Nikon Coolpix 5900 Review

Mark Goldstein | PhotographyBLOG | April 18, 2005 | 12 Comments |

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.

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#1 Twin

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

10:59 am - Monday, April 18, 2005

#2 Mark Goldstein

It's fixed now...

11:12 am - Monday, April 18, 2005

#3 Mohan Kandasamy

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

7:55 pm - Monday, May 23, 2005

#4 Heikki Haskinen

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.

10:48 am - Wednesday, May 25, 2005

#5 Mark Goldstein

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

10:59 am - Wednesday, May 25, 2005

#6 Dave

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.

4:44 am - Thursday, May 26, 2005

#7 Mark Goldstein

It's not really a question of which will be out-of-date in 2 years time, it's more what you are going to use the camera for now.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

9:37 am - Thursday, May 26, 2005

#8 Nasser

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 .

12:44 pm - Friday, May 27, 2005

#9 Philip Lee

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.

3:20 am - Tuesday, June 21, 2005

#10 Bob Preston

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

11:32 am - Sunday, August 28, 2005

#11 Richard A. Fix

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.

1:37 am - Friday, September 2, 2005

#12 Alan Kauffman

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

1:33 pm - Tuesday, October 25, 2005