CoolPix

In addition to the P6000, a GPS-enabled, 13.5-megapixel beast, Nikon released five point-and-shoots with a variety of features, from Wi-Fi to the company’s first touchscreen. Here’s a rundown of each:

Coolpix S60

• $349, available in September
• Slick new chassis; available in 6 colors, including Crimson Red, Espresso Black, Arctic White, Burgundy, Champagne Pink, and Platinum Bronze
• 10 megapixels
• Optical image stabilization
• 3.5-inch touchscreen with large icons, a 16:9 ratio, and a stylus
• Can draw and paint with the stylus
• Choice of 3 interfaces
• Portrait One-Touch Zoom mode (you can reach out and touch the screen to track a face)
• AF and AE with touch control
• Effects: D-lighting, small pictures, vivid, black-and-white, sepia, cool, pastel
• ISO up to 6400
• Nikon’s Best Shot Selector
• Smile detection
• Blink warning
• Mini-HDMI port

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When I first saw this camera a few weeks ago, I knew I had to get some hands-on time with it. The Nikon Coolpix P6000 ($499, September) has integrated GPS for geotagging, a ridiculously large sensor (13.5 megapixels), and manual features plucked from the company’s DSLR line. One of the most interesting things about this—to me, at least—is that Nikon is usually a photography purist and flaunts more manual features than it does new-fangled ones. (It hasn’t jumped on the 720p bandwagon, for instance, and only just released its first touchscreen and intelligent Auto models.) I’m excited about the camera, obviously, but it’s also exciting to see Nikon doing something trendy.

Nikon, already an Eye-Fi partner, embeds photo files with their altitude, longitude, and latitude, which makes it possible to geotag them using a third-party program. Interestingly, the P6000 has a LAN port, with which you can quickly transfer photos to Nikon partner myPicturetown (or your desktop, too, I suppose).

As said, the P6000 also has plenty of specs and features that remind us of a DSLR. Here’s what you get:

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