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Nikon Coolpix P50 reviews
You can find here the most interesting reviews / ratings from the well-known expert sites about the Nikon Coolpix P50 Camera. Here are the reviewers:
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- 28 March 2008 - |
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- 0 |
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- 13 February 2008 - |
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- 3.5 |
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- 05 February 2008 - |
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- 3.5 |
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- 25 January 2008 - |
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- 4 |
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- 24 December 2007 - |
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- 4 |
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- 17 December 2007 - |
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- 4 |
PopPhoto 's conclusion / rating - 28 March 2008 |
“ In all, the P50 is an excellent performer for the money and in comparison to other economical compact cameras, is a really excellent deal. It is a simple camera that doesn't require a lot of user-defined input to make an image. Its simple appearance is deceptive to the average person, yet the technology packed into this camera is total sophistication. Nikon's genius in the design is to make the end user unaware of this sophistication through the simplicity of its'form and function. If you have less than two bills to drop on a camera, you should seriously consider the Nikon Coolpix P50.... ”
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DPReview 's conclusion / rating - 13 February 2008 |
“ The P50 is a no-nonsense little camera. It's fairly compact, has a useful zoom range and doesn't cost very much money. The build quality is good and it is constructed using pleasantly tactile materials. Many people walking into their local store will be able to pick one up, like the way it feels and go off and use it quite happily.
The problem is that, except for the wide-angle lens (which is really useful) and the D-Lighting feature that can pull a bit more detail out of dark areas, there's nothing particularly special about it. The inclusion of a manual mode that gives less control than the program mode is a little misleading even if most P50 buyers will never use it. It also has to be said that the P50's "Electronic VR" is more effective as a marketing ploy than an image stabilization system. (And it's interesting to see that it's been superceded by proper, optical stabilization on the forthcoming P60).
The P50 doesn't fall into the P5100's trap of promising slightly more than it delivers - it's a reasonably well specified camera at a good price that will consistently produce pleasant results with minimal user input. Like most compact camera optical viewfinders, the P50's gives no useful impression of the framing of the image that the camera will record. And it includes a view of your fingers holding the camera when at its widest extent.
Fundamentally, the camera is not bad, just a little under whelming and that's not good enough for a camera wearing a Nikon badge. Nikon built its good name based on a proud history stretching from professional film cameras through to its current competitive DSLRs and includes some exciting and innovative digital compact cameras along the way. And yet, for several generations of camera, Nikon has churned out uninspiring compacts that do nothing to contribute to this reputation. Symptomatic of this malaise is the fact that, despite being widely reported, many Nikon compacts do not record sound during the last seconds of video yet nobody seems bothered to fix it. It's not a fatal flaw by any means but it's hardly redolent of a company committed to making world-beating compacts. Put simply, despite its budget pricing, the P50 simply doesn't have what it takes to compete in the crowded compact camera market. It's by no means a bad camera (and it can reliably take perfectly nice pictures), but it just falls short of a Recommended badge.... ”
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TrustedReviews 's conclusion / rating - 05 February 2008 |
“ Although the Nikon CoolPix P50 isn't a bad camera by any means, it is really just a simple compact dressed up to look like an enthusiast's hobby camera. It handles well enough, but it has a limited range of features, less-than-stellar build quality, average performance and the image quality is nothing special either. It's not bad value at £130, but if you're looking for superior performance you'll need to look elsewhere.... ”
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- 3.5 |
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GoodGearGuide 's conclusion / rating - 25 January 2008 |
“ Small and powerful -- thanks to an 8.1-megapixel sensor -- the P50 is suitable for almost all situations and it even has a decent manual mode to tinker with. ... ”
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- 4 |
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Pocket-lint 's conclusion / rating - 24 December 2007 |
“ Some sluggish performance aspects mar excellent image quality and low noise; nevertheless, the Nikon Coolpix P50 is almost perfectly pitched for the target market. Not bad, not bad at all.... ”
Pocket-lint's rating: |
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- 4 |
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PhotographyBLOG 's conclusion / rating - 17 December 2007 |
“ We had the black-bodied Nikon Coolpix P50 in for testing, which undoubtedly disguises the fact that it's not the skinniest compact around and the fact that construction is plastic in the main – I doubt the alternate silver version will look or feel quite as sterling (arf!). This all helps the Coolpix P50 to resemble a camera that costs more than it actually does – so first impressions are good, and as we all know, first impressions stick. You can't expect miracles at this price, and sure enough the P50 doesn't deliver them. But it does provide a fair smattering of colour and detail given its 8 megapixel resolution, better handling of tricky exposures than expected, and boasts the advantage of that wide angle lens and broader than average (for a compact) focal range. Pity about the lack of true VR and occasional sluggishness, but if you're looking for an inexpensive snapper that marries ease of use to reliability under most conditions, then the Nikon Coolpix P50 ticks a fair proportion of the right boxes. Plus a little hunting around on the internet is also bound to provide an even more appetizing deal for those without deep pockets.... ”
PhotographyBLOG's rating: |
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- 4 |
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