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The MB-5700 battery handle, which is available as an optional accessory, possibly improves the hand position however, this increases the calculation for the Coolpix 5700 even further (however, the handle was not available to me during the test). The handle is a little too narrow for large “paws”, but people with smaller hands can handle it well. In spite of its compactness, the Coolpix 5700 lies reasonably well in the hand, if only it weren’t for the eyelet for the camera strap, which drills into the palm of the hand. Only the Olympus C-700/720 Ultra Zoom and the Fujifilm FinePix 2800 Zoom are slightly smaller.
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With its external dimensions of 108 x 76 x 102 mm, the camera is only slightly larger than its little sister, the Coolpix 5000 (102 x 82 x 68 mm) and smaller than the latest super zoom cameras such as the Fujifilm FinePix S602 Zoom, the Minolta DiMAGE 7i or the Sony DSC-F707. Shortly after about 1,600 EUR have changed hands and immediately after unpacking the camera, the first surprise is already revealed: The Coolpix 5700 is extremely compact, much smaller than you might imagine, if you have only seen it on pictures before. While the Coolpix 4500 closes the “gap” between the Coolpix 995 and the Coolpix 5000 and the Coolpix 2000 targets the lowest price segment, the Coolpix 5700 is aimed at all those who have always looked for a zoom-strong camera model with Nikon. The Nikon Coolpix 5700 is one of three cameras that hid behind the “Coolpix top three” teaser released by Nikon in May 2002. Now it’s time: With the Coolpix 5700 Nikon joins the superzoom league. Until 2002, when this camera was released, Nikon had no digital camera with a stronger zoom factor than 4x in the program, while companies like Canon, Casio, Olympus, Fujifilm, Minolta and Sony have been offering at least a zoom-strong model for more or less a long time. But there are two news about the firmware: The Coolpix 5700 supports EXIF 2.2 and – in contrast to the Coolpix 5000 – can store images in the unprocessed NEF raw data format (comparable to the RAW mode of other cameras). Otherwise, the Coolpix 5700 has everything that the Coolpix 5000 can offer also the rotatable and swivelling LCD screen at the back of the device and the flash system, unfortunately still controlled by an external sensor. Because of the large zoom range, the Coolpix 5700 is no longer equipped with an optical viewfinder, but – for the first time at Nikon – with an electronic video viewfinder (180,000 pixels each). Nikon’s VR (Vibration Reduction) technology in the analogue range is quite capable of optical image stabilisation. Unfortunately, the Coolpix 5700 doesn’t have a 28 mm wide-angle focal length, nor does it have a built-in image stabilizer, which would make sense with such a long focal length. The lens is even faster (F2.8 to F4) than that of the Coolpix 5000 (F2.8 to F4.8) despite the considerably extended zoom range.
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If the focal length range from 28 to 85 millimetres of the Coolpix 5000 was too short for you, the Coolpix 5700 can cover a focal length range from 35 to 280 millimetres. The Coolpix 5700 is practically a Coolpix 5000 with eightfold zoom and thus Nikon’s answer to the “zoom guns” from Canon (PowerShot Pro90 IS), Fujifilm (FinePix 4900/6900/ S602 Zoom), Minolta (DiMAGE 5 and 7/7i) or Olympus (Ultra Zoom series).