Comments on: Nikon Coolpix L100

By: huw

huw — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:26:47 +0000

Hi I use a Canon EOS Rebel T3i and find it pretty awesome. Much better than its pre-model. Well done canon.

By: olga

olga — Sun, 01 May 2011 22:28:23 +0000

i had cannon cam gave it to my daughter since she has young family, n more need for picture taking, i purchased nikon coolpix 110 and have been quite unhappy. alot of my pics come out too bright and some yellowish tint to them uhhh If im doing something wrong please help me thanks

By: Hudson Ensz

Hudson Ensz — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:51:29 +0000

I am a little lat but i have had one of these for over a year and you can take incredible pictures with it…. but only after a LOT of effort. The ncamera has NO manual features other then exposure compensation. It does not do well in low light situations. Oh well i really enjoy using it and it is fairly capable. This can focus closer then 1cm though which is incredible.

By: Tibor Szabadi

Tibor Szabadi — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:36:35 +0000

I have this camera before. I love its uniqueness and simplicity and very affordable.Perfect for a newbies.

By: Patrik

Patrik — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:19:22 +0000

Nikon coolpix is one of the top selling brand in market.It is simple yet captures good quality pictures like other expensive camera.

By: Zsolt Huszar

Zsolt Huszar — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:17:04 +0000

Nice camera features.I love nikon camera too.It has great features easy to use and very handy.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:25:51 +0000

@JP Lumansoc…

Kinda harsh there?

The article on this page is clearly not, nor did it seem intended to be a review (the blog owner seems to clearly mark the titles of articles “review” when they actually are… otherwise, he is just talking about the equipment as is the category here). This was a blurb posted about a camera, which at the time was just announced and somewhat unique in feature set and not even available for purchase yet, that he thought was interesting enough to post the limited info that Nikon made available onto his web site.

I’m sorry you didn’t find the information you were looking for here, but I think you are a bit harsh in telling someone what they “should be” providing you, “You should be comparing this camera to other cameras and giving reasons why this is better or worse. Save your time and just put a link to Nikon’s website. Better question yet, have you used this camera extensively?”

With that said, I have used this camera extensively (for several months now) and would be happy to answer any questions you might have. Since I don’t own any other cameras at the moment, it would be difficult to compare other than what I mentioned in my previous comment was part of my decision making process in buying this point and shoot camera over a Digital SLR (hint: not the price).

When shopping for this camera, I used this excellent and exhaustive review on the Trusted Reviews web site to help make my decision and compare to the actual image quality of some low-end Digital SLR cameras I was also considering at the time.

By: JP Lumansoc

JP Lumansoc — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:48:56 +0000

I gotta call you out on this one, if you’re going to write a review, write your own instead of paraphrasing what Nikon says about their cameras. You should be comparing this camera to other cameras and giving reasons why this is better or worse. Save your time and just put a link to Nikon’s website. Better question yet, have you used this camera extensively?

By: Aredent Photog

Aredent Photog — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:31:22 +0000

I have this and I like it. i bougt for performance and affordability and I wanted to upgrade. I wish I could have afforded a Cannon with interchangeable lens options. But until I can sell some ‘money shots’, I will stick to this one.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:34:23 +0000

I purchased one of these cameras and I am pleased with it so far. The camera performs like a high end point and shoot (with a CCD sensor instead of a CMOS sensor as found in DSLRs) with a few tricks up its sleeve. I use it primarily to photograph my 4 month old baby boy and find that it is sometimes easier to get a good candid shot of him from across the room (so he is not distracted by the camera). The 15x optical zoom allows me to take photos of him from about 10-15 feet and with the image stabilization (feels like a gyroscope when it is in use), I can get Macro focus shots without a flash from that distance!

Nikon recently updated the firmware of the camera to support NiMH rechargeable batteries (will take about 600 shots this way vs. 350 with alkaline and 900 with lithium disposable batteries – http://support.nikontech.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/16481/sort/4,2/r_id/116678 ) and I am using the camera with Sanyo eneloop “pre-charged” NiMH rechargeable AA batteries (about $12 USD for a 4 pack). So far, so good!

Don’t get me wrong, this camera is blown away by cameras with a CMOS sensor in image quality (as most DSLRs benefit from the higher quality sensor and store uncompressed images as well) and in low light but this camera takes excellent snap shots when there is adequate lighting. I need to experiment with dusk mode to get low light shots (as you can’t manually adjust your ISO settings or shutter speed) but will need to mount the camera on my tripod to do so (as the shutter speed is a little too low even for the image stabilization to be effective) and I’d love to try some photos of the moon that way with the mega zoom!

All in all, I am happy with my purchase of a camera that my wife is very comfortable using (whereas a DSLR intimidated her). She had a Nikon Coolpix L11 before this camera and the controls are nearly identical in both so there is no learning curve from Nikon’s inexpensive point and shoots to this one. We paid $220 USD for this camera and are, thus far, happy with our purchase.