Nikon Coolpix P500 Review

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• Nikon Coolpix P500 Review
• The Nikon Coolpix P500 is the best superzoom
  camera for individuals who require the broadest
  conceivable focal length range in the most
  compact body. Supplanting the P100 which offered
  a simple 26x zoom, it prods in front of its main
  rival, the PowerShot SX30 IS, by prudence of
  offering a colossal 36x optical reach (to the
  Canons pitiful 35x).
• Going with this mammoth zoom is a 12.1 megapixel
  back enlightened CMOS sensor, which ought to
  hypothetically give more prominent low light
  viability.
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• Key Features
• 36x long range focal point (35 mm same
  22.5-810mm)
• 12.1Mp CMOS picture sensor
• 3in 921,000 dots, tiltable LCD screen
• HDMI connector for the result to an HDTV.
• 7x anti-blur

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• Side zoom control
• Full (1080p) HD film recording with sound system
  sound
• Simple Panorama 360/180
• Exposure Modes (P/S/A/M)
• Rapid nonstop shooting (8fps) at full
  12.1-megapixel resolution
• Handling
• Thanks to the grip where your right hand holds
  the camera, the camera is not difficult to haul
  around when not being used as well as being
  agreeable to utilize while shooting.
• The slide switch for the optical zoom is helpful
  yet handily thumped while shooting portraits so
  care should be taken.
• Tipping the scales at 494 grams, the Nikon
  Coolpix P500 is marginally heavier than the
  P100, however, its plan is just insignificantly
  unique. Like most very good quality superzooms,
  the Nikon P500 has the common extension camera
  look, with a thick hand-hold, enormous focal
  point barrel, spring up streak and an eye-level
  electronic viewfinder. The profound hold is
  shaped to fit easily into your right hand and is
  rubberised for added solace.
• Continuous L shooting mode takes five regular
  12.1Mp pictures at 8fps and 24 pictures at 1.8
  fps utilizing Continuous H. For much more fps you
  can shoot 25 2Mp pictures at 60fps and 50 1Mp
  pictures at 120fps.
• Lens
• The other predominant piece of the P500 is
  obviously the 36x long range focal point, which
  goes from a super-wide 22.5mm to a gigantic 810mm
  in 35mm terms. Taking into account that with an
  SLR, you would require somewhere around 3-4 focal
  points to cover a similar central reach, the
  single, fixed-mount focal point of the Nikon P500
  can be portrayed as surprisingly smaller,
  regardless of whether it expands a lot when
  zoomed to full fax. Superzooms have gained
  notoriety for having a high fun component, and
  the P500 is the same.

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The capacity to rapidly go from wide point to
ultra-fax is something that must be experienced
to be fully appreciated. It surely provides you
with a sort of opportunity you feel with no
other kind of camera. However long you make sure
to eliminate the lens cap, the camera takes under
two seconds to prepare after switching on. If
you leave the focal point cap on the camera
makes a great deal of commotion and displays a
blunder message. This implies you need to
eliminate the focal point cap to see pictures you
have taken. (Note Apparently when the camera is
turned off you need to press and hold the play
button and the camera changes to audit mode
without requiring the focal point cap to be
eliminated). For its size, the P500s focal
point is additionally honourably quick, with the
greatest openings of f/3.4 at 22.5mm and f/5.7
at 810mm. Note that the focal point cap must be
eliminated before turning on the camera
neglecting to do as such will bring about a
blunder message being shown, and youll need to
switch off the camera before you can turn it on
once more, which is a piece irritating. Even
though you just need to survey whats as of now
on the card, you can likewise turn on the P500 by
holding down the Playback button, in which case
the focal point will not broaden. Vibration
Reduction Fortunately, Nikon has included
Vibration Reduction (VR) to assist with
forestalling camera-shake, a fundamental
component on a camera like this. Strangely, while
VR is the focal point situated in the Nikon SLR
framework, it is of the sensor-shift assortment
in the P500. Vibration Reduction has a
perceptible effect on the sharpness of the
pictures, as displayed in the models on the Image
Quality page. You can hear a slight mechanical
buzzing clamour when it is turned on, however, if
not you dont see it, then again, you can
utilize more slow shade speeds than typical yet
take sharp photographs. Tragically, there is
anything but a committed button to turn VR on
and off yet essentially leaving it on didnt
appear to contrarily influence the battery
duration, with the camera overseeing around 220
shots utilizing the provided Li-particle
battery. Its as yet smart to switch VR off
(using the menu) when the camera is mounted
