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Nikon Coolpix L100 user reviews and ratings

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Nikon Coolpix L100 user reviews Date: 2009-09-11 - 11:53:27 Author: Adam Devereaux Rating:    I picked this up as a replacement for my SX100 after that was damaged. We had a replacement plan on it so I was restricted to what was in the store (Best Buy). I also wanted something with a better wide angle than the SX1X0 series. I'm planning on trying to take it back to the store and get a ZS1 instead. The pluses: The camera build quality is decent, it feels good in the hand and the camera looks good. At first the lens appears to be one of the best features, very fast to zoom in and out. Also the range is very useful with a real wide angle, 28mm-420mm. The flash is a decent unit, good reach but tones down nicely as well. However the image quality is unacceptable. There is significant loss of detail at all ISO ranges. The camera will almost always shoot at ISO 400 indoors with the flash and when viewed at 100% even simple detail like hair is smudged and blurred. And significant noise still remains! This would be more forgivable if the noise was actually removed. On top of that the highlight clipping and fringing is bad, much worse then that of my SX100 or even the A570 is before that. There is also significant blurring at the edges of the frame from the lens. Also the interface is clumsy, the presets usually blow the white balance to heck and focusing is arbitrary and slow, especially in low light. The manual also says you are not supposed to use rechargeable batteries with this camera. There are also NO manual controls, the only thing you can really adjust is the white balance (only in certain presets) and the exposure compensation. This is something I knew before I bought it, but some other reviews I read claimed the presets worked great. Not so in my experience, the only way I could get halfway decent photos was to keep it in standard Auto. I give this a Don't Buy! Honestly is seems like they took a decent lens and put in the sensor from a $20 webcam. There are much better alternatives in the same price range.

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