Nikon Coolpix P900 Review

Last Updated on December 1, 2023 by Sharon Advik

Pros
  • Built-in Wireless (Wi-fi)
  • Bluetooth Connectivity
  • NFC Connectivity
  • Image Stabilization
  • Articulating Screen
  • Full HD Video
  • Electronic Built-in Viewfinder
  • Face Detection Focusing
  • Face Detection Focusing
  • 921k dots LCD Resolution
  • 1/4000s High Shutter Speed
  • 7.0fps Shooting w/ Mechanical Shutter
  • Long Battery Life (360 shots)
  • Manual Focusing
  • Manual Exposure
  • Timelapse Recording
  • 24mm Wide Angle Lens
  • 2000mm Good TeleLens
  • 83.3X Optical Zoom
  • Fast 2.80 Lens at Wide
  • 921kdot Viewfinder Resolution
  • AE Bracketing
  • Selfie & Vlogger Friendly LCD Screen
  • Remote control with a smartphone
Cons
  • No External Flash Shoe
  • No Touch Screen
  • No RAW Shooting
  • Heavy Body: 899
  • No Environmental Sealing
  • Slow Lens at Tele: f6.50

Nikon Coolpix P900 Review:

Whenever I hear about a camera named Coolpix, I have a question: why is this camera called Coolpix?

But when I used one of the Coolpix cameras by Nikon, I got the answer to my question.

These cameras are excellent for designing ad work and give astonishing and effective results to their users.

This is why I decided to tell everyone about the fantastic features of one of the tremendous cameras I use by Nikon.

The outstanding features of the camera provide excellent effects, and the results are mind-blowing.

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Overview:

Nikon Coolpix P900 is a fantastic camera that effectively results in multiple modes.

Apart from many problems, the overall working of the camera is quite good, and the results created by the camera are beyond average.

The incredible AF system and the shutter of the camera are coupled wonderfully.

The working of multiple lenses of the camera gives complete affection to working.

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Tech specs:

  • 0 in diagonal monitor size
  • 100% viewfinder coverage
  • Vari-angle TFT LCD
  • 5 cm electronic viewfinder
  • 6-level brightness adjustment
  • JPEG file format
  • ISO 100 – 1600
  • VR system
  • PDF file system
  • Multiple exposure modes
  • Mechanical shutter
  • CMOS shutter
  • Built-in flash

Design and body of Nikon Coolpix P900:

Nikon Coolpix P900 is an amazingly designed camera that has a perfect body.

This body of the camera is designed in such a way that it makes the working of photography enjoyable for the users.

The main thing in a camera’s body is its size and weight, and in the case of the Nikon Coolpix, the P900 is a perfect camera.

The camera weighs 899 g or 31.8 0z with memory and an SD card.

In contrast to the camera’s weight, the dimensions of the camera P900 are also perfect.

The camera has a width of 139.5 mm or 5.5 in.

The camera’s height is 4.1 in. or 103.2 mm, whereas the camera’s depth is 5.5 in. or 137.4mm.

This perfectly dimensioned camera gives multiple views clearly with its vari-angle screen.

Users do not so much appreciate the weight and the dimensions of the camera’s body.

Still, these two things matter for professional photographers as they must carry the camera.

And for me, this weight and the dimensions of the Nikon P900 are perfect.

Lenses of Nikon Coolpix P900:

When I started using Nikon P900, I was a bit confused with the system of lenses compatible with the camera.

But once I used it, I realized that that confusing system could give the best results.

Nikon Coolpix P900 is a compact digital camera with a zoom-NIKKOR ED glass lens.

The maximum capacity of these ranges goes up to 85x.

The focal length of these lenses ranges from 4.3 to 357 mm.

This zooming range gives the best results to the camera’s users.

The lens system of the camera contains six elements in 12 groups.

Professional photographers and camera operators can easily adjust the camera’s digital zoom to the maximum rate of 4x, equal to the zooming of 8,000 lenses.

VR system of Nikon Coolpix P900:

The vibration reduction system of the camera is also effective in working as it reduces the camera’s vibration to a negligible level.

The lens shift VR for still images and the lens shift and electronic VR for movies are the two modes of the VR system of Nikon P900.

These two modes can reduce the vibration and simplify the camera user’s work.

