Kinda harsh there?

The article on this page is clearly not, nor did it seem intended to be a review (the blog owner seems to clearly mark the titles of articles “review” when they actually are… otherwise, he is just talking about the equipment as is the category here). This was a blurb posted about a camera, which at the time was just announced and somewhat unique in feature set and not even available for purchase yet, that he thought was interesting enough to post the limited info that Nikon made available onto his web site.

I’m sorry you didn’t find the information you were looking for here, but I think you are a bit harsh in telling someone what they “should be” providing you, “You should be comparing this camera to other cameras and giving reasons why this is better or worse. Save your time and just put a link to Nikon’s website. Better question yet, have you used this camera extensively?”

With that said, I have used this camera extensively (for several months now) and would be happy to answer any questions you might have. Since I don’t own any other cameras at the moment, it would be difficult to compare other than what I mentioned in my previous comment was part of my decision making process in buying this point and shoot camera over a Digital SLR (hint: not the price).

When shopping for this camera, I used this excellent and exhaustive review on the Trusted Reviews web site to help make my decision and compare to the actual image quality of some low-end Digital SLR cameras I was also considering at the time.

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.