On the rear right of the camera, a new design door for Nikon, this one slides and then tilts open, looks much better than we've seen previously.

Microdrive fans will be disappointed to see the width of the CF slot, yep it's STILL type I, given the new battery design that's hardly surprising as I'd doubt the new battery could supply sufficient power to drive the camera and a Microdrive.

Base of the camera is a simple enough affair, with a plastic tripod socket mounted too close to the front of the camera for comfort.

Note also that it's location means you won't be able to change the battery with the camera on a tripod. Small rubber feet would have been nice, it's amazing how useful the rubber base on the 990 is for steadying the camera against a table top or other fixed object.

The built in flash has a quoted range of:

Wide: 0.4 – 3.7 m/1ft 4½" – 12ft 2½"
Tele: 0.4 – 2.5 m/1ft 4½" – 8ft 2½"
Macro mode: 0.2 – 2.5 m/8" – 8ft 2½"

That's less powerful than the Coolpix 990 but probably sufficient for what the 880 is designed to do. It would also appear that Nikon have dropped the sync speed to 1/60s to compensate for the lower flash output.

At last, a sensible lens cap! Sprung edges and supplied with a string (this stuff may sound trivial to people not familiar with the Coolpix range of digital cameras but a good lens cap has been on the most wanted list for quite a while).

It's worth noting that the lens does fully retract and once the lens cap is on the camera is completely portable without worry of knocking or breaking anything vital.