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Additional accessories can be found at 

www.nikondigitalusa.com

on the Coolpix 8800 page

Nikon Inc., 
1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 11747
www.nikondigitalusa.com / 1-800-Nikon-UX

CDP-8800-01

All products indicated by trademark symbols are trademarked and/or registered by their respective companies. 
Specifications and equipment are subject to change without any notice or obligation on the part of the manufacturer. 9/04 
©2004 NIKON INC.

Digital Camera Specifications

Type of camera:

Digital camera E8800

Effective pixels:

8.0 million

CCD:

2/3-inch-type (total pixels: 8.31 million)

Image size (pixels):

8M (3,264 x 2,448), 3:2 (3,264 x 2,176), 5M (2,592 x 1,944), 3M (2,048 x 1,536),
2M (1,600 x 1,200), 1M (1,280 x 960), PC (1,024 x 768), TV (640 x 480) selectable

Lens:

10x Zoom-Nikkor; 8.9-89mm [35mm (135) format equivalent to 35-350mm] 
f/2.8-5.2; 16 elements in 10 groups; two glass molded ED lens elements included

Vibration Reduction:

Lens shift

Digital zoom:

Up to 4x

Autofocus:

Contrast-detect TTL AF with AF-assist illuminator; Center, Auto 5-area multi AF,
manual 9-area multi AF selectable

Focus modes:

1) Continuous AF, 2) Single AF, 3) Manual Focus (from 1.2 in. [3cm] to infinity (

) with 

focus confirmation indication)

Focus range:

19.7 in. (50cm) to infinity (

) (W)/39.4 in. (1m) to infinity (

) (T); 1.2 in. (3cm) to 

infinity (

) (W) in macro and manual focus modes

Viewfinder:

0.44-inch type, 235,000-dot, polysilicon TFT color LCD viewfinder;
Diopter adjustment: -3 to +1m

-1

LCD monitor:

1.8-inch type, 134,000-dot High Transmissive Advanced TFT LCD monitor with 
brightness and hue adjustment; frame coverage: approx. 97% horizontal and 
vertical (shooting)

Storage:

Media: Type I and II CompactFlash™ (CF) and Microdrive™ cards 
File system: Compliant with Design Rule for Camera File System (DCF)*, Exif 2.2**,
and Digital Print Order Format (DPOF)
File formats: RAW (NEF) and TIFF-RGB (uncompressed), JPEG-base line-compliant 
(1:2, 1:4, 1:8, 1:16) (compressed), QuickTime (movies), WAV (sound files)

*A standard widely used in the digital camera industry to ensure compatibility among different 
makes of camera.
**Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras. Version 2.2 allows information stored 
with pictures to be used for optimal color reproduction when images are output on 
Exif-compliant printers.

Number of frames with 256MB CF Card (approx.)

Shooting modes:

AUTO, SCENE, P, S, A, M, MOVIE

Scene modes:

Portrait, Party/Indoor, Night portrait, Beach/Snow, Landscape, Sunset, Night landscape,
Museum, Fireworks show, Close up, Copy, Back light, Panorama assist, Sports,
and Dusk/Dawn

Shooting menu:

1) White balance, 2) (Exposure) Metering, 3) Continuous (Shooting), 4) Best Shot 
Selector (BSS/AE-BSS), 5) Image adjustment (Auto/Normal/More contrast/Less 
contrast), 6) Saturation Control (-2 to +2/Black & White), 7) User setting (two 
combinations of mode setting can be memorized as #1-#2), 8) Image mode,
9) Sensitivity, 10) Image Sharpening, 11) Lens, 12) Exposure options (AE Lock,
Bulb/Timed release), 13) Focus options, 14) Zoom options, 15) VR mode,
16) Speedlight options, 17) Auto Bracketing, 18) Noise Reduction, 19) Reset,
20) My Menu, 21) CF Card Format

Capture modes:

