Nikon Coolpix 5000 digitale camera review

De mannen van DPReview komen met een review van de Nikon Coolpix 5000 digitale camera. De Nikon Coolpix 5000 is net zoals de Minolta DiMAGE 7 en de Sony DSC-F707 een 5 MegaPixel camera. Deze camera beschikt over een 3x optische zoomlens en kan tot 4x digitaal zoomen. Als opslagmedium wordt een 32MB Compact Flash kaartje meegeleverd. Een Nikon Lithium-Ion accu wordt gebruikt om de camera van de nodige energie te voorzien. Op het gebied van features scoort de Coolpix 5000 een tien, maar op de andere gebieden (kwaliteit van de afbeeldingen, gebruikersgemak, etc.) blinkt de camera niet echt uit. De conclusie van deze 24 pagina's tellende review luidt:

Based largely on the Coolpix 995 'engine' the 5000 carries all of its great features and builds on them. The quick access user settings concept is a great way to have the camera set up for different situations, it's also a good way to work around things you may see as limitations (programming one user setting for movie clips for example). There is not other prosumer digital camera which provides as much control over the cameras internal image processing algorithms, and so Nikon should be praised for that (but again, this is nothing new to the Coolpix line).

The overall design and layout of the camera is good, if a little cramped. Build quality is good but not the best I've seen (small details let down the overall design). Then there are the funny little niggles, some of which have been around since the Coolpix 990 and some of which have cropped up in this camera. Lets hope at least some of these (notably Speedlight issues) can be addressed by a firmware update.

[...]If you're looking for a compact high megapixel digital camera with an extensive feature set and manual control some cameras can only dream of then the Coolpix 5000 is definitely something that should be on your radar. But look out Nikon, those manufacturers which used to be a distant dot in your rear view mirror are now overtaking you. Try harder.

Met dank aan Keys'R'us voor de tip.