The fastest lens ever in a Nikon COOLPIX.
The COOLPIX P300 camera does justice to your photographic talents with a 4.2x wide angle, F1.8 maximum aperture NIKKOR glass lens. This is the fastest lens Nikon has ever designed into a COOLPIX camera—it offers a 24-100mm optical zoom range and impressive telephoto performance for razor-sharp images. Plus, its maximum aperture of F1.8 assures exceptional low-light results and minimum depth of field. This outstanding lens will showcase your skills whether you’re shooting portraits, panoramas, weddings, real estate, products, publicity stills, or any other challenging compositions—and will do so with still images or Full HD (1080p) movies. Simply put, this high-performance lens catches detailed images while displaying Nikon’s proud tradition of producing precision camera optics.
Manual control for the serious photographer.
The COOLPIX P300 allows photographers to stretch their creative limits with an impressive range of manual control. There’s a Mode Dial for quick and convenient control over select settings, including shutter/aperture/programmed and manual exposure. Exposure Bracketing automatically brackets exposure for three shots. And the ISO can be set as high as 3200 at full resolution to control image quality in low-light conditions or when shooting fast moving subjects.
The COOLPIX P300 also features several new in-camera special effects, including High-Contrast Monochrome for sophisticated black and white shots. Nostalgic Sepia adds character and mood or creates shots with an antiqued look. In-camera editing functions such as Quick Retouch, and active D-Lighting restore detail and contrast. This camera comes with several filter effects like Painting, Fisheye, Miniature, and Cross Screen. You can also control images with a creative slider that adjusts brightness, intensity and hue.
The COOLPIX P300 takes the guesswork out.
Every shooting environment comes with its own unique characteristics, and the COOLPIX P300 has intuitive features to help you master each one. It optimizes settings for up to 20 common scenes so you simply point and shoot. Turn on the Scene Auto Selector and the camera automatically recognizes the scene you’re in and selects the best one from among seven choices. With Nikon’s ingenious Easy Panorama Scene Mode, just pan in any direction and it will automatically detect the movement, then combine and assemble the various shots into one seamless 180 or 360-degree panoramic image.
Nikon knows that night and low-light shooting present tricky challenges. Advanced Night Landscape and the related Advanced Night Portrait are invaluable tools that eliminate the guesswork by shooting consecutive shots at fast shutter speed and composing them into sharp depictions of night scenes.
Advanced features for challenging conditions.
Its 12.2-megapixel CMOS sensor provides superb image quality, high speed operation, and exceptional low-light performance. The back-illuminated CMOS lets you shoot true-to-life pictures with remarkable detail and color clarity. The COOLPIX P300’s four-way VR Image Stabilization is also a boon for handheld shooting. Custom optimized for this COOLPIX P300 model, Nikon’s exclusive EXPEED C2 processing engine enhances professional quality images.
You’ll also love Motion Detection’s ability to identify moving objects in frame, adjust shutter speed and ISO, and freeze the subject to create stunningly sharp photos. When activated, Best Shot Selector automatically records up to ten shots with a single press of the shutter and then selects and saves only the best image. The camera’s high ISO speed of up to 3200 with advanced noise reduction assures brilliant still images of dimly lit and fast moving photo subjects.
Full HD movie recording at 1080p
HD movies have become the standard for web posting, website design enhancement, publicity clips, and real estate property tours—or simply for capturing action that delivers so much more impact in high quality video. With the COOLPIX P300, you can shoot Full HD (1080p) movies while recording full stereo sound. The One-Touch recording button allows instant moviemaking, while the optical zoom control creates a variety of cinematic effects. You can even shoot still images while recording, or use slow and fast motion HD movie options for 15, 60 and 120 fps (reduced resolution). Viewing and sharing your movies is simple, too, with an HDMI-CEC output that allows in-camera playback or convenient hookup to an HDTV or computer.
Convenient features
Photo ops often arrive without warning, but your COOLPIX P300 is always ready with invaluable features like ultra fast start-up and autofocus—plus automatic High Speed Shooting that can capture up to seven shots in a second at full resolution. You can compose your shot using the large, three-inch LCD clear color display. This precision, 921,000-dot, ultra-high resolution screen produces rich detail and excellent contrast, and includes anti-glare coating for easy viewing of photos and HD movies.