1) Single, 2) Continuous H (2.3 fps; up to 5 frames), 3) Continuous L (1.2 fps; up to 
11 frames) 4) Multi-shot 16 (16 consecutive frames at 1.6 fps), 5) Ultra HS (high-
speed) (640 x 480 pixels; 30 fps, up to 100 frames), 6) 5 shot buffer (0.7 fps),
7) Interval Timer Shooting, 8) Movie*: TV movie 640 (640 x 480 pixels) with audio at 
30 fps; up to 60 seconds, Small movie 320 (320 x 240 pixels) with audio at 15 fps; up 
to 895 seconds, Time-lapse movie (640 x 480 pixels) at 30 fps; up to 35 seconds 
(1,050 frames), Sepia movie 320 (320 x 240 pixels) with audio at 5 fps; up to 895 
seconds, B/W movie 320 (320 x 240 pixels) with audio at 15 fps; up to 895 seconds 
are selectable

*Approximate maximum total length [256MB card]; may vary with make of card.

Exposure metering:

4-mode TTL metering: 1) 256-segment Matrix, 2) Spot, 3) Center-Weighted,
4) Spot AF area

Exposure control:

1) Programmed Auto with Flexible Program [

P

], 2) Shutter-Priority Auto [

S

],

3) Aperture-Priority Auto [

A

], 4) Manual [

M

]; Exposure Compensation (±2 EV in 1/3 

EV steps); Auto Exposure Bracketing; AE-BSS

Nikon Coolpix

®

8800

Exposure range:

EV 0.0 to +18.5 (W), EV +1.8 to +18.5 (T) 

Shutter:

Mechanical and charge-coupled electronic shutter; 2-1/3,000 s (auto and exposure 
mode P), 8-1/3,000 s (exposure modes S and A), BULB/TIME (max. 10 min.) and 
8-1/3,000 s (exposure mode M), 1/30-1/8,000 s (Ultra HS). Maximum at some 
apertures is 1/1,500 s.

Aperture:

7-blade iris diaphragm; 10 steps in 1/3 EV increments (to minimum of f/8)

Sensitivity:

Approximately equivalent to ISO 50, 100, 200, 400, and Auto (auto gain to ISO 
200 equivalent)

White balance:

1) Auto White Balance with TTL control, 2) 6-mode Manual with fine tuning 
(Daylight/Incandescent/Fluorescent/Cloudy/ Speedlight/Shade), 3) Preset, 4) White 
Balance Bracketing

Self-timer:

10 s or 3 s; can be used with supplied Remote Controller ML-L3

Built-in Speedlight:

Shooting range: approx. 1.8-19.8ft. (0.5-6.0m) (W), approx. 3.3-9.1ft. (1.0-3.0m) (T)
Flash modes: 1) Auto Flash, 2) Flash Cancel 3) Red-Eye Reduction (In-Camera Red Eye 
Fix™) 4) Anytime Flash, 5) Night Portrait (Slow Sync Flash), 6) Rear Curtain Sync
Sync method: Standard i-TTL Flash

Accessory shoe:

Standard ISO hot-shoe contact with safety lock

External Speedlight:

Hot shoe connects to external Nikon Speedlight SB-800/600

Playback menu options:

1) Full-frame, 2) Thumbnail (4/9 segments), 3) Slide show, 4) Movie with audio,
5) Playback zoom (up to 10x); File information; Shooting information; Histogram 
indication and highlight point display; Hide and protect attributes can be set to each 
image; Focus confirmation indication; RAW image playback; Small picture; D-Lighting

Interface:

USB 2.0 (HI-SPEED)

I/O terminal:

DC in; Audio/Video (NTSC or PAL selectable) out; Digital I/O (USB)

Supported languages:

German/English/Spanish/French/Italian/Dutch/Swedish/Japanese/Simplified Chinese/ 
Traditional Chinese/Korean selectable in menu display

Power requirements:

One Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL7 (included), Battery Pack MB-CP11 (optional) 
with six 1.5V LR6 (AA-size alkaline) batteries*, AC Adapter EH-54 (optional)

*1.5V FR Lithium, 1.2V NiMH, or 1.2V NiCd batteries can also be used.

Battery life (approx.):

240 images (EN-EL7; based on CIPA standard*)

*Industry standard for measuring life of camera batteries. Measured at 25°C (77°F); zoom adjusted 
with each shot, built-in Speedlight fired with every other shot, image mode set to NORMAL/8M

Dimensions (W x H x D):

4.6 x 3.3 x 4.8 in. (116 x 85 x 121mm)

Weight:

Approx. 21.2 oz. (600g) (without battery and storage media)

Supplied accessories*:

Lens Cap, Strap, USB Cable, Audio Video Cable, EN-EL7 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery,
MH-56 Battery Charger, ML-L3 Remote Controller, PictureProject CD-ROM

*Supplied accessories may differ by country or area.

