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Summary: Not impressed
Review: My camera is currently back at Nikon being "fixed" after 4 months of ownership. It would freeze up and stop working. I had to adjust the brightness evry time I took a picture. The quality of the pictures I had developed were bad-grainy and dark. I went to a great film processor, too. Don't buy this camera!
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Summary: No punch in the batteries
Review: The Nikon Coolpix line is very good, BUT the flash battery capability on this model is almost worthless. Starting from a full charge, you get only about 3-4 flash shots, and the recycle time is unacceptably long in any case. I had a Nikon swivel 2100, and the battery system on that (rechargable lithium)was great. The 3100 really fell off the rails!
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Summary: Small but bulky
Review: It is small in size, but rather bulky if you want to keep it in your pocket. I've dropped mine several times and it still works fine. If you want to put the time/date stamp on a picture you can, but the print out on the picture is larger than normal and it isn't at the very corner of the picture.
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Summary: Perfect budget camera
Review: I'm an 18 year-old kid, and I wanted a camera I could take with me wherever I went to take pictures of my friends and such, but obviously, I'm shopping on a budget, so I didn't want to spend a lot... I was thinking along the idea of like a cell phone camera, only a) I find those to be rude and obnoxious, b) I wanted something that would take good quality photos, and c) I waned to be able to load them onto my computer. So my big issues were:1) Portability; had to be a small camera
2) Image quality; had to take good pictures
3) Cost; Wanted to get the most camera for my money (NOTE: This included other aspects of camera buying, such as batteries, memory, etc, not just the cost of the camera itself) I did a lot of shopping, both in stores and online, talked to a lot of people, and read a lot of reviews. In the end, it came down to this camera, and the Sony Cybershot DSC-P32. I was torn, an after carefully weighing the pros and cons of both cameras, I decided to go with this one; my moms old Nikon point-and-shoot never did her wrong, so I held my breath and bought this one. I must say, I was glad I did my homework. This camera is one of the best investments I've ever made. I've had it for about a month, and still don't have any -real- complaints. I understood how to use it right out of the box, and when I did have to use the documentation, it was very well written. It's small enough that I can carry it in my pocket whenever I go out with my friends, (note: I wear baggy-ish cargo pants) but still take very high quality pictures. The camera can be a little unstable with being used without the flash, but I've found that the BSS feature usually takes care of the cameras tendency to produce blurry pictures when used without a flash. The three big issues I have/had with this camera, and the ones everyone else seems to have are: 1) Battery Life
2) Memory
3) Flash/Movie mode/other performance issues 1) Battery Life: The battery life of the camera seemed to be a gripe everyone had. The Lithium battery that the camera came with lasted me through my 'play period,' when I was getting familiar with how the camera worked, as well as through my friends birthday party before it finally kicked the bucket. Obviously, this camera goes through regular alkaline dry cells like a fat kid through cake, but I bought some Panasonic Nickel Metal Hydride batteries w/ a charger for like 15 bucks, and those have been fine; I keep 2 in my camera, and 2 in my pocket in case they go dead. I would recommend taking as many pictures as you can WITHOUT the flash though, because the flash does put a lot of strain on the battetries... Memory: The camera comes with a 16MB card. This obviously isnt enough. One of the main reasons I bought ths camera was because it takes CompactFlash memory, not Sony's (more expensive) MemoryStick memory. Just splurge on the extra card; its well worth it, trust me. Or, be like me and wait for your birthday to roll around, and ask for it then :) Performance Issues: The flash can be very taxing on the battery, and you WILL get redeye if you dont use the redeye flash. But, the camera performs pretty well in most lights without flash, just make sure to use the BSS option, becaue your first pictures will come out blurry. It does, however, perform rather poorly in low light; restaurants have been of particular bother to me; because the flash is too bright and black out the background, but if I don't use it my pictures will come out yellow. In manual mode, it has a lot of things you can play with to rectify the situation though, just play with it to find out what works best for you. I find shutter conpensation to be the best remedy for this situation.
As far as movie mode goes, it's not a camcorder, it's a camera. If you want to make movies, go buy a camcorder. All in all, this is a great camera to take with you for those 'had to be there' shots, which is why I bought it. It's customizable, portable, efficient, and takes great pictures. Good for someone who doesn't know a lot about photography, but know what looks good and what doesn't. The camera isn't perfect, but I wasn't looking for perfection. It's a very well-rounded camera thats good for what it costs, and I personally don't regret buying it.
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Summary: Size is the only thing going for this one...
