Nikon’s year-old S1000pj, a pocket-cam packing a projector, has just gotten updated. The new version improves the old in almost every way: it is smaller, cheaper and way more useful. It also comes in some pretty weird colors, like the lime-green seen above.
The original pj was little more than a novelty. You could project the images stored on the camera, but otherwise it was hard to say why you should pay $430 for it. The new pj has a pixel-count of 14MP, up from 12MP, and the screen has grown from 2.7-inches to 3-inches. Most of the controls are now accessed by touching this screen. The ISO is also rated up to a healthy ISO 6400, a number which we’re more likely to believe a year later, the zoom magnifies 5x and the video is recorded at 720p.
But you came for the show, right? The projector is now brighter, throwing out 14-lumens instead of 10, and you can now hook up the camera to a Mac or PC and use it as a projected display. You can also draw with a finger on the touch-screen and your scrawlings will be overlaid on the image. Great, clearly, for presentations.
The projector also rescues the useless slideshow function found in most digicams, letting you bore your guest with holiday photos without even lifting a finger. The price for this new pj is $350, or £350 ($550) or €414 ($535). Clearly you don’t want to buy this in the UK. Available September.
Nikon S1100pj [Nikon. Thanks, Geoff and Jenny!]
See Also:
- Nikon COOLPIX S1000pj
- Nikon Crams Projector Into Compact Camera
- New Nikon Digicam Will Act as Standalone Video Projector
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