@@johngault1407 When or if you eventually get banned, I hope you realize it was for spam, and not because anyone's trying to suppress your oh-so-revelatory "truth".
I appreciate that you mentioned it, the best use of this camera is for shooting small objects at close range that leads to the subject filling the frame. So many reviews shoot objects a mile away to show how close it looks in the viewfinder or photo. Of course, the pictures are terrible. This camera is so good for shooting frame-filled small birds and other small wildlife that are virtually impossible to get otherwise without cropping.
He needs to read Terry Pratchet's Discworld the truth is the world is a disc supported on the backs of 4 giant elephants standing on the back of the Great A'Tuin a astrochelonian (Turtle)
What's funny is that I've been wanting to make a similar video to this on my camera channel forever. I know too much about this subject and laughed hysterically at every reference you made! Great video!
That stab at flat earther made me chuckle. For those who don't know: the p900 and p1000 are the go-to solutions for flat earthers trying to prove the absence of curvature
@@MatthewSaville literally just watch a boat leave, and you can see it disappear from the bottom to the top. If the earth was flat, it would only get smaller.
@@asub3292 But the thing is, the earth is accelerating up at 9.8m/s squared. Thus "gravity" exists. Because of this light appears to bend and fall to the earth. Much as if you throw a ball in a straight trajectory it will eventually hit the ground. Light has a similar trajectory to said ball, except because it's lighter and faster it can go much further distances before it hits the ground, in addition, our eyes can only see the light once it hits our eyes, we cannot see the flight path of the light particle as it's flying towards us (IE, we don't see the light particles of objects that are too far away and hit the ground before they hit us). If we could only see the end point of a thrown ball, all thrown balls would appear as though they hit the ground unless they were thrown close enough to hit us, does this prove that the earth is round? no.
Waldo you flat earthers seem to accept that the other planets are globes, if we’re accelerating at 9.8m/s2 how come we haven’t left the sun and the other planets behind?. Also what’s our current speed through the universe? And how come we haven’t hit the ceiling of the universe yet?
Waldo why haven’t you lot explored what’s at the edge of this flat earth? These days you could live feed a drone that you could fly over the edge of the world.
P1000 can shoot at its widest 24mm equivalent (when measured diagonally in JPEG or RAW developed in Lightroom), but if you develop RAW in any other software such as RawTherapee, you can get up to 20mm equivalent wide image. Of course it will have black corners(I even like this artistic effect sometimes), but they are not very noticeable. Even after cropping the photo stays at about 21mm equivalent, what is much wider than by default 24mm. Always shoot in RAW to increase the useful resolution of your photos. Yes! Otherwise the photos are digitally zoomed, what is decreasing the visual acuity. I believe the same trick may work for p950 the same way.
Would love to see this lens coupled with something like the flagship 1/2.3" Sony sensors, seen in the latest phones. These sensors have faster readout and PDAF, which would result in a more desirable product. I am baffled as to why Nikon stuck with this 16 MP ancient CDAF sensor.
3000 MM on the P1000 would be handy for Dragon Flies etc and small birds close by so you can fill the frame. Shooting anything at great distance will as you noted introduce atmospherics hurting image quality.
I literally laughed out loud from the 5G explanation! Love the flat earth jokes :) ... EDIT ... 3 minutes later ... I could not stop rewinding over and over and over again to listen to the 5Gs... It's 2am and I've been listening to Chris say "thats too much government" for 3 solid minutes and I'm still laughing out loud. Why is this so funny? #coronavirus
Your best review so far ! I think you hit it. There is still a market for this. I have pro gear but take the p1000 out many times. Will buy the 950. Thanks for the effort. Long live flat earthers!
Good review Chris. I have had the P900 for a while now and I am still astounded at the quality of both pics & HD vid it is capable of capturing. As you said, it likes light... and in good light I think it is a phenomenal camera and at its current price point... an absolute steel! I also have a Panasonic G7 and a Sony a6500, both also excellent cameras in their own right but I still break out the P900 more often than not because of the huge range of the lens as well as some very capable macro functionality.
