COOLPIX 8700

Effective Megapixels

8.0 8x Mg 12

Zoom-Nikkor Lens

OPTICAL

Magnesium Alloy Body

Scene Modes

Key Features and Benefits
8.0 Effective Megapixels for 23MB files that produce stunning 20 x 30 prints 8x Optical Zoom-Nikkor ED Lens for focal length range of 35-280mm. Includes ED glass for incredible color, contrast and sharpness Electronic Viewfinder and Vari-Angle LCD provide for enhanced frame coverage and bright viewing 12 Scene Modes automatically adjust settings for great pictures instantly TV-quality Movies up to 35 seconds at 30 fps with audio Time-lapse Movie Mode creates QuickTime movies from images taken using the time-lapse feature RAW Image Data Recording Mode for maximum image control AF Assist helps to ensure accurate focus when shooting in dark lighting situations PictBridge Compatible print directly to any PictBridge or USB direct enabled printer Superior Exposure, Image and Metering Controls to maximize the possibilities and make the most of every photo opportunity
Auto Built-in Pop-up Flash minimize red-eye with Built-in Pop-up Flash
Rugged Magnesium AlloyBody
Quick Review 1.8 LCD Monitor with Quick Review lets you instantly confirm a shot you just took or review any of the other images stored on the CompactFlash Card.
ED glass Lens (Extra-low Dispersion) minimizes chromatic abberations for crisp, clear shots

Heres whats included:

Lens Cap Camera Strap AV Cable UC-E1 USB Cable EN-EL1 Recharegeable Li-ion Battery MH-53 Battery Charger Nikon Browsing Software (Coolpix) CD-ROM

5-Area Multi Autofocus

Vari-Angle LCD monitor lets you shoot at any angle
NEW! Time Lapse feature in Movie Mode Camera takes a series of still images at specified intervals (30 seconds to 60 minutes) and joins these frames together to create a Quicktime movie with a frame rate of 30 frames per second.
Super Telephoto Macro Increase your Macro working distance or get as close as 1.2 Hot Shoe attach additional speedlights

Show photos on your TV

Enhanced electronic through-the-lens viewfinder 235,000-dot TFT Color LCD viewfinder with diopter adjustment AF-assist illuminator to ensure sharp focusing in difficult compositions and low light
Compatible with CF Cards including 2GB and larger, as well as Microdrive Framing Guides display framing guides on the LCD monitor in order to achieve an ideal composition

Optional Accessories:

FC-E9** Fisheye Lens
WC-E80* Wide Angle Converter Lens
TC-E15ED* Telephoto Converter Lens
UR-E12 Step Down Ring Lens Adapter
UR-E8 Step Down Ring Lens Adapter

HN-CP11 Lens Hood

MB-E5700 Battery Pack

EH-53 AC Adapter

MH-53C Car Battery Charger

MC-EU1 Remote Cord

Leather Carrying Case
* requires UR-E8 ** requires UR-E12
Accessible through the Shooting Menu

NikonView Software

TRANSFER

BROWSE

Five Area AF Multi-Selector/ Menu Control
Saturation Mode Control color saturation
NikonView software comes with every Nikon Coolpix Digital Camera. This powerful application provides all the functionality you need to send, share, save and edit your pictures. NIKONVIEW FEATURES INCLUDE: Edit & Enhance Shots Make Web Pages Print Upload to the Web Send E-mail Rename Files Create Slide Shows Burn CDs

One-Touch Red-Eye Fix automatically removes most typical occurrences of red-eye with the click of a mouse
Noise Reduction Mode Minimize digital artifacts in long exposures
White Balance Bracketing Ensure proper color balance

BEFORE

Continuous shooting at 2.5fps Now you can take up to five full-size, 8-megapixel (3,264 x 2,448) images at 2.5 frames per second.

Versatile 12 Scene Modes

Twelve programmed Scene Modes make it easy to capture optimal results in the most diverse shooting situations. With the COOLPIX 8700, anyone, even a novice photographer, can take great images simply by choosing the appropriate mode for the next picture.

Portrait

Emphasizes a subject with natural skin tones against a soft, pleasing background.

Panorama Assist

Allows you to take several side-by-side images, all at the same exposure and white balance setting, then combine them later using the Panorama Maker photo editing software (supplied) to create spectacular wide-vista photos.

Party/Indoor

Night Portrait

Beach/Snow

Sunset

Night Landscape

Landscape

Close Up

Copy Fireworks Show Back Light Panorama Assist
With precise manual focus area selection and appropriate coloration, this mode makes detailed subjects stand out from the background.
Emphasizing depth-of-field, this mode captures distant scenes sharply and clearly, for postcard-like landscape pictures.

35mm equiv.

