Nikon Coolpix 950

I got an email from a reader of the site who was asking me how I would rate the camera, I've previously tried not to have a "stars" rating or "out of ten" as it's really very subjective but for this camera I feel confident enough to do just that.

It uses the same 28mm filter threads as the older 900 and 900s so it can mount the existing Nikon wideangle and fisheye lenses as well as all of the Raynox and other third-party filters and lenses. Nikon will be offering a new 2X telephoto adapter that...

The Coolpix 950 is the first digicam in Nikon's line of popular digital cameras to break the 2-megapixel barrier, boasting a 1/2-inch , 2.11-megapixel CCD capable of producing prints as large as 8 x 10 inches. Measuring just 5.6 x 3 x 1.4 inches, and...

The 950 has a 2-megapixel sensor, the 990 uses a 3-megapixel sensor. Those numbers aren't useful for comparisons, though. In practice, the 950 produces 1600 x 1200 pixel images while the manages 2048 by 1536. What that means in practice is that the 950...

The 950 has a 2-megapixel sensor, the 990 uses a 3-megapixel sensor. Those numbers aren't useful for comparisons, though. In practice, the 950 produces 1600 x 1200 pixel images while the manages 2048 by 1536. What that means in practice is that the 950...

The lens is a 7 to 20mm zoom with a macro mode; that's the equivalent of 38 to 115 mm in a 35-mm camera. There are fisheye, wide-angle and telephoto adapters available. The aperture is f/2.6 to 4. There is a digital zoom (think of it as in-camera...

For many, the Coolpix 950 will do a fine job ; Excellent Color Rendition.. I've seen digital cameras that require lots of fiddling in Photoshop to get the color balance correct. The Nikon Coolpix cameras, while not providing the most saturated color...

Button Madness. The two buttons on the top of the camera have multiple personalities. While Nikon has tried to give photographers direct access to controls without having to refer to the color LCD, in practice you'll find that you can't always remember...

I'm going to vote for the Coolpix on this one. The C-2000Z image seems a bit grainy to me, and maybe a little washed out (this could be from the skylight above though)