Customer Rating: 
Summary: Great camera - very easy to use, very flexible and good pictures
Comment: I've used a Canon Pro IS 2 for years and switched to the P80 for a trip to Italy with over 500 pictures. This is a very easy camera to use, and the controls are intuitive, easy to access and offer a great deal of flexibility. Nice form factor, very light and small. I don't know why there's so much negative about picture quality -- the pictures compared very well with my other point-and-shoot and the IS 2 in terms of quality. It IS a little slow to start up, but normally that's not much of a negative.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great on paper - not practical
Comment: I was very impressed about this camera for following:
- specifications on paper
- body, size, weight and style
- 18x wide angle zoom lens
- battery and SD card choice/performance
Following disappointed me:
- Auto/Scene mode NOT much usable in different lighting scenarios, jumps to ISO 400+ and pics turn grainy
- Other modes including manual were usable, but did NOT get consistent results
- Program mode was most usable
- Auto focus not fast enough, terrible in indoor/low light
- LCD is terrible, compared to canons'
- Viewfinder is dull but I managed with it
- Pictures turned out grainy in most occasions, unless I fudge settings
- VR is NOT much of a help in close-ups, and when used with non-auto modes. Only useful on super zoom situations.
I played with it for about a week and took over 100 pics. Most of them were grainy as I took more indoor. Outdoor show graininess when enlarged. I compared quality with Canon S5 IS with pictures taken in the same place and lighting - P80 picture quality is grainy.
Returned it to tigerdirect and probably will go with Canon S5 IS or Canon SX 100 IS.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Outstanding camera if stepping up from a basic point and shoot
Comment: I bought the P80 to replace a 3 year old 3mp basic point and shoot b/c I wanted a more powerful zoom and to take bigger pictures. I considered a digital SLR but could not justify the $$$ for no more pictures than I take.
I was almost scared off from the P80 b/c of negative reviews about image quality, excessively lag times, etc.
This camera is all I was hoping for and more. I will agree w/ other readers that you have to read the manual. Before I did this the few sample pics I took looked bad, however after 5-10 min reviewing the manual I now consistently take outstanding pictures.
Compared to my basic point and shoot, it has a much quicker start-up time, a much smaller shutter delay, a fantastic zoom, etc. I have even found that the sports mode which takes 13pics / sec takes great pics and coupled w/ the 18x zoom allows me to get the close up sports pics I was missing before.
If you are an advanced photographer, then maybe a more critical review is warrented. However, if you are a novice, don't be negatively influnced by criticial reviews comparing this camera to much more expensive digital SLR's. My conclusion is that this camera has most of the features of a digital SLR at a much lower price allowing me to take fantastic photos.
Customer Rating:
Summary: My Take of the Nikon P-80 10.2 MP 18X
Comment: First off let me say
I bought this camera with out touching one on faith it would be good and I previously have used 35MM and had a Canon powershot A-95 Excellent little Camera but it didn't do as much as I wanted I ordered the P80 , an Extra battery and a 4 gig card for it got it in about a week(Slow) have had the camera about 6 weeks and I am very pleased with it, it takes excellent pictures it will do more than I can tell it too, I'm still learning the menus. If you set the camera correctly it will take an excellent shot, if you try to make it do something you have not set it to do then you will get a terrible photo but it is not the camera's fault its yours! If you read the manual and follow what it tells you as you learn it will take an excellent picture if you try it by the seat of your pants you will loose several shots but you will figure it out and eventually you will be happy with it. I have taken almost 900 photo with it is 6 weeks and lost maybe 15 not a total loss but blurry or poor color or out of focus MY FAULT! Setup is very easy to do and can be altered anytime I tried the fireworks setting on the 4th of July and did it free hand(needed a tripod) I was surprised how nice it took fireworks considering it was freehand! it has not been a disappointment for me it has been a joy and I think you might enjoy it too it is rated as slow on some things but its great for me because it does what I want and the way I want if you are advanced in your knowledge of photography you may not like it and on the other hand you may, I hope you do! This is my first Nikon and it is not a disappointment to me! Hope you enjoy it! JD
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love It
Comment: This camera is everything I had hoped for and more! I was trying to replace a 35mm Minolta with several lenses, flash equip. etc. I think this will do it.