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on a stand, in case the actual framework cause
obscuring by attempting to counter camera shake
that isnt there. Zoom Zooming is finished via
a regular zoom switch that circles the shade
discharge button sitting on the right-hand
grasp. It is of the double speed assortment
pivoting it as far as possible in either course
will change the central length rapidly, while
turning it to some degree will make the focal
point components move slower, empowering you to
set the ideal central length all the more
definitively. Then you can zoom utilizing the
creative side zoom control on the focal point
barrel, which is an upward rocker switch
initiated with your left hand. It has a more slow
activity than the fundamental zoom switch and is
along these lines fit to shooting video when you
require a more steady zoom with less mechanical
commotion. Electronic View-Finder There are two
unique approaches to forming pictures with the
Nikon Coolpix P500 you can utilize either the
eye-level electronic viewfinder (EVF) or the back
screen. Tragically, there are no eye closeness
sensors that would permit the camera to flip
between the two naturally you want to press a
button each time you need that to occur. The EVF
is a lowland standard issue with 230,000 dots and
normal amplification not a big deal,
particularly in 2011. The three-inch back LCD
screen is a lot more pleasant to check out, on
account of its high resolution of 921,000 dots.
Much more significantly, its enunciated and
ready to shift up or down, offering you some
additional adaptability in making your chances.
However, a genuinely free-point LCD, which can
likewise be pivoted out aside, would have been
considerably more pleasant. Layout and Controls
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The layout and number of outer controls havent
changed much from the P100. You get a customary,
top-mounted mode dial with P, A, S and M shooting
modes ideal for the photographic artist who
needs to take full control. There is additionally
a User (U) setting you can use to rapidly
recover a mix of your most often utilized
settings. The shade discharge, zoom switch and
power button are basically in similar areas as on
the P100, joined by another button for nonstop
shooting. In the Backlighting mode, the P500
catches three continuous shots at different
exposures and consolidates them into a single
photograph with a more extensive scope of tones.
Three distinct HDR settings are accessible for
choice. At the point when the Night Landscape
scene mode is chosen, the P500 goes after a quick
screen speed and afterwards joins them to make a
single advanced photograph, permitting you to
shoot into the evening without utilizing a
tripod. The Easy Panorama scene mode permits you
to take vertical or even display photographs
basically by moving the camera toward the
on-screen guides. Numerous shots are then joined
into a single display photograph. The point of
view can be chosen from 180 (ordinary) and 360
(wide). The back controls are additionally
spread out in basically the same manner as those
of the previous model. There is an all-around
situated control wheel in the upper right corner
(when seen from the back), which makes it simple
to change the gap and screen speed in An and S
modes individually, yet theres still no second
dial on the hand-hold which would have made
working Manual mode a lot more straightforward. T
he comfortable multi-selector with its focused OK
button seems indistinguishable from the P100,
down to the singular capacities that are planned
onto the Up, Down, Left and Right fastens. These
incorporate the blaze and centre modes, exposure
compensation, and the self-timer. There is still
no easy route key to ISO speed, which is just
available from the menu (as is white
equilibrium) a significant plan imperfection as
we would like to think. Modes
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The P500s focus modes incorporate AF, Macro,
Infinity and Manual. AF can be focus spot,
client selectable from 99 focus points or camera
selectable from 9 points. In Face Priority AF
mode, the camera can recognize up to 12 human
faces and will zero in on the one nearest to the
camera. We viewed that as paying little heed to
AF region mode, auto-centre speed was palatable
for still subjects, yet excessively delayed for
quick ones. Manual focusing is likewise
conceivable, however a bit awkward you get a
simple distance scale on the right-hand side of
the screen and can change centre through the Up
and Down buttons. The focal point of the image is
amplified to help you with actually taking a
look at concentrate, however tragically this is
accomplished via interjection rather than
genuine amplification. The entire cycle is quite
sluggish, yet can in any case be a gift from
heaven when the auto-focus framework fires
misbehaving. Outside of the Scene Auto Selector,
there are 15 other scene modes like Landscape and
Portrait as well as another Pet Portrait mode
and two display modes Easy and Panorama Assist.
