Looking for Answers about Nikon Inc. COOLPIX P510?

You actually CAN use filters for this camera without any adapters, but they require some work.
As I observed standard 52mm filters have too high threads to put them on P510. You can file them down to fit P510 "threads". Those filters require quite some work and precision to make sure they are filed down the same height all around. You then can screw filed filter into camera quite nice.

Looks to me like a flat piece of glass over the lens—UV or clear glass. Unless you're looking for special effects like polarizing, you don't need a protective filter. It's already there.

i find solution: 58mm Adapter Ring / Adaptor Ring for Nikon P510 or 67mm Adapter Ring / Adaptor Ring for Nikon P510 or KIWI lens adapter for Nikon COOLPIX P510 Digital Camera 67mm, i bought all of this from Ebuy

I actually own this model Nikon, and there are no filters available for it. It does not take filters at all. There may be some third market adapter that claims to work with the P510 but there is none made by Nikon and I would not trust them to work with the camera.

You have to buy an adapter Ring ;) google it ! then you can put any filter to your camera ;)

So far I haven't got it, but information available states that 67mm polarize, fish-eye and 2-X magnifier of third party can be used with NIKON P-500/P510.

There's a built in UV filter.

Those are not threads. They are there just to hold the lens cap. There are some adapters out there however they are either bulky or junk. I myself am waiting for something decent. It seems as though I am not alone on this, just google p510 filter adapter. Hey Nikon how about stepping up with an adapter?

I think I figured it out. You can only use Manaul focus if you assign the side T/W key to Manual Focus (options) then you must use one of the manual mode settings, touch the focus button (flower) and choose the now-enabled MF option at the bottom. To enable the MF bar on the screen and the toggle of the side T/W key, you have to first hit the focus (flower) button and choose MF. It's not that easy, but on a tripod, it's quite effective, even at FULL zoom! Minor issue on DARK subjects, which I'm trying to figure out. The camera will 'lighten' and zoom in on a subject when you choose MF #manual focus#. I'm trying to figure out a way to up that lightening feature as in extremely dark subjects, there's nothing to see and therefore nothing to fix with MF. But manual focus does work. The harder part is getting it exact, but since you can immediately preview the photo, it's fine! Hope that helps. I was feeling the same was as you until I figured it out. Now I LOVE the zoom feature!

See page 2 of the "Reference Section" of the manual. It will show you how to set-up to and use the manual focus.

After reading a 3rd party book on this camera, there is indeed a "manual focus" capability that utilizes the W/T option on the left of the housing, but it is POORLY EXECUTED at best.

To exercise this option, you must go into the menu and enable the W/T for focus, then put the camera into a MF mode, THEN push down on the round rocker like switch/control towards the flower, THEN go down until you reach MF,...THEN you can use the W/T, but it is HYPER-SENSITIVE. Far too touchy. Once you've taken this ONE picture, you are bumped out of MF and have to reselect it for each consecutive shot..

Only with a third party manual was this explained. You may also run into issues with not being able to use the flash. Certain features and modes automatically disable the flash, and if you aren't extremely knowledgeable on this camera, you may get frustrated trying to figure out which setting is causing your flash to not work (Night landscape will disable flash, as will almost all burst or continuous modes of exposure).

I do not recommend this camera and would take it back in a heart beat if I could.

Perhaps we are at cross purposes in our definitions but when I'm using the manual mode I can control the lens moving in and out of focus, just as if I had a manual focus ring on a lens. There is no reliance on the camera doing the focusing its entirely under my control.
Perhaps you could give a little more detail on what is happening when you use the zoom control and compare it with what you expect to happen.
Thanks

With respect to the last answer, if you follow the manual and set the zoom to control the manual focus, all you are really doing is shifting that normal 'half depress'. It's actually kind of a joke. By merely touching the T/W on the side in that mode (not holding mind you, but touching) I saw the lense move around a little exactly as if it was trying to autofocus, I had no control over the focal point whatsoever.

A TRUE manual focus is needed, not something that is merely a port over of another buttons functionality. So far, this is a mediocre camera that I am coming to regret purchasing as it's not anywhere near as useful as an SLR, but doesn't have the quick-out of the box usability of a point and shoot. There's no real category for this device, it's not for professionals, and it's not for enthusiasts or amateurs.

I was incorrect. There is manual focus on the P510 but it only appears on the menu when you are in the P,S,A,M selection. According to the reference section of the manual, page 2, you can set the side zoom button to control manual focus.

To add to Tom's comment it would appear that the Manual Focus has been removed from the feature set. In the full manual there are details on how to use it but, as Tom noted, the feature does not appear on the 'in-camera' menu.
If Nikon staff stop by this forum it would be interesting to hear if this feature is going to be reinstated at some future date.

I have made some pretty impressive astrophotographs with the P510, but find the 4 sec/ISO 400 limitation frustrating. My ability to track stars is not very advanced, but even piggy-backed to a simple clock drive, I could utilize 1-2 minutes without significant star trails.

The image of M-42 in Orion was shot at ISO 400 / 4 seconds, then contrast and brightness enhanced to the limits of the image.

Images of the Moon, and of Jupiter's moons are easy and satisfying. Saturn was just lucky.

