Nikon has defended its design decisions behind the company's new 1 Series V1 and J1 interchangeable lens cameras, arguing that a smaller sensor was a necessary compromise considering the software ...

Nikon has finally plunged into the exploding interchangeable lens compact (ILC) camera market, announcing two cameras in its new Nikon 1 line: the flagship Nikon 1 V1 and its smaller and cheaper ...

Camera maker expects to broaden line of large-sensor SLRs, a move that could appeal to enthusiasts and provide more competition to full-frame leader Canon. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

A digital camera’s sensor size can go a long way in determining image quality in a camera. This graphic illustrates common sizes The typical point-and-shoot digital camera has a 5.76 by 4.29 mm sensor ...

With the DL24-500, Nikon joins Sony, Panasonic and Canon in the category of big sensor cameras with long zoom lenses. Joshua Goldman Managing Editor / Advice Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop ...

After the success of the Fujifilm X100, the Sony RX100 and the Canon G1 X, Nikon has finally embraced the idea of putting a large sensor in a compact-sized camera. The result is the Nikon COOLPIX A – ...

Do you need to buy a full-frame camera in 2026, or is an APS-C good enough? A lot has happened recently – some new, higher-resolution APS-C cameras appear to close the gap between them and full-frame ...

Nikon has added a new model to its toy camera Nikon 1 line. The J2 is a tweaked version of the J1, and in addition to some improvements it drops its price by $100, to $550. And if you’re thinking that ...

We've noted before that more megapixels don't mean a better camera; a better indicator of photo quality from a camera is its sensor size. The Sensor-Size app helps you compare popular cameras' sensor ...

When buying a digital camera, there are many important specs to consider besides which color to pick. In years past, the way you’d approach this was to get the camera with the highest resolution – ...

It’s real. The mid-range DSLR you’ve been waiting for: Nikon’s D700 DSLR packs the D3‘s supernaturally low-noise 12.1-megapixel full-frame image sensor into a ...

We run through the best Nikon DSLRs of all time, from modern-day marvels to the early classics, and help you find the right ...