Low noise across the range
Decent video performance
Poor sharpness, high distortion
Less accurate color than its peers
Introduction
Sample Photos
In the following sample images, clicking on the larger image will download the full resolution original. Each photo is accompanied by four actual-size crops.
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Focal length: 10.3mm
Aperture: f/8.0 Meet the Goose family of Brightwaters, NY, captured with the P100 in program mode, using matrix metering, with the camera tripod-mounted. The good news here is that we got the shot at all; Mom and Dad got loudly annoyed wen we approached the group, so that long lens was mission-critical. The bad news: the image is soft, with clearly visible evidence of oversharpening at object edges. |
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Focal length: 4.6mm Shot in program mode with matrix metering and auto white balance, in normal picture mode The color is problematic, with the whites turning quite blue. And no, the light post on the right is not warped in real life; what you’re seeing is barrel distortion at the widest lens setting. |
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Focal length: 4.6mm Shot handheld in macro focus mode, aperture priority exposure setting, with the vivid picture mode and -1 stop exposure compensation in bright sunshine. There’s a decent level of detail here, and the intense color reproduction matches our color mode choice. |
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Focal length: 10.3mm Shot with the P100 mounted on a tripod, at 40 lux, with a custom white balance setting. The camera is set to program mode, standard color, with spot metering off the center white flower. This setup often produces blown-out blooms with point-and-shoot cameras, but the option to meter off the manually-selected focal point produced good exposure results. Image noise is controlled reasonably well, though detail is hit and miss. |
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Still Life Examples
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| Nikon P100 | Nikon P90 | Canon SX1 IS | Sony DSC-HX1 |
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| Nikon P100 | Nikon P90 | Canon SX1 IS | Sony DSC-HX1 |
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| Nikon P100 | Nikon P90 | Canon SX1 IS | Sony DSC-HX1 |
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| Nikon P100 | Nikon P90 | Canon SX1 IS | Sony DSC-HX1 |
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NOTE: The images above are not used in our testing or scoring, but are included here to show real-world examples of the differences between cameras at the various ISO settings.
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