Nikon COOLPIX L810 16.1 MP Digital Camera with 26x Zoom NIKKOR ED Glass Lens and 3-inch LCD (Black) (OLD MODEL)

Nikon COOLPIX L810 16.1 MP Digital Camera with 26x Zoom NIKKOR ED Glass Lens and 3-inch LCD (Black) (OLD MODEL)

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• 16.1 Megapixel CCD sensor,Connectivity: AV Output, HDMI C (Mini), USB 2.0
• 26x Zoom-Nikkor ED glass lens,Image Size (pixels): 4608 x 3456 (16M)
• Top Continuous Shooting Speed at full resolution: Up to 4 shots at approx. 1.2 frames per second
• HD (720p) Movies with Stereo Sound,3-inch Ultra high resolution (921,000 dot) LCD
• Exposure Metering : 256-segment matrix, center-weighted
• 16.1 Megapixel CCD sensor,Connectivity: AV Output, HDMI C (Mini), USB 2.0
• 26x Zoom-NIKKOR ED glass lens

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Brand : Nikon
Category : Electronics,Camera & Photo,Digital Cameras,Point & Shoot Digital Cameras
Rating : 4.3
Review Count : 964

Nikon COOLPIX L810 16.1 MP Digital Camera with 26x Zoom NIKKOR ED Glass Lens and 3-inch LCD (Black) (OLD MODEL)

