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Review summary: The Nikon Coolpix P5100 is a 10 megapixel digital camera with an advanced set of features. Although on the large side to fit easily into a pocket, it is still very compact when considering the features it has packed inside. It is likely to appeal to ...

Pros: Viewfinder - picture quality - design - build quality - LCD screen - features

Cons: High ISO picture quality

Verdict: The Nikon Coolpix P5000 is an impressive digital camera. It has plenty of features and is likely to appeal to someone who sees photography as a hobby. One of the attractions of the Coolpix P5000 is that so many key features are packed into a very ...

Review summary: The Nikon Coolpix P5000 provides a 10 megapixel sensor, excellent image and color quality, and an ergonomically excellent camera in a compact, easily portable package.

Pros: Great ergonomics and image quality ; Accurate color reproduction ; Vibration Reduction ; Full manual controls

Cons: No RAW capability

Verdict: Nikon's latest addition to their "performance" series of P&S cameras features a 10 megapixel sensor, a 3.5X Nikon optical zoom lens that provides a 35mm film equivalent focal range of 36 to 126mm, and a 2.5 inch LCD monitor in addition to an optical ...

Review summary: Advanced functions include Manual AF area frame and corresponding Spot AF area metering, auto exposure bracketing, manual WB and Best Shot Selector. An effective Vibration Reduction (VR) technology ("Image Stabilization") -- developed for its digital ...

Review summary: After a couple of years of producing mainly point-and-shoot digicams, Nikon caters once again for enthusiast photographers with its new Coolpix P5000 model. Reminiscent in style of the Coolpix 5400, the P5000 is not only considerably smaller but ...

Verdict: Photographs taken in bright sunlight with the test camera showed the expected blown out highlights, although shadow detail was somewhat better than most digicams and the dynamic range in exposures was slightly wider. Colours were natural looking but ...

Review summary: The affordable, feature-packed Nikon Coolpix P5000 should keep enthusiasts happy.

Pros: Optical image stabilisation, Excellent exposure, colour, and sharpness, Slow, LCD unusable in bright sunlight, Highly inconsistent colour across different ISO sensitivity levels, Unusually strong barrel distortion at widest angle despite relatively ...

Cons: Slow, LCD unusable in bright sunlight, Highly inconsistent colour across different ISO sensitivity levels, Unusually strong barrel distortion at widest angle despite relatively narrow 36mm-equivalent angle of view