It is also textured which helps to add to an air of quality about the camera. It has a chunky hand grip that protrudes quite far from the body and makes it feel pretty secure in the hand. The Nikon Coolpix B500 is a mid-sized bridge camera, being not the smallest in size on the market, but also far from the largest. The Nikon Coolpix B500 retails for $299 / £219. Other interesting features include a 3.0-inch tilting screen, which features a 921k-dot resolution, inbuilt Wi-Fi and Full HD video recording. Like many of Nikon’s most recent cameras, it features SnapBridge technology, which allows you to maintain a constant Bluetooth link with your smartphone to send images across as you take them, ready to share on social networking sites and the like. It offers a range of shooting modes, but there’s no manual control, and it can’t shoot in raw format.Īs such, the intended target audience is beginners and possibly enthusiasts looking for a simple backup or travel camera. You can also activate a digital zoom up to 80x. The Nikon Coolpix B500 is a bridge camera with a 16 megapixel sensor, which is paired with a 40x optical zoom.
