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Introduction

The Nikon Coolpix B700 is a bridge photographic camera with a 20.three megapixel dorsum-illuminated CMOS sensor which is paired with a 60x optical zoom. You can also activate a digital zoom up to 120x. It offers a range of shooting modes, including manual control, and it tin can also shoot in Raw format. Like many of Nikon's most recent cameras, it features SnapBridge engineering, which allows you to maintain a constant Bluetooth link with your smartphone to ship images across every bit you lot take them, ready to share on social networking sites and the like. Other interesting features include a 3.0-inch tilting screen, inbuilt Wi-Fi and 4K video recording. The Nikon Coolpix B700 retails for £359.99 / €469.95 / $499.95.

Ease of Use

Want to get closer to your photographic subjects from afar? As in actually close? Announced last year, we've finally wrestled a 20.3 effective megapixel 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor (21.14 meg pixels total) incorporating Nikon Coolpix B700, an impressive 60x optical zoom span camera (extendable to 120x digitally), on to our PhotographyBlog test slab.

Bachelor in sober black (the version we had) or shiny, shiny red, unsurprisingly this is a versatile beast. The lens provides the 35mm equivalent reach of 24mm to 1440mm with available discontinuity stretching from f/3.3 to f/half-dozen.5, and, despite that whopping focal range, the photographic camera is not equally hefty equally you might expect as a result – even though, undoubtedly, information technology'south more one for the shoulder purse than the back pocket. Measuring an official 125x85x106.5mm, it weighs 570g.

Lens achieve aside, cardinal features include a 20.three megapixel resolution, the latest must-have of 4K video capture at 30fps (with stereo audio), the ability to shoot Raw files alongside JPEGs, a 3-inch, 920k dot resolution vari-angle LCD monitor (Which proves pretty useful), as well as, satisfyingly, an eye-level 0.2-inch electronic viewfinder. Both of these last features sport a 921K-dot resolution. Uk manufacturer'southward asking cost is £359.99, which, whilst not inconsiderable, at to the lowest degree feels off-white.

Over the couple of weeks we've had the Nikon Coolpix B700 to play with, we constitute ourselves using it on those occasions when taking a DSLR forth might have proved a tad bulky and indiscrete. Certainly it would be hard if not prohibitively expensive to accomplish a comparable focal length with a DSLR – and of course this is the key appeal of a bridge camera or superzoom – namely as a more manageable, doable alternative.

Front of the Nikon Coolpix B700

Naturally the optical zoom here, with a lens construction comprising 16 elements in 11 groups, is image stabilized – with Nikon claiming its lens-shift based Vibration Reduction system provides the equivalent of five stops. At that place are besides two methods of adjusting the zoom – either via the lever that encircles the shutter release button found atop the handgrip, or via a switch on the lens itself that can be operated by the thumb of the left hand when holding the photographic camera in both to keep it as steady as possible/minimise camera shake. In this way nosotros were able to endeavour and avoid the picture seeming to 'jump' about, an inevitable occurrence when zoomed in at maximum telephoto setting. At the other end of the calibration nosotros can go every bit shut as 1cm to our subjects in macro way (otherwise it'south 50cm to infinity). So, the SB700 is shaping upwardly equally a truly versatile jack-of-all trades camera, if you're looking for the convenience of an all-in-one.

Naturally, while specification might brand the Nikon Coolpix B700 look practiced on paper, it's the performance that counts. And hither the SB700 is no slouch, thanks to a swift showtime up fourth dimension that Nikon officially places at i.3 seconds, with a 0.09 2d auto focus response upon a half squeeze of its shutter release push, the Nikon deploying contrast detection AF.

Images and video is written to removable SD, SDHC or SDXC card, with bachelor ISO range modestly ranging from ISO100 and 1600 in full auto manner, or up to ISO3200 if in whatever of the P, A, South, M options selectable with a twist of the elevation plate shooting fashion punch.

From the front and so, the Nikon Coolpix B700 appears pretty conventional in its design and control layout; Nikon hasn't thrown the infant out with the bath water hither. Like every superzoom camera, always, this model resembles a more miniature version of a DSLR, complete with pop-up flash sitting above the lens which dominates proceedings, and an AF assist/self timer lamp sitting in the gap betwixt said lens and its handgrip to the left, if viewing the camera lens-on. Equally nosotros mentioned we as well become a zoom slider on the side of the lens butt itself for adjusting its focal length on the fly, plus a button for temporarily pulling back from your subject – useful if you're tracking action or wild fauna and yous momentarily lose them from your tight framing, when zoomed in fully.

Rear of the Nikon Coolpix B700

Just above these controls, sitting below the leap-loaded pop up flash, is the push button for raising said bulb. Requite this a printing and the flash immediately reveals itself. Interestingly, Nikon has embedded the B700's congenital in stereo microphone in the hood of this wink.

In operation, the rugged experience, rubberized handgrip is sufficiently large to wrap iii fingers around, whilst a forefinger hivers over the shutter release and the thumb comes to rest at a slightly curved rubber pad at the back. Falling nether forefinger or thumb on the top plate is the partially recessed on/off push that is momentarily illuminated by a cool green light encircling it when activated (this light too blinks when the photographic camera is beingness charged). Press the power button and with a low familiar buzz the lens extends slightly from inside its protective housing to arrive at maximum wide-angle setting. Half squeeze the shutter release button and AF points illuminate in green on the back screen or eye level viewfinder, which usefully and impressively at this cost comes with an eye sensor, meaning that a separate button press isn't required to switch between them, even if at that place is a cursory pause while the camera registers the fact.

The shooting mode wheel, with stiffened feel and ridged border, features xi options including standard P,A,Due south,Thou selections alongside pre-optimised motorcar settings. Whilst this, and a control punch that falls under the thumb of your correct hand as you grip the camera, both suggest a DSLR 'low-cal' in terms of handling, the rear plate buttons more than noticeably match that of a consumer meaty photographic camera.

Whilst nosotros go self explanatory 'display' and cherry-red video record buttons towards the top of the Nikon Coolpix B700 back where they fall readily under the pollex, only beneath these are even smaller buttons for playback, too as menu and a defended delete control. A four style command punch with rotating edge/scroll cycle also has a familiar 'OK' button in its midst for implementing any user selections.

The Nikon Coolpix B700 In-hand

Unsurprisingly, most of the real estate on the backplate of the camera is taken up with its convenient flip out and twist LCD monitor. To a higher place this is positioned the eye level electronic viewfinder with dioptric aligning bike located at its top left for the shortsighted. Nosotros exercise get a dedicated button over on the opposite side of said viewfinder for activating it and switching off the LCD below – but as we say there is also a congenital in eye sensor that does this for us.

The LCD moved outwards from the back of the Nikon Coolpix B700 in a 180° arc and can, alternatively, be turned so that its screen is facing inwards to the torso for an added degree of protection when transporting this Nikon. When fully extended the screen can also be flipped to face the subject for timed group shots or the ubiquitous selfie. The screen here isn't a touch on screen – nor was it expected to be, although this would have been a dainty 'bear upon' when reviewing shots previously captured, or if wanting to 'direct' focus to a detail portion of your compositional frame with a mere tap of the finger.

What is impressive, however, is the amount of battery life we go from a full accuse of its lithium ion jail cell. Here this betters the operation of an average compact system camera and almost matches a consumer grade DSLR, with up to 420 shots available (or provides enough capacity for an hour and a half of video). The battery slots into the base of operations of the camera, next to a vacant slot for an SD card; adjacent to this, centrally placed, is a spiral thread for a tripod. In brusk then, the B700 would seem an able candidate for anyone needing that bigger/longer lens attain without spending an accented fortune – or having to engage in an upward learning bend if trading up from a snapshot camera or smartphone.

Whilst the Nikon Coolpix B700 bridge camera handles quite capably, how does the camera fare in terms of paradigm quality, which is, after all, why nosotros're ownership the thing. Read on to find out!

Image Quality

Though the Nikon Coolpix B700 here marries its big lens to a relatively small, bog standard 1/2.3-inch sensor, the shots it delivers are overall better than expected. OK, and so under especially close inspection they may not match the definition of a pricier camera with dedicated lens, just, if you lot desire a jack-of-all-trades camera that is going to let you take shots in a hurry that you may otherwise take had to miss, then naturally you're going to have to be prepared to make modest compromises. Here these include occasional blown highlight detail, plus slight softness toward the corners of frame. As it is, though, colours are surprisingly vibrant and it feels like we're getting a lot of photographic camera for the price.

In terms of depression light sensitivity, this Nikon Coolpix B700'due south performance is more than modest, generating rather soft, noise heavy results in the optics of those schooled in more heavy duty devices, even when the photographic camera is switched to dedicated night time shooting mode. Maximum selectable ISO sensitivity is ISO3200 so the camera isn't exactly stretching itself when it comes to low light usage. Unsurprisingly image noise/grain starts to creep in above ISO800, just even at ISO3200, while results are softer, nosotros would class them as acceptably then.

Noise

The Nikon Coolpix B700 has six sensitivity settings ranging from ISO 100 to ISO 3200 at total resolution.

JPEG	RAW
ISO 100 (100% Crop)	ISO 100 (100% Ingather)
ISO 200 (100% Crop)	ISO 200 (100% Ingather)
ISO 400 (100% Crop)	ISO 400 (100% Crop)
ISO 800 (100% Ingather)	ISO 800 (100% Crop)
ISO 1600 (100% Crop)	ISO 1600 (100% Crop)
ISO 3200 (100% Ingather)	ISO 3200 (100% Crop)

Focal Range

The Nikon Coolpix B700's 40x zoom lens achieves a maximum wide-bending focal length equivalent to 24mm, and is capable of a telephoto achieve of 1440mm (in 35mm photographic camera terms).

24mm

1440mm

Sharpening

Here are ii 100% crops - the right-hand image has had some sharpening applied in Photoshop. The out-of-the camera images from the Nikon Coolpix B700 are slightly soft at the default sharpening setting and benefit from some further sharpening in a plan like Adobe Photoshop. Y'all can alternatively change the in-camera sharpening level to suit your tastes.

Chromatic Aberrations

Given the range of the zoom lens, the Nikon Coolpix B700 shows some purple fringing in areas of loftier contrast, equally shown in the examples below.

Macro

The Nikon Coolpix B700'southward lens will focus as close as 1cm from a subject, withal depth of field becomes very shallow at this extremely close distance.

Macro

Flash

The pop-up flash on the Nikon Coolpix B700 has four settings: Auto, Machine with carmine-center reduction, Make full flash & Slow sync. Whether the flash is set to standard Automobile style – or Auto with ruddy-center reduction – the camera successfully avoids any trace of cherry-eye.

Fill Flash On

Flash Auto with Ruddy-heart Reduction

Night

The Nikon Coolpix B700's maximum shutter speed is 15 seconds, which is good news if you're seriously interested in night photography. The shot below was taken using a shutter speed of ane second at ISO 100.

Night

Sample Images

This is a pick of sample images from the Nikon Coolpix B700 camera, which were all taken using the 20 megapixel High JPEG setting. The thumbnails beneath link to the full-sized versions, which have not been altered in whatever way.

Sample RAW Images

The Nikon Coolpix B700 enables users to capture RAW and JPEG format files. We've provided some Nikon RAW (NRW) samples for you to download (thumbnail images shown below are not 100% representative).

Sample Movies & Video

This is a sample movie at the highest quality setting of 3840x2160 pixels at 25 frames per second. Please note that this 35 second flick is 235Mb in size.

This is a sample picture show at the quality setting of 1920x1080 pixels at 25 frames per second. Please annotation that this 25 second movie is 63.6Mb in size.

Product Images

Front of the Nikon Coolpix B700

Front of the Nikon Coolpix B700 / Wink Raised

Forepart of the Nikon Coolpix B700 / Lens Extended

Side of the Nikon Coolpix B700

Side of the Nikon Coolpix B700

Side of the Nikon Coolpix B700

Side of the Nikon Coolpix B700

Rear of the Nikon Coolpix B700

Rear of the Nikon Coolpix B700 / Prototype Displayed

Rear of the Nikon Coolpix B700 / Chief Menu

Tilting LCD Screen

Tilting LCD Screen

Summit of the Nikon Coolpix B700

Top of the Nikon Coolpix B700

Bottom of the Nikon Coolpix B700

Bottom of the Nikon Coolpix B700

Side of the Nikon Coolpix B700

Side of the Nikon Coolpix B700

Side of the Nikon Coolpix B700

Front of the Nikon Coolpix B700

Memory Carte du jour Slot

Battery Compartment

Conclusion

You're only going to be considering this Nikon superzoom/bridge photographic camera if you lot need its primal characteristic – that massive focal length equivalent to a wide 24mm to 1440mm in 35mm picture show terms – and if you consider that central feature is worth paying in the region of £350 for. You'll doubtless discover a 'street price' cheaper in any outcome; we found online prices at the time of writing offer to shave equally much every bit 30% off that manufacturer'south request cost.

The fact that the Nikon Coolpix B700 resembles a DSLR that'due south been miniaturised, yet with controls that fall betwixt that more sophisticated grade of camera and a point-and-shoot compact, ensures that it immediately feels familiar to anyone picking information technology upward from scratch. In that location was no need to consult an online manual here. On tiptop of being intuitive to use, the Coolpix B700 feels well built and responsive with it. Information technology quickly became our 'go to' camera throughout the weeks we had to play with it.

