Nikon Coolpix P520 Camera - Black (18.1MP, 42xZoom, 24mm Wide Lens) 3.2 inch LCD

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The SX520 HS also has a second dial in addition to the four-way controller, but its position makes it necessary to move your finger off the shutter release. The headings of the sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not constitute a part hereof or affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The COOLPIX P520 employs a unique (among these three models, at any rate) method for switching between the EVF and the screen.

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Unlike the PowerShot SX50 HS and Lumix FZ70 / FZ72 the COOLPIX P520 has no quick menu button so for things like image quality and size, ISO sensitivity setting, white balance, continuous shooting, exposure bracketing, and AF mode, among others, a trip to the Shooting menu is required. On the COOLPIX P520 it’s actually a sub-setting of the Backlighting Scene mode, one of three scene modes, the other two are Landscape and Night landscape, to have dedicated positions on the mode dial. Finally, the effects position on the mode dial provides a range of filters which you can apply in-camera to reproduce traditional darkroom techniques.

Switch to the PASM modes and both the Command dial thumb wheel and multi-selector wheel are used to change the appropriate exposure control; the command dial engages program shift in Program auto (Canon take note – the SX520 HS doesn’t do this) and the shutter speed in Shutter priority and Manual modes. Download firmware for Nikon digital products (firmware being the built-in software that controls cameras and other devices). One of the drawbacks of this approach is that you can’t frame up your shot very easily as the screen switches from 4:3 proportions to 16:9 (assuming you’re shooting in one of the HD modes). You can alternatively zoom using the innovative side zoom control on the lens barrel, which is a vertical rocker switch activated with your left hand.

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Instead, if you want to compose using the viewfinder, you must first fully close the rear LCD into its protected position to do so. The SX520 HS screen was the best for viewing in bright light outdoors, but it doesn’t have the advantage of an electronic viewfinder like the COOLPIX P530. Chrism8, Thanks for that, but the battery is brand new and the correct one, as is the charger which plugs into the laptop. For its size, the P520's lens is also respectably fast, with maximum apertures of f/3 at 24mm and f/5. Zooming is done by way of a conventional zoom lever that encircles the shutter release button sitting atop the right-hand grip.The familiar multi-selector with its centred OK button is similar to the P510, with the same individual functions that are mapped onto the Up, Down, Left and Right buttons. The camera is available in three colours, black, dark sliver and red with the grip, thumb rest and a small area running almost the length of the body on the left side (as you hold the camera) covered with rubber-like material. There’s also an option to display points of interest at one of 6 detail levels; level 1 provides only general regional information, in my case it told me I was in England. The COOLPIX P530’s built-in flash is popped up by pressing a button on the left side of the body just below the flash head. In the manual modes the single area can be moved around the central screen area to one of 99 positions.

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The Lumix FZ70 / FZ72 on the other hand is a tiny bit brighter at its 20mm wide angle setting (zoomed in to 24mm equivalent, the Lumix FZ70 / FZ72’s lens closes to the same f3 as the COOLPIX P520), but the gap closes and there’s nothing in it at the telephoto end of the range, with both providing an f5. The better your problem and question is described, the easier it is for other Nikon owners to provide you with a good answer. I should also point out that both the Sony H400 and Canon SX520 HS have fixed 3 inch screens with 460k dot resolution.The COOLPIX P520 also has the Best Shot Selector and multi-shot 16 features common on COOLPIX compacts, the former, designed for low light shooting, takes a burst of ten shots and retains the sharpest one.