Was bored and took a break from work. Met with a friend downtown for some pizza and decided to bring an old digicam with me I intended to buy as a gift. Take a look at the photos I shot below before I showcase the camera – you’ll be surprised with the performance for sure.
The Photos
This was a short walk around LANDCO building. I parked my scooter near Victoria Plaza and had to quickly shoot these as the sun is about to set.
A bit of Lightroom magic doesn’t hurt. The point I am making here is that cameras released more than a decade ago (almost two with this one in time of writing) are very capable of taking quality photos.
The Nikon Coolpix P6000
I realized that to take photos, I have to take my camera with me wherever I go as it seems to be that I do not feel inspired grabbing my phone to shoot. There is a psychological aspect to shooting with dedicated cameras – that includes this one that seems to be small and lacks the features of modern mirrorless cameras. Bringing along a DSLR like my Canon 200D is an option but that does not fit in my pocket. Last week I came across this Nikon P6000 on Carousell and decided to buy it. The thing that led me to the decision was that for it’s size and release date, the thing shoots RAW. Also, the manual controls on it are easy to learn. This was released way back in 2008. Yes, you read that right!
I find that 13.5 megapixels is enough and I had fun bringing this along for a photo walk maybe even more than I do shooting with my DSLR. The camera is tiny but has a CCD sensor and optics stabilization. It shoots slow but the quality you can get from it is really surprising. Perfect for taking photos on the street on a good day as you can drop the shutter speed to 1/10th of a second (because of the lens stabilization) and still take decent images. Don’t get your hopes too high though when shooting at low-light as the photos are unusable past ISO 400. Well, maybe get a tripod and then you can shoot stills or light trails at night.
The next time(s)
The introduced limitations of the device spark creativity as you have to work relatively harder to get “The Shot”. I will certainly be taking this along with my Sony A6000 and Canon 200D next time. I planned this whole street photography thing with my cousins but we don’t have a date set yet. One of these days we will.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I cannot provide the full specifications of the Nikon P6000 as this is not a review and the information is readily available on the internet.
