Customer Rating: 
Summary: point and shoot
Comment: After a lot of research(many amazon opinions too!) I made my choice on a low-end point and shoot camera. I didnt want to get carried away for a disposable camera. Now that might be harsh, but I really planned on using this camera to its breaking point! After piles of batteries( finally, I got some Sony quick recharge ) batteries for this gem.
I found out that a newer version of this camera has a inferior processor in comparison to the older one, so I searched and found a older(by 6 months!) model and bought it. It has 1 megapixel less, but this is made up with the superior processor. This point and shoot camera is a great buy in all departments. I got a black one. The only 2 things you could offer as a complaint is it's a little tough on batteries, and it's low light shooting. But hey, I like the whole battery thing. If they die, you swap them out, no waiting around to recharge.I know, have a extra in any situation(on board or not). $85.00 &$22.00 for a snug-it. What a combo.I don't know if anybody has noticed SD cards for less than$3.00!!
The beauty of this get-up is that it's with me 24/7. Think I miss anything?
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Value for Money
Comment: It is a good camera for the money I spent on it. Simple, easy to use, small size.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good in Light, Bad in dark
Comment: This camera takes WONDERFUL pictures in the daytime or in lighted areas. But this camera is NOT good in dark areas such as dances, proms, and nighttime pictures. I myself like to take pictures in areas that are sometimes not well lite such as school dances. But the camera makes the pictures appear blurry and fuzzy. Two features I do like about this camera are the D-lighting and the cropping feature. The D-lighting feature allows you to lighten up dark pictures and the crop feature allows you to zoom in and crop pictures. Both of these features can be done right there on the camera immediately after you take the picture.
So if you are only going to use this camera in the day or well lite areas this is the camera for you, especially if you are on a budget. But if you often take pictures in dark areas I recommend that you don't get this camera.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very happy so far.
Comment: I bought the camera on a recommendation and have been very happy so far. I took it on a trip to Europe and was pleased with its small size and ease of use. Seems like a good "entry level" camera. I didn't give it five stars because it seems that rating should be reserved for cameras with more features, etc. Still - I'm not aware of any flaws so far.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Flimsy camera; died in less than six months :-(
Comment: This was a successor to our broken CoolPix L4 which only lasted 8 months; I don't know why I thought this one would last longer. Guess I was a sucker once again.
With the L11, I forbade every family member under 18 from even touching it because the last one proved so poorly-built. And it still died - also of a cracked LCD screen - after less than six months.
If you do buy this camera, I know now that they sell LCD protectors for not too much money that could potentially extend its life by a matter of years.
However, even when the camera was working, it took less than fantastic pictures. In low light, my choice was to take shaky, poorly-lit pictures with no flash, or washed-out glaring pictures with too much flash: there never seemed to be a middle road.
The macro mode had the same problems, and it was always rather time-consuming, switching back and forth from macro to non-macro, lit to unlit, to see which combinations of mode would give the best possible picture. And even then, the pictures were not great.
I totally chalked it up to my being a lousy photographer, by the way... and you may, too, until you - like I did - try another camera. I'm now using a Sony DSC-S730 7.2 mp and loving it. Every picture is a great one, with none of the lousy Nikon shutter lag before or between shots.
If you do find yourself leaning towards this camera, PLEASE "try on" a few different cameras first! Like I said, I thought I knew a lot about digitals, but it turns out, I just had to find the right camera. For me, at least, with kids, and lots of pictures to take on the go (in less-than-ideal circumstances) this simply was not the right camera. For just a bit more money, I found the right one and I'm so happy I did.
We did enjoy the video mode of this camera, which, for some reason, was able to focus and get the lighting right even when the photo mode couldn't. The L4 didn't have audio with its video mode, but the L11 did and it was lots of fun to use... while it lasted.
