REVIEWS / POINT AND SHOOT / NIKON INDIA PVT LTD

Nikon Coolpix P310

28 Jun, 2012, 1:27 pm IST | by Aaron Almeida | Point and Shoot

Point and Shoot

The small rubber grip at the front of the Nikon P310

The small rubber grip at the front of the Nikon P310
The buttons of the Nikon P310 are built well
The mode dial at the top features a user mode
4.2x optical zoom lens found here
The pop up flash that is housed in the body of the camera

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PRICE IN INDIA

16,450

TECH2 RATING

7.5

AVERAGE USER RATING

7.0

How we test

CONTACT

Nikon India Pvt Ltd

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 +91 124 4688 500

 www.nikon.co.in


Performance
The performance of Nikon P310 is a lot better than that of the other compact cameras available in the market. When it comes to the handling of the camera, the small strip at the front does help in holding the camera, but the brand could have added a bigger grip to make it easier to shoot with a single hand. The camera does not weigh that much. Even though it has a metal body and features a weight of 194 g, this can be easily used for long periods of time without tiring your hand.

Outdoor shot

Outdoor shot

 


During outdoor photography, we observed that all colours appeared accurately and there was hardly any trace of colour fringing seen across rims of subjects that faced a bright area. There was a lot of detail visible as well and the image quality was as good on a PC as it was on the camera’s display. During indoor shots, we noticed that all colours rendered well and there was a lot of detail seen in each of the images captured. The only real issue we noticed was that there was a some grain seen. However, it was not that much that it rendered the image unusable. In fact, the indoor quality is really good and it is a lot better than a lot of the other compact cameras available in this price range. The camera needs to be turned to macro mode, so that one can get really up close to a subject. Otherwise, the camera will not focus automatically. When images are shot in this mode, there is a significant amount of image blur visible and a lot of detail seen in the subject that is in focus.

ISO sensitivity test

ISO sensitivity test

 


ISO Sensitivity Test
The ISO range of this camera stretches from ISO 100 to 3200. However, this maximum ISO setting can only be achieved, if the camera is in the User preset. The camera does well to keep noise levels to a minimum and you can see the stark rise in image noise only ISO 1600 onwards. However, images shot at this setting are not bad and they are usable.

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Performance - ISO Sensitivity Test


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There are many other aspects of the product that are looked at such as the bundled software and accessories. All of these scores are aggregated together to form the final score.

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