Coolpix Naming Explained??? Help please! šš»
So I did a stupid thingā¦ I had an old heavy Nikon camera that I have used many times and just LOVEDā¦ However I thought to buy recently and try to get myself a more point-and-shoot āportableā oneā¦ I came across the Slimmer options and stumbled upon the Coolpix Series (A, L, P, S etc.) and I am just TOTALLY lostā¦ š All I wanted was a decent Nikon in a small rectangular point and shoot option with a zoom function and I am SO CONFUSEDā¦ šµāš« Thereās Coolpix A900 A950 A1000 and thereās Coolpix S6000 S7000 S8000 as well as S9000 and others even within those number lines such as S8200 S8400 S8500 etcā¦
Needless to say that I incorrectly thought each of the numbers meant which camera was newest (I was thinking it worked similar to how you have Windows 7,8,9,10 or how you have iPhone 5,6,7,8 etcā¦ )
So I bought a Coolpix Series S model (I was debating between the A series and the S series for their small form factors and I ultimately bought a Coolpix S8000 thinking at the time I bought it that it was a recent modelā¦ WRONGā¦ According to Google it was released back in 2010!!!! And then Iām trying to figure out what happened? And where did I go wrong?!?! So then I decide to look up Coolpix S7000 and SOMEHOW THAT actually came out in 2015?!?!?!! What the HECK is going on with Nikonās Coolpix Seriesās and Naming Systems?! OMG can somebody please help try to explain it to me?ā¦
I feel like an idiot because I bought the Coolpix S8000 for $120 with NO REFUND and now I feel totally lost and like I made a huge mistake of a decisionā¦ š
Who can break down the Nikon naming System?ā¦
I was REALLY interested in the portable Coolpix A1000 but canāt afford the price and need to keep my budget under $200 and ideally around $120. š¢
HELP ME!!! š š š