[4] The camera is capable of zooming 5x with a wide angle lens, has an ISO setting range from 80 to 6400 which can be selected automatically or adjusted manually, and a built in projector that can project an image of 5 inches (130 mm) to 40 inches (1,000 mm) in size and an approximate distance of 26 centimetres (10 in) to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in).

[2] The camera also features a 2.7 inch diagonal screen which is powered 230,000-dots of resolution with an anti-glare coating.

When projecting continuously, the camera has a battery life of approximately one hour.

[5][6] The Coolpix S1000pj also incorporates Nikon's Smart Portrait System, which includes automatic built in red-eye correction, face priority autofocus (which allows automatic focusing on up to 12 faces), "blink warning and proof", in which users will be warned if the picture taken has subjects with their eyes closed, and a "smile timer," in which the camera waits until a face in the frame smiles to automatically take the picture.

[4][7] The camera package includes a rechargeable Li-ion battery (EN-EL12), battery charger (MH-65), USB cable (UC-E6), audio video cable (EG-CP14), strap (AN-CP19), projector stand (ET-2), and remote control (ML-L4).