The Nikon S1000pj projector camera: a gimmick with a future [updated]

Monday, October 5th, 2009

A little while back, when the Nikon Coolpix S1000pj compact camera was announced, we discussed it on the PC Pro podcast. This, it must be said, was the day after the announcement of its existence and so we hadn’t seen one. But the big news was this camera, rather bizarrely we thought, had a projector in it.

The general consensus at the time was that it was probably, maybe, possibly a good idea in the long run, but a gimmick as it stood. We reckoned it was your typical early-adopter-only product.

Well, I’m eating our collective words now that I’ve spent the weekend playing with one. (more…)