03-29-2011, 01:10 AM
[quote name='Vieux loup' timestamp='1301350837' post='7190']
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' /> Has any of you tried the P7000? It is a little bigger, has an optical wiever and gets very good grades for image quality and AF, a little less so for ergonomics and responsiveness, but it has a nice lens and of course produces .NEF files, which would make post production simpler for me. There is also the P300 which has a super fast 24-100 lens, but does not produce raw files. Wim, I like your idea of always having a small bag with me, it eliminates the necessity for a "pocketable" camera, even if it should be compact.
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The P7000 is not a little bigger, is is almost an exact copy of the design of the G9/10/11/12, but it is in fact more compact and lighter.
Both have an optical viewfinder too.
But when reviewers note:
"I'm not one to use car analogies in camera reviews, but I can't help but feel that one is appropriate here. Imagine if Porsche designed a beautiful sports car, equipping it with cutting-edge features -- and then put a lawn mower engine in it. That's the Coolpix P7000, in a nutshell. It has a ton of features, very good photo quality, manual controls, and plenty of optional extras. Unfortunately, the camera's user interface is so slow that using the P7000 is an exercise in frustration, rather than a pleasure."
(dcresource)
"A wait of almost 2 seconds to return to shooting mode from a menu screen is too long. A pause of more than a second to scroll from one image to the next in review mode (histogram view) is also too long. Likewise the camera's unpredictable response to control inputs; sometimes the P7000 responds to a single click of one of the two control wheels, and sometimes it doesn't. 'Button lag' where the camera always seems to be one step behind whatever you just asked it to do is a depressing feature of older digicams and some current budget models, but we didn't expect to see it in a $500 high-end compact. Unfortunately it is a feature of the P7000, and that is very disappointing."
(dpreview)
"Where I grew frustrated using the Nikon P7000 was its overall sluggish performance. I used the camera to shoot the annual Medieval Festival in New York City, the Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico, and leaf-peeping season in Vermont. While the image quality was solid--more of which I'll discuss further down in this report--I was disappointed with how slowly the camera responded."
(Imaging resource)
you just know it has one big drawback... very slow computer/GUI. No "have you guys used it" is going to change that. For the rest, it is a nice camera, just like the G11/12 are nice cameras.
I would concentrate on what features are actually important... is an optical view finder important? Then get a G11/12 or a P7000 if you like sluggish controls. If small size more important? Then get a S95/LX or even a XZ1. Or a P300, in the hope that it is faster in operation.
In my opinion, that is more important than what RAW converter you will use.
Thank you for your input <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> Has any of you tried the P7000? It is a little bigger, has an optical wiever and gets very good grades for image quality and AF, a little less so for ergonomics and responsiveness, but it has a nice lens and of course produces .NEF files, which would make post production simpler for me. There is also the P300 which has a super fast 24-100 lens, but does not produce raw files. Wim, I like your idea of always having a small bag with me, it eliminates the necessity for a "pocketable" camera, even if it should be compact.[/quote]
The P7000 is not a little bigger, is is almost an exact copy of the design of the G9/10/11/12, but it is in fact more compact and lighter.
Both have an optical viewfinder too.
But when reviewers note:
"I'm not one to use car analogies in camera reviews, but I can't help but feel that one is appropriate here. Imagine if Porsche designed a beautiful sports car, equipping it with cutting-edge features -- and then put a lawn mower engine in it. That's the Coolpix P7000, in a nutshell. It has a ton of features, very good photo quality, manual controls, and plenty of optional extras. Unfortunately, the camera's user interface is so slow that using the P7000 is an exercise in frustration, rather than a pleasure."
(dcresource)
"A wait of almost 2 seconds to return to shooting mode from a menu screen is too long. A pause of more than a second to scroll from one image to the next in review mode (histogram view) is also too long. Likewise the camera's unpredictable response to control inputs; sometimes the P7000 responds to a single click of one of the two control wheels, and sometimes it doesn't. 'Button lag' where the camera always seems to be one step behind whatever you just asked it to do is a depressing feature of older digicams and some current budget models, but we didn't expect to see it in a $500 high-end compact. Unfortunately it is a feature of the P7000, and that is very disappointing."
(dpreview)
"Where I grew frustrated using the Nikon P7000 was its overall sluggish performance. I used the camera to shoot the annual Medieval Festival in New York City, the Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico, and leaf-peeping season in Vermont. While the image quality was solid--more of which I'll discuss further down in this report--I was disappointed with how slowly the camera responded."
(Imaging resource)
you just know it has one big drawback... very slow computer/GUI. No "have you guys used it" is going to change that. For the rest, it is a nice camera, just like the G11/12 are nice cameras.
I would concentrate on what features are actually important... is an optical view finder important? Then get a G11/12 or a P7000 if you like sluggish controls. If small size more important? Then get a S95/LX or even a XZ1. Or a P300, in the hope that it is faster in operation.
In my opinion, that is more important than what RAW converter you will use.