Customer Rating: 
Summary: Marginal value, image quality, and hardware
Comment: With the L12, you get about what you pay for. A camera with VR for under $150 is reasonable, 7MP is about average now, and the image quality is acceptable.
The main problem with the L12 is the frequency of lens errors. I've had a number of these returned at my store for this problem and the display model suffered from the same. The lens will extend, make a clicking sound, and do one of the following: shut off, fail to autofocus properly and still take (blurry) pictures, or an error message will stay on the screen and not allow you to take any pictures.
The L12 has been discontinued from Nikon's lineup and for good reason: There are much better options in this price range with superior features and specs, such as Panasonic's LZ6/LZ7 and Canon's A570IS.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very Unimpressed
Comment: We bought this camera in May and it began having trouble with its lens cover closing in September. By October, it had become a real problem, but we were leaving on a trip with no time to get it fixed or replaced before we left. We took it to Nepal for a 24-day trek, and the lens cover stopped working at all about mid-way through the trip.
Another significant problem we had was that it went through batteries at the rate of almost 2 per day by the 1st week of the trip. I can't tell you how much of a problem this was. We brought home a huge pile of batteries to recycle, while all of our friends (who were using much bigger and more complex cameras) went through 1 to 2 sets of batteries each. This is a seriously flawed camera, and we will be returning it pronto.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Camera, takes a lot of juice
Comment: I bought this camera for my 15 year old son's birthday. He had done all the research and decided this was the best for the money. I agree. The 7.1 megapixels for $130.00 is great! The only thing we have not liked about the camera so far is that it goes through batteries really fast. We plan on getting some lithium rechargables. I would suggest the same for any one who wants this camera.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Picture quality very poor
Comment: Returned this within 2 days - pictures were not bright - they were washed out.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very Nice!
Comment: This is a very nice camera, it take very nice pictures, better pictures than my canon A560 that I used to have. It's very light, small, with a big screen, and high quality
The only thing that I don't like is that it takes its time to get ready for the next picture once you take one, the video takes some time to come back again on the screen.
Summary: Marginal value, image quality, and hardware
Comment: With the L12, you get about what you pay for. A camera with VR for under $150 is reasonable, 7MP is about average now, and the image quality is acceptable.
The main problem with the L12 is the frequency of lens errors. I've had a number of these returned at my store for this problem and the display model suffered from the same. The lens will extend, make a clicking sound, and do one of the following: shut off, fail to autofocus properly and still take (blurry) pictures, or an error message will stay on the screen and not allow you to take any pictures.
The L12 has been discontinued from Nikon's lineup and for good reason: There are much better options in this price range with superior features and specs, such as Panasonic's LZ6/LZ7 and Canon's A570IS.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very Unimpressed
Comment: We bought this camera in May and it began having trouble with its lens cover closing in September. By October, it had become a real problem, but we were leaving on a trip with no time to get it fixed or replaced before we left. We took it to Nepal for a 24-day trek, and the lens cover stopped working at all about mid-way through the trip.
Another significant problem we had was that it went through batteries at the rate of almost 2 per day by the 1st week of the trip. I can't tell you how much of a problem this was. We brought home a huge pile of batteries to recycle, while all of our friends (who were using much bigger and more complex cameras) went through 1 to 2 sets of batteries each. This is a seriously flawed camera, and we will be returning it pronto.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Camera, takes a lot of juice
Comment: I bought this camera for my 15 year old son's birthday. He had done all the research and decided this was the best for the money. I agree. The 7.1 megapixels for $130.00 is great! The only thing we have not liked about the camera so far is that it goes through batteries really fast. We plan on getting some lithium rechargables. I would suggest the same for any one who wants this camera.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Picture quality very poor
Comment: Returned this within 2 days - pictures were not bright - they were washed out.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very Nice!
Comment: This is a very nice camera, it take very nice pictures, better pictures than my canon A560 that I used to have. It's very light, small, with a big screen, and high quality
The only thing that I don't like is that it takes its time to get ready for the next picture once you take one, the video takes some time to come back again on the screen.
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