Nikon Coolpix 8700 8MP Digital Camera with 8x Optical Zoom

Nikon Coolpix 8700 8MP Digital Camera with 8x Optical Zoom

Nikon Coolpix 8700 8MP Digital Camera with 8x Optical Zoom
Manufacturer: Nikon
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Product Description
"The Power of Eight". With an impressive 8.0 effective megapixels and a powerful 8x zoom lens, the COOLPIX 8700 is positioned as the line-up's newest flagship model. It delivers unmatched image quality - a hallmark of all Nikon products - and offers an advanced ergonomic design that greatly enhances operational ease and comfort.
Amazon.com Product Description
Boasting an impressive 8-megapixel resolution and 8x optical zoom lens, the Nikon Coolpix 8700 is a great choice for professional and advanced amateur photographers. Compared with its predecessor--Nikon's Coolpix 5700--the Coolpix 8700 has a faster start-up time, faster data recording, shorter release time lag and a new AF-Assist illuminator for quick AF operation in low light. It also features a movie mode with audio, a lightweight magnesium alloy body, PictBridge compatibility, and much more.

Optics and Resolution
The ultra-high resolution Coolpix 8700 has a 2/3-inch-type CCD that captures up to 3264 x 2448 images for poster-size print enlargements. Other resolution modes include 3264 x 2176, 2592 x 1944, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, and 640 x 480. The 8x optical Zoom-Nikkor lens (f/2.8 - 4.2) offers a focal range of 8.9-71.2mm (equivalent to 35-280mm in 35mm format). It also has a 4x digital zoom. The lens incorporates two ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements that minimize chromatic aberration for sharp, clear images. Additionally, the Optical Low-Pass Filter is optimized, which helps the high-definition CCD image sensor get the best optical performance.

See detailed views of the 8700's features:
Front
Back
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Movie Mode
In addition to snapping brilliant still photos, the Coolpix 8700 can also capture video with audio. It offers four movie modes: TV movie (640 x 480 pixels; 30 fps) with audio, Small movie (320 x 240 pixels; 15 fps) with audio, sepia movie (320 x 240 pixels; 5 fps) with audio, and time-lapse movie (640 x 480 pixels; 30 fps).

More Features
The Coolpix 8700 offers Programmed Auto, Shutter-Priority Auto, Aperture-Priority Auto, and Manual, as well as Exposure Compensation for an exceptional degree of exposure control. Nikon's 256-segment Matrix Metering system enables optimal exposures in even the most challenging lighting conditions, while its Matrix Auto White Balance neutralizes color deviations created by ambient light sources. The convenient Best Shot Selector (BSS) function automatically selects the sharpest image from a series of consecutive shots--especially valuable during macro or telephoto shooting.

The 5-shot buffer mode retains the last 5 shots when the shutter button is continually pressed and then released in order to capture unexpected or fleeting moments. The continuous shooting feature captures 2.5 (H) or 1.2 (L) frames per second. Alternatively, you can use the new Multi-shot mode to capture 16 consecutive frames in a single image. It's equipped with a large, vari-angle 1.8-inch LCD monitor for increased visibility--even during bright daylight and a high-resolution EVF (Electronic Viewfinder) that offers greater contrast and clearer images.

Other features include:

Printing
The camera's magnesium alloy body is rugged and lightweight.
The Coolpix 8700 is PictBridge compatible, which enables you to transfer pictures from your digital camera to your printer, without a PC or image-editing software. All PictBridge devices share three basic features: camera-to-printer connecting, single-image printing, and uniform error messages (in case something goes wrong)

Storage and Transfer
Images and video are stored on CompactFlash memory cards (Type I/II), and the Coolpix 8700 is compatible with MicroDrives (no memory card is included with this package). Files can be downloaded to either a Mac or PC via USB 1.1 connectivity, which means it can be connected to any USB-based Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and Mac OS 8.6 or later computer without installing any software.

Power and Size
The camera is powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery (EN-EL1, included, captures approximately 210 images). It can also be powered by the optional MB-E5700 battery pack (6 AA batteries). It measures 4.4 by 4.1 by 3.1 inches and weighs 17 ounces (excluding battery).

