapixel backside illumination CMOS sensor, which enables high-speed shooting at 10 frames per second (fps) at full resolution and exceptional image quality even when shooting in low light settings.

Other functions benefitting from the lower noise and exceptional image quality of the new CMOS image sensor include an in-camera high dynamic range (HDR) function, which merges images of the same scene to achieve a single image with a broad range of tonal detail. The Nikon COOLPIX P100 digital camera will be available nationwide in March 2010 and will retail for $399.95