Image sensor of Nikon Coolpix P900:

The image sensor of the Nikon P900 is an incredible image sensor that senses the images and recordings very well.

The results of the Nikon Coolpix P900 image sensor are beyond average.

The size of the image sensor matters when you want perfect image coverage.

In that case, the image sensor of Nikon Coolpix P900 gives approximately 99% results.

The CMOS image sensor of this incredible camera is as excellent as the camera’s name.

The 1/2.3 in. image sensor has 16.79 million pixels, from which 16 million megapixels are effective for working here. The difference between these two is that the image sensor contains a total amount of pixels from which 16 million pixels are visible during photography.

The camera’s image size concerning the pixels is 4608 x 3456, which equals 16 million pixels.

Autofocus of Nikon Coolpix P900:

When the Auto focus system of the camera works completely, the photographers or the camera operators can focus on the image very clearly.

Similarly, the contrast-detect AF system of the Nikon P900 is effective while working and gives the best image presentation on the sensor.

The AF system of the Nikon P900 is also effective in that it has multiple modes that can be used by the user easily during various photoshoots.

These modes of the AF depends upon the surrounding of the camera, and concerning the surroundings, the AF can be changed easily.

The AF ranges from mode to mode, and the reason behind this philosophy is that when the surroundings change the AF, they will also change the ranges of the lenses and their zoom-ins.

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Area selection of AF based on modes:

  1. Face-priority
  2. Manual (spot)
  3. Manual (normal)
  4. Manual (wide)
  5. Subject tracking
  6. Target Finding AF

The viewfinder of Nikon Coolpix P900:

When I climb a mountain, I can see the view from far beyond; the same is true for the camera’s viewfinder.

The more perfect the viewfinder is, the more incredible the graphics result.

Nikon Coolpix P900 is an electronic viewfinder with a range of 0.5 cm or 0.2 in. in approx.

The viewfinder’s 921K dot LCD adjustment gives the best recording preview.

Coupled with the camera’s incredible diopter adjustment, the viewfinder runs like a perfect horse.

This viewfinder of the Nikon P900 can provide the photographer with a happy career.

The viewfinder’s coverage is 100 %, which is the reason for the extraordinary creativity of art.

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Monitor of Nikon Coolpix P900:

The monitor is an output device that gives output.

This is the basic definition that every kid learns in school.

When one of those kids reaches the top art of photography, he realizes that when the results or the output the monitor gives him can prepare his career, he wants to learn something new about that simple output device.

The incredible monitors of multiple cameras can provide effective and impressive results based on their perfect resolution.

The resolution has an old relation with the monitor screen.

The stereotypical connection between these two things is that the greater the solution, the greater the way the work is presented to the monitor.

The same is the case with the cameras. In contrast to these things, the designers of the Nikon Coolpix P900 designed the monitor of the camera with perfection, but still, some users are not satisfied with it.

The size of the monitor is 3.0 inches diagonally with a resolution of 921 K dots.

At the same time, the monitor is a vari-angle TFT LCD type monitor capable of giving results and previews from variant angles.

Apart from that, the anti-reflection coating on the monitor’s screen avoids all sorts of reflection, protecting the eyes of the photographers.

The monitor’s frame coverage depends upon the camera’s modes being 100%.

Camera operators and professional photographers can also adjust the brightness of the Nikon Coolpix P900 camera.

Storage system of Nikon Coolpix P900:

The only problem that the Nikon Coolpix P900 users have to face is the single SD card slot of the camera.

However, that SD card slot can still work with various types of storage media.

The memory system of the Nikon P900 camera has a single SD card slot that is compatible with the SD, SDHC, and SDXC memory cards.

All these memory cards can save a large amount of data and help camera users.

When using the Nikon Coolpix P900, I used to travel with all my storage media because I had a photography craze, and that single SD card slot made things messy for me many times.

File system of Nikon Coolpix P900:

The file system of the Nikon Coolpix is like a spot on the camera.

Like a spot on the moon, this system creates hectic work for the camera users.

The camera’s file system only works with the JPEG file format, and many users face problems while using the camera.

They were not expecting this thing from Nikon, but still, the P900 is an example of lousy work by Nikon, just in the scenario of the file system’s format.

