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As on the Lumix TZ95 / ZS80 you can also touch the screen to position the AF area and the A1000 will also let you tap the screen to take a shot.
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The screen is of course touch sensitive, so you can also use that to change the aperture and shutter speed, ISO or exposure compensation. The key thing here on the top panel of the COOLPIX A1000 is the second control dial which can used to change exposure settings. There’s a sensor which toggles the viewfinder and screen as you raise and lower the camera to your eye, or you can turn off auto toggle and use the button to the right of the viewfinder to switch manually. It’s also an obvious choice for shooting in bright sunlight. It’s reasonably bright though and I found it made shooting when zoomed in much easier. It’s about half the resolution of the TZ95 / ZS80, but I didn’t find that as much of a problem as the size which looks small by comparison with the Lumix. There’s a lot to talk about here so let’s start with the viewfinder. As we’re looking at them from the front, I’ll mention that the COOLPIX A1000 has a second zoom control on the lens barrel, whereas the TZ95 / ZS80 has a programmable ring. There’s also a new zoom rocker and snap back button (it temporarily zooms out so you can re-locate your subject) on the lens barrel as well as a programmable function button on the front panel.Īlongside the Lumix TZ95 / ZS80 there doesn’t look to be a great difference in size and in fact there’s no more than a millimetre or two between them in any dimension, they’re also almost identical in weight. The COOLPIX A1000 is a little larger and heavier than the A900 it replaces and it looks more business like, with a more pronounced shelf on the top panel and a bigger shooting mode dial.
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Read my full review to discover how these two pocket super-zooms measure up and which will be best for you! Its touch-screen flips (under, rather than over) to face forward, it can shoot 4k video and can save RAW image files. It has a slightly longer 35x zoom compared with 30x on the TZ95 / ZS80. That said, no sooner had Nikon announced the A1000 than Panasonic increased the viewfinder resolution of its latest Lumix TZ95 / ZS80 to 2.3 million dots.ĭespite that difference in Viewfinder resolution, the COOLPIX A1000 bears more than a passing resemblance to the Lumix TZ95 / ZS80. The 1166k dot LCD viewfinder is the headline update, not least because it makes the A1000 more of a serious competitor to the Lumix TZ / ZS range.
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It’s an update to the three year-old COOLPIX A900, which retains the older model’s lens adding the viewfinder and touch screen, reducing the sensor resolution from the older model’s 20 Megapixels and adding RAW shooting. Released at the beginning of 2019, the Nikon COOLPIX A1000 is a pocket superzoom camera with a 35x range, a 3 inch tilting touch-screen, built-in viewfinder and a 16 Megapixel 1 / 2.3in sensor. Alternatively get yourself a copy of my In Camera book or treat me to a coffee! Thanks! Buy it now! Check prices on the Nikon COOLPIX A1000 at Amazon, B&H, Adorama, or Wex. Ultimately the COOLPIX A1000 comes very close to providing everything the Lumix TZ95 / ZS80 offers - at a price that significantly undercuts it and for that reason comes highly recommended. It also has better continuous shooting, 4K photo modes and a more detailed electronic viewfinder.
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That said, the TZ95 / ZS80's screen may not be able to flip down as well as up, but its touch functions are better than the COOLPIX A1000's. On paper, the COOLPIX A1000 matches and in some ways betters the TZ95 / ZS80 - it's got a longer zoom, more versatile articulated screen and better wireless image transfer. Summary The COOLPIX A1000 is a pocket super-zoom camera with a 35x range that updates the earlier A900 with a decent electronic viewfinder, a touch screen, some new controls, and RAW shooting all at a price that’s very competitive with the Lumix TZ95 / ZS80 - the travel zoom everyone wants to emulate.