COOLPIX P1000 Superzoom Digital Camera | 125x Optical Zoom with Image Stabilization 16 MP 4K Ultra HD Video Wi-Fi Connectivity RAW Format and Rotating LCD Screen (Black)

I go out for walks a couple of hours per day. When I was interested in plants, my 10x cell phone camera was fine for learning plant names and sharing images with friends and family. Then I became interested in birds. Needless to say, it was time to buy a camera. I have a nice pair of binoculars and I was able to spot birds, nests, etc. But in order to get pictures during my walk, I needed a camera with no tripod that had great reach. I have absolutely no plans on being a professional photographer. I only want to learn about birds and share a few pictures with friends and family. Also, I didn't want to spend $3000+, though would if I had to. I got the P1000 after not doing very much research at all. I didn't really realize how rare this zoom actually is. I have been using this camera for just under 3 months around the neighborhood, in nearby parks as well as on vacation in National Parks. It is freaking amazing what I can photograph (at an amateur quality) with this thing. Yes, low light is a problem, and I wish so much that I could capture birds in flight, but for $1000, I feel like I have a superpower in my new birding hobby. This can "see" further than my (much clearer) binoculars can. I take both everywhere I go for walks. I can not only capture images of birds on electric wires, I can see the antennae on the bugs the birds are eating. I can point-and-shoot grizzly bears so far away, you can almost not see them with the naked eye. No - the images are not great, but identification of wildlife with the P1000 is very valuable to me. Other people took cell phone pictures of my view screen as souveniers to show their friends. Close up pictures (a moose on the side of the road), come out beautifully! Nearby birds in perfect light come out great! Not professional quality great, bit great enough for ordinary people like me to be amazed. For $1000, this is a no-brainer for beginner wildlife photography for people who don't have time to sit there all day with a tripod (though this DOES help immensely) and very heavy professional gear. I have been looking into getting a mirrorless or DSLR camera so I can get those in-flight shots, but to get the reach this camera has, I would have to be like those funny people I see who carry their extremely expensive gear out in a wheelbarrow to take photos of birds and animals in the nearby wildlife refuge. Even when I have the money to spend, I just can't do it - I would be giving up too much (light weight, all-in-one design, super long zoom). I haven't learned how to use all the manual settings yet - the wildlife I see never stands still long enough for me to practice. I guess I will have to practice on some other type of subject when I get tired of birds and other animals. But I am still having a complete blast with this camera. It really is tons of fun. I highly recommend getting it for travel and casual outings where you might want to photograph wildlife. Oh yes - other people have mentioned issues with water-tightness, so I have been trying to make sure I don't get it too wet. I have taken it out in light rain only once and used it under an umbrella. The Vermilion Flycatcher picture is handheld camera while I was walking around in a park The bird is 30 feet away maybe. Just used the bird setting and autofocus. The moose is about 50 yards away on a day with a lot of light after I slammed on my breaks from 70 MPH and shot it out of the driver's side window in a hurry. Autofocus worked great for this point-and-shoot opportunity. The Osprey picture is a cropped, zoomed in picture (just short of max zoom, which has trouble with autofocus) using a very cheap tripod on a day with tons of light using the standard auto-focus setting. That Osprey is on a tree top not too far from me with another Osprey. I included a less zoomed picture of them for a little bit of reference. As you can see, tripod helps immensely when using a lot of zoom. None of my pictures are professional quality, but they are all so much fun to shoot and to share with friends and family. Update 10/31/23: Starting to get better in flight birds in bright light (see ducks in flight photo). 1/1250 shutter speed. I had to lighten the photo because it was still early morning. Update 11/2/23: Added diving pelican pictures. I think I am getting the hang of this, though white birds are still washed out at 1/1250 Update 11/22/23: added a video (close range) of a robin eating berries on standard autofocus settings. Also a seagull changing directions - same 1/1250 setting, but just got lucky this time with a white bird - maybe because it was closer? not sure. Also sometimes I extract a frame from a video. The resolution is lower, but it is the easiest way for beginners to get action shots. Notice how blurry the crow is while harassing the eagle. That's why I started checking out the other settings - to see what the minimum setting for freezing action was.