The last option utilizes a phantom picture on the
screen to assist you with arranging your
progressive photographs. The previous simply
expects you to press the shutter and pan the
camera left, right, up, or down to make a display
in the camera. These modes never handle movement
well, so theyre best involved in the landscape
without movement in it. Like most cameras with
BSI CMOS sensors, the P500 has multishot modes
for further developing low-light photographs of
scenes and pictures. At a single press of the
shutter release, the camera takes a few
photographs and afterwards consolidates them to
further develop obscure from handshake and
decrease noise and the right exposure. The Night
Landscape mode is effective, however not
generally so great as others Ive tried. The
Night Portrait mode makes efforts with and
without glimmer and consolidates them into
well-uncovered shots. Be that as it may, on
account of the idea of how these pictures are
created, these modes cant be utilized with
moving subjects. If you like to shoot
close-ups, the P500 has a couple of ways of
entering Macro mode. It will naturally change to
it if youre utilizing the Scene Auto Selector
mode. You can likewise choose a Close-up mode
from the cameras Scene choices. Furthermore, if
youre in PSAM, you can change to a large scale
centre through the control cushion. You
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can concentrate as close as 0.4 inches from your
subject assuming that you broaden the focal
point some (theres an onscreen marker to let you
know where to quit zooming), at the focal
points greatest position, it focuses 4 inches
from a subject. Flash The glimmer of the Nikon
P500 must be pop-up manually, utilizing the
button on the fake pentaprism lodging. You can
set the blaze mode to auto, auto with red-eye
decrease, fill, slow sync and raise shade sync
using the Up button on the multi-regulator, yet
just when the glimmer is raised. As there is no
hot-shoe or sync terminal on the Nikon Coolpix
P500, and it doesnt offer remote TTL streak
control either, the best way to match up an
outside flashgun with the camera is to optically
slave it to the inherent unit. The P500 can
shoot full-resolution stills at up to 8 edges
each second (fps), somewhat more slowly than its
ancestor. Accessible via the new persistent
shooting button on top of the camera, this quick
burst mode is called Continuous H. Unfortunately,
the camera cant keep up this speed for a long
time, as the support tops off after only 5 shots.
At the end of the day, you a little the greater
part a second in Continuous H mode. Fortunately,
there is additionally a more slow burst mode,
called Continuous L, in which the casing rate
drops to 2.5fps, yet you can catch up to 200
full-goal photographs at the Normal quality
setting. Note that you cant involve the glimmer
in any of the ceaseless shooting modes. The P500
doesnt uphold the RAW record design, something
that every one of its fundamental rivals offers,
and a prosumer include that honestly, wed expect
on this class of camera. Movies The P500 can
shoot Full HD (19201080-pixel) films at 30 edges
each second, with sound system sound and full
utilization of the optical zoom. It likewise
offers a 720p mode at 1280720 pixels (30 fps)
and VGA mode at 640480 pixels (30 fps). Nikons
savvy originators put the sound system amplifier
on the highest point of the camera right behind
the glimmer. A Wind Noise Reduction work is
accessible in the Movie menu.
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Effectively limiting the noise of wind blowing on
the receiver, it is prescribed to be turned on
in solid breeze just, as it might likewise make
different sounds challenging to hear.
Sensor-shift VR isnt accessible during film
recording, however, you might select to turn on
electronic picture adjustment. The P500 is
additionally prepared to do rapid (HS) film
recording, but not at Full HD resolution. QVGA
recordings can be shot at 240fps, VGA films at
120fps and HD (720p) cuts at 60fps. At the point
when these recordings are played back at 30fps,
they become sluggish movement motion
pictures. The greatest recording time per cut is
restricted to 10 seconds in the HS video modes.
