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Nikon Coolpix P90 Review

Author Cliff Smith
Published 30th Apr 2009
Manufacturer Nikon
Price £286.96 (Exc VAT)
as reviewed £330.00 (Inc VAT)
Latest Price
Build Quality Score 9 for Build Quality
Features Score 10 for Features
Image Quality Score 9 for Image Quality
Value Score 7 for Value
Overall Score 9 for Overall
Nikon Coolpix P90
award recommended

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Over the next few pages we show a range of test shots. On this page the full size image at the minimum and maximum ISO settings have been reduced to let you see the full image, and a series of full resolution crops have taken from original images at a range of ISO settings to show the overall image quality. These ISO test images are shot indoors using reflected natural light for maximum consistency.




This is the full frame at 64 ISO.




At 64 ISO the image is clean and sharp, although there is some noise visible in the darker red area.




There is a little colour mottling in the green area at 100 ISO, but it's not enough to worry about.




Better results at 200 at the noise reduction kicks in.




There is some loss of fine detail at 400 ISO, but image quality is still good.




Colour is starting to break up at 800 ISO, but the image is printable.




Quite a lot of noise at 1600 ISO, and not much fine detail is left.




3200 ISO is available at 3MP, but image quality is poor.




It's worse still at 6400 ISO.




This is the full frame at 6400 ISO.


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comment Mister C said on 30th July 2009

Hi first just a quick love your site etc blah blah... But I cannot agree with some of the comments. My main grip is with the build quality, it rattles, it ticks when the power is o... more

comment necro said on 10th August 2009

hi cliff,

thanks for this great reviews on nikon coolpix p90. I have bought yesterday one and I can't seem to figure out the best settings for p90. I tried to r... more

comment Nocturnus said on 6th September 2009

24X and no optical zoom while shooting? insane! P90 seems to be useless on video mode

comment Aylmer said on 9th November 2009

Read the user manual before using P90. Learn to use manual mode as image quality comes from there. Tilting LCD and 624mm telephoto is very useful in certain situation. Very expensi... more

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