Nikon P300

Retailer
Style
Color

	Price

	Camera only $635
	all P300 prices

	Snapsort rank

	Within its price range #n/a of 2 details Among similar cameras #n/a of 3 details

	Key specs

	Zoom 4.2x Screen size 3"
	Aperture f/1.8 Screen resolution 921k dots
	Wide angle 24 mm Movie format 1080p @ 30fps
	see all specifications

Nikon has replaced the Coolpix P300 with the P310.

Nikon Coolpix P310 announced February 2012

Cheaper

Compare the new Nikon P310 vs the P300

"The P300 feels great in the hand. Unlike the Canon Powershot S95 it actually has a grip of sorts, in the form of a thin rubber strip on the front of the camera."

dpreview.com | talking about the camera's feel

"The P300's BSI (back side illuminated) CMOS sensor does pretty well in most shooting conditions and in normal use, image quality compares well to those of its peers with similar-sized sensors."

dpreview.com | talking about the camera's image-quality

"Fast lens on the wide end of the zoom (f/1.8)"

dpreview.com | talking about the camera's auto-focus

Explore our gallery of 50 sample photos taken by the Nikon Coolpix P300.

Preview of the new Nikon P300 ...

Amateur
Review

First Look at the Nikon Coolpi...

Pro
Review

Report a correction

The Nikon P300 vs other recent pro digicams

	Great wide angle lens
	24 mm

	Light
	189 g

	Thin
	1.3"

Report a correction

The Nikon P300 vs other recent pro digicams

	Small sensor
	1/2.3" 6.18x4.55mm

	Very poor maximum light sensitivity
	3,200 ISO

	Lower true resolution
	9.7 MP

	contrast detection autofocus
	slower focusing

	Can only preview photos on the screen
	None

	Not so popular
	Among snapsort users

	Slow continuous shooting
	8 fps

	No touch screen
	More buttons

	Fixed screen
	Less flexible

	Old
	February 2011

	Short exposures
	8 seconds

Coolpix P300

Nikon

Report a correction

Showing 25 comments

Niantiaulia

(3:48 PM, January 17, 2012)

I bought this camera about 5 months ago and am so pleased with it. The picture quality is awesome an sharp, very great performance in the low light, no blur, no grain. All my friends who saw the result love the camera!

AaBoy

(2:27 PM, November 25, 2011)

I'm looking to buy a camera and I'm considering Nikon P300, Sony hx9v or Canon SX 230 HS. Wich should i buy? Or do you recomend another camera for about 280$?

Bekbeki

(1:47 PM, October 23, 2011)

great camera!! i just bought it based by snapsort review...i tried it in low light situation and produce great picture..there's some little noise but overall its pretty good.

Duy Pham01

(10:18 AM, September 21, 2011)

Lol. Save bucks to buy camera to get yourself review.

DS

(11:15 PM, August 14, 2011)

Interesting question: smaller high quality vs larger-but-inferior sensor? I tested the P300 vs S95 side by side at 1600 ISO. I cannot see and difference in noise or sharpness in an 8x10 print. Given that the small sensor is part of what allowed Nikon to make a faster, wider, and wider-range lens than the S95, the small sensor might be considered an advantage! I agree, the LX5 is a bit better, as it should be for $170 more!

monrheo

(3:05 PM, July 10, 2011)

i have a canon s95 purchased last year, now i just recently purchased this first nikon pro-digicam (i'm a nikonese by the way) and had the opportunity of comparing them. Canon has this reputation of dominating the digicam market however, now that i'm able to compare both, i'd say nikon tore away s95. better low-light even with the smaller sensor (maybe because it's CMOS). better manual feel (good for manual hogs). there's just this little barrel distortion at 24mm but who cares? i can shoot nighttime hand-held! and.. awfully no raw...

naveen

(8:13 AM, June 13, 2011)

hello out of this camera which one you would recommend: sony hx7v,nikon p300, nikon s9100, aside i want a camera that can take great photos indoors and outdoors (low-light) but easy enough to carry around. Any opinions? thanks