I bought this camera specifically for it's long focal-length video capability and had my doubts about what it could actually do. I've spent a LOT of money of long glass over the years and have a 1000mm AF f8 sitting in a closet to prove it. The claim that this thing was good to 3000mm optical was hard to believe but intriguing. After a month or so of use I have to say the camera is radically good. But the thing I like best about it might not be an advantage to you. At extreme focal lengths the effect of the atmosphere becomes more and more apparent. Images shimmer and in some circumstances the air seems to boil. I love using this thing to shoot video of things moving -- cars, people walking, traffic -- and at 3000mm on a hot day, the effect is very beautiful but odd. I set this thing up on a tripod in the middle of the street and point it down the road to where a freeway on-ramp is a mile and a half away, and can clearly see vehicles make the turn at that distance. All the vehicles -- cars, trucks, bicycles, and pedestrians -- are stacked up between the camera and the on-ramp and they're all moving under their own power as well as in the boiling air. It is a very theatrical view. . This is probably not what you're looking for if you're doing bird photography or all sorts of other work. If you're working closer, the shimmer would presumably be less. The autofocus works reasonably well although it struggles to get a lock at long focal-lengths. It is somewhat slow but will follow-focus fairly well. Images are sharp and clean even at the end of the zoom. The P1000 does not have many of the controls or features found on professional video cameras but it has enough that I'm happy with it. It works for me as an extreme-zoom lens with a fairly simple video camera attached. My two cents, your mileage may vary, opinions void where prohibited.

I've never spent more than $300 on a camera, so buying the Nikon P1000 prior to my next 6-month road trip was way out of my comfort zone. This 3.3 lb, US$1050 camera is expensive, but still a fraction of an SLR. It's star attraction is, of course, its 24 - 3000 mm, 125X, optical zoom! Beyond that, it includes a raft of digital camera features that makes it very versatile. My initial experimentation is very satisfying and I think I'm in love. All in all, the pros and cons make this a phenomenal choice for my kind of semi-casual street, forest, and wildlife photography. Detractions: 1) Hanging somewhat uncomfortably by its shoulder strap, the camera weight distribution makes it point straight down. 2) For the same reason, it will not sit well on a typical tripod (see Accessories, below). 3) The sensor is the standard, small, 1/2.3" which limits ultimate photo quality, but millions of amateur photographers find it acceptable. 4) Battery life is pretty short, so I consider extra batteries essential (see Accessories). The first photo below of a house across the street about 135 feet away is at 24 mm. Note the white, upstairs window. The second photo is the center of that window's sill at 3000 mm. That's zoom! The third photo is a flash of my white shed, over 50 feet distant, taken in complete darkness. I'd call that a respectable strobe. Accessories: I think certain items are essential with the P1000. I need a keeper for the detached lens cap or that sucker would be lost in the first week (ASIN B08Z7FMRMZ). I also think extra batteries and an external charger are needed to get through a photo day (ASIN B0B8SGDK77). The P1000 is too heavy and bulky to hang around my neck all day and most shoulder camera bags won't accommodate it. Since I didn't want a backpack, the one bag I found fits, tightly, the camera with its lens hood and tripod plate installed (ASIN B0BDDS4B2K). Finally, for tripod use, I bought the only solution I could find, a way too expensive piece of metal that corrects the camera balance when mounted (ASIN B07KVBCT87).

Good for moon shots and daily pictures. But it is heavy. Wish it has large sensor and higher resolution.