Bulb mode is a must. Because when i checked other competitive models, most of the sites prefer Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150 because it has got bulb mode, better auto focus, raw shooting, i think. So we are expecting a upgraded model with bulb mode and improved auto focus.

Put the camera on the Manual setting. Set your ISO at 100. Now you can get up to 8 seconds.

A bulb setting would be ok, does it have this ?

yes you can!!! I know it takes a 67mm

DCR-2025PRO, Google it, can be added it seems, JAX Gabriel,Chennai

No, you can not change lens on your P510 because this is a point and shoot camera...

No, it is a fixed lens camera only.

it has no hotshoe but what i did was to buy a slave flash like the cheap YUNGNUO YN460II SPEEDLITE and put it to mode S2 and the pop-up flash of the P510 triggers it when you need additional light...

No it can not. no hot shoe.

The COOLPIX P510 doesn't have a hot shoe for external flash.

You can attach filter using 58mm Adapter Ring / Adaptor Ring for Nikon P510 or 67mm Adapter Ring / Adaptor Ring for Nikon P510 or KIWI lens adapter for Nikon COOLPIX P510 Digital Camera 67mm

The fact that I cannot attach a filter just killed the camera for my purpose. I was willing to compromise on the screen which cannot be moved in 3 dimensions. To bad.

The P510 will shoot at 120fps, per p. 66 of the manual.

No, no high speed video.

You can use 58mm Adapter Ring / Adaptor Ring for Nikon P510 or 67mm Adapter Ring / Adaptor Ring for Nikon P510 or KIWI lens adapter for Nikon COOLPIX P510 Digital Camera 67mm,

I would also love to use a polarizing filter. That's one thing that is simply not effective to add post-production. I was all set to purchase this camera until learning filters cannot be used. I will gladly wait til the next version. Seems there are MANY people who want filters judging by the number of times that question has been posted here.

So Nikon - How aboout it?

By default the GPS isn't (or at least wasn't) on...you can turn it off though I'm not sure how much that will help you. I rarely have the GPS on (which does hog the proprietary battery's resources) and don't do much better than your image count with limited use (10-15% of shots) of the flash. Also, the battery indicator doesn't seem to be especially accurate. It goes from full to half and then empty in a very short time frame, with little indicated in between. It's a shame that Nikon couldn't do better with the battery considering where the technology is these days, or at least allow the option for AA battery format so I could actually afford to keep some extra charged batteries in my bag. Not making things any easier is the lack of an external charger that they could have included for a couple of $ more in cost.

usually can be switched off. (you didnt specify what camera you were talking about though..)

Those are the settings for double sided printing, that's what the booklet subset is for- select both sides and printer will do the rest. If your printer doesn't due double side, pause printing and flip over paper.

Thanks Joe!
One thing not clear: this doesn't print on both sides of the paper, right? So, would I need to print just "front side only" and then turn over and run through again for the back side? Probably reverse order?

You have to buy a adapter ring ;)

From looking at specs and accessories, it doesn’t appear that it will take a filter, most smaller cameras / point and shoots will not...
I had an older Coolpix 5700 that was basically the same camera shape and size, I was actually able to purchase an extension tube type kit that would allow filters to be used and it came with 4 filters, one being a polarizer...I would ask "Support and or Service if they still make this kit and if made for this camera...
Hope this helps...

ISO 100 will allow a 8 second exposure. Why are the higher ISO settings limiting shutter speed? Why not a 1600 ISO at 8 seconds for us Astronomy photographers?

Just in case you meant shooting speed, 5 continuous frames at a rate of 7 frames per second

Yes with 58mm Adapter Ring / Adaptor Ring for Nikon P510 or 67mm Adapter Ring / Adaptor Ring for Nikon P510 or KIWI lens adapter for Nikon COOLPIX P510 Digital Camera 67mm

No, it does not accept any filters at all.

Neutral

Thank you for the response however I may have not been clear. Under the picture control settings, should I leave it as "Standard" or choose "Neutral" My goal is here is to minimize as much picture processing done on the camera as possible and prefer to "develop" the picture using other software

200,000 dots

No

Yes, but is there a lag - ie. you press the shutter and half a second later it takes the picture? I do a lot of wildlife photography with a D90 and assortment of lenses - I appreciate I'm not going to get the same performance but the lag factor is important to me as wildlife is often on the move. I don't want to be pressing the button for that perfect shot only to find it took a picture after the event! What appeals to me is the zoom but I'd rather invest my hard-earned cash in a longer lens for my digi SLR if this isn't going to work for me?

I don't find the quality of the panorama pictures any good. Maybe I'm just doing something wrong but the file size for a panorama comes out at a mere 500-600kb...even when the camera is set to highest quality. My iphones takes better quality panorama pictures!

If you have a digital device (like a smartphone or iPad), you can transfer the PDF manual to that, and it will always be available. Use solar chargers to keep the device running, if there is no electricity available.

I had to reset the camera setting to factory default first. Then put the selector to P,S,A or M, then push the menu button and "continuous" will show up. Continuous L will take one picture per second when holding down the shutter button.

Wish I had found this before my whale watching trip. Just could not find the setting but I knew it should be able to do it.