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Nikon Coolpix P1000 Hands-On Sample Photos

We go hands-on with the new Nikon Coolpix P1000 and post sample photos from the new ultra zoom!

31 Aug 2018 11:57AM by Joshua Waller | Nikon Coolpix P1000 in Compact Cameras

The Nikon Coolpix P1000, takes the "ultra zoom" bridge camera to a whole new level - with a 125x optical zoom lens - the lens is equivalent to 24-3000mm, a whole 1000mm more than the Nikon Coolpix P900, with "only" 83x optical zoom lens. The P1000 features a 3.2inch screen, and high-resolution electronic viewfinder (EVF) with 2.36m dots.

To help control the whopping 125x optical zoom, there is side zoom control, and a snap-back zoom button. There's even a Moon mode for shooting photographs of the moon. Dual Detect Optical Vibration Reduction (VR) system gives 5 stops of image stabilisation. For more advanced photographers, there is full manual control, a Flash hot-shoe, and raw shooting.

Nikon Coolpix P1000 Key Features

16 megapixel 1/2.3inch BSI CMOS sensor
125x optical zoom lens, f/2.8-8, equivalent to 24-3000mm
VR Optical image stabilisation (OIS) - 5 stops
3.2inch vari-angle screen, 921K dots
OLED Electronic Viewfinder (EVF), 2.36m dots, with eye-detection
P,S,A,M, with raw shooting
7fps continuous shooting speed
Built-in pop-up flash
4K UHD video (30/25fps), stereo mics, mic socket
FullHD video at 60fps
Time-lapse, super lapse video
ISO100 to ISO6400
1cm macro (wide-angle)
250 shot battery life
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth

Here you can view our unboxing hands-on video, and below, sample photos from the camera. We will be adding more sample photos as we take them!

Nikon Coolpix P1000 ISO test images

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Nikon Coolpix P1000 Sample Photos

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Nikon Coolpix P1000 White-balance test images

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Nikon Coolpix P1000 Lens test images

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Photographs taken using the Nikon Coolpix P1000

Comments

bgbg1 5

31 Aug 2018 7:18PM

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Did you shoot any RAW tests with the P1000?

SteveNZ 10 4 5

31 Aug 2018 7:35PM

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Viewing the test images at 100% - sharpness seems lacking and straight lines get wobblier the greater the zoom. At 3000mm I would deem the image unusable.
I'm guessing in-camera processing may be partly to blame (assuming these are JPGs from the camera). What 'quality' was set for these? Be interesting to compare its RAW results.
Specs read well, but the resulting images here are unimpressive.

joshwa Plus

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31 Aug 2018 9:30PM

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Hi, I suspect the wobble is due to atmospheric conditions, such as hot air from the traffic. We will be taking more pictures and adding them as soon as possible. We also shot raw and will be uploading them shortly. Thanks Josh

rainerD

2 Sep 2018 1:38PM

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Hi joshwa, I second the request from bgbg1 for RAW image files.

In return I may offer a hypothesis as to why the pictures look soft, apart from the atmospheric conditions (which obviously play a role here):
The diffraction limit (= theoretical resolution limit) for this combination of lens aperture, focal length, and sensor size is only 2 megapixel.
Given that the camera has a 16 megapixel sensor, it should come as no surprise that the pictures look a bit soft by necessity.

joshwa Plus

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3 Sep 2018 8:50AM

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We've added more sample photos, raw files, and video examples. We'll be uploaded more images and raw files shortly. Thanks.

YoniStern

4 Sep 2018 5:39PM

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Thanks for sharing the recent NRW files, I have processed them with Lightroom the results were very clean with a minimal noise and sharp. I was also able to retrieve a lot of data from the shadows. Looking forward to getting my P1000 unit next week. Here is the girl phot for example, after the process and conversion to Jpeg.