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Top 3 Nikon Point and Shoot Cameras with DSLR Features

August 27, 2013

The digital cameras of the new era are packed with a multitude of features. As the name adverts, Point and Shoot cameras (P&S) allow you to point the camera at the object you want to capture and trip the shutter. You don’t have to be an expert to click pictures, as the camera is a smart assistant. But mind you, it’s not as smart as the expert photographer!

DSLR is the abbreviations for Digital Single Lens Reflex and refers to how the light enters the camera. DSLR cameras have more accessories available, such as interchangeable lenses and external flash units. These cameras give the photographer great control over the photography process and thus create images with the quality not always achievable with a Point & Shoot.

But today’s Point and Shoot cameras have travelled a long distance with technology, thus providing you with a plethora of manual controls, giving the user an experience that is pretty close to the DSLRs. The image quality is also equally comparable. The Point and shoot cameras are compactly designed to be portable and sleek enough to fit into your pocket. As these Point and Shoot cameras are shrinking in size, they are growing in features to give you the DSLR feel and quality.

Now your task of taking pictures is simplified but what remains is, to choose the right Point-and-Shoot camera with the DSLR qualities from the profusion of cameras available in the market. Here is a compilation of top 3 point and shoot cameras with DSLR features.

Top Nikon Cameras (India)

Nikon Coolpix P330

Design

The grip is good yet light enough to be carried around. The buttons are easily accessible. It has a full set of manual controls. It maintains a relatively clutter-free finish and is comfortable in operation and fits easily in pocket

Features
Sensor type BSI-CMOS sensor
Effective pixels 12.2MP
Mode Raw Mode (.NRW)
Zoom lens 24-120mm (equivalent) F1.8-5.6 optically-stabilized zoom lens
ISO 80-3200 (up to ISO 12,800 in manual mode)
Frames 10 fps shooting (for 10 frames)
Screen 3″ 921k-dot rear LCD screen
GPS Built-in
Battery Approx. 200 shots per charge
Price Rs. 12.5K

This comes with a shutter priority mode, aperture priority mode, full manual mode, and a user defined mode, offering the kind of control and flexibility of a DSLR. P330 can be attached to a WU-1A mobile adapter accessory that allows you to take pictures remotely over Wi-Fi from your mobile phone

Focus system

The P330’s lens is the fastest in the current Coolpix lineup which offers a maximum aperture of F1.8 at the wide end. But the lens gets pretty slow, as you zoom in. At the 120mm telephoto setting, its maximum aperture is F5.6. This is wide enough but not exactly ‘fast’.

Image quality

One does not expect DSLR quality images from a point-and-shoot, but the P330 performs well over all. It gives a good low light performance too.

Downside

There is no viewfinder. The 5X zoom is not the most powerful, you can’t use the flash in burst mode, whether fast or slow. There are no gridlines to help compose shots.

Conclusion

This compact camera bundles many DSLR-like features into a small package, with a rugged body, yet it weighs 7.1 ounces with SD card and battery installed.

Nikon Coolpix P520

Design

The Nikon Coolpix P520 looks and feels very similar to a DSLR, with a substantial grip which is rubberized. Much of the button layout is also very similar to a DSLR.

Features
Effective pixels 18.1 megapixels
Sensor type BSI-CMOS
ISO Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 2000, 3200
Focal length (equiv.) 24–1000 mm
Optical zoom 41.7×
Screen size 3.2?
Storage types SD/SDHC/SDXC
Weight (inc. batteries) 550 g (1.21 lb / 19.40 oz)
Dimensions 125 x 84 x 102 mm (4.92 x 3.31 x 4.02?)
GPS Built In
Price Rs. 20K
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The P520 is compatible with the optional WU-1a Wi-Fi module which lets you control it from your smart phone and share your photos. Full manual control, along with semi-automatic modes (such as aperture and shutter priority) is available.

Focus system

Macro focusing is the main feature. Apertures at the wide end go from f3.0 to f8.3 with a total of 10 stops. There’s a small, but decent, electronic viewfinder (EVF) and a Vari-angle LCD for framing up your shots.

Image quality

The Nikon Coolpix P520 is excellent, a step ahead than the P510. But the extra megapixels really don’t help much except with well-lit macro shots or frame-filling portraits, the P520’s shooting performance seems to have slowed some.

Downside

The Nikon Coolpix P520 doesn’t have Wi-Fi built in, but it’s compatible with Nikon’s Wu-1a wireless adaptor in case you would want to add the functionality. Battery life is a little low.

Conclusion

The slow autofocus in telephoto and the long shutter lag in low light is of concern. But if you don’t shoot anything that’s terribly fast-moving then there is no issue. While the Nikon Coolpix P520 is an excellent all-round performer, it is not the only one.

Nikon Coolpix A

Design

The Nikon Coolpix A is a small camera in all respects, especially when you consider it contains an APS-C sized sensor. It has PASM shooting mode dial on top, and a pop-up dashboard menu on the LCD—DSLR users must be used to this. To add to this, there are plenty of additional body controls. It delivers DSLR-standard image quality with an excellent 28mm equivalent lens.

Features
Max resolution 4928 x 3264
Effective pixels 16.2 megapixels
Sensor size APS-C (23.6 x 15.7 mm)
Sensor type CMOS
Focal length (equiv.) 28 mm
Optical zoom 1×
Autofocus Contrast Detect (sensor)
Digital zoom No
Manual focus Yes
Viewfinder type Optical (optional)
Price Rs. 51K

The camera offers a 4-frame burst mode, and manual P/S/A/M settings, also several scene modes for different shooting situations. The camera can shoot in RAW/NEF. The Coolpix A is also Wi-Fi-ready through the optional WU-1a adapter. At 10.6 ounces, it’s as light as a feather, giving very similar image quality as the D3200 (25 ounces and same size image senor).

Focus system

Although there’s no optical zoom, the shallow depth of field would please street photographers. It has a fast auto focusing system and a burst mode of 4 frames per second. The 16.2-megapixel camera utilizes a NIKKOR 18.5mm lens with an f/2.8 aperture. Beware, the lens does not have zoom. It’s a fixed focal length.

Image quality

The Coolpix A offers excellent DSLR-standard image quality. It features Sharp lens with good consistency up to fairly wide apertures. Noise does take the edge off the very finest detail, still image quality is maintained.

Conclusion

Nikon Coolpix A is a very good camera indeed. It gives DSLR quality images with its fixed lens (without zoom). The interface is also quite friendly to the DSLR users. In effect it’s a DSLR features packed Point and Shoot camera, but still does not justify the cost.

This article was written by Viswalakshmy of Shoppingiwish. Viswalakshmy is an Electronic devices enthusiast and closely follows latest trends in the Indian gadget market.

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