Coolpix Series

I started with a Coolpix 900S, the S was the all important sync socket which separated the Coolpix as a "professional" class camera in it's day.

It was a race between the CP900 and the Oly 1400, the latter being a bit noisier and lighter and definitely not confidence building. Fortunately Nikon, a very progressive company in the old days fitted the sync socket before Olympus.

The 900S lasted only three months at a cost of IR£1,300 (€1,650) to be replaced by the (blind) CP950 at £1,500 (€1.904) and I bought two of and all the accessories.

As I mentioned, Nikon were a very progressive company in those days and they had a firmware released pretty smartly and user downloadable, none of that nonsense with the "professional" Nikons that were to come later.

CPs were great except for people pictures, I still have a CP990 and the kids have given it a right bashing taking it up mountains and down dales in their school trips, it is getting the worse for wear now and I might buy a similar machine again as it's just so lovely.

		Nikon Coolpix series was the starting point for my digital photography. I started with a Coolpix 900S, the S was the all important sync socket which separated the Coolpix as a "professional" class camera in it's day. It was a race between the CP900 and the Oly 1400, the latter being a bit noisier and lighter and definitely not confidence building. Fortunately Nikon, a very progressive company in the old days fitted the sync socket before Olympus. The 900S lasted only three months at a cost of IR£1,300 (€1,650) to be replaced by the (blind) CP950 at £1,500 (€1.904) and I bought two of and all the accessories. As I mentioned, Nikon were a very progressive company in those days and they had a firmware released pretty smartly and user downloadable, none of that nonsense with the "professional" Nikons that were to come later. CPs were great except for people pictures, I still have a CP990 and the kids have given it a right bashing taking it up mountains and down dales in their school trips, it is getting the worse for wear now and I might buy a similar machine again as it's just so lovely.

And old page. http://homepage.eircom.net/~bphoto/TC-E2/TCE2.html Kids Punish the CP990 in School trips

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