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Nikon Coolpix P4
Nikon Coolpix P4
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Stacee 1 pts
October 21, 2006 2:43 PM
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Nikon P4 vs. Canon A620 or A710

How does the Nikon P4 compare to the Canon A620 or A710
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Brenda P (BrendaP) 28731 pts
October 24, 2006 11:16 PM
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The P4 has WiFi capability which may or may not be important to you. It's a major reason many people love/ purchase this camera. It has an extra megapixel over the A620 and the A710, BUT it doesn't offer manual modes like the Canons do. This can be a real issue if you like to have some control over focus, aperture etc.; if you only use the Auto or Scene modes anyhow it won't matter.

Both the A710 and the P4 offer image stabilization; the A620 does not.

Image-wise, I have heard that the A620 doesn't do as well in low light but takes excellently-colored photos in natural daylight (also has good skin tones). The A710 and the P4 have all-around good color and handle most lighting situations well.

Hope that helps somewhat.


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Mudlark 0 pts
October 30, 2006 11:26 AM
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Just a minor point of clarification. The Nikon P3 has Wi-Fi capability. The Nikon P4 is the camera w/o Wi-Fi, and costs about $100 less than the Nikon P3. Both of the cameras have similar specs otherwise.
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Brenda P (BrendaP) 28731 pts
October 30, 2006 6:12 PM
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Mudlark- totally right.
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Lawsen 1 pts
March 6, 2007 8:00 PM
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Brenda:
The Nikon Cool Pix P4 does not have the wi-fi packet radio transceiver. It is the P3 that has this wi-fi along with the exact same body as the P4. What stopped me from buying the P4 is the lack of dedicated manual controls and the Fantasea water proof housing does not allow access to all the controls. The P4 styling is a bit nicer than the Canon A640. Both are good cameras, but I will have to work harder to figure ways around the auto functions to get what I want in manual controls. One can control aperture and EV exposure compensation.
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PULKIT CHAUDHRY (pulkit) 0 pts
March 10, 2007 2:13 AM
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hi frends,
i m actually looking for a suggestin from u, i want to buy either from canon a-630 or nikon p3, which one of the 2 u suggest is a better option to buy and hw do u rate both cameras, one thing i realize is tht p3 is an old model and is out of market so we can get it at comparitively cheaper rates, aru nd 220$ and also has wi-fi capability, so which one shud i go for?
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