Nikon Releases World’s First Wi-Fi Cameras
The whole world is going Wi-Fi, or so it seems. Nikon have unveiled the first cameras to support Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11b/g) to ease the transfer of images to your computer, or direct to a network-enabled printer.
Wireless shooting automatically transfers each picture to a selected computer as soon as it is shot.
Of course, if Wi-Fi isn’t your thing you can still use the traditional memory card / USB methods of getting your shots onto a PC.
In all the excitement about Wi-Fi we nearly forgot to check whether these are actually good cameras, after all, there’s no fun in wirelessly transmitting rubbish photos. Well, we weren’t disappointed. The Coolpix P1 is 8 megapixel and the P2 is blessed with 5 megapixels.
The Coolpix P1 and P2 will be available in September 2005 with an RRP of
$549.95 and $399.95, respectively. A Wireless Print Adaptor (PD-10) will be
available in October 2005 with an RRP of $49.95.
Nikon promises that many future models will include Wi-Fi functionality as they move to position the camera as a device in which network support is ubiquitous.
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