Grab a rugged, waterproof, shockproof, freezeproof COOLPIX AW100 with 5x Zoom-NIKKOR ED glass lens and 16-MP CMOS sensor to record action photos and Full HD (1080p) movies. Life on the road deserves GPS + Electronic compass, so the COOLPIX AW100 has these too.
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- AN-CP23 Strap
- UC-E6 USB Cable
- EG-CP16 Audio/Video Cable
- EN-EL12 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery
- MH-65 Battery Charger
- UR-E23 Filter Attachment
- NikonView NX 2 CD-ROM
- Reference Manual CD
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Very satisfied with the AW100
I live on Maui so naturally, much of our activity is in the water. When my Golden Retriever was diagnosed with cancer, I wanted to make sure I had some "in the water" pictures of her from close up rather than always having distance photos from shore. I did some quick research and then bought the AW100.
I haven't had the time to really explore using all the different settings so I've been using the easy mode - letting the camera decide what setting to use. The way I've been using it in the water means that sometimes it's underwater and then above the surface. I can see the indicator showing "underwater" until the water drips off the lens/sensor. Even so, I think the results are great.
I've also seen great results from the "dry land" photos I've taken. For such a small and relatively inexpensive camera, this thing does a great job.
July 11, 2012
Nikon quality we love!
Bought a Fugi and used it once because it filled with water the first time it was taken under water! So back it went and I purchased a name that is trusted in the photography world and I am certainly glad I did! The Nikon AW100 takes beautiful pictures and video. I just love how easy it is to use and there is no doubt that you can go swimming with it! I highly recommend this camera for backyard or beach or anywhere in between! It was one less thing I had to worry about on vacation because I knew the pictures would come out great!
June 14, 2012
Don't leave home without it
This camera was purchased to augment a Nikon D7000; a small camera to take along when the SLR is left at home. The HD video and crisp photo capability of the same 16MP chip in both cameras does not disappoint with the AW100! The manual could be a bit clearer on all the features, especially the menu navigation.
May 29, 2012
Best Compact Digital Camera
Let's start with the good. It takes great pictures and video, even under water. It takes the best pictures of any compact digital camera I've owned. But the ability to shoot underwater is why we got it, and those pictures are amazing. We took both still pictures and video, and they both came out great.
The Easy Auto mode figures out the most common scenes, and it automatically switches to underwater mode. We started taking video above the water, then went under the water (and the camera automatically switched to Underwater mode), then went back above the water. The video came out great.
However, you can't change most of the settings from Easy Auto mode. The Auto mode (strangely enough) is where you can change most of your settings.But the strangest thing is all the scene types you can choose - you have normal things like Portrait and Landscape, but you also have specialty scenes like Food, Sunset, and Fireworks. They each make the appropriate settings automatically so the intent is you don't have to mess with the settings. I've only tried a couple of these, including the very cool Pet Portrait), and they all came out great.
The GPS feature is nice, but you can accomplish nearly the same thing by tagging your pictures manually with your location. It does cause the battery to wear down much quicker though, so I usually leave this off.
The side button can either display the map, or provide a menu. The map doesn't do anything with the GPS turned off, but it's the only place to access the GPS menu. In the menu mode, you have to tilt the camera left and right or forward and back to change the settings. This doesn't work easily (for me) and I just found it very silly. So I leave it in map mode.
The other thing I didn't like was that the default setting for Auto Focus is to focus once. This is not what you expect from a digital camera, and especially not for a video camera. You can change it to full-focus where it is constantly refocusing. This is more natural for me and especially for video. Single focus seems especially silly for video, but since I was able to change this, it wasn't a problem.
Overall, this is, by far, the best compact digital camera I've ever owned. I highly recommend it.
May 23, 2012
Pleasantly surprised
This is the second underwater camera I have owned. The other one was a Olympus Stylus 770SW. The Olympus died on me in early April. I was thinking buying another Olympus, when I checked out the Nikon AW100. I decided to buy Nikon because it seemed a better camera than the Olympus Stylus Tough 8010 14MP Digit al Camera or Olympus ToughTG-1 iHS. In the end I am glad I bought the Nikon AW100. It has been a month now and I am glad to say I made a good choice.