Optional accessories:

Additional EN-EL7 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery, EH-54 AC Adapter, MB-CP11 Battery 
Pack, Soft Case, Various size CompactFlash™ Cards, FC-E9 Fisheye Converter, UR-E18 
Step-Down Ring Lens Adapter, TC-E17ED Telephoto Converter, UR-E17 Step-Down 
Ring Lens Adapter, WM-E80 Wideangle Converter Attachment, HN-CP14 Lens Hood,
SB-800/600 Speedlight, COOLPIX Filter FF-CP11NC/FF-CP11CPL/FF-CP11ND4,
MSV-01 Digital Photo Storage Viewer COOLWALKER

PictureProject

OS:

Mac

®

OS X (10.1.5 or later),

System requirements

RAM:

64 MB or more recommended

for Macintosh:

Hard disk:

60 MB required for installation

Display:

800 x 600 with 16-bit colors (full color recommended) 

Others:

CD-ROM drive required for installation

PictureProject

OS:

Windows

®

98SE, Windows

®

ME, Windows

®

2000 Professional, Windows

®

XP

System requirements

Home Edition, Windows

®

XP Professional pre-installed model

for Windows:

RAM:

64 MB or more recommended

Hard disk:

60 MB required for installation

Display:

800 x 600 with 16-bit colors (full color recommended)

Others:

CD-ROM drive required for installation

Product Number:

25523 UPC code: 018208255238

Image Size:

8M

5M

3M

2M

1M

PC

TV

3:2

RAW

20 — —

HI

20 — —

10

FINE

30 50

80 

130

200 

310

710

35

FINE

60 100

155 250

390 600

1305

70

NORMAL 125

195 310

485

710 975

1955

140

BASIC 240

370

600

870

1305

1565

2610

275

Image Qulaity

Summary of Contents for COOLPIX 8800

Page 1: ...ers higher image quality with less compression compression rate 1 2 Fast AF achieves sharp results when shooting spontaneous moments Auto Color Enhancement provides automatic enhancement to color that makes it more pleasing to the eye New EN EL7 Rechargeable Battery Charger Included for extended battery life of up to 240 images on a charge Auto Built in Pop up Flash Rugged Magnesium Alloy Body 10x...

Page 2: ...uration Noise Reduction Mode Minimize digital artifacts in long exposures White Balance Bracketing Ensure proper color balance Framing Guides display framing guides on the LCD monitor in order to achieve an ideal composition Wideangle Converter 28mm Nikon Speedlights SB 800 600 Battery Pack MB CP11 ACAdapter EH 54 Soft Case Telephoto Converter 600mm Fisheye Converter 7mm WM E80 0 8x TC E17ED Appro...

Page 3: ...ye enhance crop print e mail post pictures to the web or create a photo album You can even publish them to your PDA create slideshows with music or stitch together a number of pictures to create a stunning panorama With Nikon PictureProject you can spend more time taking pictures instead of managing them and then easily store organize and share your memories PictureProject will work withWindows 98...

Page 4: ... lighting environments while Matrix Auto White Balance neutralizes color deviations created by ambient light sources Both advanced features allow the COOLPIX 8800 to preserve a faithful reproduction of color detail and gradation If rock steady images matter vibration reduction matters If the picture matters the camera matters 10x Zoom Nikkor ED lens The 10x zoom gives you the power of a 35 350mm 3...

Page 5: ...lexible Program P 2 Shutter PriorityAuto S 3 Aperture PriorityAuto A 4 Manual M Exposure Compensation 2 EV in 1 3 EV steps Auto Exposure Bracketing AE BSS Nikon Coolpix 8800 Exposure range EV 0 0 to 18 5 W EV 1 8 to 18 5 T Shutter Mechanical and charge coupled electronic shutter 2 1 3 000 s auto and exposure mode P 8 1 3 000 s exposure modes S andA BULB TIME max 10 min and 8 1 3 000 s exposure mod...

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