Nikon Coolpix P7100 review

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Nikon Coolpix P7100
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Resolution charts

As part of our image quality testing for the Nikon P7100, we've shot our resolution chart.

If you view our crops of the resolution chart's central section at 100% (or Actual Pixels) you will see that, for example, at ISO 100 the Nikon P7100 is capable of resolving up to around 18 (line widths per picture height x100) in its highest quality JPEG files.

Examining images of the chart taken at each sensitivity setting reveals the following resolution scores in line widths per picture height x100:

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 100

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 100

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 100

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 100

ISO 100, score: 18 (see full image)

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 200

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 200

ISO 200, score: 18 (see full image)

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 400

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 400

ISO 400, score: 18 (see full image)

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 800

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 800

ISO 800, score: 18 (see full image)

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 1600

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 1600

ISO 1600, score: 16 (see full image)

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 3200

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 3200

ISO 3200, score: 14 (see full image)

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 6400

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 6400

ISO 6400, score: 14 (see full image)

Raw images

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 100

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 100

ISO 100, score: 22 (See full image)

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 200

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 200

ISO 200, score: 20 (See full image)

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 400

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 400

ISO 400, score: 20 (See full image)

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 800

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 800

ISO 800, score: 18 (See full image)

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 1600

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 1600

ISO 1600, score: 16 (See full image)

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 3200

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 3200

ISO 3200, score: 16 (See full image)

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 6400

Nikon coolpix p7100 resolution iso 6400

ISO 6400, score: 16 (See full image)

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