I have the p1000 and I love it. It will not replace your full frame camera anytime soon (photos are very noisy even at base iso) but 4K @ 3000mm? No camera can beat that. And stabilisation is also very impressive. I just play around with mine and I can get reasonably good video @ 3000mm with no shake. Awesome toy, especially for birds and wildlife at great distance
The Nikon Coolpix P950 and P1000 were two bridge cameras that I compared along with the Sony RX10 IV. After researching and reading countless reviews I went with the Song RX10 IV. The extreme 125x zoom (24 - 3000mm) on the P1000 many of the reviews conveyed the at the long range end of the lens the quality suffered to the point of almost unacceptable. The P950 had many comments to it's short comings on low light issues. So I ended up buying the Sony RX10 IV which is way more pricing but the Zeiss lens at 24 - 600mm 2.4 -4 was in line with what I was looking for in a bridge camera. And the speed of the RX10 IV and raving fans of the autofocus. The whole concept of a bridge camera is unique in that It offers a reaching zoom but does compromise on the fact that the one and only lens it has is it - there isn't any options. Great review of the P950. Oh - your sense of humor is spot on !
Love watching your channel you guys are so insightful humorous and you guys are very inventive with the way you produce your videos. It's such a shame that Nikon, Canon and Sony continue to make the superzooms with tiny sensors. I can't wait till they go to a micro four-thirds superzoom. I have owned Nikon Canon Fuji Panasonic superzooms and sadly none of them deliver for Quality whether it's a raw file or a JPEG and the rolling shutter is terrible even on a good fluid head tripod the pictures typically are disappointing. I'm praying and crossing my fingers that Panasonic and perhaps Olympus will come out with a micro 4/3 super zoom with Better stabilization better options for 4K video mic Jack touchscreen all of that good stuff a lot of us would pay the money for if they just built something with a biggest sensor better. Optics what's going on it's 2020..?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 OMG the flat earther stuff was just the lol that I needed this morning 😂😂😂 especially since the P900 is that crew’s favoured “scientific” instrument!! 🤣🤣🤣
The future of hyperzooms - bigger sensor: 1/1.7" at least. Faster lens - those are big already, we can dig bigger but faster. And computensional algorithms from Google Pixel to get those composite DNG files. And then we'll talk.
I bought my bridge camera in 2013 which has 1000mm (35mm equivalent) with SMALL SENSOR, which show me the earth is flat, thank you Chris to prove it again.
Watching all the try-to-hold-still antics makes me think it’s too bad Chris hates neck straps so much... he'd be able to hold the camera more steadily if he braced his elbows against hits body, pulled out against the neck strap, and composed on the LCD...
Would this camera be suitable for a very beginner wanting to take pictures of birds, bees, flowers? What about for those that have a bit of a shake to their hand?
My P900 died a few days ago. It had at least 4 issues overall. First the tripod head mount thingy broke out. The screw hole was not centered. So the weight was not balanced. The speaker stopped working earlier on. The rubber grips started to fall off which would leave a gel like sticky glue all over my hands. Which seemed to happen right before someone would want to shake my hand. Then the zoom started to act up and it would get a lens error message. You can't do anything when this message comes up except turn the camera off and then on, then off and then on. Now the zoom won't do anything. The camera will not correct itself. While I have enjoyed the reach, the reliability issues will lead me to looking at other brands for replacement. I don't want to spend 800 or 1000 just to have the next camera break in 5 years. I have a camera my grandfather had during WW2 that still works but the Nikon P900 died after 5 years.
I will say this as a user of the p950, the tripod hole issue isn't a problem anymore as they moved it to a central position on the camera, they have a new leather style grip, and they also seemed to have made the camera faster, now regarding those reliability issues I'm unsure if they fixed it, but I've used my p950 for about 3 years now and it's great
Hey guys I love your work! Can you all do a video on astro photography? I really want to get into it but I just want some guidelines and just thought it would be a great video for you guys.
