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Great for: general travel portrait landscape

Nikon's 2004 8MP prosumer bridge — 2/3-inch CCD, 8x 35-280mm f/2.8-4.2 zoom, magnesium body, CompactFlash.

The Nikon Coolpix 8700 was an 8-megapixel prosumer bridge camera announced ahead of PMA in February 2004, succeeding the Coolpix 5700 at the top of Nikon's fixed-lens range. It arrived in the brief wave of 8MP 2/3-inch-sensor flagships that competed with the Sony F828, Canon Pro1 and Minolta A2 before digital SLRs took over the segment.

It builds an 8.0-effective-megapixel 2/3-inch CCD into a magnesium alloy body, producing images up to 3264 x 2448 pixels. The 8x Zoom-Nikkor covers a 35-280mm equivalent range at f/2.8-4.2, continuous shooting reaches 2.5fps for up to five frames, and storage is CompactFlash Type I/II. Power comes from a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, and 4x digital zoom supplements the optical range.

The 8700 suits collectors of early-2000s prosumer digitals and photographers who enjoy CCD rendering with a long, bright zoom in one package. Its contrast-detect autofocus and buffer are slow by modern standards, and the small-aperture long end demands good light, but the magnesium build and extensive manual control still make it a capable deliberate-shooting tool.

Confirm the lithium-ion battery holds charge and that a charger is included, as original accessories are drying up. The camera takes CompactFlash — an obsolescent format, so check a card is bundled and that the slot pins are straight. Inspect the electronic viewfinder and rear LCD for fading, test the zoom motor through its full travel, and look for hot pixels on the now twenty-year-old CCD.

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