Nikon Coolpix L19 Digital Camera (Smooth Silver)

Comments about Nikon Coolpix L19 Digital Camera (Smooth Silver):

Practical. Easy to use even by a kid. Quality pictures.

Comments about Nikon Coolpix L19 Digital Camera (Smooth Silver):

We ordered 5 coolpix cameras through our computer lab to use with our School's Yearbook staff! The portability and user friendly cameras were exactly what we were looking for! We wanted simple point and shoot and also the ability to disengage the flash function! Our pictures have come out crisp and ready to upload to our 2010 Yearbook! The yearbook advisor also has the opportunity to make a mini movie with the coolpix camera to promote joining Yearbook and found it to be a very easy process! She wanted to borrow a movie camera and she found coolpix to be an all-in-one self server camera!

Comments about Nikon Coolpix L19 Digital Camera (Smooth Silver):

Good price and great starter camera. Bought this camera for a friend. My 9 year old daughter has a L18 and it works well, video as well

Comments about Nikon Coolpix L19 Digital Camera (Smooth Silver):

This product is good enough for personal use. The price is lower than expected. However, this DC has lack of manual adjustment.

Comments about Nikon Coolpix L19 Digital Camera (Smooth Silver):

I am not very knowledgeable about cameras, in general, and I feared that it would take me forever to learn how to use my Nikon. I was very pleased, it was very easy to use. I use Picasa for editing and the process runs very smoothly. I just wish it had longer battery life, but rechargeable batteries seem to be the way to deal with that.

Comments about Nikon Coolpix L19 Digital Camera (Smooth Silver):

I purchased the Nikon L19 camera for my wife, who wanted a simple, easy to use camera for snapshots of the kids. At 8.0 megapixels it's got more resolution than either of my other cameras (Minolta Maxxum 7D (6.0MP) and Minolta Dimage G500 (5.0MP)).Admittedly, price was a big factor on this purchase; my wife didn't want something too complicated or fancy, and didn't want to worry if taking it to the beach or on the boat. On the other hand, I'm an advanced amateur and wanted something that would still give me the control that I'm used to with the other cameras, and that I really hate to give up.The L19 offers enough simplicity for my wife--she can turn it on, point, and shoot. It also offers enough control (for a point and shoot) that I am happy. For example, I can force fire the flash to add fill light; I can cancel the flash to use ambient lighting only; I can add or subtract exposure compensation as needed.Nikon's "Smile Mode" is an interesting feature that I've not seen till now: set the camera to smile mode and point it at a face. As long as the face it looking at the camera, the L19 recognizes it then automatically takes the picture when a smile appears. It sounds gimicky, but it actually works.The L19 displays far less shutter lag than my Minolta G500. The shutter responds quicker when pressed, and I can shoot at a faster rate than I can with the G500. It will not, however, keep up with the Maxxum 7D, nor would I ever expect it too. It was fast enough for me to shoot several sequential shots of my kids riding amusement rides, though.The large screen of the L19 is a real plus, and it makes for easy viewing.I'm not a big fan of scene modes; the L19 has plenty of them, so if you want them, they're there. If you don't want them, you can ignore them.The L19 has in camera cropping: shoot a picture but only like part of it? Zoom in, and then crop, all right in the camera, using that big screen. It's a neat feature, although I will continue to use Adobe Photoshop Elements for my cropping and other editing.At its regular price the Nikon L19 is a good buy; I happened to hit a sale and got the camera for [$]--an excellent buy. I talked my mother-in-law into buying one, too.For a camera in the $100 range, the Nikon L19 has an excellent set of features, and performs well. It's got enough resolution for all but the larges of prints. It won't perform like a DSLR, but then again it doesn't cost $500 to $2,000 either.If you're looking for a capable camera at a good price, look no further. It's easy to use, and does everything a point and shoot ought to do. At this price level, it's a super buy.