Sound isnt recorded and no type of VR is
accessible. Given the high edge rates, these
recordings require quick shade speeds, which
implies that you want exceptionally splendid
circumstances, particularly while taking shots at
240 casings each second. There is a shrewd film
mode change up the Movie Record button that
switches among HD and HS film recording. An
exquisite and basic arrangement, albeit the
boundaries, must be set utilizing the
menu. Recording film cuts are extremely kind
with the Nikon P500 through the one-touch Movie
Record button on the back of the camera. By
squeezing this button, you can begin recording a
clasp regardless of the shooting mode you are in.
You can utilize the optical zoom while
recording, and full-time AF is additionally
accessible. Being used, we found that zooming in
or out now and again made the picture go briefly
out of concentration, yet the AF framework
generally changed itself rapidly in these
cases. The greatest clasp length is restricted
to 29 minutes. The Creative Slider and Special
Effects can likewise be utilized while shooting
motion pictures, and they can be played back on
an HDTV using the implicit HDMI connector, as
expected theres no reasonable link provided in
the crate. The P500 upholds the CEC include for
HDMI which empowers playback control utilizing
your TVs controller. Menu
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The Nikon Coolpix P500s recognizable Menu button
gets to the typical Nikon menu framework, which
is clear and simple to explore. Press this when
in any of the shooting modes and there are three
menus, Shooting, Movie and Settings, with two
menus, Playback and Settings, accessible while
youre checking on a picture. A major oversight
is the practically consistent need to involve
the menu framework for setting the ISO speed,
white balance, metering, and AF mode, with
somewhere around 4 button presses expected to
change these frequently utilized highlights. The
P500 is painfully missing some sort of fast menu
framework, open through an outer control, to help
accelerate its overall activity. The menu
framework is easy to explore and the buttons are
fine to press, even with huge fingers. As well
as the run of the mill buttons found on the
camera there is a devoted record button for
films which additionally has a rocker to change
from HD to HS (High speed). There is a button to
change from the screen to the viewfinder, which
can be changed by the diopter change control
wheel. There is likewise a button to switch
between the different persistent shooting
modes. In playback mode, squeezing a similar
Menu button manages the cost of admittance to
simple picture altering, including Nikons
exposure changing D-Lighting capacity, Skin
Softening and Filter Effects, picture slide
shows, and the programmed Quick Retouch. A
button to the right elements the recognizable
garbage bin symbol for erasing pictures on the
fly and finishes the back of the P500. Battery
and Slots As indicated by Nikon/CIPA the battery
is fit for 220 shots. During testing, there was
no great explanation to speculate that this
figure is over-assessed. 220 shots are very low
for a compact so it is likely beneficial to put
resources into an extra to heft around. On the
right flank of the camera as yet seeing it from
the back theres a metal eyelet for connecting
the provided shoulder lash. On the left-hand
flank are another eyelet and a plastic cover
safeguarding the HDMI port and A/V out/USB port.
Theres a halfway situated, metal stand mount on
the lower part of the camera.
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The P500 is fueled by an 1100 mAh
lithium-particle battery, really great for around
240 shots, that spaces into the base close by
the SD/SDHC/SDXC card opening. There is a little
interior memory as well, yet it will just hold a
couple of photographs at full goal, so youll
require a memory card. Note that re-energizing
the P500 is a fairly tangled issue, with the
battery staying in the camera and requiring the
battery cover to be shut. Performance The
exhibition of the Nikon P500 is for the most part
acceptable. It fires up in less than two seconds
and zooms before long yet precisely for power
zoom. As noted before, its AF speed isnt the
best, however, youll possibly see that while
attempting to catch quick activity. We tracked
down the fast ceaseless shooting mode splendid
however unfortunately restricted by a little
support. The main disappointing plan
imperfection is the absence of direct access to
ISO speed and white equilibrium. Wed truly
prefer to see committed buttons for these
capacities. In Playback mode, the main
remarkable eccentricity is the powerlessness to
amplify into the picture from Histogram view
this is the kind of thing that should be not
difficult to address through a firmware
overhaul, albeit that never occurred for the
P100. Picture Quality
Picture Quality
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The Nikon Coolpix P500s picture quality is great
for a compact camera with a little picture
sensor. The Nikon Coolpix P500s managed
genuinely well with commotion, which ends up
being undeniable at ISO 400 alongside some
shading misfortune. The commotion, shading
desaturation and loss of detail deteriorate as
you go from ISO 400 to ISO 1600 lastly the
unusable 3200 settings. The Nikon Coolpix P500
handled chromatic deviations astoundingly with
restricted purple bordering impacts showing up
just in high difference circumstances.
