The Nikon Coolpix P900 is a

superzoom A superzoom or ultrazoom lens is a type of photographic zoom lens with unconventionally large focal length factors, typically ranging from wide angle to extreme long lens focal lengths in one lens. There is no clear definition of a superzoom le ...

digital

bridge camera Bridge cameras are cameras that fill the niche between relatively simple point-and-shoot cameras and interchangeable-lens cameras such as mirrorless cameras and single-lens reflex cameras (SLRs). They are often comparable in size and weight t ...

announced by

Nikon (, ; ), also known just as Nikon, is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in optics and imaging products. The companies held by Nikon form the Nikon Group. Nikon's products include cameras, camera ...

on March 2, 2015. With 83× zoom limit and a maximum 2000 mm 35 mm equivalent focal length, it was the greatest-zooming bridge camera at the time of its announcement, a record it held for almost two years, until the release of Kodak's Pixpro Astro Zoom AZ901 in early 2017 with its 90× zoom ratio. The record was later overtaken by the P900's successor, the Nikon P1000 on September 6, 2018, a record it still holds as of September 2020. The P900 complemented its shorter-zooming sister model, the

Nikon Coolpix P610 The Nikon Coolpix P610 is a superzoom bridge camera announced by Nikon on February 10, 2015. It differs from its predecessor, the Nikon Coolpix P600, with the inclusion of a sensor to automatically switch between monitor mode and the electronic v ...

, which was announced a few weeks earlier. Also available is the Coolpix P950, which is nearly identical to the P900, adding several improvements, the most notable being a flash hotshoe, 4K video and RAW shooting.

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