With the standard proviso that tech stuff always gets better and cheaper, I highly recommend this new camera model for the low price. I have only had it for two days, since Nikon didn't warranty my broken LCD screen on my L4. Please do be careful with the fragile nature of these electronics! I didn't drop it or abuse it, and it apparently broke in my pocket within a padded case!

Back to the L10, most everything is better than the previous, low end, L cameras, with improved sound, and what is great for me, voice recording capacity, outside of 20 second voice memos attached to a particular photo. While digital voice recorders are cheap for PCs, I have a Mac and previously, only iPods with accessories, or other costly recorders, can create sound files to be then imported to your computer and then burned to CDs. With just a 512 MB card, you can record for hours.

The image quality is a bit bluish, some color cast that hopefully can be corrected with software. The sharpness looks O.K., and for the price, it's fine for me. This makes a great back-up camera, as I use another more expensive L series camera. On the road, I can't afford missing a great scenic shot, or hundreds of those.

The L10 is smaller and slimmer than the L4. It carries well in your pocket. It has slightly simpler buttons and controls. The lens retraction is quicker on shut-off, and the zoom is rather abrupt. Other new, handy features are characteristic of the planned obsolescence of most tech items. Goodies that will have you wanting to upgrade!

It will remain to be seen how durable this camera turns out to be, but I have high hopes. I intend to be more careful, and never subject this beauty to shock or any possibility of drops.

Speaking with a tech support rep, you need to have nickel metal hydride batteries with more than 2000 mAh worth of power, in lieu of what they recommend (Nikon-approved rechargables). Some of my Ray-o-Vacs aren't.

I'm using only the approved SD cards, but they now support up to 4GB cards. That's great if you can trust the card not to fail--why I buy several in smaller capacities, and therefore don't have all my eggs in one basket. You'll get enough memory, then at 4 GB, for probably then, a few thousand photos storage.

One major thing they can work on are the streaks that still appear in movie mode when faced with bright reflections or sun. Not as bad in earlier L's, these don't appear in final still images, but are seen in movies. You then have to remember not to shoot movies outside of evenly lit scenes. My older Coolpix cameras didn't have this problem. The movie quality is pretty good, but a bit down from my movies using my L5. Shooting movies of a train, the bells and horns are much clearer sounding than the earlier models.

Despite what the ads say, I can find no VR feature on this model, and nothing about it in the manual. Unless it is enabled all the time, which it seems to be not, you may wish to wait till this excellent feature becomes standard on all models. For more serious photographers, VR is included on the higher end, new L's.

Also, I see nothing about ISO capability to 800, but I haven't yet tried night or low light scenes. One telephoto came out blurred, with no blur warning, there.

All in all, this is fantastic technology, all at a highly affordable price, and although Nikon isn't the top rated brand as it used to be, I'd get this as a first, around-the-home and back-up, digital camera, if you haven't owned a good one yet.

I have had two Nikon Coolpix 995 Cameras and hated them both. I also have a Canon Rebel XT which is a great camera for more "intended" use. But the Canon was too large to tote with me on my last trip to Asia, so, on the advice of a friend, I decided I would pick up a small digital camera in Sinapore for "pennies on the dollar". So, knowing nothing about prices of recreational digital cameras, I picked up this camera for 220 USD and, at the time, felt pretty good about it (again, the same friend suggested that 220 was a good buy). This place was supposed to be the electronic dumping grounds from Chinese production lines but I paid double what Amazon has it for. I love the camera because it reliably takes good pictures with little effort inside and out and slips inconspicuously into my pocket when not in use. I would strongly recommend buying this product from Amazon or one of its syblings such as the L11 . . .

I bought this sweet little thing because I am planning a day in NYC and don't want to bring along my regular camera, which is bulky. This camera is nice and small and would fit in any purse or coat pocket. It has 5 MP and a 3X optical zoom which is great for the price. The pictures I took outside turned out outstanding. Inside pics were a bit pixelated, but I may have had the settings wrong. The camera is easy to use right out of the box.

Perfect for a second camera to keep on you just in case.

I bought this camera for my daughter and was pretty impressed. It is easy to use, takes great pictures, has a lot of options, and is very small (pocket-sized). In fact it was kind of depressing because I paid $250 for a 5MP this time last year.

You will need a memory card for this camera. The internal memory only holds 3 pics at the highest res. 1 GB which will hold 400 pics.

The only thing I would warn you about is: If you try to use a used memory card, you will need to format it with the camera though the menu, or with Windows, befor you use it. I tried to use one from my old camera and the transfer software wouldn't work on two different computers, it kept saying "Enumerating" and never read the pics. After formatting the card, it was fine. Also, this camera claims to support only specific SD cards from SanDisk, Panasonic and Toshiba, which is weird because I thought SD was a standard. See page 102 of the manual.

