• 4,896-step Multi-Area Auto Focus for quick composition without interruption.
• 50-Step Manual focus for complete creative control plus Macro focus as close as 0.8 inches.
• Fully Automatic, Shutter Priority, and Aperture Priority Exposure Modes for great photos without hassle.
• Full Manual Exposure Control for unlimited creative uses.
• 2 Frame Per Second full resolution image capture, 30 fps QVGA, and 15 fps QVGA Movies for 40 seconds in Motion-JPEG mode.
• High-Speed USB Connectivity for plug and play simplicity.
• Accepts all optional Coolpix lenses and accessories including Fisheye, Wide-Angle, and Telephoto for the greatest expandability and versatility in any situation.
• Connect up to five Nikon Speedlights with optional bracket to light up any scene.

The Nikon Coolpix 990 is the first of the new wave of 3.34-megapixel resolution digital cameras. It retains the best features of the Coolpix 950 like the razor sharp Nikkor 3x zoom lens, the closest macro capability of any digicam, the highly durable magnesium alloy body and the unique swiveling lens design.

It now includes many of the user-requested improvements (CF card slot on side, USB connectivity, improved battery life, better LCD) and adds powerful new features like multizone autofocus, autoexposure bracketing, Flexible Program mode and a 7-blade iris diaphragm for real depth of field control.

The 990's 3.34 megapixel CCD delivers a non-interpolated image resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels with an uncompressed TIFF image file of just under 10MB in size. Recording modes include still image capture at up to 2 frames per second in full resolution, 320 x 240 QVGA at 30 frames per second and a new movie mode that shoots 40 seconds of QVGA Motion-JPEG at 15 fps.