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Nikon Coolpix A : Specifications and Opinions



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avatarjunior
sent on 20 Giugno 2024

Pros: Sensor with excellent performance even at high iso, sharp lens, camera body quality, simple and immediate menu, speed and ease of use.

Cons: Price, hard to find.

Opinion: If you want a compact, it's because you want it to be small enough to be able to carry it with you at all times. The size makes it literally pocket-sized, the silent shutter then really allows you to be invisible. To this, in addition to the beautiful images it generates, we add a remarkable quality of the camera body, made of metal (so resistant, not a toy) but well balanced to maintain its lightness combined with a 16.2 MP APS-C sensor. The images it produces are excellent as well as the workability of the raw files, basically you have a pocket-sized Nikon D7000 (same sensor). The 28mm equivalent lens allows a wide use, from the street to travel camera, if you want to travel light and leave the reflex or mirrorless at home without regrets. For Nikon lovers, in addition to the ease of use, a further plus: compatibility with SB flashes The AF is in line with the timing of the project and personally I have never had any problems. Also tested against a Fujifilm X70. The Fuji has been resold. She stays, for the best quality of the files and compactness of the camera body. In summary: a premium compact camera that is still up-to-date, truly pocketable and offers maximum performance.

avatarsenior
sent on 11 Agosto 2021

Pros: Compactness, sensor and superb optics

Cons: Af slow, but in line with competitors, lack of standard viewfinder...

Opinion: I have been owning this little gem for a couple of years. I state that I preferred it to his other competitors, Ricoh and Fuji, for the Nikon menu, familiar to me. In addition, it mounts a sensor that I know well, that of the D7000, of which I can only speak well. Its best value? You can organize an outing in the mountains, whatever it is, without giving up photography! Often, with only the FF kit, the organization of the output is a function of that. With her no, go quiet, very light, and take home the shot. I gave her two very useful accessories, lens hood, where you can mount the filters if necessary, (occasionally used the polarizer) and the optical viewfinder, an absolutely essential accessory. Being devoid of viewfinder, I hate to compose with only display, phone style. Now, you turn quietly with the viewfinder around your neck, and she in your backpack. When you see the photo, you extract it and... The lens, a 28mm, is an absolute all-rounder. Of great value, congratulations to Nikon. Jpeg black and white beautiful as it is, Fuji style. Very workable file. Among the photos posted here, many are its fruit. The cons? The usual predictable. AF lentino, eye to raise the sensitivity too much, and when the light drops, it is she who calls her older sister into the field, who scalps in the backpack. Despite the years, it still has its why even in price. Rare and Unobtainable.

avatarsenior
sent on 11 Agosto 2021

Pros: sharpness, file rendering, compactness, condizivision of Nikon accessories

Cons: AF (but it's from 2013)

Opinion: For several years I have been using the coolpix A picocla, which has replaced in my kit a Rocoh GRD3 with a small sensor. The fact of having an APS sensor (the stress of the Nikon D7000) is its best side, with a file generated with excellent sharpness, sharp, colors and an expressive fall of light at the open diaphragm edges that characterizes it. Very sharp starting from f4, it's fine even at full aperture. The AF suffers from the year 2013 project with few customizations, but still manages to compete with machines in production (e.g., from direct confonto, it is faster than the Fuji XF10). Manually it can also be used, looking at the metric scale usl monitor (but it has no fixed focus functions and the bezel easily moves inadvertently). Its 16 MPX are still current and guarantee a light and well-manageable file as per nikon tradition, even on high sensitivities, up to 3200 iso and passes. I really appreciate the compatibility of the nikon flash system and often I pair it, via cable, an SB 900 for particular situations. The synchroization on all times lends itself well to this type of use in full sun in the street. After years of use I still can not mature the idea of abandoning it (while using other more recent compact).

