Nikon Coolpix P5000 Digital Camera Review

Nikon Coolpix P5000

Digital Camera Review

Jun 21, 2007 - By Emily Raymond
2.1 We gave you our first impressions of the Nikon Coolpix P5000 from the PMA trade show floor in March 2007. A few months later, we’ve subjected the P5000 to our test routine and taken thousands of pictures and videos to see if it’s all Nikon talks it up to be. The 10-megapixel Coolpix has a range of manual and automatic modes and controls along with the flexibility of a hot shoe and conversion lenses.
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Specs Table
Nikon Coolpix P5000 Specs
Type Point-and-Shoot  
Price 0.00  
Length 3.90  
Width 1.60  
Height 2.50  
Weight 7.10  
Pixels 10.37 Megapixels 
Effective Pixels 10.00  
Sensor Type 1/1.8 inch interline CCD  
Image Size 3648 x 2736  
Aspect Ratio 3:2, 16:9  
IR Cut Low Pass Filter Yes  
File Size 10 MP (highest res); VGA (lowest res)  
Lens 3.5x Nikkor optical zoom lens (7 elements, 6 groups)  
Compatible Lenses converters wide WC-E67, telephoto TC-E3ED  
Viewfinder optical viewfinder  
Diopter Adjustment no  
LCD 2.5-inch TFT LCD with anti-reflection coating  
Detecting Range wide: 1ft. - infinity; Tele: 2 ft. - 4 in.; Macro Wide : 1.6 in. - infinity; Macro Tele: 1 ft. 4 in. - infinity  
Shutter Speed 0.00  
Modes Auto, Scene, Movie  
Speed Yes  
Burst Yes  
Automatic Modes Face-priority AF, Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night Portrait, Party/indoor, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night Landscape, Close up, Museum, Fireworks, Copy, Back Light, Panorama Assist, BSS, Color Options  
Built in Flash Auto, Auto w/ Red-eye Reduction, Anytime Flash, Flash cancel, Slow Sync  
Flash Range Wide: 1 ft. - 26 ft. 3 in.; Tele: 1 ft. - 1 in. -  
Resolution 3648 x 2736  
ISO Sensitivity auto 64-800, manual 64-3200  
Direct Printing Yes  
Video Output Yes  
Software PictureProject CD ROm  
Battery Power Source Rechargeable Li-ion Battery (EN-EL5) included  
Zoom Wide 36  
Zoom Tele 126  
Intro Date 2007-02-19  
fstop Max 2.70  
fstop Min 5.30  
Zoom Digi 4.00  
Movie Mode 640 x 480 at 30fps and 15fps; 320 x 180 and 160 x 120 at 15fps, streaming time lapse at 30fps  
Storage Type 21 MB internal memory, SD compatible  
LCD Pixels 230000  
Resolution Maximum 3648 x 2736  
Resolution Minimum 640 x 480  
External Flash 0  
Ratings Raw Weight 
Color 7.23   2.75 
Resolution 7.36   2.5 
Noise Auto ISO 1.74   2 
Noise Manual ISO 5.79   3 
Model Design Appearance 7.75   1.25 
Low Light 3.72   2.25 
Size Portability 7.00   1.1 
Handling 8.25   1.5 
Control Button Positioning Size 7.75   0.85 
Front 7.25   0.6 
Back 8.00   0.6 
Left 7.00   0.5 
Right 8.00   0.5 
Top 8.00   0.6 
Menu 7.50   0.95 
Bottom 7.75   0.5 
Auto Mode 7.50   1.5 
Auto Focus 6.75   1.5 
Focus 6.75   1.25 
ISO 7.75   1.25 
White Balance 7.00   1.25 
Exposure 7.50   0.5 
Metering 7.00   1.1 
Shutter Speed 7.00   0.9 
Aperture 6.00   0.9 
Custom Image Presets 7.50   0.75 
Drive Mode 5.75   1 
Picture Qualit Options 7.50   0.5 
Picture Effects Mode 7.50   0.5 
Playback Mode 7.25   0.9 
Movie Mode 6.75   1 
Viewfinder 3.75   0.8 
LCD Screen 7.25   1.25 
Flash 8.00   1.25 
Zoom Lens 7.25   1.5 
Memory 3.75   0.5 
Startup 1st Shot 7.00   1.75 
Shot Shot 8.70   1.75 
Shutter Shot 9.00   1.75 
Software 6.50   0.5 
Jacks / Ports / Plugs 6.50   0.4 
Direct Print 5.50   0.65 
Ease of Use 7.00   0.95 
Battery 5.75   0.75 
Other Features 3.50   0.55 
Value 6.50   1.85 
Dynamic Range 5.12   2.5 
Video Performance 2.89   1.75 
Processing Speed 6.00   1.75 
White Balance Performance 7.35   1.8 
Total (weighted)   393.82
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