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Summary: Good case for only the camera
Review: This case fits the camera well, along with space for an extra battery and several compact flash cards. DO NOT buy this case if you use filters. There is no extra space for the large 67mm adapter or the filters themselves.
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Summary: THIS CASE SUCKS! - FRAGILE, NO STROAGE, CAN DAMAGE LNS
Review: THis case looks great & is $$ cheap, but is realy for the casual user & not a "working bag". The belt loop will eventually tear away & will allow your over-priced camera to crash to the ground ! This has happened to be. Another annoyance - the way the camera is loaded into the bag - it is very easy to inadvertantly turn the camera on - which will bugger up the lens drive motor/mechanism as it tries to force the lens "out" against the bags close-confining sidewall !!!!! This also happened to me in Paris where I had to buy another camera to get me though my trip! ( where I had to carry this Nikon around because of the dead lens ) ...It also only has room for a couple batteries & perhaps another media card. It really a storage bag for when the camera is not in use - it is very fiddly to get the camera in & out when you are using the camera over extended periods. Get the TAMERON, or the "other" NIKON bag that is bigger. Photoflex also has cool bags ..
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Summary: THIS CASE SUCKS! - FRAGILE, NO STROAGE, CAN DAMAGE LNS
Review: THis case looks great & is $$ cheap, but is realy for the casual user & not a "working bag". The belt loop will eventually tear away & will allow your over-priced camera to crash to the ground ! This has happened to be. Another annoyance - the way the camera is loaded into the bag - it is very easy to inadvertantly turn the camera on - which will bugger up the lens drive motor/mechanism as it tries to force the lens "out" against the bags close-confining sidewall !!!!! This also happened to me in Paris where I had to buy another camera to get me though my trip! ( where I had to carry this Nikon around because of the dead lens ) ...It also only has room for a couple batteries & perhaps another media card. It really a storage bag for when the camera is not in use - it is very fiddly to get the camera in & out when you are using the camera over extended periods. Get the TAMERON, or the "other" NIKON bag that is bigger. Photoflex also has cool bags ..
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Summary: bag for 8700
Review: This is a quality bag for the price. It is a little small and tight for the Nikon Coolpix 8700.
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Summary: Watch Out!!
Review: This is a very good camera if you intend to use it right out of the box exactly as it is. In my case, I always considered it a must to protect the lens with a UV filter. I reckoned that if I damage the lens on a camera of this nature, it's finished. However, attempting to acquire a UV filter for the 5700 or 8700 was a four month nightmare. My last camera was an Olympus C2500. It is an extremely fine camera in every respect except it was only 2.5 megapixels. Even so, reasonably sized images were excellent and with great foresight, Olympus threaded the end of the barrel to accept filters. The Nikon products are not threaded and require a confusing array of adapters and filters. So confusing that Nikon kept sending the wrong parts for 3 months. Neither the dealer, Wolf Camera, nor Nikon Technical support knew what they were talking about resulting in wrong parts coming and going for over three months. So plan on the fact that Nikon Technical support does not fully understand their own products and you will likely have to do your own research and waste lot's of time. Finally B & H camera in New York said they knew what I needed. So I spent even more money and the filter adapter and filters arrived. For the first time, the adapter was correct, but the filter and adapter ring caused shots to come out very dark. Evidently, the Tiffen adapter blocked some sort of sensor. The B & H tech asked me to unscrew the filter and adapter and see it the camera worked with just the barrel on it. It did. So I thought I might spend the $119.00 Nikon requires for their filter set. HOWEVER . . . I found the long barrel of the filter adapter causes a dark semi-circle on the images when using the standard flash. Another call to Nikon Technical support confirmed "THIS IS PERFECTLY NORMAL." I think most of you would agree that on a camera of this caliber, dark circles of an image at night are not acceptable. So, back to my original thought, if you intend to use the camera right out of the box it takes good shots. If you feel you might want to extend its capability or protect it with attachments or filters, you could be very disappointed. I've wasted four months just trying to protect the lens with a UV filter. I will be attempting to return the unit to the president of NIKON. A good camera should not generate this much frustration.
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Summary: Nikon's best yet.
Review: This is a well-made prosumer camera. It is light, compact and powerful, with outstanding features that create more picture opportunities for serious hobbyists. A brief list of helpful features is: 8x zoom lens; electonic viewfinder; easily accessible menu to control and enhance results; raw, tiff and 3 jpeg formats; pop-up flash and external flash attachment,etc, etc. This is Nikon's best effort to date. Have fun!
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Summary: Great Advanced Amateur/Novice Camera.
Review: This is without a doubt, an exceptional camera. I've had mine for a little under a year and I have NO complaints about it. I bought a 512 MB card to go with it shortly after getting the camera and I get about 800 pics on the lowest exposure, which is PLENNY of detail for emailing or use on a non photography centered website. Even if the rough image must be cropped down to achieve the final picture. And 5 megapixel has always been more than I've needed for backdrops, prints, and anything I've needed to do with my photos so far. I get good battery life, and the major controls are immediately understandable, although this camera definitely has more than enough depth and features that will keep you reaching for the manual till you get used to the camera.Two caveats, one - it looks like CF mem will soon be replaced with CF II. Although CF mem will still be around, it wil definitely put a time limit on how long you can use the camera. two - either get a card reader, or get a larger card (which u'll need) that comes with a USB reader, most good cards (mine is lexar) do this. All in all, the camera is SPECTACULAR!!!
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Summary: Great Advanced Amateur/Novice Camera.
Review: This is without a doubt, an exceptional camera. I've had mine for a little under a year and I have NO complaints about it. I bought a 512 MB card to go with it shortly after getting the camera and I get about 800 pics on the lowest exposure, which is PLENNY of detail for emailing or use on a non photography centered website. Even if the rough image must be cropped down to achieve the final picture. And 5 megapixel has always been more than I've needed for backdrops, prints, and anything I've needed to do with my photos so far. I get good battery life, and the major controls are immediately understandable, although this camera definitely has more than enough depth and features that will keep you reaching for the manual till you get used to the camera. Two caveats, one - it looks like CF mem will soon be replaced with CF II. Although CF mem will still be around, it wil definitely put a time limit on how long you can use the camera. two - either get a card reader, or get a larger card (which u'll need) that comes with a USB reader, most good cards (mine is lexar) do this. All in all, the camera is SPECTACULAR!!!
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Summary: it's for coolpix 5700
Review: well made case. I expected this made in japan - not in china. Except that so far so good. totally agree with bikerken.
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