I am a DSLR photographer. I do a lot of bird photography. I have a nikon 200-500mm ED VR with a Nikon D750, a Canon 6D Mark II with a Sigma 150-650mm, a Pentax K-1 with a Pentax 150-450mm AW, and a Canon 77D with a Canon 400mm L, a Sigma 100-400mm with a Nikon D3400. I am describing my gear to the reader so he/she will see how my review will be influenced by my current setup. Anytime I carry any of my gear mentioned above, I am looking at a good 4 to 8 lbs of gear strapped on my chest and hiking miles of trail. The Nikon Coolpix P1000 can never beat the image quality of a proper DSLR. The Nikon Coolpix P1000 is NO MATCH against sharpness and clarity of the images that my DSLRs produce. NO MATCH...and that is understandable. BUT...sometimes, I feel like I don't want to haul heavy gear. Sometimes, I just want to enjoy the scenery and the walk but still having the capability to take photos. Sometimes, I just want to be silly and just take photos of anything...a rock, a bird, a raccoon paw print, the bark of a tree. Enter the Nikon P1000. The Nikon Coolpix P1000 is an excellent point and shoot camera as long you know its limitations. The camera uses a tiny sensor, a smartphone sensor, so low light is the first challenge already. Now, there is a way to squeeze out light from this sensor by going Manual, or Aperture Priority and adjusting the ISO to 3200 or 6400 (max ISO). The next challenge is the 125X zoom power. You can get great quality images between 24-1500mm handheld as long as you keep your shutter speed around 500-1000, and then push the ISO a bit. Shooting handheld with this camera is doable as long you keep your zoom range within a reasonable range. Once you push pass 1500, you are now faced with hand shaking, wind, your breathing, the twitch of your arm, they start multiplying ten-fold as you push your zoom range closer to 3000mm. The next question is: do you need a tripod to push 3000? This is up to you. Remember though, when you push 3000mm even with a tripod, the quality of the image degrades because of the distance and size of the subject. This is a fact and it must be accepted by the user because it's just how the technology was built into this system, and the reality that 3000mm will start picking up heat shimmers, wind etc start showing up. It is the nature of super-telephoto lenses- any lens in the market. Do not be upset or disappointed when you see these issues at higher zooms, it is not Coolpix P1000s fault. It's just the nature of super zooms. Let's get the weight issue out of the way. It's about 2lbs maybe? Not sure because I am so used to carrying heavy camera gear that having this Coolpix P1000, to me, is very light. It might feel heavy for others not used to carrying heavy camera gear. But for me, this camera is light as "feather" so to speak, in relation to my heavy gear. Anyway, the point is..it's not going to break your hip or back. After you use this camera on several trips and hikes, your body will eventually adjust to the weight. What about images within ranges of 24-1500? I can say they look good to great. I know this is a point and shoot camera but if you really want to get the best out of this camera, the user needs to learn other forms of shooting styles, particularly using the different shooting modes- M, A, S. Trust me. Learning these other shooting modes will really bring out Nikon Coolpix P1000s capabilities from a point and shoot to a intermediate "DSLR"-like features. The Nikon Coolpix P1000 also has features like RAW format. Note that if you are using RAW format, the digital zoom is not available. Optical zoom at RAW format only goes up to 3000mm. Note that there are two zooms...Optical and Digital. User needs to read the full manual just in case they notice a function doesn't work; chances are the functionality isn't available at that moment because the camera locked you out because of a setting you made. Again, these are all described in full manual. The Quick manual that came with the camera is just a quick reference guide. You will need to download the full manual free from Nikon USA's website. This full manual will tell you EVERYTHING that you need to know about the camera. The Coolpix also has other "DSLR" like features like Spot metering, Center-weighted, Matrix. It also has manual AF select, Spot focusing; typical focusing features found in proper DSLRs. You can also set the ISO number. If you want to change ISO without going thru the MENU interface, you can assign the FN button to pull up the ISO numbers. Lots of neat stuff. All of thse are described in the full manual. What about battery use? You will need an extra battery. Please please use Nikon batteries. Do not use third-party batteries. Since you've already invested $1000 on a camera, there's no reason for you to go cheap on the battery. Bite the bullet and get a Nikon battery. Don't get those Wasabi or Watson batteries. Spend a bit more on real genuine Nikon batteries. Rated at 250 shots according to Nikon. Some ways to save battery power is to not use the Monitor all the time. Have the auto power off setting at 30 seconds. The Nikon Coolpix comes with a strap, a Nikon battery, a USB cable, a USB charging adapter, warranty card, manual, lens hood, lens cap. Accessories you need to start with? I strongly suggest getting a UV lens filter for this camera. The filter size is 77mm. I also suggest using a shoulder strap instead of the neck strap that came with the Nikon Coolpix P1000. Never ever strap a camera around your neck. I really think neck straps should not be used for cameras of this size as this causes neck strain. Please get a good shoulder strap. You might want to get a wired Nikon MC-DC2 remote release cord. It's no expensive. Do not get the Nikon Bluetooth remote cord- too expensive. Start with the Nikon MC-DC2. This remote cord helps you press the shutter button remotely (it's wired) to reduce vibration/shaking when you are focusing at a distant object; for example, the moon. You might want to invest on tripod. Just make sure the camera is well-tethered to you when attaching this camera to a tripod. Overall, I am happy with my Nikon Coolpix P1000. I am still testing all its capabilities. I recommend this camera to those looking for an all in one camera. Again, I can't stress enough about knowing its limitations. It takes great images as long as you know how to utilize its "powers". And finally, practice practice practice. The camera is just a device, majority of the work will have to come from the user for this camera to come up with great images. Highly recommended camera.

