stromaroma
Senior Member
Despite my many annoyances listed below, I like the camera.
It has no anti-dust CCD shake, which I knew when I bought the camera. My solution is that my Nikkor 70-300 mm VR lens stays on the camera and never comes off. I always bring along my Canon Powershot compact for the wider angle shots, and it's always handy to have a smaller camera with you to throw in your pocket when an SLR isn't desirable. Plus, it is so much faster to whip out the compact for those quick shots. Despite my 70-300 mm lens never leaving the camera, I still have had some dust problems.
Battery life is great.
It is nice and small, and feels firm. You can be confident that it will likely take a good shot.
I have never had a separate status screen so I don't miss it.
Problems:
My biggest beef is the absence of exposure bracketing. I do not trust any camera's exposure decisions, and you have no chance to go back to get the shot again for the kinds of photos I take. You can't tell from the LCD screen whether a shot is properly exposed, and this is why exposure bracketing is important. You can do it manually, but that's a lot of buttons to press and a lot of time. I know Nikon removed some features in order to get this camera small, but how much space could this one feature take up? They have it on the new P5100 compact! This issue is almost enough to make me wish I had gotten a D80, but because of the light weight travelling I like to do, I will put up with it.
The user interface is OK, but I find my Canon Powershot's
is much more intuitive and quick.
You cannot set which size JPeg to create when in RAW+JPeg mode
When moving around the image in display mode on full zoom, the cursor moves agonizingly slowly. The Canon Powershot's system is much faster and less nerve racking. And this is something I do with every shot I take to ensure there is no focus or vibration problems with the image.
Within two weeks the paint was rubbing off the "menu" button from my nose print.
I was surprised to notice some obvious purple fringing, something I never see with my Canon Powershot.
Lens caps cannot be attached to lens with string -- not good when you are as absent minded as I am.
You have to buy the remote separately. Without it, bulb mode is unusabe. This does not leave a nice taste in your mouth when such an obvious and little feature like this is not included. Is this an industry standard, or just a way for Nikon to grab more money unwittingly out of its customers?
It has no anti-dust CCD shake, which I knew when I bought the camera. My solution is that my Nikkor 70-300 mm VR lens stays on the camera and never comes off. I always bring along my Canon Powershot compact for the wider angle shots, and it's always handy to have a smaller camera with you to throw in your pocket when an SLR isn't desirable. Plus, it is so much faster to whip out the compact for those quick shots. Despite my 70-300 mm lens never leaving the camera, I still have had some dust problems.
Battery life is great.
It is nice and small, and feels firm. You can be confident that it will likely take a good shot.
I have never had a separate status screen so I don't miss it.
Problems:
My biggest beef is the absence of exposure bracketing. I do not trust any camera's exposure decisions, and you have no chance to go back to get the shot again for the kinds of photos I take. You can't tell from the LCD screen whether a shot is properly exposed, and this is why exposure bracketing is important. You can do it manually, but that's a lot of buttons to press and a lot of time. I know Nikon removed some features in order to get this camera small, but how much space could this one feature take up? They have it on the new P5100 compact! This issue is almost enough to make me wish I had gotten a D80, but because of the light weight travelling I like to do, I will put up with it.
The user interface is OK, but I find my Canon Powershot's
is much more intuitive and quick.
You cannot set which size JPeg to create when in RAW+JPeg mode
When moving around the image in display mode on full zoom, the cursor moves agonizingly slowly. The Canon Powershot's system is much faster and less nerve racking. And this is something I do with every shot I take to ensure there is no focus or vibration problems with the image.
Within two weeks the paint was rubbing off the "menu" button from my nose print.
I was surprised to notice some obvious purple fringing, something I never see with my Canon Powershot.
Lens caps cannot be attached to lens with string -- not good when you are as absent minded as I am.
You have to buy the remote separately. Without it, bulb mode is unusabe. This does not leave a nice taste in your mouth when such an obvious and little feature like this is not included. Is this an industry standard, or just a way for Nikon to grab more money unwittingly out of its customers?