avatarjunior
sent on 12 Febbraio 2020

Pros: Compactness, lightness, silence, sharpness and Nikon menu

Cons: It can be a problem the 28mm for those who are not used to it. Autofocus in crisis in particular situations. Unavailable

Opinion: Intrigued by the reviews of those who tried it, I bought this wonderful camera used in new conditions, it was not easy to find it since given the high price in 2013 they did not sell many. So it takes a little bit of luck. It is an alternative to the Ricoh GR with a more solid appearance being all metal and is built in Japan not China. Definitely higher quality index. It offers a NIKKOR 28mm f2.8 that gives, combined with an APS sensor of 16 million pixels, photographs of great quality for sharpness and three-dimensionality, a great BN. Autofocus performs well in normal situations, in difficulty with poor light. Those who don't know it mistake it for any compact, this allows you to be invisible, fantastic for street photos. You can put it in a pocket and then you can always have it at hand. Featuring the famous Matrix metering Nikon does not miss an exhibition, but if you want you can manage everything in manual, including focus. Really fun and not annoying camera to take with you, for those who use Nikon you will find the menu of reflex. Reading on the net you will find no complaints about dirty sensor, which with so obvious on cameras with collapsible lens. Recommended if you find it used in good condition do not let it get away.

avatarjunior
sent on 04 Luglio 2019

Pros: file quality, decent high iso performance, resolute lens, fast, usable macro, build quality, ergonomics and controls, dimensions from VERA compact. Focus Mode Physical Selector (M, AF, MACRO)

Cons: AF slow, difficult to work in hyperfocal, no tilting display. Find her, if you can.

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avatarsenior
sent on 11 Aprile 2018

Pros: Robustness, ignition time, invisibility, fixed lens 28mm

Cons: Rarity (no longer on the market)

Opinion: A tank to always keep in your pocket. Extract, light and focus with one hand in less than 3 seconds. Up to ISO 640 very little noise; Excellent image quality (thanks to the fixed 28mm lens and the APS-C sensor). RAW files are good quality and easily manipulated. JPEGs are more than good for those who do little post-production and never print more than 20x30 at medium to high resolutions. If at 90% you take street and landscaping, it will slowly increase the days when you leave everything at home and only go out with her in the backpack. The reflex will be a distant memory of the amateur photographer, especially when you realize that a retracted to 28mm f2.8 with STA compact gives acceptable bokeh. If you are an experienced or coveted user, the speech obviously changes. And especially if you need to zoom, stay away from the 28mm. The crop will not save you. In a lot of light situations, the 1/2000s constraint of shutter is a bit tedious, but taking ISO 100 and F > 5 you hardly ever have any problems. Walking among the people the Black version is a ghost, a few more problems with the silver version that looks like a silver jewel. I had it and resolute it after a few months. The B/N setting is a very remarkable fetish for lazy lovers of a certain kind of street. There's also a phantomatic MACRO focus that works so-so. But it works. A real gem that Nikon has brought out on the market with a few years ahead of the Street fashion that has now invaded our cities. And outgoing the price was disproportionate. From there the total failure and withdrawal from the market. It follows that it is now a rare piece. So if you have it do not sell it and if you are curious take it. 90% of my street photos are taken with Coolpix A.

avatarjunior
sent on 26 Aprile 2017

Pros: Compactness and weight (go unnoticed among the people), great sensor, excellent optics.

Cons: For the type of room now for anyone.