So this is a quick overview of how this camera will compare against the P900 for WILDLIFE photography. I feel Very few reviewers on YOUTUBE get this. I see reviews in the city like what the heck guys this camera is not the strongest in street photography probably the worse since it is So HUGE!!! Ok, from the day the P1000 was announced I put up a post asking people if they were excited for the P1000. This post got crazy huge. Day 1 I pre-ordered it. After the upcoming weeks I started to question my order. There were some thing that scared me off from the camera. The questionable 3000mm zoom the lack of info on the new sensor and the list goes on an on. Anyway, I finally got the courage to drop 1K on it and it show up this morning. Part of me ordering the camera is there is so little info on how it works in wildlife for photography. Now I shoot wildlife with my P900 just as much as my DSLR gear. So after playing with the p1000 for the last few hours here are the quick improvements if you were concerned. 1. Image quality ---> Yes better than the P900 , better noise, highlights, and sharpness is that or better. Under 2000mm for sure 2. Ease of use, Yes more buttons manual focus rings, works faster, focus fast ect. Feels more like a DSLR. 3. Buffer for shooting JPegs, Yes about 2 to 3 times more buffer it is what I needed the most for action photos. THIS was huge. I am not totally happy with the buffer but indeed much better. 4. Build Quality--> Way better hands down, NIkon has made this for the WILDLIFE Hardcore... You can feel the direction they improved this camera. Higher build quality, more weight, It feels like if you really wanted to get serious about photography at almost a professional level this is what I would use. Durable like a DSLR NO but serious yes. Looking back at my photos 10 years ago with Nikon D80, d90 E500 and 500mm lenses, This beat them hands down in quality of photos and usability ect reach. If you have any reservations on improvements do not be. They did a great job but my only concern is that it is made for TOO Serious of Photographers and will be considered a niche camera do to its size. If you have any questions please ask. My self serving needs are I want more cameras like this versus my DSLR gear. I like DSLRS but they are super heavy in the 600 mm range. I might put out a Youtube Video comparing the differences?? I think the reviews on this camera have been horrible so far. They concentrate on too many things as a general use camera. Again street photography is the last thing i would use it for. Any questions please ask Thanks

If you set the Fn button to operate ISO, it makes you drop down a screen EVERY TIME YOU PUSH THE Fn button, SERIOUSLY! Oh, but that's not the worst issue there's more: The $1,000 you paid for the zoom? It doesn't work in panorama mode. I may return it for this reason. I think this is enough to count for false advertising. Everything I need to do with this camera is panorama mode. Who ever wrote the text for the self timer option has hamburger for a brain, or some type of brain damage. Here's what the option on/off simply needed to state: shutter delay ON shutter delay OFF This is how it reads in the camera settings: Self-timer: after release ON Exit self-timer mode OFF Stay in self-timer mode (you are to select one of the above, but which one? Crazy right?) Here's what the "shutter delay" function indicates when you are checking to see if its on or off: Self-timer: after release OFF (test question: is the shutter delay on or off when you read this? This is what you see when you try to determine if you've turned it on or off) Hint, the word OFF means on an the word ON means off... LOL, not kidding! Here is the list of things that I've experienced with this camera: 1) I drove 60 miles to a location, and the temperature was 32F, my hands were freezing. 2) The camera failed to connect to the phone app so I could control the camera remotely. However, the photos were transferring to the phone (indicating it was connected). 3) I have a backup plan, and so I pulled out my Bluetooth button that allows me to snap photos when I have a camera on a tripod, and the distance is such that it would cause jitter on the camera. The Nikon was unable to recognize the Bluetooth button. MY SMART PHONE CONNECTS WITH NO PROBLEM WHAT SO EVER. 4) The battery went dead after about 15 minutes. 5) The camera locked up about 3 times. 