“Staggering distances with the 125x optical zoom…”
Nikon‘s new Coolpix P1000 has moved the zoom needle to ‘ludicrous,’ with an equivalent focal length of 24-3000mm. That’s right, 3000mm. This is a lens so long that we were able to fill the frame with a 1 meter (3.3 foot) tall monkey that’s 70 meters (230 feet) away.
This does come at a cost, though. For one thing, the P1000 is huge and its lens is challenged by a slow maximum aperture (and thus diffraction) and image quality can be compromised by the same thermal and atmospheric issues that are typical of images taken at extreme distances with any super telephoto lens.
Besides the lens, the P1000 features a 16MP 1/2.3″ BSI-CMOS sensor, a fully articulating LCD and high-res EVF, Raw support and the ability to capture 4K video.
Key features:
16MP, 1/2.3″ BSI-CMOS sensor
24-3000mm equiv. F2.8-8 lens
‘Dual Detect’ optical image stabilization
3.2″, 921k-dot fully articulating LCD
2.36M-dot OLED electronic viewfinder with eye sensor
Raw support
UHD 4K/30p video capture
Microphone input
Hot shoe
Wi-Fi + Bluetooth (SnapBridge)
250 shots per charge (CIPA standard)
Amazing awesome video 👍