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Summary: Excellent Camera
Review: I borrowed this camera from a friend to take with me on vacation when my film camera broke. The camera performed flawlessly and I have printed out a number of absolutely spectacular photos from it. Very Impressed!
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Summary: Disappointed!
Review: I bought this camera because I believed that the Nikon name insured that I would get a quality camera. I have owned a Kodak 1 megapixel camera, and have used it for over a year with excellent results. The Nikon, however, took a lot of tweaking to get average pictures. I took the camera in to a local camera shop, and tried it side by side versus some of the other 3 megapixel cameras (Canon, Olympus). The results were pretty shocking. All cameras were set to their highest resolution and set to "Auto," and the pictures were taken by camera professionals. They were disappointed in what they were selling. The biggest disappointment I have is that the reviews I found on-line (dpreview.com, et al.) were very favorable towards this camera. If you are looking at a 3 megapixel camera, find a store that will let you try out several cameras FIRST, then buy.
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Summary: one year old 880
Review: I cannot say that this camera is bad but for the one year that I owned it, I keep wishing that I can attached a bigger and brighter flash for the indoor group shots. It does everything exceptionally well outdoor however, the indoor group shots is off the mark for insufficient flash... the pictures of group shot look dark and a bit out of focus on the outer edge. The lack of hot shoe and the lack of external flash terminal make indoor photographers, like myself, aching for more...If you never have to do indoor photo of more than two or three persons in a groupd then it is a camera for you. If you are serious, check out Canon G2 or Nikon 5000. Both has all you ever wanted in a digital camera.
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Summary: Watch out for that tiny flash
Review: I cannot say that this camera is bad but for the one year that I owned it, I keep wishing that I can attached a bigger and brighter flash for the indoor group shots. It does everything exceptionally well outdoor however, the indoor group shots is off the mark for insufficient flash... the pictures of group shot look dark and a bit out of focus on the outer edge. The lack of hot shoe and the lack of external flash terminal make indoor photographers, like myself, aching for more... If you never have to do indoor photo of more than two or three persons in a groupd then it is a camera for you. If you are serious, check out Canon G2 or Nikon 5000. Both has all you ever wanted in a digital camera.
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Summary: Highly recommend Nikon Coolpix 880
Review: I have been looking for another digital camera since my first camera (minolta dimage 1500 zoom)was a total disappointment. For the past six weeks I've researched the Internet (Steve's Review, DPReview, Imaging Resources, etc) comparing, as my final choices the Canon Powershot 20, the Fujifilm 4700 and the Coolpix 880. My main criteria are 3 megapixel and being able to take it along wherever I go in my pocket. After reading all the reviews I decided to go for the Coolpix especially considering the ability to do some manual adjustments with the camera, although I consider myself a novice/amateur. I got my camera from Amazon.com four days after I ordered it. I got my rechargeable battery and charger at another internet site where it was cheaper. After playing with the different controls of the camera I was able to even use the manual control and was very impressed with the pictures. I was not impressed with the "Scene" mode at all. I prefer the CSM, P and A mode which was very easy to use and get perfect results. The "Auto" mode also works very well. The quality of the pictures and the ease of control is almost like night and day in comparison to my prior digital camera. For anyone considering a 3 megapixel digital camera I would recommend this, with the reminder to also get the rechargeable batteries at the same time. The battery that came with the camera did not last long. It lasted only long enough to enable me to study the different functions of the camera and was able to take only a few pictures with the original battery. I would have rated this camera as 5 stars if not for the limited aperture control of only two.
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Summary: Excellent Compact Digital Camera
Review: I have been waiting years for an affordable digital camera that could produce satisfactory prints and am more than satisfied with this product. The image quality is superb and the camera is a joy to use. The layout is clean, functional and easy to learn. The one button review feature is extremely helpful in making quick decisions on keeping a photo. I shoot a lot from the water and the compact size and light weight make it ideal for traveling. Nikon has a real winner here.
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Summary: one year old 880
Review: I have had this camera one year and am still impressed with the quality of it's pictures. It certainly has some flaws ( flash pictures, noisy auto focus) but anyone who claims that this camera doesn't take fantastic pictures doesn't know how to use it or has a broken camera.
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Summary: wonderful--but hellish install for Win ME users!!!
Review: I have only had my camera for a month, so regard these as first impressions. The camera is quite intuitive and good in usability (and I should know because I work as a usability engineer!), with enough controls and default features to satisfy anybody. I had an absolutely hellish time installing it with usb on Windows ME. I have since learned that Win ME and USB devices like this one are a major pain in the neck!!! I spent a lot of time with technical support troubleshooting this device. Hours!! But once it was installed, everything was okay. The package came with Adobe Photo Deluxe, which I'm ashamed to confess to loving (it handles a lot of stuff I used to do with Photoshop) The good thing is that their technical support is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week, a really remarkable thing!!!I bought a 96 MB card, which carries about 60-70 pictures at fine. I found the default settings (night, fireworks, landscape) to not work particularly well, but this may be my inexperience showing. This camera really drains memory, and apparently it seems that the LED display must be on for the camera to take pictures. One problem I noticed is that the auto-shutoff feature doesn't work particularly well, and you have to always be on top of that. (sometimes I have to actually remove the batteries to turn it off). The battery charge display is somewhat misleading. A lot of time when it powers up it will show full power, but a minute later, that indicator will indicate only a quarter charge. I'm not a pro, but I had so much fun taking pictures and playing around with the settings.
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Summary: Nikon 880 Great camera - Bad battery choice by Nikon
Review: I have previously owned a Nikon 800 and looked forward to the update with the 880. The camera is very impressive in terms of quality of photos and they hay have improved the ease in which you can functionally use the camera features from the 800. There are a number of features such as the preset scenes that are great to assist in certain situations. I bought it based on the previous experience with Nikon, but their decision to use a special camera battery instead of common AA alkaline, lithium or rechargeable batteries has left me with an expensive choice of options. I take a lot of pictures and the battery life in this particular camera is very short, so I can either use the rechargable batteries (which can be a problem in traveling), purchase a number of expensive photo style batteries or another third party battery supply pack (cumbersome). That type of battery cannot usually be found in rural areas that I travel. The other problem is that the base for a tripod does not have a provision for the alignment hole that some tripods have on the mounting plate. I still like the compactflash memory card and I have purchased a higher capacity card for this and other applications I have owned a number of digital cameras over the last five years for both work and personal activities and this is probably the best features for the price and size of camera. I have found that I am looking to other alternative for the future that may or may not include this particular camera. While I would highly recommend this camera for it's usefulness and features, I would be very apprehensive and cognizant of the battery issue. Also, if I could find a suitable e-mail address for customer service at NikonUSA, I would probably let them know of this issue.
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Summary: Great Camera
Review: I have used my Nikon for one year and have had no problems nor issues. The 885 does add audio to it's movie mode which would be nice. This is a great point and shoot and is good if you are familiar with manual controls also. I have owned three Olympus, two Sony, and have used many other Canon and Minolta units- for the money this camera is great.
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