Nikon announced the Coolpix P5000 with 10 megapixels, manual controls, and hot shoe at the 2007 Photo Marketing Association trade show in Las Vegas. Geared for enthusiasts, there are plenty of compatible accessories to extend or magnify the existing 3.5x optical zoom lens. The camera is still compact and looks much like other Coolpix P-series cameras with its chunky hand grip and thick housing. The P5000 will retail for $399.
Note: The P5000 at the show is a preproduction model, so it had a few quirks like no burst mode and a color mode in its flash menu, for example. This review tells our first impression of the camera and does not comment on the camera's final image quality.
