Nikon Coolpix 5900 Review

The Nikon Coolpix 5900 is a stylishly designed 5 megapixel compact digital camera that was first announced at the PMA show back in February 2005. The Coolpix 5900 is one of the first Nikon digital cameras to feature some new technologies, including Face-Priority AF (Autofocus), which automatically detects a face in an image and focuses on it, D-Lighting, which intelligently lightens overly dark images, and Advanced Red-eye Reduction, which corrects red-eye in most situations. Other standout features on the Nikon Coolpix 5900 include a 2 inch LCD screen, 16 different scene modes to help you take better pictures and a long battery life of approximately 270 images. This is also the first Nikon digital camera that I have reviewed, so did the Coolpix 5900 impress me with both its cutting-edge features and overall design? Carry on reading to find out.

Website: Nikon Coolpix 5900 Review

Published: Monday, April 18, 2005

Reader Comments

1. Mark, the link takes us to The Olympus E-300 review...

   Twin at 09:59am on Monday, April 18, 2005

2. It's fixed now...

   Mark Goldstein at 10:12am on Monday, April 18, 2005

3. Mark, thanks for the review. It helped me decide to buy this camera. I am pretty happy with it.
   

   Mohan Kandasamy at 06:55pm on Monday, May 23, 2005

4. The movie example was not there. So I do not know if it is really 640x480@30fps or just interlaced or interpolated like with 5200 and some other Nikon models.

   Heikki Haskinen at 09:48am on Wednesday, May 25, 2005

5. Try it now - I've fixed the broken link (thanks for letting me know).

   Mark Goldstein at 09:59am on Wednesday, May 25, 2005

6. Mark,After reading both reviews on #5900and#7900 I still cannot make up my mind.#7900 is $90.00 more.Do you think in a couple of years 5 megapixel will be a thing of the past?is 7 megapixels over kill? Please
   advise.

   Dave at 03:44am on Thursday, May 26, 2005

7. It's not really a question of which will be out-of-date in 2 years time, it's more what you are going to use the camera for now. If you only ever make prints up to A4 in size, then 5mp will be fine. 7mp will allow you make bigger print sizes, but if you don't make large prints it may be overkill. $90.00 could buy you a couple of memory cards

   Mark Goldstein at 08:37am on Thursday, May 26, 2005

8. HI ...
   THAT WAS REALY A VERY NICE REVIEW ... WHICH MAKES ME DECIDE ON THE CAMERA AND I ALREADY BOUGHT ONE FROM AMAZON.COM . BUT , I THINK YOU WENT A LITTLE TO HARD ON THE OVERALL RATING IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING MORE THAN ONLY 4 STARS . BECAUSE ALL THE CONS ARE REALY MINORS - IN MY OPENION - THANKS AND REGARDS .

   Nasser at 11:44am on Friday, May 27, 2005

9. Hi,
   
   I've read that the body colour will peel or fade off. Is this true. I'm getting the blue colour body Nikon coolpix 5900.
   
   Thanks.

   Philip Lee at 02:20am on Tuesday, June 21, 2005

10. Hi really useful review I have been looking for a replacement for my Olympus Mju410 and its looks as if this Nikon will be just the thing I liked your video clip of the street scene fantastic great work keep it up
    Bob

    Bob Preston at 10:32am on Sunday, August 28, 2005

11. Great Review, although I already bought the camera just waiting for it to arrive. I am still trying to find answers to the "Best shot selection". A little disappointed on hearing that the FSS feature doesn't work so good. I really like the idea of optional Duracell battery that only this camera has available in the Nikon line(perfect for traveling when recharging isn't available). I have been burned by a digital camera that I needed but my battery needed a recharge.

    Richard A. Fix at 12:37am on Friday, September 02, 2005

12. A very clear and helpful review. But it helped me decide NOT to buy the camera, because the lack of aperture control is a real no-no for me. I like to be able to 'stop down' in macro mode to get good depth of focus.
    
    Think I'll wait for Nikon to bring out an enhanced model.
    
    Thanks for the review!
    
    Regards, Alan

    Alan Kauffman at 12:33pm on Tuesday, October 25, 2005