Nikon Coolpix L18 8MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Navy) Harry Potter7

Product Description

Nikon Coolpix L18 is a digital-camera designed to meet everyone's budget. 8 Megapixel sensor delivers outstanding stills and movies. A built-in mic allows sound. There's a 3" 240,000 pixel LCD on the camera for shooting and playing back your images. All images may be stored on optional SD or SDHC memory cards that fit directly into an integrated slot. Many computers can read (and write) directly off these cards or you can use built-in USB for data transfer to PC or MP3 player. A composite video cable lets you view images on your TV. Nikon's AntiShake mode allows blur-free images even if your hands shake a little when you click the shutter. This is a great buy! Internal Memory - Approximately 23MB Storage System - JPEG - JPEG-baseline-compliant; can be selected from Size priority and Optimal quality; AVI; WAV / File System - DCF 2.0, DPOF, EXIF 2.21 Image Stabilization - Electronic Movie Modes - Movie with sound White Balance - Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Incandescent, Flash, White Balance Present Play Functions - Full frame, Thumbnail (4 or 9 or 16 segments), Zoom, Slideshow, Shooting data Interface - USB 3x Canon optical zoom 5.7-17.1mm Equivalent with 35mm format picture angle - 35-105mm, f/2.8-4.7 Autofocus System - Contrast-detect TTL AF with AF-assist illuminator Focus Modes - Face-Priority AF, Auto Exposure Modes - Auto, Scene; Scene Modes - Portrait, Night Portrait, Sports, Landscape, Party, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night Landscape, Museum, Fireworks Show (TBD), Close Up, Copy, Back Light, Panorama Assist Built-in Flash - Yes / Flash Sync Modes - Auto, Auto with red-eye reduction, Anytime flash, Flash cancel, Slow sync Supplied Accessories - USB Cable UC-E6, Audio and Video Cable EG-CP14, Strap AN-CP18, AA Alkaline Battery (2), Software Suite for COOLPIX (Supplied accessories may differ depending on country or area.) Unit Dimensions

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9 in Camera & Photo
• Color: Navy
• Brand: Nikon
• Model: 25596
• Released on: 2008-03-19
• Dimensions: 2.40" h x 1.20" w x 3.70" l, 1.62 pounds
• Display size: 3
• Included Software: Yes

Features

• 8.0-megapixel resolution for stunning prints as large as 16 x 20 inches
• 3x optical zoom; Anti-Shake AE mode
• High-resolution 3.0-inch LCD makes it easy to view and share pictures
• In-Camera Red-Eye Fix; enhanced Face-Priority AF automatically focuses on up to 12 faces
• Capture images to SD memory card (not included)

Manufacturer Description

For carefree shooting and consistently great pictures. An impressively high, 8-megapixel count delivers pictures with true-to-life color and pleasing details. What's more, it means images can be significantly enlarged, and still look absolutely stunning.

Coolpix L18 Highlights

New Anti-shake AE Anti-shake AE helps you take great pictures free of complicated operation by automatically increasing shutter speed and raising the ISO setting to compensate for camera shake and subject movement.

Expansive 3.0-inch LCD monitor A huge, bright LCD monitor makes it a cinch to compose shots and play them back anywhere, ensuring clear viewing, even in direct sunlight.

AA-size batteries for carefree shooting anywhere Compatibility with AA-size batteries, which are widely available around the world, means carefree shooting virtually anywhere without worrying about recharging or running out of power.

Easy auto mode Easy auto mode makes photography even easier by taking control of settings, so you simply turn on the camera and shoot freely.

Coolpix Premium Features

Coolpix in-camera technologies give you the edge when it comes to taking beautiful pictures more easily and with greater enjoyment. Included are innovative functions that increase shooting opportunities in a broader range of situations, help to optimize images, and add a new dimension of fun to sharing those results.

VR image stabilization Nikon Coolpix cameras offer an array of VR technologies that produce blur-free images when shooting in unsteady conditions or at slower shutter speeds. Selected models are equipped with one of two types of Optical VR, Lens Shift VR, which delivers sharp and steady images effective for shooting and faster framing with the LCD, or Image Sensor Shift VR, which moves the image sensor to accurately compensate for camera shake. Other models offer Electronic VR which applies movement data to image processing to turn blurred images into beautifully clear results.

Better pictures in lower light Selected Coolpix models offer ISO capability beyond the range of conventional digital compacts. An exciting advantage that greatly increases photographic possibilities, high ISO capability delivers excellent exposure in challenging conditions, broadens the scope of possible subjects and allows scenes to be captured beautifully without compromising natural light.

Face-priority AF Available only with Nikon Coolpix cameras, the clever Face-priority AF function helps ensure satisfyingly crisp portraits no matter where the subject is in the shot. By automatically detecting people's faces in the frame, the photographer is free to press the shutter for sharp portraits with focus exactly where it's wanted.

D-Lighting Only Nikon delivers the advantage of D-Lighting, a unique technology with the ability to rescue underexposed images or shots taken with excessive backlight. Accessible in Playback mode, this innovative feature automatically creates a copy of the image, adding light and detail added where necessary, while leaving correctly-exposed areas untouched. As a result, images are significantly improved in a manner that is much more natural looking.

In-camera red-eye fix Coolpix cameras offer refined red-eye reduction capability that surpasses other digital compacts. First, a series of pre-flashes stimulate the subject’s pupils, causing them to constrict. The camera then analyzes the captured image for the remaining presence of red eyes, automatically correcting them in-camera before saving the image to memory.

Customer Reviews

Terrible Camera
I have used this camera for about two weeks daily now for work. I hate every second I spend behind this piece of junk. It will over-expose and blowout almost every photo you take unless it's not sunny outside and then you get blurry photos from the slower shutter speed. Also, don't even get me started on the terrible auto-focus system. The focus bracket is in the center of the image, but don't think that's where it will focus all of the time. It would regularly focus on something in the background or foreground and I would have no idea because the bracket stays in the center. The macro mode is terrible as well, it says it will focus up to 5" (which is weak in its own right), but I couldn't get it to focus sometimes as far away as 10-12" on some photos.

I am planning on returning it tomorrow and going back to my Canon A620 which takes much better photos in bright sunlight which is what I need.

Cool Coolpix L18
Excellent purchase! Fast shipping no issues. Great Camera! Easy to use and quality pictures and video. I used it at a school presentation and got nice clear pictures and video from my seat in the audience, clear sound too. Good value.

Easy, fun, compact, and cool: I really like my coolpix!
This is a great little camera, that is easy to use ... just point and click and the picture comes out pretty good pretty much all of the time. Sure there are better cameras, but you've really got to know how to use them to get anything better than what comes almost automatically from this camera. For the price it would be very difficult to surpass the quality and ease of this handy little item that fits nicely in the pocket and is ready to go when you need it.

I own a Mac and a PC, and have had absolutely no difficulty uploading my images to either computer. I am not a professional photographer, but just want to be able to share images with my friends and family, mostly by sending them over the internet and posting them to facebook. For those purposes, this camera is ideal.

I've owned earlier versions of the Nikon "Coolpix" and what I really like is that with each upgrade they have added valuable features but have found a way to avoid making the camera feel more complicated. I love the new automatic red-eye removal feature, and the image stabilization works very well. (By the way, I still have my older "Coolpix" cameras, and they still work fine -- as far as I can tell, they are built to last.)