Nikon Coolpix P300 Review Discussion

[Jim Keenan]

While it reached market in the United States in March of 2011, Nikon's compact Coolpix P300 digital has only just now reached us for a review. Once upon a time Nikon chose to segment its compact digital market with letter designations for various groups of cameras: P stood for "performance," S for "style," etc. While the letter designations remain in Nikon's compact lineup, they have not marketed these distinctions as aggressively as they have in the past. However, a quick look at some of the technical details of the P300 should leave no doubt that Nikon was going for performance with the introduction of this camera.

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[KCook]

In my view the small sensor for the P300 killed any real challenge for the Canon S95. Now a Nikon P300 vs Sony WX10 comparison could be fun.

Kelly

[Jim Keenan]

Agree. I don't see the S95 and P300 really lining up as direct competitors due to the disparity in sensor size - kind of an apples-oranges thing.