What's in the Box
This package includes the Coolpix 8700 digital camera, rechargeable lithium-ion battery (EN-EL1), battery charger (MH-53), lens cap, camera strap, USB and A/V cables, and CD-ROM with Nikon View editing software and drivers. Optional accessories include: Fisheye Converter (FC-E9), Wideangle Converter (WC-E80), Telephoto Converter (TC-E15ED), Step-Down Ring Lens Adapter (UR-E12), Lens Hood (HR-E5700), Lens Hood (HN-CP11), AC Adapter (EH-53), Car Battery Charger (MH-53C), Remote Cord (MC-EU1), and Soft Case (CS-CP11).

Nikon Coolpix 8700 8MP Digital Camera with 8x Optical Zoom
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • I love this camera
  • Solid Performance
  • Big time disappointment
  • Poky
  • THIS IS MY BABY
 Nikon Coolpix 8700 8MP Digital Camera with 8x Optical Zoom

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Accessories:
  1. Nikon ES-E28 Slide Copy Adapter for Coolpix Cameras
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  3. Nikon Coolpix Travel Electrical Adapter Kit
  4. Targus Digital Li-Ion Rechargeable Battery for Nikon ENEL1 750mAh
  5. Nikon 77MM Lens Filter Set for Coolpix 5400 Digital Cameras

Product Features:
  • 8-megapixel sensor captures 3264 x 2448 images for poster-size plus print enlargements
  • 8x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom (for 32x total zoom)
  • Movie mode with audio; 5-shot buffer mode; fast start-up time
  • Store images on CompactFlash type I/II memory cards; Microdrive compatible; no memory card included
  • Powered by rechargeable lithium-ion battery (included); connects via USB 1.1

ASIN: B0001EY1GY

Amazon.com Product Description

Boasting an impressive 8-megapixel resolution and 8x optical zoom lens, the Nikon Coolpix 8700 is a great choice for professional and advanced amateur photographers. Compared with its predecessor--Nikon's Coolpix 5700--the Coolpix 8700 has a faster start-up time, faster data recording, shorter release time lag and a new AF-Assist illuminator for quick AF operation in low light. It also features a movie mode with audio, a lightweight magnesium alloy body, PictBridge compatibility, and much more.

Optics and Resolution
The ultra-high resolution Coolpix 8700 has a 2/3-inch-type CCD that captures up to 3264 x 2448 images for poster-size print enlargements. Other resolution modes include 3264 x 2176, 2592 x 1944, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, and 640 x 480. The 8x optical Zoom-Nikkor lens (f/2.8 - 4.2) offers a focal range of 8.9-71.2mm (equivalent to 35-280mm in 35mm format). It also has a 4x digital zoom. The lens incorporates two ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements that minimize chromatic aberration for sharp, clear images. Additionally, the Optical Low-Pass Filter is optimized, which helps the high-definition CCD image sensor get the best optical performance.

See detailed views of the 8700's features:
Front
Back
Top

Movie Mode
In addition to snapping brilliant still photos, the Coolpix 8700 can also capture video with audio. It offers four movie modes: TV movie (640 x 480 pixels; 30 fps) with audio, Small movie (320 x 240 pixels; 15 fps) with audio, sepia movie (320 x 240 pixels; 5 fps) with audio, and time-lapse movie (640 x 480 pixels; 30 fps).

More Features
The Coolpix 8700 offers Programmed Auto, Shutter-Priority Auto, Aperture-Priority Auto, and Manual, as well as Exposure Compensation for an exceptional degree of exposure control. Nikon's 256-segment Matrix Metering system enables optimal exposures in even the most challenging lighting conditions, while its Matrix Auto White Balance neutralizes color deviations created by ambient light sources. The convenient Best Shot Selector (BSS) function automatically selects the sharpest image from a series of consecutive shots--especially valuable during macro or telephoto shooting.

The 5-shot buffer mode retains the last 5 shots when the shutter button is continually pressed and then released in order to capture unexpected or fleeting moments. The continuous shooting feature captures 2.5 (H) or 1.2 (L) frames per second. Alternatively, you can use the new Multi-shot mode to capture 16 consecutive frames in a single image. It's equipped with a large, vari-angle 1.8-inch LCD monitor for increased visibility--even during bright daylight and a high-resolution EVF (Electronic Viewfinder) that offers greater contrast and clearer images.

Other features include:

Printing
The camera's magnesium alloy body is rugged and lightweight.
The Coolpix 8700 is PictBridge compatible, which enables you to transfer pictures from your digital camera to your printer, without a PC or image-editing software. All PictBridge devices share three basic features: camera-to-printer connecting, single-image printing, and uniform error messages (in case something goes wrong)

Storage and Transfer
Images and video are stored on CompactFlash memory cards (Type I/II), and the Coolpix 8700 is compatible with MicroDrives (no memory card is included with this package). Files can be downloaded to either a Mac or PC via USB 1.1 connectivity, which means it can be connected to any USB-based Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and Mac OS 8.6 or later computer without installing any software.

