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Nikon’s P900 camera can zoom in to the moon

Announced earlier this year, Nikon‘s Coolpix P900 point-and-shoot camera boasts an 83x zoom lens that was put into test by zooming in on the moon. The result? Craters of the moon were clearly captured as shown on the attached video.

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Nikon Coolpix P900 specs:
16-megapixel 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor with 83x zoom
OIS + Dual Detect Optical VR stabilization
4/2.8-6.5 aperture
100-1,600/6,400 (auto/PASM modes) ISO
Full HD video recording @ 60p
Up to 7fps on burst mode
3-inch vari-angle 921K-dot lCS
Wi-Fi
NFC
Price: $600

A nature photographer from Germany, Lothar Lenz, tried out the capabilites of the P900 by setting up a tripod and aiming the camera right at the moon in broad daylight. He presses record and starts zooming all the way in which showed the moon like it was captured using an astroscope — craters were clear, and although it lost some detail in the process, the image was still very impressive considering he was only using a point-and-shoot camera.

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Take a look at the video above. The camera could zoom in so close that you actually see the moon moving.

Here’s to hoping no one uses it to spy on people — but then again, who knows?

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Kevin Bruce Francisco is the Senior Editor and Video Producer for YugaTech. He's a Digital Filmmaking graduate who's always either daydreaming of traveling or actually going places on his bike. Follow him on Twitter for more tech updates @kevincofrancis.

4 Responses

  1. Avatar for Anony Mouse Anony Mouse says:

    P&S? Kung gaano kalayo ang reach ng zoom lens niya, ganun din ka out-of-reach ang price niya.

    • Avatar for hotruss hotruss says:

      I think the price of $600 is reasonable, even for a Nikon-brand camera.

      A quick fav for potential paparazzi’s.

  2. Avatar for asdfasdf asdfasdf says:

    This camera just got Mang Kanor’s seal of approval (c)(tm)(r)

    :P

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