The Coolpix 990 has exposure compensation and auto-bracketing capabilities. Nikon produces optional Coolpix lenses, including fisheye, wide-angle, and telephoto lenses. The camera accepts CompactFlash memory cards. The C-3030 Zoom features a 3X optical zoom and both USB and serial connectivity. The camera offers 15 modes of resolution, including five uncompressed TIFF modes.
Users can record sound during the video recording as well.
In normal still mode, users can record four seconds of sound for each image. An inspection mode on the LCD screen allows users to inspect image details at 3X magnification. The camera comes with a 16MB SmartMedia card, Adobe PhotoDeluxe, and Enroute Imaging QuickStitch panorama stitching software. Thus, the images it captures should have less noise than those captured by cameras with smaller CCDs. It is USB-compatible and accepts SmartMedia cards.