Camera Shopping- Anyone have a Nikon P1?

beartracks42

If any of you fellow boardmembers have any insights about this Digital camera, I would appreciate you sharing them.

Thanks in advance.

Gary

tsacch

Linkage to someone better than me.

coppercoins

I have used some 20 different digital cameras on coins, so I have a fair amount of experience.

The P1 is a good camera for coins. The larger size LCD screen is a good feature the Coolpix 5 or 7 series doesn't have. I liked the P1 for ease of use, white balance, etc., and really don't have anything bad to say about it except that it's not an SLR and once you use SLR cameras, the point and shoot type just don't cut it.

Like with most other point and shoot cameras the P1 needs to be painfully close to the coin to take a decent shot, which makes lighting the coin a challenge.

seateddime

coolpix 4500 with a photodome will give you this..............

mgoodm3

I have a P3 that I have tried out and does appear to work fine for coin imaging.