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Nikon Coolpix P80 10.1MP Digital Camera with 18x Wide Angle Optical Vibration Reduction Zoom (Black) Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: The New Coolpix P80, 3 Stars!!
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Lo Negativo :
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- Cuando hay mucha luz la pantalla LCD refleja unas rayas verticales color morado que se graban en las fotos.

- La estabilización VR no es tan buena.

- La información EXIF de cada foto no refleja el valor ISO con el que fue capturada.

- Los videos no son tan de buena calidad, cuando se hace zoom se distorciona la imagen.

- La calidad de la imagen, no es la gran cosa.

*** Tres Estrellas!!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: No problem with the camera, but amazon's pricing disappoints
Comment: I received the camera on the 6th, as promised, and am satisfied with it so far. It does what I expected it to do: take good pictures for this decidedly non-pro camera bug. While my shirtpocket Canon SD900 is a great little camera, I wanted the Nikon for the zoom mostly. The size is a little large, but a carrying case will solve that. Good hand fit.

What I don't like is Amazon's pricing system. Those of us who ordered early paid $400 for this puppy; those of us who waited a week can get it for $369.95. NEVER PRE-ORDER. I feel somewhat ripped off, but I'm a big boy and have learned my lesson at a cost of only $30. It won't happen again.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Disappointed -- at least so far
Comment: I'm a Nikon fan, and saw this as a economical way of getting DSLR-like features. In particular the "super-zoom" functionality and sports shot setting -- seemingly perfect for the games my children play -- motivated me to pull the trigger on this purchase.

I'll leave the in-depth analysis of the camera to others who are more knowledgeable but what has me disappointed are the streaks of light that showed up on several hundred photographs I took late in the afternoon (between 4:15PM-6:00PM) on Saturday, May 10th.

After consulting the manual I found the following on page 47: "If bright objects such as the sun or electric lights are captured during high-speed continuous shooting, vertical streaks of light may appear in the recorded images. We recommend that you avoid capturing bright objects during high-speed continuous shooting."

Precisely my problem.

There are multiple settings in the sports mode (as well as the manual setting) to try, so I will be doing that before delivering the box to UPS for return, however it is troubling to discover that the fastest programmable shutter speed (1/4000) is best suited for . . . shooting in the dark?

If I fall in love with this camera (and end up keeping it) I'll be sure to update this review.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: SEISHA SEICHU
Comment: This is what practitioners of Kyudo, Japanese martial archery, seek: "correct shooting is correct hitting". And this is how this camera makes you feel after mastering and getting used to its controls and abilities.

After months of research I decided and bought this ultrazoom. SLRs take better pictures but I refuse to carry all the extra equipment when on vacation. NIKON P5100 was the choice on the other end but it lacked both the x18 tele and the wide end zoom.

The (close) second contender was OLYMPUS SP-570UZ but here is why I found the NIKON a better choice and did not regret it: although the OLYMPUS comes with a larger zoom (x20) it is controlled solely by an awkward (motorized) ring that requires both hands and has an uneven feeling. Moreover, both cameras sport 10MP but, contrary to the OLYMPUS which just had more mega-pixels crammed onto the old (550 & 560) sensor, the NIKON comes with a newly developed sensor. On top of that, I avoided the slow and limited XD-cards OLYMPUS seems stuck on. On the other hand, I missed on 2mm of wideness and x2 on tele zoom.

I have been using the camera with undiminished enthusiasm for over a week and I have only good things to tell you about it. It took me a while to familiarize myself with the settings - full auto will not get the best results under any conditions. Once that harmonious point is reached though, this is the camera you would want to be using in most situations.
Where it looses the 5th star: the flash does not pop up automatically when needed. Forget to do so and a high (and noisy) ISO creeps in. So yes, this piece of equipment is not without its caprices...

Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle (and Zen masters) warn about the observer altering the event being observed. With NIKON P80 one can obtain the shot visualized either from very close or from afar. And it does so with simplicity and style.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A Superb User-Friendly Multi-Use Camera
Comment: I gotta say, some of the negative reviews on here sound ridiculous and I suspect are written by product competitors. First of all, Nikon's image quality is legendary and this camera is no downward turn. It has superb optics. I've been using this camera for a week in a variety of situations and subject matter and I just love it. As a professional in the field, I wanted a camera that would have the zoom capability and the image quality of more costly (and heavier, bulkier 'pro' equipment) combined with the spontaneity and efficiency of a point a shoot, one-hand camera. This camera DELIVERS all that in a great little package that is easy to use, light to carry, superbly intuitive to navigate and still yields excellent high quality images. At $400 at a retail store, I couldn't be happier with my purchase. I compared it with everything else in that price range and it just blew the others away. If you have $800-$1000 sure, go ahead and get one of the next level dSLRs like the D40. But if you don't want to be messing with lens changes and like to 'shoot-on-the-go', then you simply can't do worse than this camera. It's a great product at a reasonable price.

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