Review: Yes, it's lightweight and portable. And it's easy to hold in one hand. But that's about the only thing you'll enjoy about this camera. While the fact that it runs on two AA batteries might seem like a convenience, this camera runs through batteries so quickly that I always carry two extra pairs--of the expensive electronics-quality alkalines. The rechargeable batteries it comes with only hold a charge for ten or so pictures. And when the batteries run low, this camera is maddeningly slow as it records images onto the CF card and recharges the flash. The red-eye reduction is also quite slow and I have missed quite a few good pictures due to these delays. When I'm out with the family and want to take a few pictures, I almost always end up paying more attention to this camera than my kids. The pictures are decent but sometimes have a blue-ish or white-ish quality. I originally bought this camera for my wife; she'd have nothing to do with it and now it's mine. I bought her a Canon SureShot--it's a much better camera and worth the extra $$.
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Summary: Great camera, great price for what you get
Review: I love my camera, it is perfect for taking pictures at parties and other social gatherings. One thing about this camera that I don't like a whole lot is that it takes a pretty long time for it to focus up and get ready to take a picture, but from my experience this is the case with almost all digital cameras. I like the "continuous" setting, which lets you take lots of pictures right after one another, but the pictures come out with a blue tint and are not fun to look at. I also wish it had more zoom, which I should have thought of earlier, because I use this little fella to take pictures of airplanes which you usually can't get really close to. 3x is enough zoom for the average joe taking pictures of his friends, but if you are going to be taking pics of nature etc where more zoom is needed, there are a few cameras out there with 12x zoom that you should look into. This camera does have digital zoom, but the quality becomes very poor when used to it's max. Scene modes are pretty neat, in my experience they take about the same quality picture as the automatic mode. The landscape feature has proved useful for ground shots because it gives you reference lines across the screen so you can level your picture right there. Great camera, high quality pictures, easy to use, buy the rechargeable batteries and you will be all set.
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Summary: More experience - Update on previous review
Review: Writing an update to my review of last November. My main concerns then were battery life, shutter lag. I've now switched from rechargable 2300mah AA batteries to the CRV3 Lithium batteries and find a BIG improvement in battery life. First the rechargeable batteries don't have much of an in-camera shelf life, they'll static discharge in a week. Second for some reason the CRV3 batteries will take many more exposures. Am now looking for rechargeble CRV3 batteries. Second, shutter lag shouldn't be much of a problem if you use the "sport" mode on the dial on top. Used this camera at the Macau Gran Prix, and had no problem capturing the action of F3 cars. Will take several exposures in rapid succession, about 1.5 frames a second on 1024x780 resolution. Do wish the flash was stronger, pics at holiday party came out a bit on the dark side, and I seem to have a problem getting white balance adjusted All and all, a great little camera for the purpose it's made for.
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Summary: Great little camera
Review: My first digital camera. The ONLY downside is the delay between the time you press the shutter release (w/flash) and the actual opening of the shutter, but even that can be handled as you get used to it. The picture quality is magnificent. Using cropping, I've made some 8x10 blow-ups of some pretty small croppings, with great results - very fine detail, NOT grainy, great color, etc. The camera body shape allows you to hang on to the camera easily, while still offering the advantages of a very small camera - even pocket-sized (with moderate to large pockets). With a 256Mb flash card, I get 315 highest pixel pictures. You just keep on clicking. It's great.
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Summary: Depend on user, automatic can be advantage or disadvantage
Review: The camera is very easy to use, everything is done automaticaly for you. Because all is automatic, the camera doesn't have manual setting you can play with. The only manual setting you can do are only white balance and exposure compensation, but I don't call it manual setting, but "helper" to trick the environtmental condition. Hence, this camera is:
- Recommended for people who wants to take high quality picture instantly, without being troubled with any setting.
- Not recommended for those who wants to do creative process, as they cannot play with exposure, ISO or shutter speed. The picture quality is averagely very good in day-outdoor, but not really good in the night or indoor because camera automaticaly set to high ISO in low light condition that makes picture grainy.
The flash distance range is not far or strong, lower than average digicams in the class. Thus the flash is not really a complete help for low light condition (depend on severity). The Night Portrait assist mode is the solution for low light or night shot, but you need a tripod, otherwise the picture will be blured because the camera will capture light for 2-4 secs, shaking hands will drag the light. Pros:
- Everything can be operated by only one hand, very compact and fit to hand grip perfectly.
- Good quality picture in day outdoor
- It's automatic function works well in supportive condition Cons:
- Pictures are grainy in low light condition
- No sound for movie
- No manual setting
- Poor flash
- Batteries come in the box from Nikon are bad. Please use recognized rechargeable batteries brand instead.
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Summary: Great camera after battery problem solved
Review: I bought this camera in a hurry not really knowing what the full features or reviews were. I found it to be a great little compact camera that was very easy to use. Definitely not meant for action shots because of the delay. For awhile I was having problems with the batteries wearing out after 3 or 4 photos & was ready to return it. I invested in Panasonic rechargeable batteries & have not had any problems since. The Nikon View software that is included is also a big plus - it's kind of like your own photo shop complete with effects, text, retouch, crop, etc...I even learned how to fix "dog eye". Fun to play around with.
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