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Hard to beat at this price, April 1, 2006
Reviewer: R. Pecot

I got it for $[...]and now it is down to $[...]at Amazon and for that price I don't know how you could beat it. It is so small it will fit in your shirt pocket. I carry mine in a very small Walmart soft case that has a strong belt strap. The case is thicker, but not larger than a cell phone case and there is room for extra batteries (which you will surely need) and an extra SD card. It comes without a SD card so I bought a 256mb card which will do 99 pics at the very highest qualitly setting on this 5.1 megapixel camera. You can double that by just dropping down to the default normal setting. Same size print but more compression. With ordinary examination of the two settings, I can't tell the difference. Maybe if you blow a picture up to 11 x 14 you could. It has a 3:1 zoom but you can take advantage of the 5.1 mp and crop the picture which will result in a higher effective zoom ratio without losing any noticeable resolution. At the widest zoom setting it is really a wide angle, unlike some video cameras which only zoom from normal to

telephoto. It looks to be about the equivalent of a 35mm wide angle lense on a 35mm camera. The camera is a little small so watch your fingers when you shoot. It is loaded with automatic features and the built in menus are very easy to use. I can verify some of the criticism about the battery usage and the shutter delay, especially the latter. If you are doing flash shots of the grandbaby or the dog, you will get a lot of back-of-the-head shots because it takes about a second for the picture to set after you press the shutter. It also is hard on batteries if you use the flash frequently. I don't mind that much, because I buy the AA's by the dozens when they are on sale. Rechargeables are a pain to use in my opinion. Buy the camera - you can't lose at this price.

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A lot of function in a small package, March 21, 2006
Reviewer: Sharlotte Williams "bank mom"

This camera was everything I needed. I wasn't looking for professional quality, but just wanted to take and send pictures to stay in touch with family. There are many different automatic picture modes, and a printed 8X11 looked really good.
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Great Camera - Nikon Coolpix 5600, February 24, 2006
Reviewer: A. C. Garczynski "cameraluvr"
Excellent camera - quick shipping. All around great experience.
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Not Worth the Money, January 28, 2006
Reviewer: Amanda Gorey "agania"

I bought the Nikon CoolPix 5600 several months ago to replace a Cannon that had been turning my pictures funny colors. I bought the Nikon because I needed a camera right away and wanted to spend about $200 and the Nikon seemed to fit the bill. I have to say I liked the Canon better. I didn't buy the camera on Amazon but instead bought it at a local camera shop. What the salesman promised and what the camera delivers are two different things. The Nikon is smaller and fits into my pocket book, backpack, or even my pocket really well but the picture quality is not what I would expect from a 5.1 megapixel camera. Also the shutter speed on this thing is ridiculous. If you want to take several pictures in a row using the flash forget it because it takes about 30 seconds to recharge after it uses the flash. Shutter speed without the flash is several seconds also. I have also found that the "exposure settings" don't work very well. Every time I use them the pictures come out discolored, blurry or something else so its not worth using them. The battery life is supposed to be really good too but I have found that I go through batteries like crazy so rechargeable batteries are a must with this camera. The one thing that I do like about this camera is the video. For a camera it takes quality videos with sound, which is a nice addition. Over all I have to say that I am not impressed with the Nikon
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Great camera for beginners, January 23, 2006
Reviewer: Minas Tirith
This is my first digital camera, and I love it! It's really intuitive and user-friendly, it takes great pictures, it's relatively compact, looks good, is a great price, and has tons of features.

The flash recharge *is* slow, but it's only a few seconds and I don't mind.

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Great camera for beginners, January 23, 2006
Reviewer: Minas Tirith
This is my first digital camera, and I love it! It's really intuitive and user-friendly, it takes great pictures, it's relatively compact, looks good, is a great price, and has tons of features.

The flash recharge *is* slow, but it's only a few seconds and I don't mind.
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Very Satisfied, January 10, 2006
Reviewer: Country Girl
I purchased this camera & the battery charger & 2 sets of rechargable batteries & a memory card a few months ago. I have had no problems. It takes great pictures & with the memory card it does great on those long picture taking events. I do highly recomend 2 sets of batteries, as the 2nd set has saved me many times while taking pictures. I enlarge a lot of them. There are a lot of features to use and I have not yet used all of them. I mainly use the close-ups, still pictures, action pictures, movies, portrait & different scene & sunset settings. So far all have been great. I have found that on the close-ups with the zoom it is a little hard for me to hold the camera by hand still enough, so I do some enlarging on the computer. A tripod would help the steadiness a great deal. I have been quite satisfied & so have people that have seen my photos.

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