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Summary: Awesome little camera.....perfect for beginners!
Review: After doing weeks of research online, I finally took the plunge
and purchased the Coolpix 2200. It's stylish, compact, and very
easy to use. It literally took me less than 10 minutes from the
time I opened the package to the time I started snapping pictures.
It's my first digital camera, and I'm very impressed. The price
is reasonable (under $150) for the many features it contains. Highly recommended!
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Summary: not as expected
Review: After reading all the reviews on this little camera, I figured it would be a safe bet. I was very dissapointed. It is a great camera to carry around, if you just want to capture events and don't care much about quality. The macro is horrible. Most of the pictures I take with this are deleted.
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Summary: Perfect Camera for 4 X 6" Prints
Review: First of all, this is an amazing deal because you can get it with a SanDisk 256MB SD Card for under $200! Also, Amazon.com sells the Sony Battery Charger with 4 AA rechargeable batteries (2100mAh high capacity) for under $20 (No super saver shipping, though), which makes up everything you need to take pictures.The design of this Nikon entry level camera is anything but "entry". It shares the same excellent body and Nikkor lens as the 3MP Cooolpix 3200 and 4MP 4100, which cost up to 2 times the price. Using an analogy to cars, you know you're getting a good deal when your $10,000 car shares the same chassis and design as a fancier, souped-up $20,000 model! Strangely, some Coolpix 2200/3200/4100 I saw are Made in Japan, while some are Made in China. This indicates that the series is either made by Nikon itself, or at least by a quality Japanese OEM maker such as Sanyo, which operates factories in China. This Coolpix is also different from other low cost digital cameras because it's not OEMed or made by some crappy and unknown subcontractor. I also looked at an alternative "budget" digital camera, the Optio 30 by Pentax. It's a 3-Megapixel camera that costs $30 more. But be warned, it really looks like a budget model! WHAT MIGHT INTEREST YOU, however, are 2 features. One is live histogram, which shows you if the exposure is favorable. The other feature, which I think all digital cameras should have, is automatic interval shooting (Lapse-time Photography). You can set the Pentax to shoot a picture every X seconds, so you can actually compose a video of a flower growing, the sun setting, your documented trip to the supermaket (camera mounted inside the car windshield), or, if you have an Radio Controlled Helicopter/Plane, a bird's eye video, all at upt to 3MP resolution. Since you can take about 200 pictures with the 256MB card, without the cost of film, you can really set the camera to work automatically and forget about it. The results should be fun! If you're after a simple camera for 4 X 6" prints that's designed like a jewel, get the Coolpix 2200. If you want to explore the new features digital photography offers, get the Pentax, although you will have to give up the curvy, grip-friendly design for a boxy one. A technical note on the 2200/3200/4100 series zoom: Optics are the same, only the sensor resolution and CCD size is different (1/2.7" vs 1/3.2"). THe 2MP sensor is slightly smaller, hence the minor difference in optical zoom range between Coolpix 3200/4100.
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Summary: A high quality point and shoot camera
Review: For anyone mainly going to make small prints, put snapshots on the web or Email to friends and family, 2 megapixels is just right. I think 3 times optical zoom also falls into the same use category. The major camera manufacturers all have models like this in the same price range. I shopped around for a digital camera for quite a while and I bought the Nikon Coolpix 2200 and I highly recommend it as a high quality point and shoot camera. Pros:
- Nikon has a great reputation.
- It takes consistently good pictures in Automatic mode.
- The menus are very readable and easy to navigate.
- It comes with rechargeable bateries and a charger.
- It is nice and small but easy to grip.
- It feels solid and well made.
- It has a 2-year warranty Cons:
- NikonView software is not compatible with Windows 98 (my computer)
- No manual shutter or aperture adjustment Most of my pictures so far have been taken in Auto mode. There are lots of settings and options but it takes a while to get used to them. The camera offers scene modes that let you compensate for different lighting conditions. I took a picture of my house with the sun behind it and surprise, the house is all in shadows. Alot of my pictures were improved by using different settings the camera offers. Compared to other digitals, this camera has minimal delay in taking pictures. You can shoot a picture in about one and a half seconds or use one of the options to shoot continuous pictures. The best shot selector mode automatically picks the clearest shot for you. Another thing I'm happy about. Some cameras have lots of people complaining about their camera eating up batteries. I have been fooling around with the Nikon for about a week and taken hundreds of pictures and some movies too. Following a full charge, the low battery warning came on after a few days of almost constant use and then lasted for almost another day before it stopped working. The batteries and charger that come with it seem great. A full recharge only takes about two hours. My computer has Windows 98 so I can't use the Nikon software or download pictures directly from the camera to my computer. I can't use the camera's internal memory so I had to buy a memory card and card reader. The 128 MB card seems quite adequate too. The setting I am using gives me about 125 pictures per card.
