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Nikon has introduced a new ultracompact camera with a wide zoom lens. The 8.1-megapixel Coolpix P50 features an f/2.8-5.6, 28mm-102mm lens (35mm camera equivalent) 3.6x zoom lens; a 115,000-pixel, 2.4-inch LCD with a wide 160-degree viewing angle; and an optical viewfinder. The body has a small grip, combining some of the comfort of shooting with a larger camera with a pocketable design.
The P50 offers a manual exposure mode but no priority modes. It also provides numerous automatic shooting modes and a top light-sensitivity setting of ISO 2000. Other notable features include in-camera redeye removal, a Best Shot Selector mode that takes multiple images in a quick series and saves the sharpest one, and Nikon's D-Lighting feature, which automatically opens up dark shadow areas in playback mode. The camera also includes face-detection technology, and Nikon says its performance has been improved over that of the system used in previous Coolpix models.
The Coolpix P50 runs on two AA batteries and will be available in October 2007 for $249.95.
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