I am really impressed with the Nikon P7100's (and the P7000's) ability to render detail, even when substantially cropped. This photo was taken at about 177mm and was cropped from 10MP to about 2.8MP before downsizing to 837x770 pixels.
Nikon COOLPIX P7100
, Best at original size. 1/1600s f/5.6 at 37.0mm (174mm equivalent) iso100 cropped RAW/LRoom/Photoshop
full exif