Travel mate P50 is relatively inexpensive, so you can't ask too much. But I can say that this camera works pretty well as a travel mate. Pocket-size, wide-angle lens, AA batteries are what you really need abroad. Easy to hold with one hand. Overall image quality is very good. Coolpix P50 offers plenty of image details till 200 ISO. Noise shows up at 400 ISO and, quite obviously, above. Blurred shots can result in tele mode (102 mm max focal length). I haven't been able to take advantage of the image stabili...
[Nikon Coolpix P50 Digital Camera review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/23/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (29 of 29) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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big improvement over previous nikon coolpix models So much has been written in previous reviews I'll stick to the following:
I use this camera with lithium double A's and an "sdhc" sd card.
1) The time lag between flash shots has now been fixed! Previous coolpix models I have had include the Coolpix 3200 (about 6 - 10 seconds between flash shots), the Coolpix L1, and more recently even the L15 (about five seconds between flash shots). The P50 is down to about a second or two. Went crazy at a dark restaurant and the pict...
[Nikon Coolpix P50 Digital Camera review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/29/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (10 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Read the Manual, Get a Tripod and Enjoy! I gave away my Nikon Coolpix 3200 and waited awhile before purchasing another Nikon. At the store I didn't go for the most expensive Nikon Coolpix--just one that was recommended for low light shooting. I'm moderately familiar with photography so I do not mind experimenting.
This camera is very nice! The many types of programmed settings for indoors and low light are very handy. Usually when I want to take a great photo I will fire off several shots (I have two 2 Gb memory cartri...
[Nikon Coolpix P50 Digital Camera review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/11/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
97% (44 of 45) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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So far, so good! I'm very happy with this camera's balance of price to performance.
This is my first digital camera. I have a degree in photography, although my job is not shooting now. I've used digital cameras occasionally on the job, but have been holding out at home, using film. Film is very comfortable for me. But we wanted to start to share photos with distant family, quicker.
One thing I decided was to limit my shopping to just one brand (my old FE2 imparts some serious loyalty...
[Nikon Coolpix P50 Digital Camera review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/09/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
93% (14 of 15) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great value for great optics For me the equation was simple: I wanted a good camera at a good price. Nikon has a strong reputation for its optics, and they have produced high quality cameras. My wife and I owned an earlier CoolPix camera that took very good pictures, but was poorly constructed. The P50 truly lives up to its Nikon heritage. The camera is small, but has the heft and feel of a solid instrument yet it is easy to handle. The large Nikkor lens captures the light without a trace of distortion. The menus are intuit...
[Nikon Coolpix P50 Digital Camera review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/20/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
93% (55 of 59) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Nikon Coolpix P50 Review I just purchased this camera after owning a few compact cameras and DSLR's. So far the camera is a gem. Small but easy to grasp, simple and fast to use, change settings, and above all, I've been thoroughly impressed with the image quality, color rendition, and image stabilization features. The optical and digital zoom combined with these features achieved sharp results.
The software that knits together panorama intended shots (using the panorama scene feature) is better than most wi...
[Nikon Coolpix P50 Digital Camera review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 10/19/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
91% (63 of 69) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great camera I purchased this camera for several reasons. First was the 28mm wide angle lens which is rare for a Point and Shoot (P&S) as most start out around 36mm and higher. The second reason was for the Manual settings, I have always used Nikon Coolpix in the past and had long sought this option. The third reason was that this camera takes AA batteries and thus I can use this to travel without having to buy a power converter so that I can recharge a battery pack.
So far I have been very h...
[Nikon Coolpix P50 Digital Camera review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/22/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
87% (21 of 24) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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photos not very sharp I'm disappointed with the very soft focus results I get with this camera. I've owned several small digital cameras and even the ones capturing fewer megapixels took much sharper photos. The P-50 is a decent all around camera with nice features. (I bought it for the wide angle lens.) I just wish the photos had better detail. I'm going to keep looking, while I put this one up for sale.
[Nikon Coolpix P50 Digital Camera review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 4.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/25/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
81% (13 of 16) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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hoped it was good! I have used nikon products for many years so I know how a camera works. I took it out to use it in full auto to test it like lots of people would who are not photographers. wide angle shots were good but tele shots were a differant story. they were all soft focus and colors were just as soft. I love nikon slr's and lenses but the point and shoot cameras are plain JUNK as far as I am concerned. If you can't use it on auto what good is it? Now I really wanted to like this thing but I just can't. t...
[Nikon Coolpix P50 Digital Camera review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 4.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 10/19/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
69% (46 of 66) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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THIS IS THE ONLY CAMERA SOLD IN THE US THAT HAS ALL THREE FEATURES---WIDE ANGLE LENS, OPTICAL VIEWFINDER, USES AA BATTERIES I've had this camera for almost a month now and I have found the photos to be quite sharp at all focal lengths---wide angle to telephoto. This is a good little camera---not perfect, but good. If you want to see some photos I took with it email me and I'll send some to you. [...]
UPDATE: AS OF 3-5-2008 I'VE HAD THE CAMERA FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS....AND NOW I CAN REALLY SAY, THIS CAMERA IS GREAT! I WENT TO TAHITI WITH IT AND TOOK SOME VERY GOOD PHOTOS SOME OF WHICH I ENLARGE TO 16X20 WITH VERY ...
[Nikon Coolpix P50 Digital Camera review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 10/26/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
51% (27 of 52) Users Found This Review Helpful |