Power and Size
The camera is powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery (EN-EL1, included, captures approximately 210 images). It can also be powered by the optional MB-E5700 battery pack (6 AA batteries). It measures 4.4 by 4.1 by 3.1 inches and weighs 17 ounces (excluding battery).

What's in the Box
This package includes the Coolpix 8700 digital camera, rechargeable lithium-ion battery (EN-EL1), battery charger (MH-53), lens cap, camera strap, USB and A/V cables, and CD-ROM with Nikon View editing software and drivers. Optional accessories include: Fisheye Converter (FC-E9), Wideangle Converter (WC-E80), Telephoto Converter (TC-E15ED), Step-Down Ring Lens Adapter (UR-E12), Lens Hood (HR-E5700), Lens Hood (HN-CP11), AC Adapter (EH-53), Car Battery Charger (MH-53C), Remote Cord (MC-EU1), and Soft Case (CS-CP11).

Product Description

"The Power of Eight". With an impressive 8.0 effective megapixels and a powerful 8x zoom lens, the COOLPIX 8700 is positioned as the line-up's newest flagship model. It delivers unmatched image quality - a hallmark of all Nikon products - and offers an advanced ergonomic design that greatly enhances operational ease and comfort.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I love this camera.......2007-05-12

This is a wonderful camera, for me. I don't know much about photography and admittedly don't understand all the bells and whistles it offers but it does work great on mostly automatic focus. Only slght difficulties with a sort of slow shutter release requiring complete steadiness when shooting.

4 out of 5 stars Solid Performance.......2006-10-09

I have owned my Nikon 8700 for almost two years and have taken over 7000 photos. It is a very good serious amateur's camera and might make a reasonable back-up for a professional phtotographer. The 8 megapixel resolution is enough for moderately sized prints, up to about 11 x 14, assuming no cropping.

The zoom lens is reasonably fast and quite convenient. Autofocus is normally pretty good, but as one approaches close-up shots with long focal length and moderate or low light, it fails quite regularly. One can see it 'hunt' right through the perfect focus and choose something not even close. Otherwise, the optics seem pretty good. The viewfinder is bright, but it is really small. It will indicate whether the subject is in the frame, but it will give only a hint of what the final result will look like. This puts it at a great disadvantage to real "through the lens" slr's.

It will produce very sharp images under moderately favorable conditions. There is only a little barrel distortion and vignetting at short focal lengths, and virtually no chromatic aberration. The jpeg compression, comes in three flavors: basic, normal, and fine. Basic is alright for small snapshot photos and shots of very smooth things, but it produces a lot of jpeg artifacts when trees are cast against the sky or other places where irregular edges contrast with the background. Fine mode has very little of this problem. In-camera sharpening works reasonably well, though even the lowest level will produce banding artifacts in high contrast areas. These will typically be visible only during image editing, though.

Color reproduction is generally quite good, but dark and midtone colors between blue and red - especially those between magenta and red - will often appear to be qualitatively very different in the photo from what they do to the eye. It is something that can be repaired in Photoshop, but anyone without a really solid image-editing program will be tempted to throw the camera against the wall. In other words - if you want this camera, you need to have an image editing program that allows adjustment of curves, and adjustment of hue and saturation for the six primary and secondary colors. My cheap Fujifilm 2800 is much more faithful with these reds.

With eight different modes of operation including landscape, flowers, indoor portrait, fireworks, and panorama, the electronics offer a good variety of modes. I use floral and landscape all the time, and they work quite well. Floral mode offers five zones that you can use for focus and exposure metering, making this a really handy mode for all kinds of close work.

Other modes are not quite as good. I tried nightime landscape last night. It was a full moon - one of those 'bright as day' nights. But the shutter did not stay open long enough to register any sort of an image, except for a ghostly dark gray image of some pure white surfaces. Similarly, the flash manages to make everything look ugly. This may not be a quality unique to this flash, but I would never use the flash except for cases of slight fill when the subject was 6-10 feet away. In its defense, there is a hot shoe and if I were not in the habit of using natural light for everything, I should have mastered this art by now.

