Nikon Coolpix P1000

Nikon continues to demonstrate that it’s capable of making incredible lenses, even on a bridge camera

SRP: £1049/$997 (body only) The press release for the P1000 made for entertaining reading. A fixed lens bridge camera with 125x optical zoom, equating to 24-3000mm in 35mm terms? “Tell me more!” Weight: 1.42kg, Length: 181mm. “Yikes, it’s huge!” Conversely, the P1000 isn’t blessed with a big sensor. It has a tiny 1/2.3-inch 16MP chip, the same size you’d find in a budget compact or a smartphone. While my already slackened jaw descended into freefall with the RRP, you do get a lot of camera for your money. The P1000 is roughly as bulky as a D750 with a 24-70mm f/2.8 attached, but with much more girth around what would be the lens mount. It’s comfortable in the hand though, with a well sculpted grip, even if build quality doesn’t…

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