Only yesterday we heard some rumblings concerning Nikon launching a compact camera with a pico projector stuffed inside. Well, it turns out the rumours were true: a press release has just announced the imminent launch of the Nikon S1000pj, a Coolpix-branded point-and-shoot able to beam a 40-inch image onto your wall!
The projector is powered by LED and can serve up both videos and slideshows accompanied by music, effects and creative transitions. Exciting stuff indeed, but a lot will hinge on the actual quality of the projected image – will it work only in a darkened room, and will the image look bright and vivid or washed-out?
The camera itself has a 12.1-megapixel sensor, 5x wide angle zoom lens with 5-way VR image stabilisation, an ISO range of 64-6400 and a 2.7-inch LCD screen.
Nikon’s clearly hoping to revive the traditional slideshow party, last popular in the 70s, but it’s not alone. Sony’s also getting in on the slideshow act. It’s released new research showing 70% of the UK now share their snaps with websites and laptops, instead of inviting their buddies over for a good gawp.
Sony Digital Imaging reckons it’s time to buck the trend, bizarrely enlisting TV dandy and decorating fop Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen to extol the virtues of a slideshow party.
“It’s a more personal, intimate occasion and what better way to spend time with your friends than sharing and showing your treasured image’ he says. We agree, of course, as long as Laurence doesn’t show up on our sofa brandishing his snaps from a wet weekend at Butlins.
Out September | £399 | Nikon
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