The 12.2-megapixel pictures were a little
delicate straight out of the camera at the
default hone setting and either require some
further honing in an application like Adobe
Photoshop, or you should expand the in-camera
honing level. The Nikon Coolpix P500s greatest
screen speed is 8 seconds, which is genuinely
uplifting news for night photography devotees.
Full-scale performance is excellent, permitting
you to concentrate as close as 3cms away from the
subject. Vibration decrease is an extremely
helpful element that functions admirably while
hand-holding the camera in low-light
circumstances or utilizing the fax end of the
zoom range. The implicit blaze functioned
admirably inside, with no red-eye and great by
and large openness. The backdrop illumination
include increments detail in both the shadows and
features, although to the detriment of a few
extra commotion and loss of fine detail. The
Nikon P500 can catch five full-resolution
pictures at around 8 edges each second in a
single burst. That is essentially as quickly as a
very good quality advanced SLR, however, cradle
profundity is very shallow. A portion of the
opposition in this class can do up to 10 and,
surprisingly, 40 frames each second, for
reference. Like those others, to be specific the
Sony HX1 and Casio FH20, the Nikon P500 does a
few different stunts with this rapid
catchability. Isolated into discrete Scene modes
on the Mode dial, these multi-shot modes catch a
few pictures and join them into one to make up
for troublesome lighting circumstances. Backdrop
illumination Scene mode, for instance, catches a
few pictures at various screen paces to catch
both the shadows and splendid features and union
them to make a unique HDR (High-dynamic-range)
picture just inside the camera in all cases, Ive
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attempted it, the camera has requested that I
raise the glimmer before it would make the
effort. Night Landscape mode is likewise more
complex, catching up to five high shade speed
pictures into one single picture and
consolidating them into one, permitting a client
to have a chance in low light that would
regularly require a sluggish, non-handholdable
screen speed. The night portrait mode, which
utilizes a glimmer (the camera demands), is
additionally upgraded by the capture of isolated
pictures, one with flash, the others without, to
make a sufficiently bright picture that keeps up
with the surrounding light in dim
settings. Theres likewise the new pre-catch
mode, which utilizes the force of the CMOS sensor
and processor to consistently catch pictures
before you press the screen button sadly, the
Nikon P500 lessens the picture size to 2
megapixels in this mode. You can likewise settle
on 120 casings each second at 1 megapixel or 60
edges each second at 2 megapixels. Old Nikon
reserves like Best shot selector (BSS),
Multi-shot 16, and the Interval clock are
additionally important for the Nikon P500s drive
mode options. Auto Panorama Modes The double
processors likewise take into consideration
another stunt for Nikon Easy Panorama. Instead
of shooting a progression of painstakingly caught
pictures and having them sewed in the camera or
on a PC, the Nikon P500 permits you to catch
either 180-degree or 360-degree all-encompassing
pictures simply by squeezing the shade and
clearing the camera over the picture
region. Its really clear and appears to
function admirably. When you press the screen
button in this mode, the camera prompts you with
a cross with four-bolt tips, letting you know
that you can clear in any of four bearings up,
down, left or right. When you begin to move
toward a path, the camera begins catching, and a
little slider shows up on the lower part of the
screen, demonstrating how much further you want
to clear. Whenever it arrives at the end, the
Nikon P500 begins to process and save the
picture. It additionally works with the camera
arranged upward.
