Wi-Fi Enabled Cameras From Nikon

Nikon this week announced two WiFi-enabled digital cameras, the Coolpix P1 and P2. The new Coolpix 8 megapixel P1 and and 5 megapixel P2 digital cameras from Nikon have built in 802.11b/g WiFi capabilities that enable the camera to send pictures wirelessly back to a computer running a new version of Pictureproject.


Analysts said the Coolpix eight-megapixel P1 and the five-megapixel P2 are indeed the world's first digital cameras with built-in WiFi capabilities. Kodak had announced a WiFi digital camera at the last Consumer Electronics Show that would do far more than Nikon's model, but has not yet brought the camera to market.

The only significant difference between the two cameras is the resolution at which they take pictures. The P1 is an 8-megapixel camera while the P2 is a 5-megapixel model. In practice, this means full-resolution images from the P1 are 3,264 pixels by 2,448 pixels and those from the P2 are 2,592 pixels by 1,944 pixels.

It takes about eight seconds to transfer a full-resolution image from the P1 and about four seconds to do the same with the P2.