Nikon Coolpix P1 8-megapixel digital camera with Wi-Fi® capability

Features
Inputs and Outputs Notes
Supplied Software

Features

Wireless Transfer: The Nikon Coolpix P1 features built-in wireless (Wi-Fi) connectivity, either direct to PC or direct to printer, using IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g technology. Wireless functions include:

• Easy Transfer: compares the images in the internal memory and memory card with the images stored on the computer and transfer only those images not already stored in the computer
• Shooting Date: transfers images by a specific recording date
• Marked Images: transfers only those images with the transfer mark
• Selected Images: transfers only selected images
• Shoot & Transfer: immediately transfers images as they are taken. You can also save them to the memory or memory card at the same time.
• PC Mode: transfers images using a computer using the supplied Picture Project software
• Wireless Printing: print images from a printer connected to a computer or directly to the printer through the use of the optional PD-10 Wireless Printer Adapter (item # 054PD10).

LCD Monitor: The Coolpix P1 has a 2.5" amorphous silicon TFT LCD monitor featuring approximately 110,000 pixels and a five-level brightness adjustment. The LCD monitor has approximately 100% horizontal and 97% vertical coverage in the shooting mode. There is no separate viewfinder on the camera.

Optics: All Coolpix digital cameras feature the exclusive Zoom-Nikkor lens for superb image quality. Every aspect of the lens manufacturing process is controlled by Nikon. Each Zoom-Nikkor lens is designed for the specific camera and CCD combination. The Coolpix P1 has a 3.5x, Zoom-Nikkor ED lens that is equivalent to a 36-126mm lens in 35mm photography. Coupled with a digital zoom of 4x, the Coolpix P1 has a total zoom of about 14x.

Image Sensor: The Coolpix P1 features a 1/1.8" (8.933mm diameter), high-density CCD imager with a total pixel count of approximately 8.31-million pixels. The effective pixel count is 8-million.

Built-in Memory: The camera has a built-in 32MB internal memory for storing still images and movies with sound.

Optional Recording Media: In addition to the built-in memory, images can be recorded onto SD (Secure Digital) Memory cards. When an SD Memory card is inserted in the camera, the images are automatically recorded onto the card. When no card is inserted, the images automatically record to the internal memory.

Image Quality: You can select from three image quality options:

• Fine: Suitable for enlargements or high quality prints. File size reduced to roughly 1/2 of its original size.
• Normal: Suitable for most applications. File size reduced to roughly 1/8 of its original size.
• Basic: Suitable for pictures that will be distributed by e-mail or used in web pages. File size is reduced to roughly 1/16 of its original size.

Image Size: The Coolpix P1 records still images in JPEG format, and movies in QuickTime format with sound. You have a choice of 7 still image size options and 7 movie options:

Mode Dial: Using the top-mounted rotary mode dial, you can set the camera to suit your level and style of photography, plus change important camera settings. The mode choices include:

