The lens itself is very large, and it’s probably fair to say that the first impression of the camera is that it looks a little unbalanced. Of course, the zoom lens can manage a lot more reach than the 18-55mm zoom ratio, going up to a staggering 2000mm, so if zoom is important to you, then this large size is something you should expect.
It’s also pretty heavy too, and it’s about as big and heavy - or perhaps even bigger and heavier in some cases - than the average DSLR with 18-55mm kit lens attached. The Nikon Coolpix P900 is a very large camera - even by bridge camera standards. The Nikon Coolpix P900 is available in black for £499.99 / $599.95. Other features include a 3-inch, 921k dot articulating screen, an electronic viewfinder and built-in Wi-Fi, GPS and NFC. The P900 features a 1/2.3 inch 16 million pixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor, which is the same as the sensor found in the Nikon P610. To that end, Nikon has included a Dual Detect Optical VR system, which should give a 5-stop advantage. At such extremes of zoom, the camera needs to have a decent optical stabilisation system in order to cope with image blur. At the widest point of the lens, it had an f/2.8 maximum aperture, rising to f/6.5 at the furthest reach. There’s also a Dynamic Fine Zoom - a type of digital zoom - which boosts this up to 166x, or 4000mm equivalent. That gives you an equivalent of 24 - 2000mm in 35mm terms. The Nikon Coolpix P900 is a bridge camera which features the current market leading zoom ratio of 83x optical zoom.