• I purchased the L810 August 2012 (about 1 year ago), so I\'ve had quite a bit of time to try it out. This was my first upgrade camera from using basic ~$100 Nikon models like the P60 and L28 (although my very first was a Kodak easy share).Pros:~I chose the camera in Blue. The color is rich and I haven\'t had any major issues with it chipping.~My cameras come with me everywhere, so it\'s been through a lot and is holding up pretty well. I have dropped it once (only about 3 months ago) and it only sustained a corner chip (that\'s all that is apparent). The performance of the camera has not been affected.~When the lighting is high, especially on sunny days, photos are stunning and crisp, especially macros (the type of photos I take most often).~This camera takes SD cards, so it was an easy upgrade (although later I purchased an SD with a higher class to improve recording on card speed).~You can fit quite a bit in the shot when lense is fully zoomed out.~ (might be a con for some people)Although it isn\'t a DLSR, it kind of looks like one.Some people have even asked me which Nikon DLSR it was! It\'s my dream to own a DLSR, but I don\'t have the money for that yet (college is expensive). This camera feels similar to a DLSR when you hold it (as close to the dream as I can get, for now).Neutral:*Because the lense is a little too big for the camera, sometimes wider shots will have curve distortions in the corners. It\'s not significant enough to bother me, and I have actually used this defect to take some awesome, creative perspective shots.*Manual setting: The manual light/exposure setting is OK. The camera can be finicky.*Setting: Sometimes settings within the camera are sometimes difficult to find, such as formatting card. This is frustrating when I need to work quickly because my subjects don\'t always wait for me (organisms).*The lense has to be open/exposed too review pictures. I would have liked it if there was an option to \"close lense\" while reviewing pictures. My cheap $50 FujiFilm that I take along when fishing automatically closes its lense after you start reviewing images about 1 minute.*Darker lighting shots and extreme contrast lighting tend to be very warm. This can usually be fixed with software, but I\'ve had instances where there was no hope.Negative:*Using the flash: Occasionally when I need the flash and pop it up (esp. for dark macro shots), the camera doesn\'t recognize this and I have to fight with the camera to accept the flash manually.*Lense is very easy to destroy. Only a month after owning this camera, there was already dust under the lense. I always keep the cap on, and I never exposed my lense to extreme wind or beach conditions. The dust is not visible in most shots, but I know it is there. At certain zoom levels, one of the dust specs create a blurry spot. I am pretty sure that Nikon would fix this problem if I sent the camera in, but it\'s probably expensive. I never looked into it, though(and I dislike paying shipping).*Dark lighting; This was my BIGGEST disappointment from this camera. It\'s horrible for low-light situations. My friend\'s cell phone camera was getting better quality low-light photos than me. Whenever I want a low-light shot, such as a picture of a moth at night, I have to wear a head light and hold a flashlight in my left hand while trying to take a picture. When I use the flash, it only works for objects close-mid distance away. Very close objects get super-exposed, and father objects are non-existent. Also, as the lighting gets darker, the fuzzies get harsher. I know, this isn\'t a pro-camera. But I would have liked it to handle low light a little better for the price.*Energy monster: The camera takes (4) AA batteries. No battery packs here. This thing is a battery monster that\'s ALWAYS hungry. I have rechargeable AA batteries for it now, but not always. Before investing in rechargables, it was a bad situation.*Focus: Like I said, I love taking macros/ close-ups. Sometimes the focus takes way too long, and very often it\'s challenging to get the right focus. For example, I want to get a close-up of a dragonfly. The camera will focus the face or the body, but not both. Whatever it doesn\'t focus is very blurry. I want a crisp, all-focus closeup. That might be asking too much for a camera like this, but I really don\'t know. I don\'t have enough experience to make such a judgement.*Speed: The camera is much faster than my previous, but still too slow for quick, action shots like animals running. These shots tend to be clearer the more you zoom out, but sometimes I want detail. I tend to get these shots indirectly. I take a video of the action, then use editing software (like Picasa) to extract photos from the video. These \"photos\" are not as crisp as a regular picture, but they allow me to capture things like lightning. There is a super-fast continuous mode that puts 16 photos on one frame. You can extract individual photos from this frame later, but they have to be blown up, and that sacrifices clarity.So, the L810 gets 4 stars overall because it is a nice improvement/upgrade from cheaper cameras. I do like it, but it can be frustrating when I can not capture the shots that I envision. Plus, it\'s dark-lighting shots are simply awful.You might have more experience with cameras than me and could probably make better judgements of my complications. Or you might have less experience and feel a little overwhelmed by all the reviews for all the cameras you are looking at.No matter who you are, the ultimate decider is YOU. This is my experience and you\'ll need to judge and digest it to decide if the L810 will satify you needs as a photographer.
• I really needed a new camera. The last two camera products I used were the Canon a560 and a Kodak c833. They both got the job done, but they were too easy to use, and I needed something more complex. So, as a family, we decided to buy this camera. To start, I\'d like to thank amazon for being so quick. We were expecting the camera in 5-8 days, but we got it in three days only. The packaging wasn\'t fancy, nor ugly. The contents were the camera(duh), avi output for the camera, free batteries(trial use only), usb cable to plug the camera into our computer, and a nice software dvd. Now for the camera, all I can say is you get than what you pay for. The camera did come with unnecessary features, like 3D pictures, and excluded features like shutter speed control, but for $200, what do you expect? The zoom is wonderful if your subject is still and your hands are still. The auto-focus not fast at all, so your subject should be still for at least 3 seconds to get a zoom photo. The pictures without zoom are wonderful. The camera can detect faces very quickly, you have the option to control iso speed(up to 1600), and the flash is just perfect. I haven\'t tested much outdoor photography, so you can look at pictures on youtube maybe. Now for the video. The video on 480P is normal, and to tell the truth, the 720P is stunning on the screen. It\'s nearly professional, spider-man looking video. On the computer, the video looks how it does on youtube(if unedited).The most annoying thing you can do during video is zoom. The noise it makes is just terrible. It sounds like a dying cat trying to screech. But the auto-focus does look nice. Another thing that I don\'t like about this camera is the feel of it. It feels like a strong plastic bottle. It makes me disgusted, but it\'s just something you have to get over. Last of the cons, there is no optical viewfinder. This is a huge factor of buying a camera, because I grew up using optical viewfinders, and not using one makes me more shaky while taking pictures, and makes me uncomfortablebut this is also just something else you have to get over So, to sum it all up, this camera is worth the money you pay for it. It takes clear picture on full zoom if your willing to be patient, the video is exceptional, the auto picture is very, very nice, the manual photos are also very nice, and the camera is light. Overall, I would most definitely recommend this camera to a friend! Update on 10/06/2012: I\'ve been getting into bird photography in the morning the past few days, and the photos are excellent! The average shutter speed was 1/30 with iso on 200, and the pictures were better than I\'d expect. It\'s clear that the birds are birds and not trash, the pictures aren\'t blurry at all, and even for birds from 20-30 feet away, it seemed they were only 5 feet away! Another point for Nikon! Update on 10/10/2012: Because of my great experience with this camera at home, I decided to entrust it with a 3-day vacation to Sedona. I\'ve never been more happy with a photo in my life! My hands are not of the most stable, but this camera handled my shaky hands amazingly at full zoom on small wildlife like nothing. I got pictures of Golfers 30-50 feet with the support of a circular bar and my hands, stunning professional-like photos of my parents and the family, very memorable photos of Tuzigoot and Slide Rock, and exceptional video quality(with the exception of the zoom while videotaping). This camera highly surpassed my expectations of it\'s use, and I can say I\'d be very proud to use it in almost any situation. Thank you Nikon!

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