• Auto Mode: The Auto Mode is a simple point-and-shoot mode in which the majority of camera settings are controlled by the camera. This mode is recommended for first-time users of digital cameras.
• "P A" Modes:
  • Programmed Auto Mode:  The camera sets the shutter speed and aperture for optimal exposure. "Flexible program" can be used to select additional combinations of shutter speed and aperture that will produce the same exposure.
  • Aperture Priority Mode: You can choose the aperture setting (10 step control) and the camera sets the shutter speed for best results.
• Scene Modes: The camera gives you the option of 16 Scene Modes. The camera settings are automatically adjusted to suit the selected scene. In the Advanced Shooting mode, you can select one of three effects (including "Normal") for 11 of the 16 scenes. The Scene Modes include:
  • Portrait (Face AF): Useful for photographing portraits of up to 3 people from the waist up. The camera recognizes human faces and focuses on the subject's face.
  • Portrait: Useful for general photographing of portraits. The main subject stands out clearly while the background details are softened.
  • Party/Indoor: Shots include details of the background behind the main subject, or to capture the effects of candlelight and other indoor background lighting
  • Night Portrait: For shots that provide natural balance between the main subject and the background when shooting portraits under low light.
  • Landscape: For vivid landscape shots that enhance outlines, colors, and contrast in such subjects as forests and skyscrapers.
  • Panorama Assist: Use to take a series of photographs that you will later join to form a single panoramic scene
  • Night Landscape: A slow shutter speed is used to produce stunning night landscapes.
  • Beach/Snow: Vividly captures the brightness of subjects such as snow fields, beaches or sunlit expanses of water
  • Sunset: Preserves deep hues seen in sunsets and sunrises
  • Dusk/Dawn: Preserves the colors seen in the weak natural light before sunrise and after sunset
  • Fireworks Show: Slow shutter speeds are used to capture the expanding burst of light from fireworks
  • Back Light: Use when light is coming from behind your subject or when your subject is in the shade but the background is brightly lit
  • Close Up: Used to capture vivid colors in close-up shots of flowers, insects and other small objects, with the background artistically blurred
  • Museum: Use indoors where flash photography is prohibited or in other settings in which you do not want to use flash
  • Copy: Provides clear pictures of text or drawings on a white board, business card or in other printed matter
  • Sports: A fast shutter speed freezes motion for dynamic sports shots.
• Movie Mode: Make movies with sound. You can select TV Movie 640 (640 x 480) at 30 or 15 frames per second (fps), Small Size 320 (320 x 240) at 15 fps, or Smaller Size 160 (160 x 120) at 15 fps. You can also select Sepia Movie 320 (shoot Sepia-colored 320 x 240 frames @ 5 fps), B & W Movie 320 (shoot black & white 320 x 240 frames @ 15 fps), or Time Lapse Movie (see above).
• Setup Mode: This mode allows you to display the setup menu to perform the following tasks:
  • Menus: choose the type of camera menus (Text or Icon)
  • Welcome Screen: choose the welcome screen displayed when the camera is turned on
  • Date: set the time and date
  • Monitor Settings: set display, brightness or hue of the monitor screen
  • Date Imprint: imprint pictures with the date and/or time of recording
  • Shot Confirmation: If "On" is selected, the self-timer lamp will light after shooting.
  • AF Assist: Choose whether the AF Illuminator lamp lights when the subject is poorly lit.
  • Sound Settings: turn button and startup sounds on or off, and select the volume of the shutter sounds and startup sounds.
  • Auto Off: choose how long the camera will remain on before turning off to save power
  • Format Memory/Card: formats internal memory or memory cards for use in the camera
  • Language: choose a language for camera menus and messages
  • Interface: set the USB (PTP or Mass Storage) or Video Mode (NTSC or PAL)
  • Auto Transfer: choose whether or not to set the Transfer Marking option to the picture taken
  • Reset All: reset camera settings to their default values
  • Firmware Version: displays the current firmware version
• Image Size/Quality: Select the image size and image quality for the images.
• ISO: Select the ISO sensitivity for the camera from Auto, 50, 100, 200, or 400.
• White Balance: Set the White Balance to Auto, Direct Sunlight, Incandescent, Fluorescent (FL1/FL2), Cloudy, Shade, or Speedlight. You can also choose Preset White Balance and use a gray object as a reference to set the white balance.

AutoFocus: The Coolpix P1 features auto focusing with an AF Assist illuminator. If lighting is poor, the built-in AF assist illuminator will light when the shutter release is pressed halfway, allowing the camera to focus even when the subject is poorly lit. The lamp has a range of 1' 8" to 4' 7".

AF Area Mode: In the "Auto" mode, the camera automatically selects one of the nine focus areas containing the subject closest to the camera. In the "Manual" mode, the user selects an area from 99 focus areas manually using the multi-selector. In the "Center" mode, the area in the center of the frame is used. This mode can be combined with AF Lock to focus on off-center subjects.

Focus Range: The focus range is 1'-8" to infinity in normal mode and 1.6" to infinity in Macro close-up mode.

Exposure Compensation: You can alter the exposure from the value suggested by the camera, making pictures brighter or darker. You can adjust the exposure from -2.0 to +2.0 EV in 1/3 steps.

Continuous Shooting: You can choose one of the following continuous shooting modes:

• Single: The camera records one picture each time the shutter release button is pressed.
• Continuous H: The camera takes pictures continuously while the shutter release is held down. Up to 5 pictures can be recorded at up to 2.3 frames per second.
• Continuous L: The camera takes pictures continuously while the shutter release is held down. Up to 19 pictures can be recorded at up to 2 frames per second.
• Multi-Shot 16: Each time the shutter release button is pressed, the camera takes 16 consecutive "thumbnail" images at a rate of about 1.7 frames per second, and arranges them into 4 rows of 4 images in a single frame measuring 3264 x 2448 pixels.
• Ultra HS: While the shutter-release button is pressed, the camera records up to 100 pictures at up to 30 frames per second. Images are automatically recorded at 640 x 480 in Normal compression.
• 5-Shot Buffer: While the shutter-release button in pressed and held, images are recorded at a rate of about 1 frame per second. When the shutter button is released, continuous shooting will stop, and only the last five images recorded will be save to the memory or memory card.

Best Shot Selector: The BSS is recommended for situations in which inadvertent camera movement can produce blurred pictures, or when parts of the image are prone to under- or over-exposure. When BSS is on, the camera takes shots while the shutter-release button is pressed, to a maximum of ten. The images are compared and the sharpest picture is saved to the memory or memory card.

Flash Modes: The Coolpix P1 has a built-in Speedlite flash with a range of 1' 8" to 12' 6" (W) and 1' 8" to 6' 7"(T). You can choose from the following flash modes:

• Auto: flash fires automatically when lighting is poor

• Auto with Red-eye Reduction: pre-flash fires before main flash to reduce red-eye effect

• Flash Cancel: flash will not fire, even when lighting is poor

• Anytime Flash (fill flash): flash will fire whenever a picture is taken

• Slow Sync: auto flash combined with slow shutter speeds

• Rear Curtain Sync: shutter speed slows and flash fires just before the shutter closes

In-Camera Red-Eye Fix: If the camera detects red-eye after the pre-flash has fired, advanced red-eye reduction processing is used to further reduce red-eye, slightly increasing the time required before the next picture can be taken.