I ordered this item from Amazon a few days ago and have just received it. At the time I ordered, there was an offer of a 1 GB SD memory card advertised with the camera so I bought it too.
HOWEVER... the card turns out to be a "Kingston" technology brand NOT TESTED AND NOT APPROVED BY NIKON according to the literature that came with the camera (just checked it). NIKON only approves SanDisk, Toshiba and Panasonic.
I find it a bit questionable or maybe misleading on the part of Amazon to advertise this card together with the camera knowing that Nikon has not tested and approved this brand. At least a warning to this effect should have been given to the potential buyer.
It may be argued that SD cards of different brands all work and all are of similar techonology. However, the customer may prefer to use what the OEM recommends and approves. More so in view of the warning that Nikon indicates in the literature that about the use of 'not approved items" possibly voiding the guarantee.

Just got this camera and so far am quite happy with it. It has sound with the video which is a great feature for a budget camera. Pretty easy to use, fairly intuitive and nice small size.

This small Nikon easily fits in your pocket. The large screen makes it easier to take pictures that aren't on a tilt (a problem I had with my Pentax). The photos are well-defined, with true color. I have had this camera less than a month, so I don't know how durable it will be. So far, so good.

For anyone looking for a point and shoot camera - this is it. BUY IT.

I absolutely love my camera! It took me a while to go digital and I wish I hadn't waited so long. I got a great deal on this camera and I bought the memory card and replacement plan that were suggested with this camera and I'm pleased with everything.

I have no trouble with it. Nice and sharp Pictures, fast. Be carefull at night when the light recharge, the recharge time is 4-5 seconds long.

I am extremely happy with the performance of this camera. It is light-weight, compact, easy to use, and takes great photos. A great value for the price. Nikon makes a great product, and this one lives up to the name.

Shipped on time and the item is a great buy for the price.

Poor image quality regardless of price, especially indoors. Sent it back. Even the samsungs have better image quality. For a good budget cam, go for a samsung, kodak, or low end canon.

Takes good and clear pictures. However, it needs a memory card for anything more than 6 pictures.

Whatever happened to the famed Nikon quality? This locked up on me died. Stay away from it.

I just bought this camera and so far it works perfect. Quality of photos is also acceptable and fair enough comparing to my investment.

Although the camera is small and light. Easy to use. But it has a poor quality finish to it. The battery cover looks as though it is made of low grade plastic. Picture quality is OK, nothing great, but what else do you expect from a camera $100 or so.
In all not happy with the purchase

Great camera, great pictures - uses alot of batteries. I recommend getting rechargeable batteries. Daughter loves the video options, especially since sound is included.

This camera is compact, light, and it fits in my pocket. I use it for work and personal pleasure. I like the fact that it uses AA batteries. For the price, I could give it a 5 star but the battery life seems a bit short. I could only get around 70 shots with 2x Energizer 2500mAh batteries. I also think it takes a bit too long to start (about 4 or 5 seconds). The LCD is sharp and clear. It's a very good camera at this price range.

Shipped and received in a timely manner. Appears to be an excellent choice for a amateur, such as myself,

We purchased this camera & it was working fine for what we needed. However, after about 2 1/2 - 3 wks we started having problems with it. We sent it back & received a new one. It's been about a week & seems to working fine. The pics are good for what we purchased it for. I really like it!

This camera has only been so-so, for me. I purchased it to replace a Nikon Coolpix 3.2 that has served fantastically well for the last 2.5 years. The 3.2 finally died, after much use and abuse. So, partially based upon the reviews here, I thought the L10 would be an acceptable replacement.

It takes decent pictures outdoors, but I'm pretty disappointed with the indoor photos I've taken this past month. Frequently, pictures come out overexposed when using the flash, and adjusting the white balance hasn't helped too much. Taking photos with no flash leads to often blurry pictures (albeit with decent white balance). Hence, this camera is pretty poor for indoor photos.

The other complaint I have is with the macro feature. It's useless, unlike in my previous Nikon. So I find myself standing back, and using the zoom feature, instead.

I'm pleasantly surprised that not having a viewfinder (just the LCD screen) hasn't been a big deal, even when outdoors.

Of course, I paid only about $100 for this camera, so whaddya expect? I wouldn't buy it again, though.

This camera is nothing special...just a regular, low-end point and shooter. But it only cost $106 when I got it, and for that price, it's excellent. There are no problems with the picture. It takes photos just as well as any of the more expensive small/slim cameras (i.e. the ones with the small lenses). The software runs a bit slow, though, and the camera takes a few seconds to reload after each shot.

Also, it runs on AA bateries, which is kind of weird. I'm not used to keeping extra batteries around in case the first set runs low while I'm out. But that's a minor complaint.

The bottom line is, for the price, it's a great camera.