Finally, don't make the mistake we did of buying the extended warranty. The LCD viewscreen, shutter cover, and most of the other "breakable" parts are simply not covered by Nikon's or anyone else's warranty. Apparently, they only warranty the stuff that can't possibly break. Consider yourself warned. :-(
Summary: point and shoot
Comment: After a lot of research(many amazon opinions too!) I made my choice on a low-end point and shoot camera. I didnt want to get carried away for a disposable camera. Now that might be harsh, but I really planned on using this camera to its breaking point! After piles of batteries( finally, I got some Sony quick recharge ) batteries for this gem.
I found out that a newer version of this camera has a inferior processor in comparison to the older one, so I searched and found a older(by 6 months!) model and bought it. It has 1 megapixel less, but this is made up with the superior processor. This point and shoot camera is a great buy in all departments. I got a black one. The only 2 things you could offer as a complaint is it's a little tough on batteries, and it's low light shooting. But hey, I like the whole battery thing. If they die, you swap them out, no waiting around to recharge.I know, have a extra in any situation(on board or not). $85.00 &$22.00 for a snug-it. What a combo.I don't know if anybody has noticed SD cards for less than$3.00!!
The beauty of this get-up is that it's with me 24/7. Think I miss anything?
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Value for Money
Comment: It is a good camera for the money I spent on it. Simple, easy to use, small size.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good in Light, Bad in dark
Comment: This camera takes WONDERFUL pictures in the daytime or in lighted areas. But this camera is NOT good in dark areas such as dances, proms, and nighttime pictures. I myself like to take pictures in areas that are sometimes not well lite such as school dances. But the camera makes the pictures appear blurry and fuzzy. Two features I do like about this camera are the D-lighting and the cropping feature. The D-lighting feature allows you to lighten up dark pictures and the crop feature allows you to zoom in and crop pictures. Both of these features can be done right there on the camera immediately after you take the picture.
So if you are only going to use this camera in the day or well lite areas this is the camera for you, especially if you are on a budget. But if you often take pictures in dark areas I recommend that you don't get this camera.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very happy so far.
Comment: I bought the camera on a recommendation and have been very happy so far. I took it on a trip to Europe and was pleased with its small size and ease of use. Seems like a good "entry level" camera. I didn't give it five stars because it seems that rating should be reserved for cameras with more features, etc. Still - I'm not aware of any flaws so far.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Flimsy camera; died in less than six months :-(
Comment: This was a successor to our broken CoolPix L4 which only lasted 8 months; I don't know why I thought this one would last longer. Guess I was a sucker once again.
With the L11, I forbade every family member under 18 from even touching it because the last one proved so poorly-built. And it still died - also of a cracked LCD screen - after less than six months.
If you do buy this camera, I know now that they sell LCD protectors for not too much money that could potentially extend its life by a matter of years.
However, even when the camera was working, it took less than fantastic pictures. In low light, my choice was to take shaky, poorly-lit pictures with no flash, or washed-out glaring pictures with too much flash: there never seemed to be a middle road.
The macro mode had the same problems, and it was always rather time-consuming, switching back and forth from macro to non-macro, lit to unlit, to see which combinations of mode would give the best possible picture. And even then, the pictures were not great.
I totally chalked it up to my being a lousy photographer, by the way... and you may, too, until you - like I did - try another camera. I'm now using a Sony DSC-S730 7.2 mp and loving it. Every picture is a great one, with none of the lousy Nikon shutter lag before or between shots.
If you do find yourself leaning towards this camera, PLEASE "try on" a few different cameras first! Like I said, I thought I knew a lot about digitals, but it turns out, I just had to find the right camera. For me, at least, with kids, and lots of pictures to take on the go (in less-than-ideal circumstances) this simply was not the right camera. For just a bit more money, I found the right one and I'm so happy I did.
We did enjoy the video mode of this camera, which, for some reason, was able to focus and get the lighting right even when the photo mode couldn't. The L4 didn't have audio with its video mode, but the L11 did and it was lots of fun to use... while it lasted.
Finally, don't make the mistake we did of buying the extended warranty. The LCD viewscreen, shutter cover, and most of the other "breakable" parts are simply not covered by Nikon's or anyone else's warranty. Apparently, they only warranty the stuff that can't possibly break. Consider yourself warned. :-(