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camera has a tiny bit of bulk
to it making it more "grippy" for my hands. Using AA's for me is great
because I really hope to do a lot of travelling and hiking and I know that
I can pack one pair of spare AA lithium batteris that weigh nothing and be
fine for a whole week of solid picture-taking. I also know what can happen
on 100 foot escparments and accidents with a $1000 digital SLR, so given
the current street price, the outstanding quality of the pictures, the
street price, the zoom, the street price, and the fact that I use the
camera for travel, this camera was a great buy for me. Also, I think the
shortcomings are manageable, in my opinion. What are they? Lithium
batteries are the most expensive kind so if you plan on using the camera
24X7 365 days a year, then probably you should look at a different kind of
power supply! The camera doesn't offer the sheer speed of an SLR in
picture capture, so if you are going to be bouncing around in a jeep on an
African safari, then you might want to go with an SLR or Nikon's P3 or P4
with "vibration reduction." But for me, I bought this camera for five
things: 5X digital zoom, great pictures, SD card memory-type, double AA
battery power, and ease of use.
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Great pictures but lacks viewfinder, April 4, 2006
Reviewer: D. Rawlins "MacDuff" (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews
This camera takes incredible pictures and is easy to use. However, it
lacks a viewfinder. The only way to compose pictures is with the built-in
screen. This is OK indoors, but practically worthless outdoors. Moderate
sunshine makes it very hard to see the image before you shoot. You'll need
a hat to cover your eye AND the screen to have any success at all.
But for the price- a good deal.
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Great camera, February 24, 2006
Reviewer: Soundcraft
I got this camera for Decembaer last year as a gift for myself, and i'm
very please with what i got.
the camera is very user friendly, actualy i forst bought a Sony DSC-S90
but when i met at a firends hose for dineer at night with my wife and we
took some pics, me with my Sony and my friend with his Nikon 4600, the
results spoke for themselve, his photos where more bright and accurate in
the same conditions than mine, and i took the same picture with both
cameras, making use of the same "ignorance / knowledge" in this matter of
digital photography and the results with the Nikon overuled the Sony. For
this reason mainly i decided the next bussines day go back to the store
and change the Sony for a Nikon and i bought the Coolpix L1. i have taken
very nice pictures in all posible conditions, at the beach, sunsets,
indoors, outdoors, at night, noon, etc and all great.
read the manual in order to take the best out of this camera, but if you
don't read it, still will get nice pics.
the only thing i regret is the lack of a AF light, which definitly would
make AF in low light easyer and faster, other than that, very nice
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I should've listened to the other reviewers, February 18, 2006
Reviewer: J. Nahmias (Boston, MA)
I was wooed by the report of 6MP/5x zoom/2.5 LCD screen.
But the awful AutoFocus makes this a semi-expensive piece of junk.
Go with an Olympus.
I wish I had.
Even my bosses, with a 3MP Olympus, take better pictures.
Thanks to this camera, my trip to Europe will be remembered as "slightly
blurry".
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LOVE this camera., February 5, 2006
Reviewer: J. dean
I love all the things you can do with this camera. Regardless of a couple
of reviews it is very user friendly, caught on right away. I looked at
several cameras and this was the easiest to use and the quality is great.
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Great things come in small packages, January 31, 2006
Reviewer: S. Paczosa
This is a good buy. It takes great pictures for me and I'm no
photographer. 6.2MP is more than enough to get nice sharp photos. The
colors are brilliant when pictures are taken outside. I bought a 1GB
memory stick and it holds almost 400 pictures. The video it takes is
surprisingly good compared to other digital cameras I have had. It could
take about a half hour of video on a 1GB memory stick. I did have some
troubles uploading the pictures to my macintosh computer. Had to diddle
with some of the interface settings until it worked. I was able to use
iPhoto (mac photo software) to store my photos from this camera. I had a
Cannon Powershot before this camera and I think this camera takes much
nicer pictures. They aren't as grainy. I'm very satisfied.
BATTERIES: Buy rechargeable batteries. You should definitely use
rechargeable batteries for any digital camera. I can get over a hundred
photos out of 2 rechargeable batteries. It takes very little time to
recharge them and It'll save you money, too.
INSTRUCTIONS: Read all the instructions that come with the camera.
Everything everyone has complained about can be fixed by reading the
instructions.
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