The storage file system of the camera works on DCF and EXIF 2.3 compliant, whereas the still images support JPEG format.

The format of the movies is a supported MOV movie file format that works with LPCM audio file format.

Movie and exposure metering Nikon Coolpix P900:

The movie metering of the Nikon P900 is a compelling movie metering system with a high range of recording resolution.

The high answers of the recordings in multiple formats of the recording system significantly impact the users’ minds.

The top place in the market cameras gained by the Nikon P900 after its release was because of its high movie metering ranges.

Similarly, the camera’s exposure metering system is divided into three modes, and the exposure controls are the most crucial feature of this camera’s exposure system.

The camera’s designers provide power to the users, making their work easier.

If you can explore the world easily with an emphasis in your hand, you feel lucky, and when a photographer gets control of the exposure metering ranges, he feels fortunate.

So, the person using Nikon Coolpix is a random person in my sight.

Movie metering ranges:

The movie metering ranges vary from mode to mode and depend upon the camera’s HD and full HD mode.

If the camera is set to HD mode while recording, the movie metering range will differ from the result of other recordings.

ISO sensitivity and Flash of Nikon Coolpix P900:

The ISO sensitivity of the camera ranges from ISO 100-1600, which can be increased to ISO hi 1, which is equal to ISO 12800. But for using this high ISO, the users need unique modes.

The ISO sensitivity of the Nikon P900 is a little bit below average, so the designers have given a built-in flash system to the camera, making photography easy and full of joy for the users.

The built-in flash system of the camera works with a TTL autoflash system and gives adequate lighting during recording.

Scene modes of the camera of Nikon Coolpix P900:

  • Backlighting
  • Beach
  • Black and White Copy
  • Close-up
  • Dusk/Dawn
  • Easy Panorama
  • Fireworks Show
  • Food
  • Landscape
  • Museum
  • Night Landscape
  • Party/Indoor
  • Pet Portrait
  • Portrait
  • Scene Auto Selector
  • Snow
  • Sports
  • Sunset

Shutter system of Nikon Coolpix P900:

The shutter system of the Nikon P900 is a CMOS electronic shutter with a speed of 1/4000 seconds.

The continuous shooting speed of the shutter at full resolution is seven shots, i.e., seven frames per second, which is below the average. Still, the Nikon P900 is excellent.

The self-timer of the shutter system also works fantastically.

Photographers can also convert the shutter system of Nikon P900 to a manual shutter system, an approx.

Both have similar work and results.

Connectivity Nikon Coolpix P900:

  • The camera uses a High-speed USB.
  • HDMI micro connector type D is used for output devices.
  • Built-in wifi functionality is available.
  • Built-in GPS helps the user in tracking location.
  • Wireless mobile utility smart app device connectivity is functional.
  • A Rechargeable Li-ion battery EN-EL23 is used.
  • AC adapter EH-67A is used with the camera battery.
  • Three hours 40 minutes approx. Battery charging time is needed for great results.
  • Camera operators or photographers can take 360 shots once fully charged.
  • Maximum 1-hour camera operator or professional photographer can use 20 minutes for movie recording.

Types of photography by Nikon P900:

Nikon P900 is an excellent camera in many aspects.

It has an overall beyond-the-average score in landscape photography.

The camera is also capable of doing some superb portrait photography.

The fast shooting speed also makes it compatible with sports photography.

The built-in flash system also makes it a good client for night photography.

Advantages:

  • Phenomenal price
  • Perfect zoom range
  • Excellent lens aperture
  • Incredible vibration reduction
  • AF speed is superb in specific modes
  • AF mode
  • Low shutter lag
  • Do not take the time to start
  • Accurate matrix metering system
  • Built-in GPS
  • Built-in wifi
  • Built-in NFC

Disadvantages:

  • Minimal lens range at 2000mm
  • Low light capabilities are limited
  • AF does not work effectively in low light
  • ISO sensitivity creates problems sometimes
  • No RAW file support
  • No hot shoe
  • Mediocre battery life

Conclusion:

Nikon P900 is an incredible camera with some demerits, but the excellent AF and fantastic zoom-in lens system cover all the problems.

The camera does various types of photography because of its outstanding features.

The camera has an astonishing shutter system with a long-lasting battery that gives the user time to take compelling photographs.

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