Metering: The Coolpix P1 offers four metering methods:

• Matrix: a 256-segment matrix metering method, comparing measurements from multiple areas of the frame with a library of typical compositions to produce optimal exposure for the entire image.
• Center-Weighted: Used for portraits, the center-weighted method adjusts the exposure according to the lighting at the center of the frame, but still preserves background details.
• Spot: The camera measures light in an area shown by a circle in the center of the monitor to ensure the subject in the metering target is correctly exposed even when background is much brighter or darker.
• Spot AF Area: Links spot metering to active focus area when auto or manual focus area selection is in effect.

Playback Menu: The playback menu contains the following options:

• List By Date: All pictures taken on the same date are highlighted, allowing you to perform any of five functions to the pictures simultaneously. You can apply D-Lighting, Set all pictures for printing, Delete, Mark all pictures for transfer, or perform Small Pic to all images.
• D-Lighting: D-Lighting can be used to brighten dark or backlit subjects. While playing back an image, you can select the D-Lighting function, apply it, and save the corrected image without harming the properly exposed areas of the image.
• Print Set: Select pictures for printing on a DPOF-compatible devices, specify number of copies and information to be included on each print.
• Slide Show: View pictures in the internal memory or on the memory card in an automatic slide show with about three seconds between pictures. Maximum slide show duration is 30 minutes.
• Delete: Delete all or selected pictures
• Protect: Protect selected pictures from accidental deletion
• Transfer Marking: Mark all or selected pictures for transferring to a computer.
• Hide Image: You can hide selected pictures when creating a slide show or showing pictures to an audience.
• Small Pic: Create a small copy of a picture. You can choose the size of the new picture.
• Copy: Transfer images from internal memory to memory card or vice versa

Thumbnail Playback: During playback, you can view multiple thumbnail images (4, 9, or 16) at a time. While these "contact sheets" are displayed, you can use the multi-selector to highlight individual pictures. Highlighted pictures can be deleted, if desired.

Playback Zoom: During playback, you can press the "T" (telephoto) button once to get a Quick Playback Zoom of 3x normal size. From there you can zoom between 1.2x and 6x in 0.2x increments, and from 6x to 10x in 1.0x increments. Once the image is zoomed, you can use the multi-selector to scroll around to non-visible portions of the image. You can record a new picture of the cropped image by pressing the shutter button.

Voice Memos: Using the camera's microphone, you can record a voice memo during full-screen playback. Voice memos are recorded as long as the shutter release is held down, to a maximum length of 20 seconds.

Printing Pictures: You can print pictures stored in the internal memory or on the memory card by using the Print Set option in the playback menu. Using DPOF (Digital Print Order Form), you can designate which images to print, and how many copies to print. Pictures can be printed as followed:

• Printer or Photo Lab: insert the memory card into a printer, or take the memory card to a digital photo lab. Note: images stored in the internal memory need to be transferred to a memory card prior to printing
• PictBridge-compatible Printer: connect the camera to a PictBridge-compatible printer via USB cable or wireless transfer
• Transferring to Computer: transfer the images to a computer before printing them via USB or wireless transfer

Power Requirements: The Coolpix P1 is powered by the supplied EN-EL8 battery (3.7 volts/7300 mAh). For extended operation and wireless transfer, it is recommended that you power the camera with the optional EH-62C AC adapter.

Auto Off: When the camera is operated on battery power, the Auto Off mode will automatically turn off the monitor to reduce the drain on the batteries if no operations are performed for the length of time specified in the Auto Off menu. The time limit for the Auto Off mode can be set to 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes or 30 minutes. When powered by an optional AC adapter, the camera will enter standby mode if no operations are performed for 30 minutes.

Inputs and Outputs Notes

USB/Audio-Video Output: The Coolpix P1 features a single proprietary jack for connecting either the supplied USB cable or Audio/Video cable. This one output allows you to download your photos to your computer or printer via USB, or view your photos on a TV. The USB interface is USB 2.0 High Speed compatible. The video output is NTSC or PAL compatible.

Supplied Software

PictureProject 1.6: The Coolpix P1 is equipped with Nikon PictureProject 1.6 software for Windows and Macintosh. The software allows you to do the following:

• Transfer and Catalog Pictures: select pictures for transfer, and catalog them into folders and collections
• Organize and View Pictures: organize, protect, and tag pictures; view photo information, organize pictures by keyword
• Retouch Pictures: edit pictures, adjust colors, crop, special effects, red-eye correction, sharpening outlines, D-lighting HS
• Design Mode: properties and layouts
• Share Pictures: print, e-mail, burn discs, view on a TiVo DVR, slide show, upload to the internet, or copy to a PDA

System Requirements: In order to use Nikon PictureProject 1.6, your computer must have the following minimum requirements: