Two out of three new Nikons caught!

29th May - 2002
By Ian Burley

Update - third member of new CoolPix trio revealed, click here.

Later today, Nikon UK not only unveils its new-look Web site, but we’re expecting three new consumer digicam models to be announced. Details of the the three models have been discussed in some detail on various bulletin boards for some time, but launch day confirms which guesses were right and which were wide of the mark.

It’s the early hours on the morning of launch day, May 29th, as this is being written and we have just received information about two of the three new cameras. At the entry-level end is the CoolPix 2000 (see above and below), a more conventional incarnation of the swivel-headed 2MP CoolPix 2500 launched earlier this year.

At the other end is the CoolPix 5700 (see top and below), a 5MP model which looks like a CoolPix 5000 fitted with a much wider-ranging 8x zoom; equivalent to 35-280mm. With the lens retracted, the camera bears more than a passing resemblance to a Fujifilm 6900. For this reason, it’s not surprising, though a touch disappointing, to discover that the 5700 employs an electronic eye-level through the lens viewfinder in addition to the flip out and swivel finder familiar to CoolPix 5000 users. The housing on the top plate is home to a pop-up SLR-style flash gun. The camera is smaller in real life than its pictures might suggest.We’ll have a lot more on Nikon’s latest brood, including that missing third model, when the official information is released later today.

Click here for Nikon UK’s new home page.

Update - third member of new CoolPix trio revealed, click here.

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