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...Nikon Coolpix 2500 ($379), due in stores next month, is the first camera I've tested that fills the bill. Indeed, it's the first Nikon camera to be engineered around the design, rather than the other way around. It's about the size and weight of a smooth-edged deck of cards, and its sleek blue-and-brushed-metal look really sets it apart from the pack. Call it the iPod of digital cameras, a comparison it deserves, not just for form and looks but also for its admirable ease...
Most digital cameras have daunting dials and pictographs to "help" you use your camera. Select the wrong icon, and instead of viewing the picture you just took, you shoot a 15-sec. movie of your feet. The Coolpix forgoes dials for a simple slider with only three settings: TAKE PICTURE, VIEW PICTURE and OFF. You can even navigate by touch, ideal for those grizzly-on-the-run situations. All the other functions are on the back, including that 15-sec. video, an unprecedented 12 scene modes (party portrait, night landscape, fireworks show and so on) and a picture-in-picture...
...Nikon's Coolpix 990 was lauded by critics as the best consumer digital camera. Now for about $500 less, the 2500 duplicates in a smaller package most of the 990's features, including the swivel lens that lets you take pictures of yourself while you look at the results on the LCD screen. (One improvement over the 990: that swivel lens is no longer exposed to the elements when you set the camera down; instead, it rests comfortably inside the casing.) The starter flash card stores 32 high-resolution images (as usual with digital cameras, it's best...
EXPENSIVE $900 NIKON COOLPIX 995 In 2000, ON magazine named the Coolpix 990 our Machine of the Year, and this 2001 model takes evolutionary steps forward (such as higher optical zoom and a Quick Review button). And Nikon recently started offering a $100 rebate, bringing down costs too. www.nikonusa.com...
Even in an age humming with electronic innovation, the new takes its baby steps in the boot prints of the old. Many of the cyber-knickknacks on our Tech 10 Best are binary clones of old friends. PayPal is the next Western Union; the Nikon Coolpix 900 is the spawn of the Brownie. Nike will customize your sneakers, just the way your "artistic" aunt did for your eighth birthday. And Napster: free access to worlds of music! It used to be called radio...