Nikon Announces COOLPIX L2, COOLPIX L3 and COOLPIX L4 compact digital cameras

Mississauga, ON, February 21, 2006 – Nikon Canada Inc. today announced the COOLPIX L2, COOLPIX L3 and COOLPIX L4. These entry-level digital compact cameras combine high-quality components such as a 3x Zoom-Nikkor lens and a bright 2.0-inch LCD monitor with in-camera image-improvement features, in elegant, lightweight bodies.

Each camera boasts powerful 38-116mm (114mm for the COOLPIX L4) Zoom-Nikkor lenses (35mm equivalent), providing the liberty to zoom in for personal portraits, or zoom out to take in expansive outdoor landscapes. The CCD delivers higher performance within tighter dimensions, greatly adding to the cameras’ compact portability. Each offers generous megapixel values of 6.0 for the COOLPIX L2, 5.1 for the COOLPIX L3, and 4.0 for the COOLPIX L4, ensuring the refined image clarity that you have come to expect from the COOLPIX family. All models also feature a bright, easy-to-view 2.0-inch LCD monitor that is now even easier to operate with new icons and functions.

The COOLPIX L2, COOLPIX L3 and COOLPIX L4 are streamlined and comfortable to hold, with a smooth finish and elegant curved grip design for shooting stability. The compact dimensions, light weight and universal AA-size battery compatibility make them ideal travel cameras.

Easy to operate yet loaded with sophisticated features

Unique to current COOLPIX digital cameras are a range of Nikon capabilities that give the user the power to automatically improve recorded images in-camera. Available in playback mode, the D-Lighting function selects and creates a copy of images with excessive backlight or insufficient flash illumination, adding light and detail wherever needed while leaving well-exposed areas untouched. The Face-priority AF* function automatically detects and focuses on human faces, regardless of where they are in the frame, ensuring crisp portraits. In-Camera Red-Eye Fix function automatically finds and corrects the accidental red-eye that sometimes occurs in flash photography, for more natural-looking portraits.

A choice of 15 different Scene Modes, four with Scene Assist, makes it easier to achieve desired results in a wide range of everyday situations. Just choose the Scene Mode best suited to the subject at hand and the COOLPIX L2, COOLPIX L3 and COOLPIX L4 automatically select the ideal settings for the picture you had in mind, whether at an indoor party or outdoor nighttime fireworks display. Scene Assist displays useful framing guides in the monitor, helping the user compose the shot for optimal results.

All three COOLPIX cameras are compatible with widely available SD memory cards. 23MB of internal memory for the COOLPIX L2 and COOLPIX L3, and 10MB for the COOLPIX L4, allow you to keep right on shooting when no additional memory is available, as well as easily move images from one SD card to another.

Each of the COOLPIX digital cameras offer movie-shooting capability** in three sizes: TV movie size (640) for viewing on TV or computers, convenient small size (320), and smaller size (160) for extended recording or Internet usage.

With the COOLPIX L2, COOLPIX L3 and COOLPIX L4, ease of use and convenient enjoyment don’t stop when the shooting does. Printing is simplified as well, with PictBridge capability enabling connection to a compatible printer without the need for a computer. USB connectivity eases transfer of data to computers and other peripherals. Completing the convenient package is the complimentary PictureProject accessory software, which greatly simplifies the importing, editing and organizing of your images, and includes other options that add to the fun of digital photography. It also offers compatibility with a range of plug-ins that allow functions to be extended on demand.

All in the Box

The new COOLPIX L2, COOLPIX L3, and COOLPIX L4 are ready to go right out of the box, including all essential accessories, such as rechargeable batteries and charger, A/V and USB cables, and Nikon’s latest release of its comprehensive PictureProject software for organizing and editing photos.

Exclusive Canadian Warranty

Nikon Canada offers an exclusive 2-year warranty for all COOLPIX and the D70s and D50 Digital SLR cameras purchased from a Nikon Canada Authorized Dealer. Consumers can feel comfort knowing their investment in protected by Nikon Canada’s 2-Year Warranty with in-Canada service.

Pricing and Availability

The COOLPIX L2, COOLPIX L3, and COOLPIX L4 will be available in March 2006. Pricing to be announced at a later date.

About Nikon

Coolpix ~ Simply, Better Pictures. Nikon Canada Inc. headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, is a subsidiary of Nikon Corporation, a world leader in imaging products, precision equipment and instrument technology. Nikon Canada offers an extensive array of digital, SLR and compact cameras as well as film scanners, binoculars and microscopes for the consumer, business and photography markets. All Nikon Canada products are sold through a network of Nikon Canada Authorized Dealers. For more information on Nikon Canada and its products and services or to find a Nikon Authorized Dealer, visit www.nikon.ca.