280mm equiv.

8-megapixel resolution

The COOLPIX 8700 and its newly developed CCD offer 8.0 effective megapixels for an astounding high resolution of 3,264 x 2,448 pixels. Quality like this makes images of exceptionally high definition possible even when cropped.

8x Zoom-Nikkor lens

The 8x zoom gives you the power of a 35-280mm (35mm [135] equiv.) lens, while Macro capability lets you get as close as 1.2 in. (3cm). This combination is supported by Nikons world-renowned optical technology, with two ED glass elements delivering crisp, clear images while minmizing chromatic abberation all of which helps realize the full potential of 8.0 effective megapixels

Lifelike image reproduction
The COOLPIX 8700s exclusive image processing technology takes true-to-life images a step closer to reality. A 256-segment Matrix Metering system enables optimal exposures in even the most challenging lighting environments, while Matrix Auto White Balance neutralizes color deviations created by ambient light sources. Both advanced features allow the COOLPIX 8700 to preserve a faithful reproduction of color, detail and gradation.

Nikon Coolpix 8700

Digital Camera Specifications
Type of camera Effective pixels CCD Image size (pixels) Lens Digital camera E8700 8.0 million 2/3-inch-type CCD (total pixels: 8.31 million) 8M (3,264 x 2,448), 5M (2,592 x 1,944), 3M (2,048 x 1,536), 2M (1,600 x 1,200), 1M (1,280 x 960), PC (1,024 x 768), TV (640 x 480), 3:2 (3,264 x 2,176) selectable 8x Zoom-Nikkor; 8.9 - 71.2mm [35mm (135) format equivalent to 35 - 280mm] f/2.8 - 4.2 with macro; 14 elements in 10 groups; all elements are made of environmentally friendly glass; Nikon Super Integrated Coating (SIC) applied; two glass molded ED lens elements included Up to 4x Contrast-detect TTL AF with AF-assist illuminator; 5-area Multi AF or Spot AF selectable 1) Continuous AF, 2) Single AF, 3) Manual Focus (from 1.2 in. [3cm] to infinity () with focus confirmation indication) 19.7 in. (50cm) to infinity (); 1.2 in. (3cm) to infinity () in Macro mode (middle zoom position) 0.44-inch type, 235,000-dot, polysilicon TFT color LCD viewfinder; Diopter adjustment: -4 to +1m-1 1.8-inch type, 134,000-dot High Transmissive Advanced TFT LCD monitor with brightness and hue adjustment; frame coverage: approx. 97% (Through, Freeze), 100% (Play) System: Exif 2.2 file (uncompressed RAW [NEF] and TIFF-RGB or compressed JPEG) Design rule for Camera File system (DCF), Digital Print Order Format (DPOF), QuickTime Motion JPEG (Movie, Audio)Media: CF Card Type I/II, Microdrive Card Number of frames with optional 256MB CF Card (approx.)
Image Size: HI RAW FINE NORMAL BASIC Image Qulaity 8M 244 5M 373 3M 602 2M 870 1M 1306 PC 1567 TV 2612 3:279
Digital zoom Autofocus Focus modes Focus range Viewfinder LCD monitor