I like it but I don't know its battery is AA. But it's not too bad. And the shipping is good.

Don't expect that you are going to get great picture quality for this price. The photos doesn't look bright enough in the LCD. camera menu's are OK to use. If you are looking for really good camera, consider buying Canon SD series..

Camera is great....i love it. Its a lil slow on the saving of pixs but other then that its great.

I am returning this camera. The picture quality is poor. Left side of the pictures are always dark. Initially I thought that the issue was with the amera screen. However, moving the pictures to computer did not help. The darkness was stil there. It is quite possible that I have a defecteed unit. But after reading the reviews and my own experience, I have decided to look into other cameras.

This is a great camera. It has all you need.
The only thing I didn't like it was that it records video in mov format. But that's personal... In general, a great, compact and smart camera!

Outstanding value for the money. Good quality pictures for the casual user. Be sure to get a memory card with it though, as the on-board memory is a bit small, especially if you tend to take high resolution pictures.

Great quality, nice camera, compact, sharp images and easy to use. Useful features compared with a good price. I can say it is a good cost-benefit product.

I am very happy with the camera. I paid $101 for the money, I couldn't be happier. Sometimes it takes blurry pictures but that could be from me moving my hand but other than that I'm very happy. I think this camera is great for the person who doesn't like to mess with a lot of buttons.

I got this product as an upgrade from my Nikon Coolpix 3200. More resolution and more features for the money. Digital cameras upgrade quickly so I expect to upgrade every 2 years. One thing that impressed me was the additional "face-priority" setting. Very useful when taking pictures outdoors when the sun is too bright and there is shadow on the face of my subject. The camera does an automatic fill-flash which brings out the most important part of the subject, the face and the eyes.
For my purpose this camera does the job. It's handy, it's affordable and the pictures are stunning. I can get another point and shoot digital camera but I stick to Nikon because of the lens. The Nikon color rendition is amazing compared to other brands. I print copies using Kodak paper at my local CVS pharmacy and the result is outstanding. Happy with purchase.

I loved the camera at first- all the features you needed in an inexpensive camera. Other than lots of blurry pictures, it worked okay. After just a few weeks, it wouldn't turn on--the screen turned red and said "lens error." I mailed it in to get warranty repair, and they sent it back without repairing it, claiming it was "corrosion" Corrosion? after 3 weeks? um, no. If you buy this camera, buy the protection plan, because you may need it.

This is the first digital camera that I have owned. The L11 is now about the same price that I paid for this one. I would definately make that purchase. This one has been a good introduction to digital photography.

On the automatic settings the pictures are saved at 72dpi which is good for internet usage. On the specific settings they are 300dpi. Some of the elements on the specific settings are changable (flash, exposure etc.) which allow you to modify your pictures and expand your abilities. It is also instructive to look at the information that each picture was taken at, exposure, etc. to see how the settings work. The only thing that I have disapointed with so far is the amount of noise on night pictures. There is an automatic noise reduction but I think that it could work a little better.

There is a voice recorder that allows you to make voice additions to the pictures which is good if you are trying out several specific effects with the picture. It also means that you don't have to write down names, places, and other information for the picture identification.

To go with this I would immediately get rechargeable batteries and a charger, a memory card and a case I found all three of those at Walgreens and Walmart for under $40.

I would definately recommend this as an entry level digital camera and also as one that you wnat to carry with you don't want to lug around a big camera kit.

I bought the Nikon Coolpix L10 as my first digital compact P&S camera. I read quite a few reviews and settled on this camera. I had it for a couple of weeks, until mine had a 'lens error' that basically made the camera inoperable (it was stuck open). It might've been due to batteries running low, but I tried another set (which I now think was also low). But it would've been nice if the camera gave a hint that there wasn't enough battery charge left to extend or retract the lens instead of a generic 'lens error' msg. The LCD turned on enough to display the error msg, and then shuts off after about 7 seconds.

I took close to 150 pictures with the original AA batteries that came with it. I returned the camera and decided to upgrade to a more advanced Kodak Z712 IS (7 MP 12x optical zoom & image stabilization) because I wanted to do more than just vacation snapshots once in a while. The picture quality from the L10 was very good, a bit of barrel distortion was noticed in the wide angle and shooting tall skyscrapers (noticed by the curve along the side of the frame where the buildings are supposed to be straight).

Another gripe I had with the camera was how slow the auto-focus was. It would basically go through the whole range of focus every time I pressed the shutter half-way and then some. Also because it lacks a AF assit lamp, it failed to focus in dim lighting. This became more annoying the more I used it.