May 16, 2012
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I bought the AW100 to replace my Olympus waterproof, but returned it when I found that the Action Control was always active in Playback mode. So, if you hand the camera to someone else to look at a picture, and move it a little too much, the picture changes to a different one. Very annoying and unnecessary.
Can the Action Control be turned off entirely, or at least for the Playback mode?
Can the Action Control be turned off entirely, or at least for the Playback mode?
1 month, 1 week ago
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HNRosen
Los Angeles, CA
Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Age: Over 65
Favorite Subject: Nature
Nikon Family: 0-1 years
Experience: Less than a month
Role: Serious passion, hobbyist
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I havent been able to find a way to turn off the action control feature either, but, I have set it to the lowest possible setting and it seems to subdue it enough to stop it from working unless you overly magnify the 'shake' used to make it work. . I set mine to 1 and it is almost impossible for it to flip through the photos unless I use a very exagerated motion. Don't be too hard on the little guy, it is still a very sweet camera. Maybe they can fix this in a firmware update and add an 'off' button for the feature.Jun 17, 2012 by
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moonie
flint mi
Location :
flint mi
Age: 55-65
Favorite Subject: Landscape
Nikon Family: 0-1 years
Experience: Less than a month
Role: Serious passion, hobbyist
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I stopped at Best Buy today, and tested the camera to see if the Action Control could be turned off. I could not turn it off, despite your saying it can be done. No matter what I tried, I still got an unintentional and annoying slide show when moving the camera in Playback mode.I'm interested in buying the camera again. Perhaps you can try turning off the Action Control on an actual camera and let me know? Or, give me (and others who have the same issue) very specific instructions to over-ride the "feature".
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HNRosen
Los Angeles
Location :
Los Angeles
Age: Over 65
Favorite Subject: Nature
Nikon Family: 0-1 years
Experience: Less than a month
Role: Serious passion, hobbyist
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Yes and there is also a menu to set the type of camera response when you are in action mode.Answer:
JoeR, please clarify. Are you saying that you can use the button on the left side of the camera to completely turn off Action Control, and when the camera is moved during Playback mode there will no longer be an unintentional slide show?Jun 8, 2012 by
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HNRosen
Los Angeles, CA
Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Age: Over 65
Favorite Subject: Nature
Nikon Family: 0-1 years
Experience: Less than a month
Role: Serious passion, hobbyist
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Yes, there is a action control button on the side of the camera
does the nikon AW100 have a flashlight built in?
3 months, 1 week ago
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Anonymous
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Yes it has a movie light.Answer:
a flashlight to make recordings, video ...Apr 11, 2012 by
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ErnestoL
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Yes it has a built in flash.Answer:
It has a built in flash.Has staff answer
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Does it have a timelaps function with the video modes (i.e. take a frame every 30 seconds for example)
10 months ago
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coolpix fan
cape town
Location :
cape town
Age: 35-44
Favorite Subject: Nature
Nikon Family: 11-20 years
Experience: Less than a month
Role: Serious passion, hobbyist
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If you connect the camera to your computer and have access to a PTP (Picture Taking Protocol) library, you can write a program to simulate a timelapse feature (you will have to stitch the photos together afterwards). I've succeeded with 12MP timelapse photos (16MP seems to crash the camera).Mar 20, 2012 by
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Anonymous
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Sorry Nikon, the 30 sec minimum value on many Nikon camera...make timelapse (or intervalometer) unuseful !!!Sep 17, 2011 by
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Peter
Age: 45-54
Favorite Subject: Landscape
Nikon Family: 21+ years
Role: Semi-professional photographer
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The new COOLPIX P7100 has the Interval Timer Shooting. You can choose from 30 s, 1 min, 5 min, or 10 min.Has staff answer
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Are there any plans for Nikon to release an underwater housing that allows depths in excess than 10m?
10 months ago
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Anonymous
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Their are plenty of after market cases online that will fit most bodies. Just google them.Answer:
There are after market hard cases on the web just google them.Answer:
Thanks for your question about Nikon products. Unfortunately we cannot speculate about future products until official information is announced on our web site: www.nikonusa.com.
when you say under water, does it mean i can dip it in water and take pictures and it will still work fine?
