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(More customer reviews)I picked this camera up for $80. It was on sale; generally you will be able to pick up this Nikon for about $100.
I've used it briefly, but since Black Friday is upon us, and many shoppers are looking for affordable digital cameras, I thought I'd try to help you out as much as I could...so please keep in mind that my use of this camera is limited.
To sum it up, it's a $100 digital camera. I don't think one who's familiar with digital cameras would buy it, and think "Boy, I sure got a steal!" The image quality is adequate enough to capture moments that you'd like to remember, but if you're somebody who likes to take landscape shots, and capture images that you find to be interesting, and maybe you'd even like to enlarge some of those shots...you should probably pass on this camera. The images are quite soft, and the edges in the image are rough if you do any significant cropping (40%-50%). The movie mode is adequate, again, for capturing those moments that you'd like to remember; if you like to take allot of video, you'd probably want to pass on this camera, for something that does a better job.
The menu is really easy to navigate, and overall, it's an intuitive camera.
It is quite small, and light. Somebody with big hands may find it a bit awkward to hold.
There are a few nice in-camera features, such as color alterations (i.e. B & W, Saturation, etc.), D-Lighting, basic image retouching.
Overall, it's a digital camera, that takes OK Pictures, and OK video, for an affordable price. If I were to give this camera as a gift, I'd probably give it to grandparents, or a younger child (14-ish)...or somebody who wanted a digital camera, and wasn't too picky about the quality of the pictures and video.
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