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Summary: The perfect digital camera
Review: For those who want everything but could care less about superfluous ultra high-end features; this is your digital camera. The 2 megapixel resolution is more than enough in my opinion. This is obviously not the camera for you if you are a design professional that needs the absolute top-of-the-line features, but for the rest of us, this camera is gold. There are a hefty amount of cool features, and the image quality is amazing. I am a computer artist and very demanding of my tools - this camera not only met my expectations - but exceeded them. Buy with confidence and without trepidation!
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Summary: I Love This Camera!
Review: I bought one of these a couple months ago, and I think it's great. I have considerable experience with an older 1.4 MP Olympus, and also a 2 MP Casio and a 4 MP Minolta, and this beats the heck out of all of them.
It's far smaller and handier than any of them.
It's much cheaper than those cameras were new.
It has optical zoom, which I believe is much superior to digital zoom and probably makes this equal in many ways to a 3+ megapixel camera with only digital zoom.
It takes SUPER close-up pictures of flowers, fingerprints, etc.
It takes pictures in near-total darkness -- while hand held no less -- that appear adequately sharp and much brighter than the scenes appeared to my eyes when I took them.
It takes great photos of fireworks without any special setting.
Unlike the other digital cameras I used before, it DOES NOT exaggerate the contrast between sunlit and shaded areas. No more faces turned into featureless blackness by what appeared to my eyes to be minor shadows.
The power switch is a good design -- it's recessed and separate from the rotary mode switch. Some other cameras I've used or looked at had exposed power switches or had "OFF" as one of many positions on an easily-bumped rotary mode switch. The way all digital cameras eat batteries, you don't want to turn them on by accident.
On the down side, it could have had snappier "clicks" on the mode switch to avoid the minor annoyance of turning on the camera in the wrong mode. It could have had a handy switch to turn the display screen off, allowing you to save power while taking pictures with the viewfinder. The viewfinder could be sealed against the entry of dust better; some dust got into mine. And it could have come with a case, which I know they could have made in China for less than a dollar.
But overall I think this is a great camera and an excellent compromise between price, quality, and size. I use it largely for e-mailing photos of my life in Japan back to my family, but it has enough of those pixel things to make decent-sized prints too. I recommend it highly.
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Summary: Couldn't be happier
Review: I bought this camera through Amazon after careful consideration. I researched cameras within my price range and I was debating between this camera and one with a 3 megapixel of a different brand. The reviews for this one sold me, and I bought it. I am quite pleased with this camera. Although it is 2 megapixels, the picture quality is excellent -- even better than my old Sony camera which was a 3 megapixel. The pictures turn out crisp and clear even on a lower resolution setting. Another thing I like about the camera is the weight. Or should I say, the lack of weight. It is the lightest camera of a decent size that I've held thus far. This makes it extremely portable. The settings are also excellent. There is a mode where you can choose a particular light setting and shutter speed based on the type of envrionment you are in (eg: party, fireworks, cloudy, sunrise, sunset...) The bottom line is that this camera is great. When you go with a brand like Nikon that ONLY makes cameras, you know that they know what they are doing.
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Summary: This camera stands for Nikon reputation
Review: I Bought this camera to upgrade my one-year old Olympus D520. Compared to D520, coolpix 2200 gives more options for exposure, which produces more realistic color picture. I like the design and color of the camera body. Most importantly, the quality of photo is amazing in most cases. It is truly good product from Nikon name.
Two minor things that I do not like are: there is no botton to turn on/off LCD (2100 has it). And transferring photos from camera to PC is not easy as Olympus D520. The software included needs to be improved. But these are minors and I can live on.
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Summary: Great Camera for 1st time digital user
Review: I got the Nikon 2200 for Christmas from my hubby. I usually go on line first and research and compare and check reviews, etc.
Since this was a surprise to me, I was hesitant, because it was my first digital camera and I had planned to purchase a "small" and really easy-to-use one. When I opened the box, I was impressed by the compact size (nice and small) to fit my purse or bag. I love using it because it is "FUN" to just "click-away" at every opportunity. The pictures are sharp and clear. The internal memory only takes about 16 pictures. I purchased an SD card for about 128 photos which is fine for my average photo taking episodes. My hubby was truly surprised I liked it so much, because I usually prefer gift certificates instead of gifts.
However, there's only one down side to the Coolpix 2200: the power runs out FAST! I'll take others' advice and purchase the re-chargeable batteries. Other than that, it is wonderful!
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Summary: what an upgrade from a HP camera that is only 2 years old
Review: I have an HP 315 and this new Nikon absolutely blows it away and it was like $150.00 less that I paid just 2 years ago. Easy to setup. Great picture quality and the flash is much much better than others I've tried. Nikon has a great track record. I think this camera bolsters that attention to detail.
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