Nikon Announces Seven New Cameras, Pre-PMA 2006
L2, L3, and L4 were announced by Nikon today. dpreview.com has some pictures. Here are a few of the noteworthy features.
- In-Camera Red-Eye Fix(TM): automatically detects and corrects red eye, a common condition that occurs in flash photography. You may never see red eye again.
- Face-Priority AF*: automatically finds and focuses on a persons face within the frame, providing sharp focus to produce clear, crisp portraits wherever the subject is positioned in the frame.
- D-Lighting: selects and creates a copy of images with excessive backlight or insufficient flash illumination, adding light and detail where necessary.
- Blur Warning: alerts the user that a shot has resulted in a blurry picture allowing for it to be retaken before leaving the scene.
- Best Shot Selector (BSS): automatically identifies and saves the sharpest shot from ten sequential shots.
- Sharing digital images is easy with the new Pictmotion(TM) function, which allows users to select their favorite images, choose one of five royalty-free, pre-installed music files, or their own choice of music
P3 and P4 are another two cameras announced by Nikon today. Of course, dpreview.com has pictures of these as well.
- Similar features as the L series cameras.
- Wireless picture transfer over built-in Wi-Fi feature.
- 11 wide-area AF for better focus performance
- Includes the VR (vibration Reduction) system
S5 and S6 are the last cameras included in the Nikon annoucement. Pictures can be found at dpreview.com.
- Similar features as the L series cameras.
- Wireless picture transfer over built-in Wi-Fi feature.
There are some great new features in these small point & shoots. Some of which could only be found in DSLRs until now.


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