Recording Features
Play, Edit and Print Functions
Battery Information
Inputs and Outputs Notes
Supplied Software
Recording
Features
3" LCD Monitor: The Nikon Coolpix P510
has a 3" Ultra-High resolution, Vari-angle LCD monitor featuring
approximately 921,000 dots, an anti-reflection coating and a five-level
brightness adjustment. The angle of the monitor can be lowered down to 82° or
raised upward to 90° for better viewing when holding the camera at
high or low shooting positions. The LCD monitor has approximately 100% horizontal and
vertical coverage in both shooting and playback modes.
Electronic Viewfinder: In addition to the 3" LCD monitor,
the camera has a 0.5" Electronic Viewfinder with approximately 210,000 dots, and
approximately 100% horizontal and vertical coverage in both shooting and
playback modes. The EVF has a diopter adjustment to allow you to set the image
to your eyesight.
Image Sensor/Processor: The Coolpix P510 features a
1/2.3" CMOS image sensor with approximately
16.79-million total pixels and 16.1-million effective pixels. The EXPEED C2
Image Processing engine delivers high-quality, natural-looking pictures with
stunning color and sharpness.
Optics: The Coolpix P510 digital camera uses a 42x Zoom-NIKKOR glass lens for superb image
quality. Every aspect of the lens manufacturing process is controlled by Nikon.
The Zoom-NIKKOR lens is designed for the specific camera and image sensor combination.
The lens has a focal length of 4.3-180mm that is equivalent
to a 24-1000mm lens in 35mm photography. Coupled with the 2x digital zoom, the
camera's total zoom capability is 84x. The angle of view is equivalent up to a
2000mm lens (35mm format).
Zoom Memory: When the zoom control is operated, the zoom stops at the
following preset focal lengths: 24mm, 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 105mm, 135mm,
200mm, 300mm, 400mm, 500mm, 600mm, 800mm, and 1000mm.
The function is similar to having 7 different prime lenses on a D-SLR camera.
You can select any or all of the presets in the menu. (Zoom Memory is only
available in the P, S, A, or M shooting modes.) You can set the camera to a
specific Startup Zoom Position (24mm, 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 105mm, or 135mm) in advance.
GPS: The P510 is equipped with built-in GPS (Global
Positioning System). With the GPS feature enabled as you shoot, your files are
geotagged with precise location information, including coordinates. Geotagged
pictures and movies can integrate with Nikon's my Picturetown photo sharing
site, Google Earth, and Nikon View NX2 software to provide map point where the
photos were taken.
Vibration Reduction: The Coolpix P510 offers Vibration Reduction (VR)
image stabilization to reduce blurring caused by camera shake when shooting. The
camera automatically detects the panning direction (horizontally or vertically)
and compensates for camera shake by
shifting the lens.
Motion Detection: Motion Detection automatically
detects moving subjects and adjusts the shutter speed and the ISO setting to
compensate for camera shake and subject movement.
Best Shot Selector (BSS): Nikon's Best
Shot Selector (BSS) automatically takes up to 10 shots while the shutter is
pressed, and then saves the sharpest image.
File Formats: The Coolpix P510 records still images in JPEG
format. 3D photos are stored in MPO format. HD and SD movies are recorded in MOV
format (Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, Audio: AAC stereo). You can choose from three
compression ratios for each image size: Fine (1:4), Normal (1:8), or Basic
(1:16). There are nine still image size options and five movie options:
- Still Images:
- 16M: 4608 x 3456
- 8M: 3264 x 2448
- 4M: 2272 x 1704
- 2M: 1600 x 1200
- VGA: 640 x 480
- 16:9 12M: 4608 x 2592
- 16:9 2M: 1920 x 1080
- 3:2: 4608 x 3072
- 1:1: 3456 x 3456
- Movies (Frame Rate 30 fps):
- HD 1080p: 1920 x 1080 (Bit rate: 18.8 Mbps)
- HD 1080p: 1920 x 1080 (Bit rate: 12.6 Mbps)
- HD 720p: 1280 x 720 (Bit rate: 8.4 Mbps)
- iFrame 540: 960 x 540 (Bit rate: 20.8 Mbps)
- VGA: 640 x 480 (Bit rate: 2.9 Mbps)
Note: The maximum movie length for a single movie is
29 minutes, or 4 GB file size.
