Nikon Coolpix P1000

Nikon continues to demonstrate that it’s capable of making incredible lenses, even if the rest of the P1000 is slightly more mundane, as Ben Andrews discovers

- Ben Andrews

The press release for the P1000 made for entertaining reading. A fixed lens bridge camera with 125x optical zoom, equating to 24-3000mm in 35mm terms? “Tell me more!” Weight: 1.42kg, Length: 181mm. “Yikes, this thing is huge!” See, the P1000 isn’t blessed with a big sensor. Deep within lies a tiny 1/2.3-inch 16Mp chip, the same size you’d find in a budget compact or a smartphone, and unlikely to set any image quality records. Then my already slackened jaw descended into freefall. RRP: £1000/$1000.

You do at least get a lot of camera for your money. The P1000 is roughly as bulky as a D750 with a 24-70mm f/2.8 attached, but with much more girth around what would be the lens mount. It’s a comfortable camera in the hand though, with a well sculpted grip, even if build quality doesn’t feel quite as robust as a Nikon DSLR.