Nikon’s Smart Portrait System offers useful tools that refine every shot. Smile Timer automatically releases the shutter when your subject smiles, while Face-Priority AF detects and focuses up to 12 faces at once. When activated, Blink Warning alerts you when a subject may have blinked and suggests a retake. The innovative in-camera Red-Eye Fix addresses the problem by correcting for red-eye while the camera is shooting. Uneven or ruddy complexions can also be corrected with Skin Softening, which smoothes skin tones at three different levels and can be applied while shooting or during playback. Your close up shots will also be enhanced by the COOLPIX P300’s Macro Shooting capabilities, taking clear, sharp pictures as close as 1.2 inches. And feel free to click away, as this COOLPIX has a 240-still shot capacity and comes with an EN-EL 12 Li-ion rechargeable battery.
Specifications
- Type
Compact Digital Camera
- Effective Pixels
12.2 million
- Image Sensor
CMOS
- Sensor Size
1/2.3 in.
- Total Pixels
12.75 million (approx.)
- Lens
4.2x optical Zoom, NIKKOR glass lens
- Lens Focal Length
4.3-17.9mm (angle of view equivalent to that of 24-100mm lens in 35mm [135] format)
- Lens f/-number
f/1.8-4.9
- Lens Construction
7 lements in 6 groups
- Lens Zoom
4.2x
- Digital Zoom
Up to 2x (angle of view equivalent to that of approx. 200mm lens in 35mm [135] format)
- Vibration Reduction
Lens-shift VR
- Autofocus (AF)
Contrast-detect AF
- Autofocus (AF) Focus-area selection
Auto (9-area automatic selection)
Center
Face priority
Face priority tracking
Manual with 99 focus areas
Subject tracking
Center
Face priority
Face priority tracking
Manual with 99 focus areas
Subject tracking
- Focus Range
[W]: Approx. 1 ft. (30 cm.) to infinity
[T]: Approx. 2 ft. (60 cm.) to infinity
Macro close-up mode: [W]: Approx. 1.2 in. (3 cm.) to infinity
[T]: Approx. 2 ft. (60 cm.) to infinity
Macro close-up mode: [W]: Approx. 1.2 in. (3 cm.) to infinity
- Focus Lock
Yes
- Maximum Autofocus Areas/Points
9
- Monitor Size
3.0 in. diagonal
- Monitor Type
TFT-LCD with Anti-reflection coating
- Monitor Resolution
921,000-dots
- Monitor Frame coverage (shooting mode)
100% horizontal (Approx.)
100% vertical (Approx.)
100% vertical (Approx.)
- Monitor Frame coverage (playback mode)
100% horizontal (Approx.)
- Storage Media
SD memory card
SDHC memory card
SDXC memory card
SDHC memory card
SDXC memory card
- Internal Memory
Approx. 90MB
- Storage File System
DCF
EXIF 2.3
DPOF compliant
EXIF 2.3
DPOF compliant
- Storage File formats
Still pictures: JPEG
Sound files (Voice Memo): WAV
Sound files (Voice Memo): WAV
- Movie
Audio file format: AAC stereo
Movie file format: MPEG-4 AVC H.264
Movie file format: MPEG-4 AVC H.264
- Voice Memo Function
Yes
- Image Size (pixels)
4000 x 3000 (12M)
- ISO Sensitivity
ISO 160-3200
Auto (auto gain ISO 160-1600)
Fixed range auto (ISO 160-400, 160-800)
Auto (auto gain ISO 160-1600)
Fixed range auto (ISO 160-400, 160-800)
- Lowest ISO Sensitivity
160
- Highest ISO Sensitivity
3200
- Exposure Metering
224-segment matrix, center-weighted
- Exposure Control
Programmed auto exposure with flexible program
aperture-priority auto
exposure bracketing
Exposure compensation (-2.0 to +2.0 EV in steps of 1/3 EV)
manual
motion detection
shutter priority auto
aperture-priority auto
exposure bracketing
Exposure compensation (-2.0 to +2.0 EV in steps of 1/3 EV)
manual
motion detection
shutter priority auto
