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WiFi cameras announced by Nikon - preview available

The value of a WiFi camera is, apparently, "great". Explanation: "This is great because it means no need for messy cables or even Flash memory card readers. Pictures can simply be transferred wirelessly to a Wi-Fi enabled computer or printer."

The Coolpix P2 (and P1) camera was announced by Nikon with a guide price of Guide price £279.99, and has already been flagged on Trusted Reviews, which highlighted the wireless feature.

In fact, the real advantage of WiFi in a camera won't appear until wireless photo-booths become widespread, making it possible to get printout photos while away from home.

Current photo booths for digital photography tend to take digital memory card in slots, and some have Bluetooth.

The wireless was flagged by Imaging Resource: "When shooting with wireless LAN enabled, you can either shoot in Shoot & Transfer Transfer mode (images are transferred to the PC as they are shot), Easy Transfer mode (whereby you can select certain images or dates from which images should be transferred), or Wireless Print modes (where you can print directly to PictBridge-enabled printers."

The potential problems: "In Live Transfer mode, you can select to have images stored on flash memory as well as being transferred to your computer, although the default is to transfer the images and not save them locally."

According to News.com, Nikon will sell an adapter for $49.95 in October that can connect the cameras to printers equipped with PictBridge technology.