10 months ago
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Tricia
Philippines
Location :
Philippines
Age: 18-24
Favorite Subject: Portrait
Nikon Family: 11-20 years
Experience: 6-12 months
Role: Serious passion, hobbyist
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Actually it is 10M, which is 33 ft. but for no more than 1 hour. There are also very specific instructions on how to treat the camera after using it underwater, especially in salt water. I would not recommend using it underwater and then just putting it away. You need to follow the procedures in the Manual.Jun 17, 2012 by
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moonie
flint mi
Location :
flint mi
Age: 55-65
Favorite Subject: Landscape
Nikon Family: 2-5 years
Experience: Less than a month
Role: Serious passion, hobbyist
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Yes, you can take underwater i.e in a swimming pool or the ocean, something like that. Just don't take it more than 10ft below the surface of the water.Answer:
The Nikon COOLPIX AW100 is water-proof, shock-proof and freeze-proof.
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If I were to loose this camera, with the built in gps am i able to pull the location of the camera up online?
10 months ago
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Sorry, no.The camera may know it's location, but it doesn't broadcast it to the internet or anywhere else.
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The GPS information becomes part of the information records in every picture (EXIF data) along with aperture, etc. The benefit is that some software will allow you to see a map of the world showing where you took every shot.Answer:
No.Has staff answer
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When will the Nikon COOLPIX All Weather Sport Case be available for purchase?
8 months ago
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Comes with camera at CostcoApr 10, 2012 by
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ebay.comthey are around 40-50 bucks
Dec 26, 2011 by
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Anonymous
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Currently is not available at the Nikon store. You may want to check with local dealers in your area or online.Has staff answer
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How do I export the gps data that I've logged on my AW100 for use in Google Earth?
I've seen this mentioned in many reviews of the AW100, but was unable to find any information in the owners manual. Thanks in advance!
8 months ago
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Bobby
Costa Mesa, California
Location :
Costa Mesa, California
Age: 35-44
Favorite Subject: Nature
Nikon Family: 2-5 years
Experience: 1-3 months
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recently answered this question in a previous post. In order to transfer the info to google earth and view it, that is a function built into the ViewNX software. However. If you want to post the route to Map My Ride or some other site, you can’t' do it in its native format.What you can do is locate the .LOG file on the camera NCFL folder. It will be listed by date# Then download that file to your computer. Go to a website called GPS visualizer.om and convert the file to a .GPX file. Now you can take that and upload it to other websites for tracking and mapping. You can also see elevation and time and distance.
I use another site called everytrail.com and I can also post videos and photos along the time line and then share that on facebook.
Hopefully If I answer this question enough times, NIKON will get the message and incorporate this function into the next version of ViewNX. Unless you have your PC handy, it seems silly to only be able to view and log the stuff in the Nikon app.
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Wind Image software will allow you to take your geotagged images and create web maps using Google Earth.
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JayC
Missouri
Location :
Missouri
Age: 35-44
Favorite Subject: Nature
Nikon Family: 2-5 years
Experience: Less than a month
Role: Occasional user, memory keeper
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Position information recorded on a picture can be checked on a map with ViewNX2 after transferring the image to a computer.4 months, 3 weeks ago
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Anonymous
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I just wanted to update my answer. it is actually in the set up menu under print date, then, date/date and tme/off.Answer:
Yes, it is an option in the menu under date and time. You can switch it on and off.Answer:
In certain modes.
nikon coolpix aw100
2 months, 1 week ago
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Anonymous
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like the other people said, it will take up to 7.1 fps (picture mode), and up to 240 fps in video mode. The higher the fps the lower the quality of the video.
May 7, 2012 by
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laughpad
United States
Location :
United States
Age: Under 18
Favorite Subject: Nature
Nikon Family: 2-5 years
Experience: Less than a month
Role: Occasional user, memory keeper
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Per the users manual page 36: http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/kie88335f7869dfuejdl=-cww2/AW100EN.pdfIn Continuous H mode: While the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, images are
captured continuously at a rate of about 7.1 frames per second
(when the image mode is Q 4608×3456). Shooting ends when
the shutter-release button is released, or three pictures have been
taken continuously.
