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Nikon Coolpix 800

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User ratings:
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14 user ratings
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4 stars
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3 stars
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2 stars
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Editorial reviews:
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Click to see a bigger picture Here's the latest digital camera from Nikon, the new Coolpix 800. The 1/2-inch 2.11 megapixel CCD delivers 1600x1200-pixel resolution in uncompressed TIF mode or one of 3 levels of JPG compression, 2x (38-76mm) Nikkor zoom, 1.8Read more
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Pros

  • make it easy to shoot compelling lifestyle images
  • solid and well-built
  • Very useful for panorama shooting

Cons

  • slightly pared down from its original design following an
  • slightly yellowish card will produce a bluish tint in your later shots
  • Flash Cancel means the flash never fires

Key specs

  • CCD
  • 6.4x4.8 mm
  • 2 Mpx
  • 1600, 1200 px
  • 3.5
  • Contrast Detect (sensor), Single, Continuous, Live View
  • 1.8 in
  • no

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Nikon Coolpix 800 - Pros & Cons

Nikon Coolpix 800

Pros

  • make it easy to shoot compelling lifestyle images
  • solid and well-built
  • Very useful for panorama shooting
  • Exposure control is pretty comfortable overall
  • strong functionality and great image quality at
  • Colors are bright and clean
  • the optics are good
  • power consumption is better managed and it takes quality pictures
  • Coolpix 800 does fairly well in this department
  • Detail and resolution are exceptional
  • Chromatic aberration is quite good

Cons

  • slightly pared down from its original design following an
  • slightly yellowish card will produce a bluish tint in your later shots
  • Flash Cancel means the flash never fires
  • no external flash and a lesser macro function
  • Turns this function on and off and resets
  • LCD screen defaults to off
  • limited to the capabilities of those apps
  • Poor overall autofocus performance
  • autofocus system also struggles to track moving subjects
  • S800c can only get up to 140 shots per charge
  • not a better camera simply

Nikon Coolpix 800 - Technical Overview

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IconScreen size
1.8 in
Best:
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710
Screen size: 6.7 in
IconEffective pixels
2 Mpx
Best:
Hasselblad H6D-100c
Effective pixels: 100 Mpx
IconMax resolution
1600 x 1200 px
Best:
Leica M11
Max resolution: 9528 x 6328 px

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Nikon Coolpix 800 - Full Specifications

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Sensor
Sensor typeCCD
Sensor size0.25 in
Sensor photo detectors2.0 Mpx
Effective pixels2.0 Mpx
Image ratio w:h4:3
Max resolution1600 x 1200 px
Other resolutions640x480
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Optics and focus
Optical zoom2.0 x
Digital zoom2.5 x
Maximum aperture3.5
Focal length equiv38 - 76
Autofocus
  • Contrast Detect
  • Single
  • Continuous
  • Live View
Manual focusyes
Normal focus range11.81 in
Macro focus range2.76 in
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Photography features
Minimum shutter speed8.0 s
Maximum shutter speed1.0 s
Shutter priorityno
Aperture priorityno
Exposure compensation plus2
Exposure compensation minus-2
Expousure compensation steps1/3
Built-in flashyes
Flash modes
  • Auto
  • Fill-in Flash
  • Redeye Reduction
  • Slow Sync
  • Flash OFF
External flashno
Continuous drive30.0 fps
Self-timeryes
Self-timer options
  • 3
  • 10
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Dimensions
Weight12.7 oz
Width4.69 in
Height2.72 in
Depth2.4 in
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Power
Battery technologyAlkaline
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Other features
Timelapse recordingno
Orientation sensorno
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Image
ISO
  • 100
  • 200
  • 400
White balance presets5
Custom white balanceyes
Image stabilization typeNo
Uncompressed formatTIFF
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Screen and viewfinder
Screen size1.8 in
Screen dots112000
Touch screenno
Live viewyes
Viewfinder
Optical
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Design
Body typeCompact
Environmentally sealedno
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Storage
Storage typesCompact Flash Type I
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Connectivity
Remote controlNo

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