The Nikon Coolpix 4500 is a
digital camera
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— the penultimate model in the famous 950-995 lineup of
swivel lens
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models. The last model was the Nikon Coolpix S4, most of its features match the
Nikon 995
The Nikon Coolpix 995 was announced on April 25, 2001 to supersede the Coolpix 990 in the Nikon Coolpix series. Similar in appearance to the 990, changes include a switch to a high-impact plastic case for the lens half of the swivel body, a pop-up ...
. The Coolpix 4500 was announced by Nikon on May 29, 2002.
It's a 4
MP model with 4x optical
zoom lens
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A true zoom lens, also called a parfocal lens, is one ...
and has many manual controls. Like its predecessors, it takes sharp photos (though some claim the 995 is sharper) and has a long
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Its minimum focus range is 30 cm but reduced to 2 cm in macro mode.
Its automation manages 16 pre-programmed Scene modes to facilitate shooting (landscape, portrait, macro, sunset/moonlight, panorama assistant, text, museum, party/indoor, twilight, backlight, beach / snow, night portrait, combination of shots, fireworks, night, sports). Exposure adjustment is automatic and also allows for manual mode with adjustment within a range of ±2.0 in 0.33 EV increments.
The white balance is done automatically, but also semi-manually with pre-set options (sunny, incandescent light, fluorescent tubes, cloudy, flash).
Its built-in flash has an effective range of 0.5 to 3 m in wide-angle and 0.5 to 1.6 m in telephoto, and has a red-eye reduction function.
The “BSS” function (Best Shot Selector) selects from ten successive shots the best exposed image and saves automatically.
The “Noise reduction” function is automatically activated when the shutter speed is slow.
Its burst mode allows you to take 5 images per second.
Nikon stopped marketing in 2006.
See also
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Nikon Coolpix 950
The Nikon Coolpix 950 was a digital camera released by Nikon in early 1999. The 950 model superseded the Coolpix 900 in the Nikon Coolpix series. The Coolpix 950 was a durable camera with swivel lens, magnesium body, a maximum resolution of 1600× ...
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Nikon Coolpix 995
The Nikon Coolpix 995 was announced on April 25, 2001 to supersede the Coolpix 990 in the Nikon Coolpix series. Similar in appearance to the 990, changes include a switch to a high-impact plastic case for the lens half of the swivel body, a pop-up ...
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Nikon Coolpix S4
The Coolpix S4 is a brand of digital camera produced by Nikon. Its image sensor is a CCD with 6.0 million pixels. It has a thin-film transistor liquid crystal display device with 110,000 pixels. The S4 incorporates Nikon's popular swivel desig ...
External links
Nikon Website*Reviews can also be checked out at DPreview, SteveDigicams etc.
4500
Cameras introduced in 2002
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