Mohammad Eldeeb

(9:56 PM, May 27, 2011)

Why did you give this camera low score in "Continuous shooting"?
I think this is an error
This camera can take up to 8fps in full resolution and more in smaller resolutions (up to 120fps)

R R

(7:43 PM, May 26, 2011)

p100 vs p300 can't decide :(

Antonius

(3:16 AM, April 10, 2011)

there are a full review at photographyblog. This is one of worst IMAGE QUALITY cameras from nikon. unnatural smoothy, grainy, excesive contrasty. I really like the nikon cameras, but this is an absolute bad camera.

Jim

(3:58 PM, March 28, 2011)

I think it's a great camera! Well done Nikon!

Snapsort

(3:07 AM, February 22, 2011)

We've fixed this up, thanks!

Snapsort

(9:09 PM, February 21, 2011)

That looks like a mistake, thanks for pointing that out newplayer, we'll look into that and fix it up.

Newplayer

(3:50 AM, February 20, 2011)

hi for some reason when you scored the individual points for the p300 under dots for the screen why did you give a very poor score of 0.9 when the screen has over 900k dots?

Snapsort

(1:01 PM, February 17, 2011)

Hi Wowviewer, its hard to make predictions about cameras that aren't out yet :) If you do want great low light shots you really need a camera with a larger sensor, for example the Canon S95 or the Panasonic LX5.

Wowviewer

(9:20 AM, February 17, 2011)

hello I was wondering which upcoming camera you would recommend: sony hx7v, hx9v, nikon p300, nikon s9100, lumix zs10. Specs aside i want a camera that can take great photos indoors and outdoors (low-light) but easy enough to carry around. Any opinions? thanks

Snapsort

(7:03 PM, February 16, 2011)

Hi Danielle, have you seen our comparison of the P7000 vs P300?

Each have a number of advantages, I think the P7000 will have better image quality due to its larger sensor.

Danielle_nicole05

(5:41 PM, February 16, 2011)

good day! I need an opinion. Which is better p7000 or p3000. i had a look at specs for both. the important bit I am wanting within a camera is better/higher optical zoom in so when you do take a photo you have better images. But would it make a huge difference if you get the p3000 instead of p7000

Snapsort

(1:01 PM, February 14, 2011)

Hi FakeSnapsort :)

We have the sensor size as 6.2x4.6mm, is that not correct?

How big is 1/2.3"? :) A lot of people like to quote sensor size as fractions, like 1/2.5". Snapsort "translates" the actual sensor size (6.2 x 4.6mm) into a fraction, but its not very precise, it groups all sensors into one of: 1/3.6", 1/2.5", 1/1.7", four-thirds, aps-h, aps-c, full-frame.

Snapsort

(6:29 AM, February 14, 2011)

hey I think you got the sensor size wrong nikon itself reports differently see link
http://www.nikonusa.com/Nikon-Products/Product/Compact-Digital-Cameras/26246/COOLPIX-P300.html#tab-ProductDetail.ProductTabs.TechSpecs

Snapsort

(4:47 PM, February 10, 2011)

Updated.

Snapsort

(4:47 PM, February 10, 2011)

Updated.

Snapsort

(2:49 PM, February 10, 2011)

Looks like we got the sensor size incorrect, we were hoping it would be larger! We'll update it asap, thx.

Newplayer

(9:01 AM, February 10, 2011)

everyone else reporting that the sensor on p300 is a 1/ 2.3

Snapsort

(0:18 AM, February 10, 2011)

Thanks Frank, we'll get that corrected, there might be a couple other issues as we put up the specs before the official announcement.

Nikon Coolpix P300

Summary Nikon P300

Replacement

reviewsWhat are people saying about the P300

gallery

Videos

Pros

The Nikon P300 vs other recent pro digicams

Cons

The Nikon P300 vs other recent pro digicams

Appearance

Discussion

Showing 25 comments