Did you have trouble finding this information online or just didn't bother to do a little search?
Hope this helps!
Regards,
German
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German R.
Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia
Location :
Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia
Age: 45-54
Favorite Subject: Landscape
Nikon Family: 21+ years
Experience: Less than a month
Role: Professional photographer
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Max is 7 fps
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National Geographic Adventure Gear of the Year
Steve Casimiro announced that the Nikon COOLPIX AW100 has made the list of the National Geographic Adventure Gear of the Year, Must-Have Gear: Fall and Winter, which spotlights the most innovative gear of the season. Casimiro said the camera is “packed with high-quality specs, including full HD video at 1080p, and it cranks out top-shelf images in challenging conditions.”
October 2011
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IF Product Design Award 2012
The Nikon COOLPIX AW100 has been honored with the iF Product Design Award 2012 from the International Forum Design GmbH of Hanover, Germany. The iF design awards have been awarded since 1953; to products exhibiting superior design. In selecting recipients, product aspects including quality of design, functionality, degree of innovation, simplicity of operation and environmental impact are considered for the product design award. Features of the AW100 to note include its waterproof, freezeproof and shockproof capabilities as well as its built-in GPS + Electronic compass.November 2011
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Nikon COOLPIX AW100 Review
by Christopher SnowNovember 2011
Christopher Snow posted his review of the Nikon COOLPIX AW100 on the Digitalcamerainfo.com website, touting the camera's lens as a testament to Nikon technology. "Thanks to an expertly-crafted lens, resolution is the main area in which the AW100 will set itself apart from the pack," he said. Snow said, "It’s been a great year for ruggedized cameras and we see Nikon’s AW100 as the capstone." Additional features that Snow noted which make the camera fun include: "Full HD (1080p) video, ultra high speed shooting at 240 frames per second, a GPS suite that actually works, and a variety of scene modes, picture effects, and in-camera editing options." He also appreciated the filter adapter that ships with the camera, allowing for the use of 40.5mm filters. Concluding, Snow explained that the COOLPIX AW100 is the website's best rugged camera of 2011.
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Nikon COOLPIX AW100 Review
by Jim FisherDecember 2011
Jim Fisher posted his review of the Nikon COOLPIX AW100 on the pcmag.com website, touting the camera's rugged build and performance. He added that the AW100 performs faster than any camera in its competitive set, receiving an Editors' Choice for the rugged camera category: "the AW100 is the speediest rugged camera that we've tested." Other features of the camera that impressed Fisher included its sharp details, accurate colors, low noise, in addition to the camera's built-in GPS.
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Nikon COOLPIX AW100 Review
by Mike PerlmanDecember 2011
Mike Perlman posted his review of the Nikon COOLPIX AW100 on the Technobuffalo.com website. Taking the camera to "Sgt. Perlman's Rugged Device Boot Camp" he put the camera through testing of its waterproof, shockproof and freezeproof features as well as its general photography and video modes. Perlman noted that the COOLPIX AW100 "will get the job done." He liked the fun filters as well as the incorporated GPS, Electronic Compass and 16 Megapixel CMOS sensor. Perlman concluded his review by stating, "The Nikon Coolpix AW100 was a bonafide fighter, and I salute it."
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Nikon COOLPIX AW100 Review
by Kimberly HallenDecember 2011
Kimberly Hallen posted her review of the Nikon COOLPIX AW100 on the DigitalCameraReview.com website. Hallen noted that, "the overall performance of the Nikon AW100 leaves a good impression." Features that impressed her included the GPS functionality and Action Control, as well as the camera's ruggedness and quick start up time. Hallen also touted the VR, long exposure capabilities, macro mode, and continuous shooting mode. She was impressed with the image quality, saying, "the AW100 offers impressive resolution, with a sharpness close to that of a DSLR."
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red dot award: product design
The Nikon COOLPIX AW100 has received the red dot award: product design, which is sponsored by Germany’s Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen. The award is given to products released over the past two years that exhibit superiority in functionality, innovation, ergonomics, ecology and durability. Features of the AW100 that are notable include its adoption of a lens design that has allowed for a slim, compact digital camera; in addition to its variety of functions that make it convenient for outdoor shooting.March 2012
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