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The 180-degree scene choice ranges yield a
3,200560-pixel picture, while 360-degree clears
yield a 6,400560-pixel picture. The controls on
the P500 are on the whole very much named,
generally enormous enough and fall promptly
underneath the fingertip or thumb. The backplate
resembles a cross between a minimal camera and a
section level DSLR which is a fair method for
summarizing the P500 overall. It gives both a
back DSLR-like order dial for rapidly looking
through selectable screen speeds in addition to
a four-way control cushion with an ok button at
its middle for carrying out any progressions to
menu settings, for which a committed menu button
is set straightforwardly underneath. While we
would have enjoyed a button for direct access to
ISO options, we additionally get devoted erase,
playback and show setting buttons again
essentially what youd hope to find on any
smaller camera. So those exchanging up from a
simple to use preview camera wont observe the
P500 overwhelming with regards to everyday
activity. Press the P500s on/off button,
alluringly enlightened in green when dynamic and
proceeding to pulse when the camera is in rest
mode, and the Nikon powers up in a little more
than a second, back LCD squinting right away into
life. Pair the focal point barrel bumps forward
somewhat from its defensive lodging to show up at
the most extreme wide-angle setting. Crush the
screen discharge traditional midway and the
autofocus follows through with its task after
the briefest of stops. Push down the button
completely to make the effort and an entire 12
megapixels greatest JPEG is focused on memory in
just shy of two seconds, which is quick by
conservative camera guidelines. Theres no crude
choice here, which could be an issue for some.
We viewed the P500s spotlight and exposure to be
spot on if anything failed towards a slight
underexposure to safeguard feature
detail. Pictures are shockingly sharp also, being
a counterpart for some, top-notch end compacts
if the P500 doesnt exactly have a similar broad
list of capabilities as far as the
imagination. Sensor and Image Processing
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• The sensor in the P500 is a comparable
  illuminated CMOS chip to the one utilized in the
  P100 yet gives a higher resolution (12-megapixels
  rather than ten). Connected to the sensor is
  Nikons new EXPEED C2 picture processor, which
  supports an assortment of capacities.
• As well as supporting HD video recording, VR
  picture adjustment and Active D-Lighting, the
  new processor incorporates calculations for
  rectifying a few normal distortions and noise
  decrease handling. It additionally upholds the
  multi-shot modes normal in cameras with
  illuminated sensors.
• Another expansion to these modes is a Night
  Portrait mode that records shots with and
  without glimmer and joins them to create an even
  outcome. The Continuous H mode on the P500
  upholds burst speeds up to eight, regular
  casings/second for five casings, while the
  Continuous L mode records at generally 1.8 fps
  for 24 edges.
• The P500 gives two fast modes at diminished
  resolution. The 60 fps establishing can standard
  up to 25 shots at 2-megapixels, while the 120 fps
  mode records 50 casings at one-megapixel
  resolution. Time-slip by recording is likewise
  given periods seconds or one, five or 10
  minutes.
• Like its predecessor, the P500 is a JPEG-just
  camera, with 12 picture sizes and three pressure
  proportions selectable. Eight of the sizes are in
  43 perspective proportion with two at 169 and
  one each at the 32 and 11 viewpoint settings.
• Pros of Nikon Coolpix P500
• Impressive zoom range
• Very good image quality
• Superb handling
• Excellent build quality
• Face Detection Focusing
• Hybrid image stabilization
• Full manual controls

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• Cons of Nikon Coolpix P500
• No Environmental Sealing
• limited tonal range
• FAQs
• How old is the Nikon Coolpix P500?
• Nikon Coolpix P500 is a great camera for ideal
  photography. This camera has been released in
  March 2011.
• Is Nikon Coolpix P500 a DSLR?
• The new Nikon Coolpix P500 has an extraordinary
  36x optical zoom and it comes with a DSLR-like
  body.
• Does Nikon Coolpix P500 shoot raw?
• No, Nikon Coolpix P500 doesnt support raw
  shooting.

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Final Words The Coolpix P500 is packed with
great features and delivers magnificent outcomes.
Utilizing the camera at its biggest zoom will
require practice, persistence, and a fully
charged battery in your pocket, with a standing
tripod to show its potentiality more effectively.