- Exposure Modes
Aperture-Priority Auto (A)
Manual (M)
Programmed Auto (P)
Shutter-Priority Auto (S)
Manual (M)
Programmed Auto (P)
Shutter-Priority Auto (S)
- Automatic Exposure Scene Modes
Yes
- Scene Modes
Back Light
Beach
Black and White Copy
Close Up
Dusk/Dawn
Fireworks Show
Food
Landscape
Museum
Night Landscape
Night Portrait
Panorama
Party/Indoor
Pet Portrait
Portrait
Scene Auto Selector
Snow
Special Effects
Sports
Sunset
Beach
Black and White Copy
Close Up
Dusk/Dawn
Fireworks Show
Food
Landscape
Museum
Night Landscape
Night Portrait
Panorama
Party/Indoor
Pet Portrait
Portrait
Scene Auto Selector
Snow
Special Effects
Sports
Sunset
- In-Camera Image Editing
Crop
D-Lighting
Filter Effects
Quick retouch
Skin softening
Small Pic
D-Lighting
Filter Effects
Quick retouch
Skin softening
Small Pic
- Exposure Compensation
± 2 EV in steps of 1/3
- Exposure Lock
Yes
- Exposure Bracketing
Yes
- White Balance
Auto
Manual
Manual
- Shutter
Mechanical and CMOS electronic shutter
- Shutter Speed
1/2000-8 sec. (M mode)
- Top Continuous Shooting Speed at full resolution
Up to 7 shots at approx. 8 frames per second
- Continuous Shooting Options
Continuous
Continuous H 60
Continuous H 120
Continuous H 60
Continuous H 120
- Self-timer
Can be selected from 10 and 2 seconds duration
- Built-in flash Range (approx.) (ISO sensitivity: Auto)
[W]: 0.5 to 6.5m (1 ft. 8in. to 21ft.)
[T]: 0.5 to 2.5m (1ft. 8in. to 8ft. 2in.)
[T]: 0.5 to 2.5m (1ft. 8in. to 8ft. 2in.)
- Built-in Flash Control
TTL auto flash with monitor preflashes
- Built-in Flash
Yes
- Interface
Hi-speed USB
- Interface Data transfer protocol
MTP
PTP
PTP
- Video Output
NTSC
PAL
PAL
- HDMI Output
480p
720p
1080i
720p
1080i
- I/O terminal
Audio/video (A/V) output
Digital I/O (USB)
HDMI Mini Connector (HDMI output)
Digital I/O (USB)
HDMI Mini Connector (HDMI output)
- Supported Languages
Arabic
Czech
Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portugese
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukranian
Czech
Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portugese
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukranian
- Power Sources
One Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL12 (supplied)
- Charging Time
4 hours (when using Charging AC Adapter EH-69P)(Approx.)
- Battery / Batteries
Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL12
- Battery Life (shots per charge)
Nikon Rechargeable:
240 shots (CIPA)
240 shots (CIPA)
- Tripod Socket
¼ (ISO 1222)
- Approx. Dimensions
Height: 2.3 in. (58.3mm)
Width: 4.1 in. (103mm)
Depth: 1.3 in. (32mm)
Excluding projections. Method of noting dimensions and weight is in accordance with CIPA DCG-005-2009 guideline.
Width: 4.1 in. (103mm)
Depth: 1.3 in. (32mm)
Excluding projections. Method of noting dimensions and weight is in accordance with CIPA DCG-005-2009 guideline.
- Approx. Weight
6.7 oz. (189g)
with battery and SD memory card. Method of noting dimensions and weight is in accordance with CIPA DCG-005-2009 guideline.
with battery and SD memory card. Method of noting dimensions and weight is in accordance with CIPA DCG-005-2009 guideline.
- Operating environment
Temperature: 0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F)
- Supplied Accessories
- Camera Strap AN-CP19
- Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL12
- Charging AC Adapter EH-69P
- UC-E6 USB Cable
- Audio Video Cable EG-CP16
- Nikon ViewNX 2 Software CD