I know that your making fun, but I've legitimately had to deal with coworkers who believe the things your saying here. They don't make me laugh, they give me PTSD flashbacks.
Come on now, we all need to lighten up with each other. (BTW Chris, you are right! LOL!) No one "knows" for sure, we are so darn small on this "terrestrial ball" pear, pie, whatever shape it is! I just know it is incredibly beeeeeeeYOUteeeeeFULLL and this camera along with most all the others being made out there can through anyone with an "eye" capture much of it!
Hi mate good job, if ur not worried about size and weight should i got the p1000? My main recording is long zoom Does the p950 have any advantages over it? Thanks mate 👍
If you don't mind the larger size and weight, the Nikon P1000 is a little more expensive and with a 24 mm to 3000mm (35mm equivalent) instead of 24-2000mm (35 equivalent). It is a better choice. The difference between 2000mm and 3000mm is huge. I have the older P900 with 24 mm to 2000mm (35 equivalent) like the updated P950. Only with daylight you can shoot handheld at 2000mm without high ISO noise. With a cloudy weather at 2000mm a tripod is essential for noise free photos. A monopod is more than necessary with such a camera. Despite the large size and weight of P950 and P1000 cameras, their sensors is really small 1/2.3 inch type. A typical sensor size of most small pocket digital cameras. That of course won't deliver the equal image quality of APS-C or full frame sensors. The P900, P950, P1000 are more a marketing trick than cameras with real super telephoto lenses.It is easy to achieve very narrow angle of view with very small sensors. If you spent double the money buy a Sony a7 full frame camera with the Sigma 150-600mm full frame lens and the sigma MC-11. Afterwards you can crop with similar quality of the P950.
I've said it before. These cameras, the p900 p950 and p1000, are perfect additions to a camera bag. It's not a DSLR replacement, it's a super telephoto lens replacement. Logistically and financially speaking I will never bring anything larger than a 600mm lens anywhere, but these cameras are a fraction of the weight and cost with more reach than I would ever otherwise have. More versatile and better IQ than a cheap reflex telephoto on a larger sensor camera. I'd love to have this camera for astronomical events like transits and eclipses. With a solar filter of course. These cameras are brilliant in my opinion.
I'm tossing up between a 900 and 950, mainly for moon shots, the 900 is 900aud and the 950 is 1100aud. A solid tripod and I'm guessing I need a DSLRKIT Tripod Mount Ring Quick Release Plate for NIKON AF-S 80-200mm. Am I on the right track here? TIA
Why is there still nobody putting a smartphone processor into a camera, giving both the advantages of smartphone computational photography and large sensors?
Part of the Smartphone success is they can read their small sensors very very quickly, so get a lot of images very close together in time to use for a lot of the clever stuff. You can't read large sensors anything like as quickly (to date). Also camera volumes are very low compared to phones, so less money to spend on R&D (about 1.3M compact and ILC cameras per month vs 130M phones), plus there's two main phone companies doing camera R&D (Apple, Google) vs lots of camera companies.
@@JonInLondon Also, most of the "clever" stuff mobile phones do with their image processing is because they are trying to do what actual DSLRs use hardware for Putting this tech in a camera would do nothing at all to make it better at what it was already doing and would only make it more expensive
That being said, Samsung as usual already took that idea and ran with it There are a series of Samsung "smart" cameras that are essentially phones with camera hardware and no SIM slot They are actually quite brilliant and are often recommend for entry level bloggers I forget the series name but the idea never really caught on In the end, a camera is still a camera and people apparently prefer to carry a mobile phone that can take great photos than have a camera that does fancy mobile stuff with all the hardware already onboard
Nice video , I own a canon cropped sensor DSLR camera, I want to upgrade my setup for bird and wildlife photography but for that a minimum of 400mm lens is needed which is as costly as Nikon P 950,should I consider purchasing a new lens or this camera. What would you suggest?
I actually use a COOLPIX L840 with its 38X optical zoom an 4X digital (of which I have found that using up to 2X digital can yield decent results if needed). It's an okay camera, but good cheap fun for $100 US.