Working simply besides for shooting video besides equally stills shots when your discipline'southward in the distance, quality may non be up there with a CSC or DSLR just in truth it'due south pretty respectable, particularly given the standard 1/two.3-inch CMOS sensor at its heart. This may merely hateful that you lot take the Nikon Coolpix B700 to your own centre as well...

Ratings (out of 5)
Design	four
Features	4
Ease-of-use	four
Epitome quality	4
Value for money	iv

Main Rivals

Listed below are some of the rivals of the Nikon Coolpix B700.

The Canon PowerShot SX530 HS is a span super-zoom camera with a massive 50x zoom lens. The Canon SX530 likewise offers 16 megapixels, a three-inch LCD screen, full manual controls and 1080p HD movies. Read our in-depth Canon PowerShot SX530 HS review at present...

The Fujifilm FinePix S9900W is a bridge camera with a massive 50x, 24-1200mm zoom lens. The Fujifilm S9900W also offers built-in wi-fi, total 1080p movies at 60fps with stereo sound, a iii inch LCD screen, electronic viewfinder, 10ps burst shooting and a 16 megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor. Read our Fujifilm FinePix S9900W review at present...

The new Kodak PixPro AZ521 super-zoom camera features a massive 52x zoom lens with a focal range of 24-1248mm. Other highlights of the affordable Kodak AZ521 include a 3 inch LCD screen, total 1080p HD movies, and a xvi megapixel CMOS sensor. Read our in-depth Kodak PixPro AZ521 review at present...

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ82 super-zoom photographic camera (likewise known as the DMC-FZ80) features a massive 60x zoom lens with a focal range of twenty-1200mm. Other highlights of the FZ82 / FZ80 include a 3 inch LCD touchscreen, 4K movies, 10fps outburst shooting, P/A/Due south/G modes, RAW support, a flash hotshoe and an 18.1 megapixel MOS sensor. Read our in-depth Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ82 review now...

Review Roundup

Reviews of the Nikon Coolpix B700 from around the web.

The Nikon COOLPIX B700 is an SLR-styled super-zoom with a 60x range, 20 Megapixel resolution and 4k video capability. It also has a detailed electronic viewfinder as well as a 3 inch monitor that's hinged and can exist adapted to face in any management.
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The Nikon Coolpix B700 updates the P610 and features the same 60x optical zoom lens, but upgrades the insides to offer a new twenty megapixel sensor, and 4K video recording. Wi-Fi and NFC is congenital-in and has been joined by low-ability Bluetooth to enable low-power transfer of images to a smartphone or tablet.
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Specifications

• • Type

  • Meaty digital camera

• • Effective pixels

  • 20.3 million (Image processing may reduce the number of effective pixels.)

• • Image sensor

  • 1/2.3-in.type CMOS, Total pixels: approx. 21.xiv million

• • Lens

  • NIKKOR lens with 60x optical zoom

• • Focal length

  • 4.3 to 258 mm (angle of view equivalent to that of 24 to 1440 mm lens in 35 mm [135] format)

• • F-number

  • f/three.3 to 6.5

• • Lens construction

  • 16 elements in 11 groups (4 ED lens elements and 1 super ED lens element)

• • Magnification

  • Up to 4x (angle of view equivalent to that of approx. 5760 mm lens in 35 mm [135] format), Upward to 2x when Picture show options is gear up to 2160/30p or 2160/25p (angle of view equivalent to that of approx. 2880 mm lens in 35 mm [135] format)

• • Vibration reduction

  • Lens-shift VR (still images), Lens shift and electronic VR (movies)

• • Autofocus

  • Dissimilarity-detect AF

• • Focus range

  • [W]: Approx. fifty cm (1 ft 8 in.) to infinity, [T]: Approx. 2.0 m (half-dozen ft vii in.) to infinity, Macro close-upwardly mode: Approx. 1 cm (0.4 in.) to infinity (wide-angle position) (All distances measured from center of forepart surface of lens)

• • AF-expanse manner

  • Target finding AF, face up priority, manual (spot), manual (normal), transmission (broad), subject field tracking

• • Viewfinder

  • Electronic viewfinder 0.5 cm (0.2-in.) approx. 921k-dot equivalent LCD with the diopter adjustment part (–3 to +ane m-¹)

• • Frame coverage

  • Approx. 100% horizontal and vertical (compared to actual moving-picture show)

• • Frame coverage (playback mode)

  • Approx. 100% horizontal and vertical (compared to actual moving picture)

• • Monitor

  • 7.5 cm (3-in.) diagonal, Approx. 921k-dot (RGBW), wide viewing angle TFT LCD with anti-reflection coating and half-dozen-level brightness adjustment, vari-angle TFT LCD

• • Storage media

  • SD, SDHC, SDXC

• • File organization

  • DCF and Exif two.three compliant

• • Storage file formats

  • All the same images: JPEG, RAW (NRW) (Nikon'south own format), Movies: MP4 (Video: H.264/MPEG-four AVC, Sound: AAC stereo)

• • Prototype size (pixels)

  • 20M [5184 10 3888], 8M [3264 x 2448], 4M [2272 x 1704], 2M [1600 x 1200], 16:9 15M [5184 x 2920], iii:2 18M [5184 x 3456], 1:1 15M [3888 ten 3888]

• • ISO sensitivity

  • ISO 100 to 1600, ISO 3200 (available when using P, Southward, A, or One thousand mode)

• • Exposure metering

  • Matrix, eye-weighted, spot

• • Exposure command

  • Programmed auto exposure with flexible program, shutter-priority auto, discontinuity-priority machine, manual, exposure bracketing, exposure bounty (–2.0 to +2.0 EV in steps of 1/3 EV)

• • Shutter type

  • Mechanical and CMOS electronic shutter

• • Shutter speed

  • ane/4000 to ane s, one/4000 to fifteen s (when ISO sensitivity is 100 in Chiliad manner), 25 southward (Star trails in Multiple exp. Lighten scene mode)

• • Cocky-timer

  • Can be selected from 10 s and two s

• • Aperture

  • Electromagnetic half dozen-blade iris diaphragm

• • Aperture range

  • 8 steps of 1/3 EV (W) (A, M manner)

• • Built-in flash

  • Yep

• • Flash range (approx.)

  • [Due west]: Approx. 0.5 to 7.0 thousand (1 ft 8 in. to 22 ft), [T]: Approx. 1.5 to 3.four grand (5 ft to eleven ft)

• • Flash control

  • TTL auto flash with monitor preflashes

• • Exposure compensation

  • In steps of 1/three EV in the range between –2 and +two EV

• • USB

  • Micro-USB connector (Practice not use whatever USB cable other than the included UC-E21 USB Cable.), Howdy-Speed USB Supports Direct Print (PictBridge)

• • HDMI output

  • HDMI micro connector (Blazon D)

• • Wi-Fi (Wireless LAN) standards

  • IEEE 802.11b/one thousand (standard wireless LAN protocol)

• • Wi-Fi (Wireless LAN) operating frequency

  • 2412 to 2462 MHz (one to xi channels)

• • Wi-Fi (Wireless LAN) security

  • Authentication: Open system, WPA2-PSK

• • Bluetooth standards

  • Bluetooth Specification Version 4.1

• • Supported languages

  • Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Norwegian, Farsi, Polish, Portuguese (European and Brazilian), Romanaian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

• • Power sources

  • Ane EN-EL23 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery (included), EH-67A Air conditioning Adapter (available separately)

• • Charging fourth dimension

  • Approx. iii h (when using EH-73P/EH-73PCH Charging Air conditioning Adapter and when no charge remains)

• • Battery life

  • Approx. 420 shots when using EN-EL23

• • Actual battery life for movie recording

  • Approx. 1 h xxx min when using EN-EL23

• • Tripod socket

  • ane/4 (ISO 1222)

• • Dimensions (W ten H x D)

  • Approx. 125.0 x 85.0 x 106.v mm (v.0 x 3.4 x 4.ii in.) (excluding projections)

• • Weight

  • Approx. 570 g (1 lb 4.2 oz) (including bombardment and retention card)

• • Operating surroundings - temperature

  • 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)

• • Operating environs - humidity

  • 85% or less (no condensation)

• • Supplied accessories

  • Camera Strap, LC-CP29 Lens Cap (with cord), EN-EL23 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery, EH-73P Charging AC Adapter (A plug adapter is included if the camera was purchased in a country or region that requires a plug adapter. The shape of the plug adapter varies with the country or region of purchase.), UC-E21 USB Cablevision

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1. Introduction
2. Ease of Employ
3. Image Quality
4. Sample Images
5. Product Images
6. Conclusion
7. Main Rivals
8. Review Roundup
9. Specifications

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