The Nikon S1000pj and What It Means
The S1000pj is fairly standard for a high-end Nikon compact as a camera. It's (perhaps overly) packed with 12 megapixels, a 28-140mm equivalent zoom lens with VR and a slow aperture, 2.7-inch LCD, etc. But it also doubles as a digital projector, allowing you to broadcast images on any flat surface. For a demonstration, see the video at the Amazon product page.
I admit, my first thought was "So? Who uses projectors in their daily life?" But of course, the big lesson of the explosion in digital photography is that when things become cheaper and more convenient, popular use explodes. Remember the days when it used to be weird when someone would bring a camera to a normal, friendly get-together? If nothing else, it's an interesting gimmick or party trick.
And then I thought some more. You see, projectors are a lot more powerful than people realize -- a proper projection system can make images look fantastic. Like viewing them on a big TV, it's impressive but, thanks to the low resolution, very forgiving. Portrait photographers have found in recent years that there is simply no better way to separate clients from their money than to display images on a nice projection system -- we're talking about profits increasing five-fold. Maybe it's that it's outside the normal way we see images, maybe it's just a neat trick, but a good projector is an impressive tool for photographers.
The real question is whether the projector in the S1000pj is any good, which bears in-hand testing. It is not rated particularly bright, so you will need a very dark room to view it at the maximum recommend site of 16x20-inches. Moreover, it displays in roughly VGA resolution, (think 640x480). At 16x20 inches, that is a an extremely low-res 32 dpi. Given the forgiving nature of the medium, I expect you should be able to see good, decently bright images closer to the 5x7 size. Will it wow people? The market will decide.
CE on August 11, 2009 at 08:34 PM
It's a high definition pixels for professional photographer.
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Yes it is, but it starts drawback discussion here as Ryan told about the Projector that it has not much resolution and you have to see video in a dark room. However it is good from many others because of it's compact design and 12MP with support up to 140mm lens.