Storage

Shooting range: approx. 1.6 - 13.5 ft. (0.5 - 4.1m) (W), approx. 1.6 - 8.9 ft. (0.5 - 2.7m) (T) Flash modes: 1) Auto Flash, 2) Flash Cancel, 3) Red-Eye Reduction, 4) Anytime Flash, 5) Night Portrait (Slow Sync Flash) Accessory shoe Standard ISO hot-shoe contact with safety lock External Speedlight Hotshoe connects to external Nikon Speedlight SB-800/50DX/30/22s; built-in Speedlight can be canceled when using external Speedlight(s) Playback menu options 1) Full-frame, 2) Thumbnail (4/9 segments), 3) Slide show, 4) Movie with audio, 5) Playback zoom (up to 6x); File information; Shooting information; Histogram indication and highlight point display; Hide and protect attributes can be set to each image; Focus confirmation indication; RAW image playback Interface USB I/O terminal DC in; Audio/Video (NTSC or PAL selectable) out; Digital I/O (USB/Remote cord) Power requirements One EN-EL1 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery (included), MB-E5700 Battery Pack (optional) with six 1.5V LR6 (AA-size alkaline) batteries*, one 2CR5 (DL245) lithium battery (optional), EH-53 AC Adapter (optional) Battery life (approx.) 210 images (EN-EL1)/240 images (2CR5). Measured at 20C [68F] with fully-charged batteries under standard Nikon test conditions; monitor on, zoom adjusted with each shot, flash used about once every three shots, image quality set to Normal. Dimensions (W x H x D) 4.4 x 4.1 x 3.1 in. (113 x 105 x 78mm) Weight Approx. 17 oz. (480g) (without battery and storage media) Accessories included** Lens Cap, Camera Strap, AV Cable, UC-E1 USB Cable, EN-EL1 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery, MH-53 Battery Charger, NikonView CD-ROM Optional accessories FC-E9 Fisheye Converter, WC-E80 Wideangle Converter, TC-E15ED Telephoto Converter, UR-E8 Lens Adapter, UR-E12 Step-Down Ring Lens Adapter, HN-CP11 Lens Hood, EH-53 AC Adapter, MH-53C Car Battery Charger (12V DC in), MC-EU1 Remote Cord, Case, Various size CompactFlash cards NikonView 6 System requirements for Macintosh OS: Mac OS 9.0 - 9.2 (only built-in USB ports supported), Mac OS X (10.1.3 or later) Models: iMac, iMac DV, Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White), Power Mac G4 or later; iBook, PowerBook G3 or later (only built-in USB ports supported) RAM: 64MB or more recommended Hard disk: 60MB required for installation, with additional amount equivalent to twice the capacity of the camera memory card plus 10MB required when NikonView 6 is running Display: 800 x 600 with 16-bit colors (full color recommended) Others: CD-ROM drive required for installation OS: Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional pre-installed model Models: Only models with built-in USB ports supported CPU: 300MMX Pentium or faster RAM: 64MB or more recommended Hard disk: 60MB required for installation, with additional amount equivalent to twice the capacity of the camera memory card plus 10MB required when NikonView 6 is running, Display: 800 x 600 with 16-bit colors (full color recommended) Others: CD-ROM drive required for installation 25515 UPC code 018208255153

Built-in Speedlight

Shooting modes Scene modes

User setting

Exposure metering Exposure control

Exposure range Shutter

Aperture Sensitivity White balance

Self-timer

AUTO, SCENE, Custom 1, Custom 2 Portrait, Party/Indoor, Night portrait, Beach/Snow, Landscape, Sunset, Night landscape, Fireworks show, Close up, Copy, Close up, Copy, Back light, and Panorama assist 1) Single, 2) Continuous H (2.5 fps; up to 5 frames), 3) Continuous L (1.2 fps; up to 12 frames), 4) Multi-shot 16 (consecutive 16 frames at 1.5 fps), 5) Ultra HS (high-speed) (640 x 480 pixels; 30 fps, up to 100 frames), 6) 5 shot buffer (1 fps), 7) Interval Timer Shooting, 8) Movie: TV movie (640 x 480 pixels) with audio at 30 fps; up to 35 seconds, or Small movie (320 x 240 pixels) with audio at 15 fps; up to 180 seconds, Time-lapse movie (640 x 480 pixels) at 30 fps; up to 35 seconds, or Sepia movie (320 x 240 pixels) with audio at 5 fps; up to 180 seconds are selectable 4-mode TTL metering: 1) 256-segment Matrix, 2) Center-Weighted, 3) Spot, 4) Spot AF area 1) Programmed Auto with Flexible Program [P], 2) Shutter-Priority Auto [S], 3) Aperture-Priority Auto [A], 4) Manual [M]; Exposure Compensation (2 EV in 1/3 EV steps); Auto Exposure Bracketing (3 or 5 frames within 2 EV); AE-BSS (three modes: Highlight, Shadow, Histogram) EV -1.0 to +19.0 (W), EV +0.5 to +19.0 (T) Mechanical and charge-coupled electronic shutter; 1/4,000 (with minimum aperture) to 2 s in AUTO [ ] mode and Programmed Auto [P]; 1/4,000 to 8 s in Shutter-Priority Auto [S] and Aperture-Priority Auto [A], 1/4,000 to 8 s and Bulb/Time (up to 10 minutes) in Manual [M], 1/8,000 to 1/30 s in Ultra HS (high-speed) mode. At some apertures, maximum shutter speed is 1/2,000 s. 7-blade iris diaphragm; 10 steps in 1/3 EV increments (to minimum of f/8) Approximately equivalent to ISO 50, 100, 200, 400, and Auto (auto gain to ISO 200 equivalent) 1) Auto White Balance with TTL control, 2) 6-mode Manual with fine tuning (Daylight/Incandescent/Fluorescent/Cloudy/Speedlight/Shade), 3) Preset, 4) White Balance Bracketing 10 or 3-second duration
NikonView 6 System requirements for PC

Product Number:

Additional accessories can be found at www.nikoncoolpix.com on the Coolpix 8700 page

QuickTime

*1.5V FR Lithium, 1.2V NiMH, or 1.2V NiCd batteries can also be used. **Standard accessories may differ by country or area.
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