The camera tended to keep the ISO low in the auto mode. Which meant to get enough exposure, the shutter speed had to slow down, which meant in most hand-held shots, one has to have very steady hands or the result will be blurred images. Now that I think about it, I probably would've preferred more aggressive ISO bumping because in low light situations, I'd rather get a clearer, noisy high ISO picture, instead of a low noise but blurred picture. Eventually a lot of my pictures came out blurry, including outdoor overcast days with 3x optical zoom. Basically anytime there's zoom & less than ideal lighting, I would have to have rock steady hands to get non-blurry pictures.

Overall it's a good camera if you can overlook the issues I mentioned.

My wife and I purchased this camera for our Grandson's 10th Birthday. This is his first camera and we are teaching him how to take pictures, edit them, store them, and how to respect, protect, and how to be responsible.

My niece was ecstatic when she saw that she had received this camera for her birthday present.

Dont get the nikon l10!!!!!!!!! please save your money, i wish i would've. ok i bought this piece of junk and the buttons were cheap, it was a battery sucker, and the screen cracked in its case!!!!!!!!!!!!! i would not recommend this product please listen to this review. i always just listened to the perfect 5 star reviews,so i paid the price($100 to be exact) just dont get this product. save ur money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Between the price and what you get, this made a very nice gift for my boyfriend. The downsides: It's not the most user-friendly camera; you'll probably need to sit down with the manual before shooting much. It also only comes with internal memory, so you get about seven shots out of the box. You'll have to buy memory to get any more.

I was looking for a small point and shoot camera that wouldn't break the budget and the L10 fills the bill nicely. My only complaints are the lack of an optical view finder and the fact that videos are in mov format. I use MS Movie Maker so all videos have to be converted to be usable. It's also a little complex to be considered a true point and shoot but it's still a pretty nice little camera.

Works as described -- takes pretty good pictures, the red eye reduction when manually enabled works wonderful -- but I always had red eye if I left it on auto. Easy to work, never had to touch the manual, everything is pretty self explanatory. Nikon is a great company, either go with a Nikon or a Canon... but canon cameras for same quality were all much more expensive.

I ordered this camera [my first digital] in late April and received it via Amazon from DB Roth on Monday, May 5th. Although the box printing was in English, the instruction manual was in Spanish, all 100+ pages of it. I contacted Roth and they gave me the link to a website from which I could download a pdf file of the instructions - 135 pages of it. I tried several times but it froze up each time. Finally Roth said they'd send me the manual, which I received today - a CD disk. When I loaded it in - all 135 pages - it was encrypted and couldn't be printed or copied. So I'm waiting to see what Roth will do now. I had contacted Amazon several days ago and they said it wasn't their problem it was Roth's. So much for help from Amazon. I think on Monday, if Roth doesn't send me another order and I return what I have, I'll contact my VISA account and ask for a total refund. I'd tried to contact Nikon,but that was a total excersize in futility. I think I'll stay away from Nikon and Amazon in the future. Meanwhile, the camera sits in the box unused.

I bought this camera when my Canon S3 IS was stolen and I needed a replacement immediately. I did a little research and I got impressed by the price of this Nikon camera. I had a good experience with Nikon before so I thought I was getting a good camera. However, I got very very desappointed with this Nikon L10. Almost all the pictures taken indoors are bad, changing features does not help. Outdoor pictures are better but when there is good light, not cloudy or rainy. I found the zoom useless, because the camera finds trouble focusing when the zoom is in. When being in events where everybody has different cameras, I have found that mine takes the worst pictures. Pictures with flash, very slow. The macro feature is useless too. It is more like a toy.

What I suggest is that if you are looking for something cheap as this camera, don't expect good quality. It is good for people that know nothing about digital cameras because they won't find any problems. The size is good and very light weight, it fits into a pocket.

I gave 2 stars to Nikon CoolPix L10 because it has been better for me to have it than not having a camera at all, it has been useful for not very important events but I honestly do not recommend this camera for advance photographers.

I ended getting a new Canon again. Canon is irreplaceable.

Great little camera. takes great pics and easy to use for my mother who doesn't like to deal with complicated machines. Gave her some basic instructions and she was off and shooting.

This camera is a very good option for newbies or for people who going to buy their first digital camera with a low budget. Excellent pictures, super strong flash that iluminates everything. Im very dissapointed with the AVI video quality with I was specting better. But for the price of the camera, cant be better than it is.

I love the autofocus, this is a very intelligent function in this camera because you can take better quality pictures.

Other negative thing is that when to take pictures without flash, the 75% of the pictures you take , will came blur.

If you need buy a cheap camera that takes high quality pictures, do not hesitate to buy it. But do not use it to record videos, you will get dissapointed like me.

Bought this for Christmas and have been very pleased since. Simple functionality for taking pictures. Takes clear decent pictures with very few shaky images. The best part is the low usage on batteries (use rechargable). Had a Panasonic that sucked batteries dry before. In the end, this camera is perfect for quick picts.