Excellent features, easy to use, and it takes great pictures!

Excellent features, easy to use, and it takes great pictures!
True story: Had my heart set on the Nikon D3100, but I couldn't bring myself to pay that much for it. Rewind to my son's 8th grade graduation in May. I didn't have a camera at the time so I was using my cell phone which ran out of batteries by the time the graduation procession started. I was devastated. FORTUNATELY a good friend whose son was also graduating was sitting right behind me and she had a gorgeous professional looking camera. She offered to take pics of our son for me. When she emailed them to me the next day, her pictures were amazing! The zoom, picture color and clarity was so unbelievable! I HAD to know what the name of her camera was. She said a "Nikon Coolpix L810". I quickly looked it up online and found it cheapest on Amazon. I ordered it on a Friday and got it on Monday! I'm in LOVE with this camera. I've been practicing taking photos with it outside my work during breaks and the pictures are just beautiful, the zoom is AMAZING. Now, it's definitely not a quick point and shoot camera. You should ABSOLUTELY read the focus instructions VERY carefully before you use this otherwise your pictures come out blurry. BUT that's not a camera issue, it's a "you're not focusing the camera correctly" issue. Lol. You need to press the button down only halfway to allow the camera to focus first, once the focus light turns green, THEN press it all the way down. Tricky at first but gets easy after about 5 pics. So take your time practicing with the focus and getting to know all its shooting modes and features before you try to use it for special occasions like graduations, weddings, vacations...etc. After you get used to it, you will be in love with it. The price for the quality of this camera is outstanding. Love the size of it too. Big enough to be taken seriously, but small enough to fit in a purse or bag for travel. Not heavy, but just enough weight to it to give that quality feel. It's perfect!

We like it.

This camera is amazing for the money. It works beyond the imagination in low light. We have given it a workout and the only thing we haven't mastered is action shots. It has so many features that we can continue to explore for quite a while. The size and weight are just right for big hands, shakey hands and fumbling hands. Bottom line we LIKE it and are very glad we made this choice after a great deal of research and pondering.

Very happy with a great product

The Coolpix L810 is a very lightweight easy to use camera. It has beautiful resolution and is quite easy to use. The only reason I used 4 stars out of 5 on features is because other cameras have more features in their touch screen menu and sometimes it is a little hard to focus when shooting an action shot. The strap is more than durable enough, even for a biker like me. The flash is quite bright and almost unnecessary because this camera has the ability to take very nice pictures in low light situations with out the flash. The buttons are easily accessible and are very easy to use, especially for a novice like myself. I bought this camera as a refurbished piece and I can't even see signs of any wear. Also, this camera works flawlessly. I am quite happy and I feel you would be happy as well.

Great Camera for the price, Great Quality Pictures

I bought this camera because i want the ability to get action pictures of my children whilst they play sports and better quality pictures, better than pocket cameras but not as expensive as SLR,s! Once you get used to the features and which ones to use for what situation the camera makes for a pleasant Photography experience.
I reviewed several cameras in this bracket and found this to be come out the best by far..
Great quality pics!!

A camera of many virtues: a great step up from the Point-and-Shoot models!

This camera is comparable to the L-120 Coolpix, which I recently brought to Europe and damaged while there. This camera is light, very portable, easy to use and to customize. The magnification is quite good, and it has a reasonably good stabilization system. It's a great camera for a person who wishes to take a step beyond a point-and-shoot, but does not want to go to a full-scale Single-Lens-Digital-Reflex. I generally use Canon's for my heavy-duty camera, but I was happily surprised by the reliability and usefulness of the Nikon Coolpix series. It's definitely a good substitute when I don't want to lug around my camera bad. The only negative is that the lens will not open with the lens cap on, unlike many other models. It can be a nuisance, but it's pretty minor compared to this camera's virtues.