3D Photography: The Coolpix P510 can record 3D pictures
viewable on a 3D-compatible TV or monitor. The camera takes one picture for each
eye to simulate a three-dimensional image. After the first picture is taken
using the shutter release, you must move the camera horizontally to the right
and align it with the guide on the monitor. The camera then takes the second
picture automatically. Pictures taken in this mode are saved in MPO format with
Normal image compression, and 1920 x 1080 image size.
High Speed Movies: In addition to standard movies, you can
record movies at higher and lower frame rates that, when played back, become
slow motion or fast motion movies. There are three HS Movie options:
- HS 120 fps (640 x 480): 1/4-speed slow motion movies with a 4:3
aspect ratio. Recording is up to 7 min 15 sec and plays back up to 29
minutes.
- HS 60 fps (1280 x 720): 1/2-speed slow motion movies with a 16:9
aspect ratio. Recording is up to 14 min 30 sec, and plays back up to 29
minutes.
- HS 15 fps (1920 x 1080): 2x speed fast motion movies with a 16:9
aspect ratio. Recording is up to 29 minutes and plays back up to 14 min 30
seconds.
Built-in Memory: The camera has a built-in 90 MB internal memory for storing still images and
movies with sound.
Recording Media: In addition to the built-in memory, images
can be recorded onto SD, SDHC, or SDXC Memory cards. When an SD Memory
card is inserted in the camera, the images are automatically recorded onto the
card. When no card is inserted, the images automatically record to the internal
memory. The camera can support 2 GB SD cards, SDHC cards from 4 GB to
32 GB, and SDXC cards of 48 GB to 128 GB. In addition, the camera is compatible
with Eye-Fi cards.
Shooting Modes: Using the top-mounted Mode Dial, you can choose one of the following shooting modes:
- Auto Mode: This is an automatic "point-and-shoot" mode
recommended for first-time users of digital cameras.
- Programmed Auto Mode: The Programmed Auto Mode is a
simple point-and-shoot mode in which the majority of camera settings are
controlled by the camera. The camera will automatically set the shutter
speed and aperture. This mode is recommended for most situations.
- Shutter-Priority Auto Mode: The Shutter-Priority Auto
Mode allows you to choose the shutter speed and lets the camera select the
aperture value for best results when freezing or blurring motion.
- Aperture-Priority Auto Mode: The Aperture-Priority Auto
Mode allows you to choose the aperture value and lets the camera select
shutter speed for best results when using to blur background or bring both
foreground and background into focus.
- Manual Mode: The Manual Mode allows you to control
exposure by adjusting the shutter speed and aperture manually. You can set
the camera's shutter speed from 1/4,000 to 4 seconds and adjust the
aperture value between f/3 and f/8.3 (W) and f/5.9 and f/8.3 (T).
- User Setting Mode: Settings that are frequently used
for P, S, A, and M shooting modes can be saved in the User Setting Mode. The
saved settings can be immediately retrieved for shooting by simply rotating
the mode dial to "U".
- Night Landscape: For capturing the atmosphere of night
landscapes.
- Landscape: For capturing vivid landscapes and
cityscapes.
- Backlighting: The flash fires when there is backlight
to prevent the subject from being hidden from shadow, or use the HDR
function to shoot when there are very bright and very dark areas in the same
frame.
- Scene Mode: You can manually or automatically select
one of 18
scene modes with settings optimized for the shooting situation. Available
scene modes include: Portrait, Sports, Night Portrait,
Party/indoor, Beach, Snow, Sunset, Dusk/dawn, Close-up, Food, Museum,
Fireworks show, Black and white copy, Panorama, Pet portrait,
3D photography, and Scene Auto Selector.
