Nikon announce new top of the range 35mm compact camera

ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass is used in Nikon's professional lenses and minimises chromatic aberration for clear colour and contrast. The lens also has an aspherical lens element to minimise distortion. 

The 38-140mm zoom offers users flexibility and versatility and the wide-area passive autofocus system maintains focus on subjects, near or far, even if they're not in the centre of the frame and when shooting a subject behind glass.
 
The flash has five modes - auto, flash cancel, anytime flash, slow sync and red-eye reduction.  A five-segment SPD (silicon photodiode) detects when a scene is backlit, so auto flash can fire accordingly, resulting in a subtle balance of foreground and background illumination.

The Lite Touch 140ED will be available in a kit which includes case, film and batteries, from September, at the suggested retail price of 180.