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We bought this camera after our old Coolpix got dropped and broke. We also found if you do not make sure to click the battery back in it turns on but then quickly shuts off. This one works OK but some times when you turn it off the lense gets hung up and does not close. We then have to push it back into the camera. This is a little confusing. We do not like having to remove the battery to recharge.If you set the picture to hi-res the picture quality is great.This is our second Coolpix but we will look at other brands next time.
Well that is not the case - I am so very surprised every time I see the pics that come out of this camera - they are just simply amazing. My main camera is a Canon 1D MkIII, I needed a small camera for my work, which involves overseas travel and technical pics. I have always been skeptical of compacts photo quality and I must say every time I takes pics with this camera I expect the worst. I highly reccomend this camera for any pics you may want to take ( except for high speed sports of course ). I have pictures of clouds I took out of a plane window that I did not expect to even come out - that are totally awesome.Get one.
I got this camera in Feb. All seems normal now). The lens jams easily.
It has worked great until today (July 2009): I tried to turn the camera on and received a lens error message and the lens would not come out. People have had this occur within a week of buying it. 2009.
To repair it costs almost as much as the camera. It is NOT covered under warranty because supposedly I bumped or jarred the camera. I looked it up online and it turns out that this is a VERY common problem.
With nothing to lose, I tried prying the lens out (nothing happened), holding down the off/ on switch and the focus button at the same time (ditto), and smacking it against my hand a few times (that worked- yay. I am very disappointed that Nikon has not fixed this problem in ANY of the Coolpix models.
So, soccer moms.this is not the camera. I always enjoyed Nikon and this camera has been a huge disappointed. I takes along time to do quick action pictures compared to other cameras. It also picks up a lot of red in burnette hair. BIG BIG BIG DISAPPOINTMENT for Nikon.
The camera is nice for its compact size and large screen. The pictures are sharp and clear, and the camera comes with tons of different functions that are more than just fancy titles. I bought this camera to upgrade from a 5 megapixel Kodak, and I was pleased as soon as I opened the box. The only thing that bothers me about the camera is the optical zoom. The Night Landscape function was particularly impressive; a steady hand or, even better, a tripod will take awesome pictures of low light scenes. Battery life is decent, but a spare wouldn't be a bad idea. My last camera had a 10x optical, so it was a little disappointing to go down to a 4x, but that's pretty standard for your average digital point-and-shoot. I'm very pleased with this product.
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