- Effects: Effects can be applied to pictures during
shooting, including soft, nostalgic sepia, high-contrast monochrome, high
key, low key, selective color, painting, high ISO monochrome and silhouette.
Continuous Shooting: In the P, S, A, or M shooting modes,
you can select in the menu from the following single or continuous shooting options:
- Single: One image is shot each time the shutter-release
button is pressed.
- Continuous H: Up to 5 pictures are shot at a rate of
about 7 frames per second each time the shutter button is held down. Image
size is set to 16M: 4608 x 3456 pixels.
- Continuous L: Up to 30 pictures are shot at a rate of
about 1 frame per second each time the shutter button is held down. Image
size is set to 16M: 4608 x 3456 pixels.
- Pre-shooting Cache: To avoid missing a shot, the
pre-shooting cache begins when the shutter-release button is pressed
halfway, and continues when the button is pressed all the way. Up to 20
frames are captured, including up to 5 frames captured in the pre-shooting
cache. Image size is fixed at 3M: 2048 x 1536.
- Continuous H 120 fps: Each time the shutter-release
button, 60 frames are captured at a speed of about 1/125 sec or faster.
Image size is fixed at VGA 640 x 480.
- Continuous H 60 fps: Each time the shutter-release
button, 60 frames are captured at a speed of about 1/60 sec or faster. Image
size is fixed at 1M 1280 x 960.
- Best Shot Selector: Camera captures up to 10 images while the
shutter release is held down, and the sharpest image in the series is
selected and saved.
- Multi-shot 16: Camera takes 16 shots at about 30 fps and arranges
them in a single image of 5M: 2560 x 1920.
- Interval Shooting: The camera shoots still images
automatically at a set interval. The maximum number of frames that can be
taken depends upon the length of the interval:
| Interval |
Images |
| 30 seconds |
600 |
| 1 minute |
300 |
| 5 minutes |
60 |
| 10 minutes |
30 |
- Movies: Shooting HD, SD, and iFrame movies at 30 frames per second.
Self-timer: The camera is equipped with a 10 second and
2 second timer for self-portraits. In addition, the camera can use face
detection to detect human faces, and automatically release the shutter when a
smile is detected (Smile Timer).
AF Area Mode: You can select between the following AF Area
Modes to determine how the camera selects the focus area for Auto Focus:
- Face Priority: When the camera recognizes a face (front
view only), the camera will focus on the face automatically.
- Auto: The camera
automatically selects the focus area (up to 9) containing the subject closest
to the camera.
- Manual: You can manually select one of 99 focus areas
in the monitor. This method is handy when the intended subject is not
positioned in the center of the frame, and is relatively still.
- Center: The camera focuses on the subject in the center
of the frame.
- Subject Tracking: Once you select a subject to focus
on, the focus area will move and follow the subject.
Focus Modes: You can choose a focus mode according to the
subject and composition. The choices include:
- Auto Focus: Camera automatically adjusts the focus. Focusing
distances: 1'-8" to infinity (W), 5' to infinity (T).
- Macro Closeup: Macro mode is used for taking pictures
of objects as close as 0.4"
- Infinity: For use when shooting distant scenes through window
glass or when shooting landscapes.
- Manual Focus: The focus can be adjusted for any subject 0.4" to
infinity from the lens. The rotary multi-selector is used to adjust the
focus while viewing the image on the monitor. (Only available in certain
shooting modes.)
Focus Lock: The Focus Lock
feature is used to focus on off-centered subjects in the frame while shooting in
Center AF mode.
AF-Assist Illuminator: If lighting is poor, the AF-assist
illuminator may light to assist the focus operation when the shutter-release
button is pressed halfway. The illuminator has a range of about 13' at the maximum
wide-angle position and 6'-10" at the
maximum telephoto position. You can turn this function on or off.
