Digital Home Thoughts: New Cameras from Nikon with Intersting Features

"Nikon has announced several new digital cameras in its Coolpix point-and-shoot line. The first of the new cameras is the Coolpix P6000 -- Nikon's first camera with built-in GPS. The P6000 has 13.5-megapixel resolution and uses a wide-angle 4x zoom NIKKOR lens with 2 ED glass elements. Nikon integrates its EXPEED image-processing system into the camera along with RAW support. Another interesting feature of the P6000 is a built-in Ethernet connector that allows direct uploading from the camera to Nikon's online My Picturetown service. The rear LCD for the camera is 2.7-inches and three technologies are built-in to get clear images. The technology for clear images includes Vibration reduction, Lens-shift Vibration Reduction, and Best Shot Selector. Best Shot Selector allows the camera to shoot up to 10 sequential shots and save the sharpest image."

I like the P6000 -- it looks like it would be a competitor to the Canon G9 and with geo-tagging abilities and the direct ethernet connection, it seems like it could win over a few customers. I also find the Coolpix S710 interesting with its 14.5-megapixels and the abilitiy to go up to ISO 12800. Hard to say how many people are actually going to go for it though. Nikon is certainly raising the bar in both P&S as well as higher end DSLRs. I guess their next refresh will be a camera to compete in the sub-$1K DSLR range? Oh Canon, where art thou? (BTW, still not-so-patiently waiting for the 5D Mark II).