For the best photographs, the technology has to be digital. The global market is flooded with digital cameras today, but the undisputed leader is Nikon. Nikon digital cameras are the most trusted device among both professional and amateur photographers. Nikon has always brought in newer technologies and innovations to its products. The latest Nikon Coolpix P80 digital camera is yet another addition to its kitty.

This latest Nikon Coolpix camera comes with an 18x zoom and a 27-486mm lens for great clarity for taking pictures. It gives a lot of options for wide angle and telephoto shoots at wide aperture angles. The 2.7 inch LCD screen provides great view for a better shot, even in sunlight. It also comes with an electronic viewfinder to help you find your great picture. This cool camera weighs just 14 ounces and is compact and comfortable to carry with a rubber grip and thumb rest. With a black plastic body, it is solid and looks classy as well!

The 10 megapixel Nikon P80 digital camera gives you many shooting options to choose as well including manual, program, scene exposure and movie capture. With a great battery back up, it can take up to 250 shots per charge, according to CIPA standards. Navigation on this camera is also easy with large switches and clear delineation between buttons. The back dial that controls the shutter, aperture and exposure compensation can also be used for navigation. Shooting controls include exposure compensation, focus modes, flash, red-eye removal and self-timer.

The new Nikon digital camera comes with a lot of choice for ISO sensitivity as well, ranging from 64 to 400. Sensitivities range from reduced resolution modes, to high sensitivity to fixed range auto mode where you can choose from three ranges. As for image quality, this digital camera offers options for optimization of size, quality, contrast, sharpness and saturation. It also gives full control to the user to adjust white balance, noise reduction, flash exposure compensation and distortion control. A 30fps VGA movie mode ensures commendable AVI clips at a bit rate of about 1.1 megabytes per second.

Digital cameras from Nikon are available online as well, on renowned internet shopping portals. These online malls also offer great discounts on these cameras as well as other products. You can also check out customer reviews on Nikon cameras and compare prices with other brands. So get your hands on this new gadget and never miss a great shot!