Blink Warning Function: The Blink Warning function is
available when you are shooting in Face Priority mode. When the camera detects
that one or more human subjects may have blinked, the blink warning screen is
displayed. The subject is framed by a yellow border, allowing you to check the
picture and decide whether or not to take another picture.
Exposure
Compensation: You can alter the exposure from the value suggested by the
camera, making pictures brighter or darker. You can adjust the exposure from
-2.0 to +2.0 EV in 1/3 EV steps.
ISO Settings: Sensitivity is
the measure of how quickly the camera reacts to light. The higher the
sensitivity, the less light needed to make an exposure. The camera features the
following ISO settings:
- Auto: Sensitivity is set to ISO 100 when there is sufficient
lighting, and raises the sensitivity to a maximum of ISO 1600 when lighting
is dim.
- Fixed Range Auto: Select from two ranges in which the
camera automatically sets the sensitivity: ISO 100-400 or ISO 100-800.
- Manual: Sensitivity is locked at the set value: ISO 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600,
3200, or Hi 1 (equivalent to ISO 6400).
White Balance:
You can set the White Balance to Auto Normal, Auto Warm, Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent
(FL1 to FL3),
Cloudy, or Flash. You can also choose Preset Manual and use a
neutral-colored object as a reference to set the white balance under unusual
lighting conditions. Up to three preset values can be saved in Pre1, Pre2, or
Pre3.
Built-in Flash: The Coolpix P510 has a built-in flash with a range of
1'-8" to 26' (Wide angle) and 5' to 14' (Telephoto). You can choose from the following flash modes:
-
Auto: Flash fires automatically when lighting is poor.
-
Auto with Red-eye Reduction: Pre-flash fires before main flash to reduce
red-eye effect.
-
Flash Off: Flash will not fire, even when lighting is poor.
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Fill Flash: Flash will fire whenever a picture is taken.
-
Slow Sync: Auto flash combined with slow shutter speeds.
-
Rear Curtain Sync: Fill flash fires just before the shutter closes,
creating the effect of a stream of light behind moving objects.
In-Camera Red-Eye Fix: If the camera detects red-eye after the pre-flash has fired, advanced
red-eye reduction processing is used to further reduce red-eye, slightly
increasing the time required before the next picture can be taken.
AF Modes: When shooting still images or movies you can choose between two auto-focus modes:
- Single AF: The camera focuses when the shutter-release button is pressed
halfway and locks at this position during recording.
- Full-time
AF: The camera constantly adjusts focus, even when the
shutter-release button is not pressed.
Voice Recording: Audio voice memos for pictures can be recorded over
the camera's built-in microphone and played back over the unit's built-in
speaker. Memos can be up to 20 seconds in length. Memos are saved as WAV files.
Play, Edit and Print Functions
Slide
Show Playback: View pictures in the internal memory or on the memory card in an
automatic slide show with 2, 3, 5, or 10 seconds between pictures. If
desired, you can loop the slideshow so it will continuously play. Maximum
slide show duration is 30 minutes without operation.
Thumbnail Playback: During playback, you can view multiple thumbnail images
(4, 9, 16, or 72) at a time.
While these "contact sheets" are displayed, you can use the multi-selector to
highlight individual pictures. Highlighted pictures can be deleted, if desired.
Calendar Display: This feature displays a calendar allowing
you to select and view pictures taken on the same date.
Playback Zoom: During playback,
you can enlarge a still image up to 10x. Once the image is zoomed, you can use the
multi-selector to scroll around to non-visible portions of the image. You can
record a new picture of the cropped image by pressing the shutter button.
Rotate Image: Recorded pictures
can be rotated 90-degrees clockwise or counter-clockwise on the unit's LCD
screen.
Editing Picture: You can use the Coolpix P510 to edit
recorded pictures in-camera and store them as separate files. You can choose
from the following editing functions:
- Quick Retouch: Quick Retouch can be used to easily
create retouched copies in which contrast and saturation have been enhanced.
