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Nikon Coolpix AW100 Review
- Waterproof down to 33-feet
- Shockproof up to 5-feet
- Temp proof down to 14 degrees F
- Oversized buttons for gloves
- 5X wide angle zoom lens
- E-compass
- GPS for geo tagging, but there will be basic maps as well.
- A new feature called SWING CONTROL - shake the camera in a certain way to change functions (portrait to landscape) w/o going into the menu
- 1080p/30 and 720p/60 HD video recording (60fps = slo motion) with a mini HDMI out
- The Nikon Coolpix AW100 will be available September 8, 2011 with an MSRP of $379.99. It will be available in blue, black, and orange
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Coolcrapx on the way!
=D
Swing control sounds really stupid.
Does not going from portrait to landscape just mean rotating the camera 90 degrees?
Waterproof down to 33-feet
Shockproof up to 5-feet
Shitproof up to 100-lbs
Heheheheh
man, i understand the bitterness..
RAW? F/1.8 or smaller???? if not I won’t bother.
I just got a Panasonic TS3 for $275.00. I wonder if the AW100 will be better. So far, I am kind of disappointed with the TS3.
Will I be able to make a phone call?
DSLRs arte coming, because Coolpigs are starting to fly
Well, at least the 720/60fps means the tech is there for similar or better in the D800.
Admin,
Is there any chance there might still be a dslr announcement before sept 12th?
yes
Guess we know were Nikon is putting all its efforts… Damn
Explain why I have invested over $8000 in Nikon SLR lenses again? I hope Nikon makes tourists with hip packs on family vacations happier with their new coolpix.
Yeah, ‘cos why should Nikon cater for those sub-human scumbags, when there are Elite Shooters like you around? How dare they, just how DARE they offer something for people who are lesser mortals than you?
+1
For all the complaining, the sales of the lower end cameras support the R&D budgets for the bigger glass and bodies. If you want more high-end goodies, then you had better pray for booming sales in goods for the masses.
You invested $8k in glass? I hope you shoot pro. If not, it’s still a great investment, because good lenses hold their value. You can stick a great lens on an ok body and get fantastic results by the way.
That said, I noticed most everyone commenting on these posts are a bunch of whiners. Nikon has released some fantastic DSLR camera bodies on the last few years and I am SURE more are on the way. Maybe not tomorrow but in the near future.
Canon stole their thunder with the the 5DmkII for video. I am sure Nikon is gonna come out swinging. Just like they took the high ISO/high frame rate crown off Canon’s head with the D3 series, they will probably go for the HDSLR crowd too.
Everyone take off the skirt and wait for the announcements.
when you go to the nikon site and try to bring up the digital slr’s they will not come up same with coolpix;s but the F6 does come up.
i do like the idea of a rugged camera for snowboarding holidays
besides that
meh
Look at it from Nikon’s perspective. I’m guessing that the Coolpix line brings them more money that their pro DSLR bodies. The point of a business is to make money. At least we know now that the D400/D800 may have much better video options.
What time tonight will we know for sure?
Mmm That AW100 sounds cool, but maybe tomorrow a new Nikonos version then ?? i Wonder…
AW100 , wasnt that also a slingshot bag from Lowepro ???
Nope , that lowepro was 100 aw.. but there was a commercial in the past showing Nikon and Lowepro 100 AW…
More INFO HERE :
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/2670/coolpux.jpg
This pic says it all.
Three years since the D700 and this is what we get?
I think I’m giving up on full-frame. I’ll just enjoy my D70 and be happy with it.
I still can’t believe they are organizing all these events worldwide for a couple of P&S. Something’s not right with this picture.
Why would they make the lens start at 28mm for this camera? To me, this is the kind of camera that “needs” to be at least 24mm at the wide end to be really useful. What are they thinking?!
Shockproof up to 5-feet
So that would be around 1.5meters. Wow… really? My Lumix FT2 is shockproof up to 2meters and that’s almost 2 years old.
*sigh*
You know, Olympus tried the touch, shake, and tap thing… didn’t work well for them, either. After playing with the TS3 and the TX10, Nikon’s going to have to wow with image quality if they hope to play hardball in the underwater category. Coolpix cameras have been totally uninspired these past few years… it’s been tragic, really. We have people coming in the store asking for “that Ashton camera.” They don’t even attach Nikon’s name to the product…
Coolpix revival? I’m down for that. I just have very little faith that I’ll see it. Coolpix is simply not representative of the “real” Nikon system.
33 ft underwater is really not that far. The limit for most recreational divers is 100 ft (130 max). any serious underwater photographer will still use a housing for their land camera. Like the coolpix, it’s really a point and shoot for a certain audience.
All info on Ucrainian Nikon site!
http://nikon.ua/uk_UA/product/digital-cameras/coolpix/all-weather/coolpix-aw100
All info on Ukrainian Nikon site!
http://nikon.ua/uk_UA/product/digital-cameras/coolpix/all-weather/coolpix-aw100