Is this camera any good?

[igotababyfrontera]

Hi all,
I am looking at getting this camera and was wandering if any of you camera nuts could translate all the camera speak to normal english
(or just let me know if its any good )

http://www.europe-nikon.com/en_GB/produ ... olpix-p510

Thanks

[mickh]

Cracking little cameras, I have one of the fist Coolpix they made and it has taken some near professional pics. Easy to use,you can't go wrong.

[Dannyboy]

Dont know, i know flick all about cameras

[Gem]

looks pretty good for a bridge camera , Your best to look at actual reviews of it though then ask us to translate . looks like its loaded with a lot of good stuff but no idea having that zoom range will affect the quality of photo, if you had that zoom on a dslr camera you wouldnt expect the same quality that you would get with a lens with a smaller zoom range. ( unless you were paying thousands for the lens of cause)

[Dannyboy]

[igotababyfrontera]

HI,
i have looked at the reviews and to be fair most of them say 4 or 5 *.
i dont know what the difference is between a bridge camera or a dslr camera i just saw it and thought it looks good

im gonna go to pcworld tomorrow and look at one, probably wont buy it from there but i can at least see what its like.

thanks

[Trugga]

I'm not clued up on Nikon cameras, but:

Some reviews here: http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-COOLPIX-Dig ... Descending

And, "Bridge" cameras - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_camera

I had a bridge camera for a three years and very good it was too (Fuji S9600). Eventually I wanted a little more control so bought a DSLR.

That particular camera has some nice features and some others that don't really interest me. If you're moving up from a compact (or even a phone) it should do you ok for a couple of years.

Go to PC World and handle the camera, get a feel for it. Then, go to Jessops and talk to them about it (they specialise in cameras and will be much more clued up and be able to answer your questions in laymans terms).

I hope that helps a little.

Lawrence

[igotababyfrontera]

Just to update you all, bought one yesterday and my god it's fantastic!!!

[alsavs]

Did you get a good deal.

[Alfie]

[igotababyfrontera]

I think i did, I paid £350 for the camera (price tagged at £300), a £50 memory card, a £50 bag/case, a £25 spare battery and a tripod but i didnt see the price tag for it.

What would you like a pic of?

[Alfie]

Anything that shows the quality of the pictures you take with it

[gregster]

Got offered a Canon EOS d7 with a couple of lenses today for £500, looked like a nice camera for the money, apparently is worth over a grand plus the lenses, but the fellas car has just died and he needs a 2.8 lump for it...can feel a swap coming on possibly if these are any good.

[Trugga]

Hmm, nice:

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Revi ... eview.aspx

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/pro ... /show.html

Lawrence

[gregster]

Cool...
its got a normal looking kinda 45mm lense but apparantly does more than that and zooms as well and a grey coloured telephoto that he does his tweety stuff with..that grey lense was quite a biggy, not like the old mirror lenses but a about 1 and half times the size of an 80-200 pk fitment that I had on my old pentax. looked expensive I have to say...

[igotababyfrontera]

Anything that shows the quality of the pictures you take with it

I havent had time to sit and play with all the settings etc but took a couple of pics so you can all see the quality
(and yes i know they not truck related )


these two pics were taken in the same spot i just zoomed in









Appologies if its not the right size i gotta look in to how to size pics
And no im not an animal photographer by any means of the wording