- D-Lighting: D-Lighting can be used to brighten dark or backlit subjects. While playing back
an image, you can select the D-Lighting function, apply it, and save the
corrected image without harming the properly exposed areas of the image.
- Skin Softening: The camera recognizes faces in pictures
and creates a copy with softer facial skin tones.
- Filter Effects: You can apply the following digital
filter effects: Soft, Selective Color, Cross Screen, Fisheye, Miniature
Effect, or Painting.
- Resizing Pictures (Small Picture): You can create a
small copy of a recorded image. The copy will be stored as a JPEG file with
a compression ratio of 1:16. You can choose from the following sizes: 640 x
480 (suited to television playback), 320 x 240 (suited to display on web
pages), or 160 x 120 (suitable for email attachments).
- Black Border: Allows you to add a black frame around
the picture.
- Crop: Creates a copy containing only a portion visible
on the monitor.
Multi-Language Menu: You can
choose from 29 different menu display languages including English,
Spanish or French.
Printing Pictures: You can print pictures stored in the internal memory or on the memory card by
using the Print Set option in the playback menu. Using DPOF (Digital Print Order
Form), you can designate which images to print, and how many copies to print.
Pictures can be printed as followed:
- Printer
or Photo Lab: insert the memory card into a printer, or take the memory
card to a digital photo lab (images stored in the internal
memory need to be transferred to a memory card prior to printing).
- PictBridge-compatible Printer: connect the camera to a PictBridge-compatible
printer via USB cable
- Transferring to Computer: transfer the images to a computer before
printing them via USB
Battery Information
Power Requirements: The Coolpix P510 is powered by a supplied rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery (EN-EL5).
The battery is charged using the supplied EH-69P Charging AC adapter. The supplied rechargeable battery will
last up to approximately 240 shots or 1 hour 10 minutes of HD movie recording on one charge. A fully-exhausted battery
charges in about 4.5 hours using the supplied EH-69P Charging AC Adapter, or 2
hours using the optional
MH-61 Battery Charger. You can also charge the battery in the camera when it
is connected to a computer via USB.
Auto Off: When the camera is operated on battery power, the
Auto Off mode will automatically turn off the monitor to reduce the drain on the
batteries if no operations are performed for the length of time specified in the
Auto Off menu. The time limit for the Auto Off mode can be set to 30 seconds, 1
minute, 5 minutes or 30 minutes.
Inputs and Outputs Notes
HDMI: The Coolpix P510 is equipped with a mini-HDMI (Type
C) output, allowing you to connect the camera to an HDTV. An optional
mini-HDMI-to-HDMI cable is required. The camera's HDMI output can be set to
Auto, 480p, 720p or 1080i.
USB/Audio-Video
Output: The camera features a single proprietary jack on the bottom of
the camera for connecting the supplied AV (EG-CP16) cable or USB cable (UC-E6). This one output allows you
to download your photos to your computer or printer via USB using the supplied
USB cable, or view your photos
on a TV using the supplied AV cable. The USB interface is USB 2.0 Hi-Speed compatible. The video output is NTSC or PAL compatible.
Supplied Software
ViewNX 2 Software CD-ROM: The supplied ViewNX 2 CD-ROM
contains the following modules:
- Nikon Transfer 2: to copy (transfer) pictures from the
camera to the computer
- ViewNX 2: for viewing, editing, and printing your
transferred images
- Nikon Movie Editor: for basic editing of transferred
movies
- Panorama Maker 6: for
creating a single panoramic image from a series of images shot in panorama
assist scene mode
System Requirements: The supplied software will work with
the following Operating Systems:
- Windows 7 (SP1): Home Basic, Home Premium,
Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate
- Windows Vista (SP2): Home Basic, Home Premium,
Business, Enterprise, Ultimate
- Windows XP (SP3): Home Edition, Professional
- Mac: OS X version 10.5.8, 10.6.8, 10.7.2