Opinion: Purchased used in perfect condition and at the price of real "balance", together with the metal hood and 28mm viewer Sigma (VF-11). I was dubious about this type of cameras (D700 use with optical fixed and film vintage, Hasselblad 501C and Nikon F2) after not "falling in love" with a Fuji X100S (taken and sold after a month) but I needed a companion for all day and i must say that this CoolpixA despite compact camera image to be less cool than its competitors offers in fact really a lot: portability to the top and made remarkable sensor and lens. I shot in JPEG + RAW with JPEG B / W with custom settings and files are really good baked and ready to use. I can only advise especially now that the price is decidedly limited.

avatarjunior
sent on 08 Giugno 2016

Pros: Excellent sensor, lens, compact, quiet shutter-release, Nikon Raw, menu similar to the Nikon SLR

Cons: slow and precise autofocus, Nikon has made a one-off with the body of an economical compact

Opinion: for three years I own this Coolpix, changed my way of taking pictures, the picture quality is wonderful. The lack of viewfinder, the street is an advantage (for me). Now always travel light often leave home my SLR. In the street, there is no better thing about invisibile.rnAnche I made the bullshit to sell it and change it with Fuji x70, after a month I picked it, fortunately the store was not able to sell it. The yield difference between x70 and Coolpix is ??remarkable, Fuji has everything you should have the Nikon with the exception of the sensor, in my opinion the quality of Fuji x70 is penalized by the coupling sensor-target, less than the X series rnciao to all Amedeo

avatarsenior
sent on 08 Giugno 2016

Pros: great sensor, excellent optical quality, very valid files that do not regret any SLR, lightweight

Cons: Af slow, the obligation to mount lens hood and filter holders in the street because stolen not see the perspective that comes out of the body when you accende.rnMancanza related section of the distance scale for any rapid burst with fire manuale.rn

Opinion: It is an amazing car when you consider the compact low noise and files that produce.Purtroppo remains the bitterness of the extra touches that just might have it made "historic" as the non-movable a decent af optics, a slight additional robustness, possibly only manual controls not menù.rnUna once made peace with these failings we say, no choice but to enjoy the files that churns The 18.5 mm has an excellent performance even in the most excellent color, very neutral and rncon few dominant, pairing the sensor is absolutely riuscito.Ho did a portrait with leica Q and a ...... coolpix apart from the pixel unlike what was the sore migliore.rnNota, an intuition of the nikon anticipating that everyone is able to turn out a product like that, it was enough to correct it and come out with unsa II version? No! the tolgono.rnSpero that nikon lathes in his footsteps or even tweak sforni a product like the leica Q.rnSpero once in a FF with 28mm or even 24mm like the sony rx1 or leica Q! rnrnciaornRob

avatarjunior
sent on 08 Giugno 2016

Pros: Sensor is build quality

Cons: price Video button

Opinion: Coolpix A performs well the crisp and usable lens even at full aperture for those coming from nikon menu and family, certainly the failure of this camera and and price although now and come down quite a bit, not 28 mm and for all before time later purchased resold trying other cameras regretted it so I bought it again.

avatarjunior
sent on 31 Agosto 2014

Pros: Size, weight sensor, lens, leaf shutter, high ISO, slow shutter speeds, image quality.

Cons: 28mm collapsible lens, construction, lack key Video, price.

Opinion: RELATED TO THE size gives an outstanding image quality, the shutter central, quiet, produces a very low vibration which together with the right density of mpx ensures crisp shots with times far (subject permitting), and if that were not enough counts on an excellent performance high ISO (sensor size) .rnOttica of excellence, impeccable performance from wide open (where actually there is the quality of a lens), draw very short and sensor optimized to work with this in mind and tiraggio.rnOttica fixed that for my personal opinion, its use may be better zoom, but 28mm (FF equivalent) may be too wide for general use to which the machine is dedicata.rnLa construction is very good, but not up to the price , which can, however, be justified by the fact that it is the first compact with aps-c sensor in Nikon, the lens can not be regarded as falling index of durability, a fixed (like fuji x100), it would have been meglio.rnMancance VIDEO button (you have to enter the menu) .rnL'autofocus is big-time and the face detection function ottima.rnIn Ultimately, RELATED TO THE great portability and outstanding image quality is very good car, but we must be clear about the use that if they want to do, which will undoubtedly be linked to the travel report, but if you do not love the 28mm equivalent and requires frequent use VIDEO mode does not turn out to be the machine indicated.








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