Nikon P90 Review |
Review
Date: Apr 13, 2009 |
The P90 provides full exposure control with PASM and Scene Modes with Scene Auto Selector. It has an electronic viewfinder (EVF).
D-Lighting function compensates
for underexposed images or insufficient flash
by automatically adding light and detail to selected
shots where needed -- without affecting properly
exposed areas. A Smart Portrait System uses Face-priority AF, Smile Timer, Blink Warning, Blink Proof and In-Camera Red-Eye Fix for capuring great portraits. Pre-shooting Cache option enables recording up to 10 frames just before releasing the shutter to capture the right moment.
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Nikon
Coolpix P90 |
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Image
Sensor |
12.1
effective megapixels ( 4000 x 3000 )
1/2.33-in. CCD |
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Lens |
Zoom-Nikkor 14 elements in 11 groups |
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Focal
Length |
4.6-110.4mm (35mm [135] format picture angle: 26-624mm) |
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Aperture
Range |
f/2.8 [W] - f/5.0 [T]
Electronically-controlled 6-blade iris diaphragm
10 steps of 1/3 EV |
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Optical Zoom |
24x;
Digital zoom: Up to 4x (35-mm [135] camera-format equivalent: 2496 mm) |
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Focus
range |
• [W]: 50 cm (1 ft. 8 in.) to ∞, [T]: 1.7 m (5 ft. 6 in.) to ∞
• Macro close-up mode: 10 cm (4 in.) to ∞; 1 cm (0.4 in.) to ∞ |
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AF Area Mode |
Face priority, auto (9-area automatic selection), center, manual
with 99 focus areas |
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Auto
Focus |
Contrast-detect AF, Multi area AF |
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AF-assist Illumination |
Yes |
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Vibration
Reduction |
Image sensor shift (still pictures)
Electronic (movies) |
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Shutter
Speed |
1/2000-8 s (1/30 s when shooting using Multi-shot 16 for Continuous) |
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Exposure Control |
- Programmed auto exposure with flexible program
- Shutter
priority auto
- Aperture-priority auto
- Manual
- Motion detection |
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Shooting Modes |
- PASM
- Sports Continuous Mode (up to 13fps, up to 30 frames, 3M)
- 15 Scene Modes (Portrait, Beach/Snow, Close Up, Copy, Landscape, Sunset, Food, Back Light, Night Portrait, Dusk/Dawn, Museum, Panorama Assist, Party/indoor, Night Landscape, Fireworks Show)
- Movie |
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Other |
Face Detection (up to 12 faces can be detected), Scene Auto Selector 9camera automatically changes up to 6 scene modes to match scene), Motion Detection (camera detects camera shake and makes adjustments reduce image blur), Smile Timer and Blink Warning (camera detects up to 3 smiles and automatically fires shutter while warning you if one or more subjects has blinked) |
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Continuous |
- Single
- Continuous 1.4fps up to 25 frames (when image quality is set to Normal and image size
is set to 4000×3000.)
- BSS
- Multi-shot 16 (about 7.5 frames per second and arranges them in a
single picture with image quality set to Normal and image size
set to 2592×1944)
- Intvl timer shooting (30 s, 1 min, 5 min, or 10 min) |
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Movie |
- 640x480 30fps or 15fps
- 320x240 15fps
- Time-lapse 640x480 30fps (no sound)
- Sepia 320x240 15fps
- B&W 320x240 15fps
Movies can be as long as free space on memory card allows; max. 25 min. per clip. |
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Self-timer |
Can be selected from 10 and 2 second duration, smile timer,
blink proof |
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Image
Size (pixels) |
• 4000×3000 12 M • 3264×2448 8 M
• 2592×1944 5 M • 2048×1536 3 M
• 1600×1200 2 M • 1280×960 1 M
• 1024×768 PC • 640×480 TV
• 3984×2656 3:2 • 3968×2232 16:9
• 2992×2992 1:1 • 1920×1080 16:9 2M |
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Built-in Flash |
TTL auto flash with monitor preflashes
[W]: Approx. 0.5 to 8.0 m (1 ft. 8 in. to 26 ft.)
[T]: Approx. 1.7 to 5.0 m (5 ft. 7 in. to 16 ft.) |
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Hot-Shoe |
none |
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Interface |
Hi-speed USB |
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Supported languages |
Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish,
Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian,
Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish,
Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish |
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Viewfinder (optical) |
none |
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Viewfinder (electronic, EVF) |
Color LCD viewfinder, 0.24-in. TFT LCD, approx. 230k-dot,
with diopter adjustment function
Frame coverage
(shooting mode): Approx. 97% horizontal and 97% vertical (compared to the
actual screen)
Frame coverage
(playback mode): Approx. 100% horizontal and 100% vertical (compared to the
actual screen) |
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LCD |
3 in., approx. 230k-dot, TFT LCD Vari-angle monitor with antireflection
coating and 5-level brightness adjustment, tiltable
45° downward, 90° upward
Frame coverage
(shooting mode): Approx. 97 % horizontal and 97 % vertical (compared to the
actual screen)
Frame coverage
(playback mode): Approx. 100 % horizontal and 100 % vertical (compared to the
actual screen) |
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ISO Sensitivity |
- ISO 64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400
- Auto (auto gain ISO 64-800)
- High ISO Sensitivity Auto (ISO 64-1600)
- Fixed range auto (ISO 64-100, 64-200, 64-400)
- Sports continuous mode (ISO 640-6400)
ISO 3200 and 6400 are available only for image sizes of 3M (2048 x 1536) or smaller |
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Light
Metering |
256-segment matrix, center-weighted, spot, spot AF area (with
support for 99 focus areas) |
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Exposure
Compensation |
-2.0-+2.0EV in steps of ⅓ EV
Auto bracketing |
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White Balance |
Auto, Preset manual, Daylight, Incandescent,
Fluorescent,
Cloudy,
Flash |
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Storage
Media |
Internal Memory (approx. 47MB)
SD/SDHC memory cards
Not compatible with Multi Media Cards (MMC) |
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Power sources |
One Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL5 (supplied)
AC Adapter EH-62A (optional) |
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Battery Life
(approx.) |
- Approx 200 shots (EN-EL5)
Based on Camera and Imaging Products Association (CIPA) standards for measuring the life of camera batteries. Measured at 23 (±2) °C (73 (±4) °F); zoom adjusted with each shot, flash fired with every other shot, image quality set to Normal, image size set to F4000×3000.
Battery life may vary depending on shooting interval and length of time menus and images are displayed. |
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Included Accessories(*)
(*) Supplied accessories may differ by country or area |
- Li-ion Rechargeable Battery EN-EL5
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Battery Charge MH-61
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USB Cable UC-E6,
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Audio/Video Cable EG-CP14,
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Strap AN-CP18,
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Lens Cap LC-CP19,
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Software Suite for CD-ROM |
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Optional
Accessories |
- EH-62A AC Adapter |
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Dimensions (W
x H x D) |
Approx 114 x 83 x 99 mm (4.5 x 3.3 x 3.9 in) excluding projections |
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Weight (Camera
body only) |
Approx 460 g (16.2 oz) (without battery, SD memory card) |
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MSRP |
US
$399.95 / CAD $499.95 / UK £379.99 / €449.00 |
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