Thanks guys for this review. The @Nikon #P950 is pretty specialized Digital Crazy-Ultrazoom Bridge Camera. The sensor size 1/2.3" is probably a compromise for body size and massive focal range. =>> Hope the next update will have a touchscreen... a 20MP sensor? 1" sensor vs 1/2.3" sensor: Exception for the P950 other specialized compact cameras like Ricoh WG series, Olympus Tough, Fuji FinePix... I am wondering if the 1" shouldn't be the minimum for coming compact cameras? 1" and + (1", MFT, 1.5", APSC, FF) A 1" sensor, optics + pretty advanced features in cameras today should close the false debate between (1) smartphones (devices that have some photography features/capabilities) and (2) digital cameras (specialized devices dedicated to take photographs) Wondering if @Nikon will add a 1" sensor hybrid bridge superzoom camera within its #Coolpix Line? (Like the cancelled DL24-500, but capable to face or rival #RX10M4, #G3X, #Vlux5, #FZ1000M2, #FZ2000 / #FZ2500) Technology creates and kill, with smartphones, people taste and interest for photography downgrading... there is no really room for a lot of cameras in the market. Camera companies have to review their lines. I like bridge, ... I started to take photography seriously with a 1/2.3" sensor Canon Bridge (SX530HS) before I moved to EOS200D and EOS90D. Bridge cameras are pretty relevant to me, like other compacts (point and shoot + Advanced compact) you have a lot a lot of features in one body (DSLR + Mirrorless features for bridge)... But camera companies should have less products, but add all in one body (EVF? -> GX5 II vs GX7 III). =>> Why not a Mic Jack in the #P950?
So I probably won’t get an answer here, but anyway. I am looking to get a camera to take shots of kids out on the water sailing, we will be in a boat. It still needs a zoom and needs to be able to take sports shots. Would this be OK?
These cameras need good light. You'll need a fast shutter speed to capture things that are moving. It's not the best sports camera as the aperture isn't low enough and you need a lot of light with the small sensor. I got some good bird photos at the weekend but the light was great. It's a great camera that can produce sharp photos of things other lenses can't reach. But I think the rx10 iii would be better for your needs. Although you'd have to go used to match what the p950 costs I think. If you live somewhere really sunny you might find it does the job. But in the UK it's a camera I only get out in the summer.
Landscapes photographs with this camera are blurred/not so sharp at all, too bad you didn’t showed that, But it is a very lovely review though the limited features you showed us! 🎉
Okay. Watched the entire video twice. The Nikon P950 & P1000 have virtually identical pricing. In fact, a few websites offer just the camera(P1000), less than the P950. Go figure. So, to prove that the Earth, is indeed round, I will take the P1000 on the ISS, & report back later.
Hi..I have one of these camera’s and go to a lot of Rodeo’s that are at night time to take photo’s of the bulls in action but with this camera the photo’s are all blurry it takes action photo’s during the day pretty good but at night not so good is there a manual setting that I can set it too so I’m able to take action photo’s at night???
To be fair, all the "conspiracies" around the vaccines were pretty much spot on. So, must give it to them on the health department. Nice review, although I really wish you brought the P1000 to show some differences, because lets face it, the dilemma is between the P950 and the P1000 for most of us bird stalkers.
I had bought the Nikon Coolpix B700 way back in 2017 for just Rs. 20,000 /- [ USD ~270 equivalent ] brand new, and my opinion, it's a far better value than the P950 or the P1000. It comes with a 20 MP sensor, RAW format support, 24mm-1440mm focal length range [ 60x zoom factor ] and 4K30FPS video recording, in a camera that launched 4 years ago ! I use it for aircraft & bird photography and it's a gem of a camera. Sadly, Nikon discontinued it in a very short span of time, presumably so that Nikon could make way for the premium "P" series of bridge cameras and make more profit by selling them at almost triple the price of the B700.
Can it connect wireless to smartphone if so using what app? Can the pictures & videos be uploaded to Google photos with the original resolution? Please help thanks in advance