Summary: Great camera - very easy to use, very flexible and good pictures
Comment: I've used a Canon Pro IS 2 for years and switched to the P80 for a trip to Italy with over 500 pictures. This is a very easy camera to use, and the controls are intuitive, easy to access and offer a great deal of flexibility. Nice form factor, very light and small. I don't know why there's so much negative about picture quality -- the pictures compared very well with my other point-and-shoot and the IS 2 in terms of quality. It IS a little slow to start up, but normally that's not much of a negative.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great on paper - not practical
Comment: I was very impressed about this camera for following:
- specifications on paper
- body, size, weight and style
- 18x wide angle zoom lens
- battery and SD card choice/performance
Following disappointed me:
- Auto/Scene mode NOT much usable in different lighting scenarios, jumps to ISO 400+ and pics turn grainy
- Other modes including manual were usable, but did NOT get consistent results
- Program mode was most usable
- Auto focus not fast enough, terrible in indoor/low light
- LCD is terrible, compared to canons'
- Viewfinder is dull but I managed with it
- Pictures turned out grainy in most occasions, unless I fudge settings
- VR is NOT much of a help in close-ups, and when used with non-auto modes. Only useful on super zoom situations.
I played with it for about a week and took over 100 pics. Most of them were grainy as I took more indoor. Outdoor show graininess when enlarged. I compared quality with Canon S5 IS with pictures taken in the same place and lighting - P80 picture quality is grainy.
Returned it to tigerdirect and probably will go with Canon S5 IS or Canon SX 100 IS.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Outstanding camera if stepping up from a basic point and shoot
Comment: I bought the P80 to replace a 3 year old 3mp basic point and shoot b/c I wanted a more powerful zoom and to take bigger pictures. I considered a digital SLR but could not justify the $$$ for no more pictures than I take.
I was almost scared off from the P80 b/c of negative reviews about image quality, excessively lag times, etc.
This camera is all I was hoping for and more. I will agree w/ other readers that you have to read the manual. Before I did this the few sample pics I took looked bad, however after 5-10 min reviewing the manual I now consistently take outstanding pictures.
Compared to my basic point and shoot, it has a much quicker start-up time, a much smaller shutter delay, a fantastic zoom, etc. I have even found that the sports mode which takes 13pics / sec takes great pics and coupled w/ the 18x zoom allows me to get the close up sports pics I was missing before.
If you are an advanced photographer, then maybe a more critical review is warrented. However, if you are a novice, don't be negatively influnced by criticial reviews comparing this camera to much more expensive digital SLR's. My conclusion is that this camera has most of the features of a digital SLR at a much lower price allowing me to take fantastic photos.
Customer Rating:
Summary: My Take of the Nikon P-80 10.2 MP 18X
Comment: First off let me say
I bought this camera with out touching one on faith it would be good and I previously have used 35MM and had a Canon powershot A-95 Excellent little Camera but it didn't do as much as I wanted I ordered the P80 , an Extra battery and a 4 gig card for it got it in about a week(Slow) have had the camera about 6 weeks and I am very pleased with it, it takes excellent pictures it will do more than I can tell it too, I'm still learning the menus. If you set the camera correctly it will take an excellent shot, if you try to make it do something you have not set it to do then you will get a terrible photo but it is not the camera's fault its yours! If you read the manual and follow what it tells you as you learn it will take an excellent picture if you try it by the seat of your pants you will loose several shots but you will figure it out and eventually you will be happy with it. I have taken almost 900 photo with it is 6 weeks and lost maybe 15 not a total loss but blurry or poor color or out of focus MY FAULT! Setup is very easy to do and can be altered anytime I tried the fireworks setting on the 4th of July and did it free hand(needed a tripod) I was surprised how nice it took fireworks considering it was freehand! it has not been a disappointment for me it has been a joy and I think you might enjoy it too it is rated as slow on some things but its great for me because it does what I want and the way I want if you are advanced in your knowledge of photography you may not like it and on the other hand you may, I hope you do! This is my first Nikon and it is not a disappointment to me! Hope you enjoy it! JD
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love It
Comment: This camera is everything I had hoped for and more! I was trying to replace a 35mm Minolta with several lenses, flash equip. etc. I think this will do it.
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