Most of the controls are intuitive and easy to use. There is a bank of controls that naturally falls beneath the left hand when one is steadying the camera. These include the jpeg adjustment, self timer, and the flash mode selector. I have ruined many dozens of shots by accidently pressing one of these. Almost every photo-shoot in moderate or low light finds me waiting for the self-timer. And I went a whole shoot doing "basic" mode when I intended "fine."

The body is solid and it is mechanically quite sound. It fits the hands quite comfortably. Fit and finish are very soli. After two years of moderate use, the camera seems none the worse for the wear. Even the decals are in mint condition I have two batteries and a charger, and find that this is just barely enough. I also bought a 1 gigapixel card and would not reecommend anything less.

I have owned three film SLR's and I could never recommend trading to this camera from a film SLR. I have scanned a number of slides and am sure that this camera produces an image, that is is better than one from a 35mm, but one quickly misses the control one is used to shooting manually with an SLR. I bought this camera at the same time as a Pentax 6x7 medium format camera, and I find myself using this for almost everything because it is so much more convenient and portable. And only in the case of images that would be over 20 inches on a side is the advantage of high resolution one that makes the Pentax a better choice. For those serious about fine art landscapes and other photos with much detail, medium format film will still beat this camera or, probably any digital camera for detail. But for less than poster-sized pictures under normal shooting conditions, it is hard to beat this camera.

2 out of 5 stars Big time disappointment.......2006-07-07

I had high expectations for the Coolpix 8700 being a Nikon product. I have been very disappointed with this camera for the
following reasons:
the owners manual is almost impossible to
understand unless you are a rocket scientist.
The viewfinder is very poor quality and most of the time i cannot
see clearly the subject i am trying to photograph.
The time it takes to take a photograph is very slow and by the time the lens has opened and shut, the picture has changed.
I took some side by side comparison photos with my little Kodak 3.1 mp Easyshare DX 4330 which is several years old and was much much less expensive than the Nikon Coolpix 8700, there was no discernable difference in the quality of the pictures!
I find all the buttons on the Nikon confusing, and like another reviewer said, by the time you remember which one to use it is too late.
This is my first Nikon camera, but i plan on selling it and buying another camera from the Kodak Easyshare line.






2 out of 5 stars Poky.......2006-04-20

Good quality photos in outdoor lighting. Inside in low-light conditions I found them quite grainy unless I was standing very close to the suject. The worst problem was the shutter. It was WAY too slow! By the time the camera took the picture, what I was hoping to capture was gone. I got rid of the camera. It wasn't worth the hassle. I would have given this a 3 star rating, but this is a Nikon. Up until purchasing this camera I was a big fan of their cameras. What a disappointment!

5 out of 5 stars THIS IS MY BABY.......2006-02-05

I love my Nikon Coolpix 8700. I have taken wonderful picture as well as some crummy ones. But that is the great thing with digital film...DELETE and try again. Please take several shots of the same subject to make sure you get the best one no matter what camera you use.
I guess all digital cameras have taken plenty of crummy as well as good pictures.
I won a photo contest using this camera and I was so happy.
The battery life is short so buy several batteries, if you plan on using it alot. An get a 512 on up Compact Flash card.. 8 MEGA PIXELS uses lots of space on your smaller meg cards.
I find all digital cameras, including this one, can take poor night time shots. Not all the time, though. I've taken some good night shots.
You just have to practice with it. I've taken wonderful shots of the moon when it is full with this. You have to use night time landscape mode and a tripod.

The LCD Screen pivots out and around so you can hold it up high over a croud or anything in the way like a camcorder. I love that. However, the LCD screen is only 1.5 inches.

The macro mode is just fine. Keep back a bit from your subject.
If too close, you subject blurs. But again, I've taken wonderful macro shots with this camera.

If you buy one, you will like it just fine. Read your manual to get all you can from all the wonderful functions.

Remanufactured Nikon Coolpix 8700 8MP Digital Camera with 8x Optical Zoom
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    		Remanufactured Nikon Coolpix 8700 8MP Digital Camera with 8x Optical Zoom

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    Product Features:
    • 8-megapixel sensor captures 3264 x 2448 images for poster-size plus print enlargements
    • 8x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom (for 32x total zoom)
    • Movie mode with audio; 5-shot buffer mode; fast start-up time
    • Store images on CompactFlash type I/II memory cards; Microdrive compatible; no memory card included
    • Powered by rechargeable lithium-ion battery (included); connects via USB 1.1

    ASIN: B000C7HD2O

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