6) When I got home I tried to connect the camera to the remote app, and wasted about 5 hours on it, and never did get it to connect. When your phone is trying to connect to a wifi device, it needs a name of the network, and the password THIS IS HOW PHONES WORK. The camera never gave this information, it was cryptic at best. None of the YouTube 'experts' explain any of this. 7) Sent Nikon a message explaining the problem. There were so many problems that I sent all of the sub issues in separate product support messages. The message has never received a response after 24 hours on a week day. What I feel like doing at this point. I feel like asking Nikon for the $100 of my time it wasted, or I'm sending back the product on principle. Any corporation that doesn't care about the time the customer spends trying to get something to work needs to get a reality check. I don't have time for this. Also, before you purchase this product, go download the "how to connect the app to the camera" it is the most convoluted 20 pages of YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME mess I've ever seen. Was someone being funny when they wrote this? Were they thinking: "lets make it so incredibly impossible to accomplish, won't that be fun?". Seriously, go read it before you buy this camera. How do you get the Bluetooth to connect. Don't call Nikon, unless you've got 6 hours to waste, and are interested in training their tech. support once YOU figure it out. The Camera is unable to connect to new Bluetooth versions. I had to use an old phone (no kidding). The 20 steps the tech support person sends you does nothing to get Bluetooth working. Here is the only way to connect Bluetooth so you can operate the camera from your smart phone: Menu Choose connection Connect to smart device Go to your smart phone blue tooth settings. Look for “P1000_your_serial_number_here” to come up Click on P1000_your_serial_number_here” (the word pairing should be visible now).

Let me state that I am an internationally published professional photographer and was an official contributor for Playboy SE Inc. for 5 years, so needless to say I have vast experience with cameras and DSLR’s of all shapes and sizes. I shoot both Nikon and Canon and have all the standard array of top of the line lenses for both brands. While I always am using my full frame DSLR’s over the past few years for lots of projects, one area of interest I’ve been dedicating my spare time to is photographing the International Space Station as it flies overhead. It is visible to the naked eye at certain times just after dusk and just before dawn, and through apps you can predict when and where it will appear. It is by far the hardest thing I’ve ever tried to shoot... a bright white object against a black background moving at 17,000 mph across the sky. I’ve used all my zoom lenses, telescopes, more telescopes but it is hard to track with lots of extra gear and weight. I bought a P900 when it came out and was blown away at the capabilities of that camera. I never in a million years could imagine myself with a consumer brand Nikon CoolPix camera in my hand, but then again the CoolPix P900 did what none of my Professional Brand camera gear could do. However the main issue with the P900 and it’s 2000mm equivalent zoom is that it only shot jpeg and someone like me shoots exclusively in raw NEF format. It’s mandatory for me, but I settled in this case because its a trade off for the zoom factor. So now the P1000 comes along, and not only have a much farther zoom capability, but this new model also shoots in Raw/NEF format! Oh the joy when I found out... and that’s not all, this new P1000 has MANY upgrades from the P900. It is from the Coolpx family which Nikon markets to everyday consumers and such, but the P1000 is different. It’s body is much bigger and sturdier than any other camera in the CoolPix line. It looks, feels, and pretty much performs like a higher end D750, except it has all the features that enable less experienced photographers take great pictures... things like scene mode, time lapses, it’s so user friendly but has all the manual functions a camera snob like me demands. I’ve seen guys in the field with those super high end telephoto lens that cost over 10k, but get you in close for wildlife and sports shooting... I always thought having gear like that’d never be possible, but the new P1000 truly changes the playing field, for everyone. Kind of like the iPhone did for photography, this camera opens the impossible up for everyone now.