The Coolpix P80 is a

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digital camera produced by Nikon that was introduced in April 2008. Its image sensor is a CCD with 10.1

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s. It has an 18x optical zoom lens that is not interchangeable. The Coolpix P80 was superseded in March 2009 by the

Nikon Coolpix P90 The Nikon Coolpix P90 was launched by Nikon on 3 February 2009 as an improved version of the Nikon Coolpix P80. It is a 12-megapixel CCD digital camera with a fixed 24× zoom lens giving more than twelve times image magnification fully extended. ...

Features

Its image sensor is a CCD with 10.1

s. It has a thin-film transistor

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screen with 230,000 pixels. The P80 comes with an 18x optical zoom

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fixed lens that is not interchangeable, and with vibration reduction (VR) optical

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. Its image processor provides face-priority autofocus, in-camera red-eye fix, D-lighting, backlight and panorama assist. The camera can record video in

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-format at up to 480p (VGA) at 30 frames per second, and audio in

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-format. Its interface is a

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port that can be used to connect the camera directly to a printer that supports

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. Video output can be selected between

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and PAL. A fully charged battery is sufficient to take approximately 250 shots.

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