Nikon Coolpix L100
While the Nikon Coolpix L100 is aimed at those on a budget but who still want a super-zoom style camera – it does come with a fairly good list of features.
The Nikon Coolpix L100 comes with a 10 megapixel image sensor, 15x optical zoom lens (28-420mm equivalent), vibration reduction, macro mode that allows shooting as close as 1cm, 13 frames per second continuous shooting mode and an ISO range of up to 3200.
As with most of the rest of Nikon’s new cameras announced today the Nikon Coolpix L100 comes with smile and blink detection as well as a range of in camera editing options including red-eye fix and motion detection.
The Nikon Coolpix L100 is powered by 4 AA batteries and will have a retail price of $280 USD when it hits stores in April 2009.
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Also announced today by Nikon are the Nikon Coolpix L19 and Nikon Coolpix L20 cameras.
Nikon Coolpix L100 – News Release Extract
The Nikon Coolpix L100 boasts 10 effective megapixels, Nikon’s EXPEED digital image processing system for high performance and a 15x zoom NIKKOR lens covering a wide-angle 28mm to super-telephoto 420mm (35mm-format equivalent) – you know you’re going to capture almost any scene in detail. Put it in macro mode, and you can even capture objects from as close up as 1 cm. With four anti-blur features, including Image Sensor Shift VR image stabilisation, you can rest assured that it’s also going to be in focus.
You will also appreciate the Nikon Coolpix L100 if you enjoy sports photography, as the L100’s Sports Continuous Mode allows up to 13 fps. Scene Auto Selector automatically adjusts the settings to suit the scene. Smile Mode takes the picture when your subject looks his or her best whilst Blink Warning warns you when your subjects have their eyes closed. Other features include In-Camera Red-Eye Fix for beautiful portraits, D-Lighting for in-camera image enhancement, 15 Scene Modes, movies with sound, and Active Zoom, amongst others.
With a sensitivity range up to ISO 3200, problems images in poor lighting are a thing of the past. This is further enhanced by the camera’s Motion Detection system, which detects camera shake or subject movement during shooting, automatically selecting a faster shutter speed and higher ISO sensitivity.
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5 Responses to “Nikon Coolpix L100” - Add Yours
February 5th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
This is the one for me. I’ll be near the front of the ine when it comes out n April.
March 7th, 2009 at 1:46 am
Mmm … I am discouraged when I learned that I had to put four AAA.
April 20th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
I have purchased Nikon P80 which is a better option to L100 as the same is powered by a rechargeable Li-ion battery and have 18X zoom and will be within the budget
August 19th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
I purchased one of these cameras and I am pleased with it so far. The camera performs like a high end point and shoot (with a CCD sensor instead of a CMOS sensor as found in DSLRs) with a few tricks up its sleeve. I use it primarily to photograph my 4 month old baby boy and find that it is sometimes easier to get a good candid shot of him from across the room (so he is not distracted by the camera). The 15x optical zoom allows me to take photos of him from about 10-15 feet and with the image stabilization (feels like a gyroscope when it is in use), I can get Macro focus shots without a flash from that distance!
Nikon recently updated the firmware of the camera to support NiMH rechargeable batteries (will take about 600 shots this way vs. 350 with alkaline and 900 with lithium disposable batteries – http://support.nikontech.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/16481/sort/4,2/r_id/116678 ) and I am using the camera with Sanyo eneloop “pre-charged” NiMH rechargeable AA batteries (about $12 USD for a 4 pack). So far, so good!
Don’t get me wrong, this camera is blown away by cameras with a CMOS sensor in image quality (as most DSLRs benefit from the higher quality sensor and store uncompressed images as well) and in low light but this camera takes excellent snap shots when there is adequate lighting. I need to experiment with dusk mode to get low light shots (as you can’t manually adjust your ISO settings or shutter speed) but will need to mount the camera on my tripod to do so (as the shutter speed is a little too low even for the image stabilization to be effective) and I’d love to try some photos of the moon that way with the mega zoom!
All in all, I am happy with my purchase of a camera that my wife is very comfortable using (whereas a DSLR intimidated her). She had a Nikon Coolpix L11 before this camera and the controls are nearly identical in both so there is no learning curve from Nikon’s inexpensive point and shoots to this one. We paid $220 USD for this camera and are, thus far, happy with our purchase.
August 27th, 2009 at 5:31 am
I have this and I like it. i bougt for performance and affordability and I wanted to upgrade. I wish I could have afforded a Cannon with interchangeable lens options. But until I can sell some ‘money shots’, I will stick to this one.
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