Mark Reese
New member
I've owned a Nikon Coolpix 5700 for the last year and initially really enjoyed the potential and supposed power of the camera. After about six months I began to realize that the camera, though potentially powerful was awfully finicky: giving often unpredictable results when in auto mode. With a lot of work, any photo could be taken to good effect, but not easily. I blamed myself and worked harder to become worthy of it. No matter what, however it never seemed as good as I thought it should be, the pictures never as crisp. Then, two weeks ago, I left it in a taxi and lost it forever. At first devastated, I quickly began my search for the next camera. I'd already been coveting the Sony F828, but it's not due until January and I've got an African vacation two weeks from now.
After much research, I decided on this camera. Nervous that it could never live up the reputation that the Nikon 5700 had, I waited with baited breath.
It's come, and I've fallen in love. For the last week and a half I've been delirious with photo potential. This thing meters brilliantly, has enormous self-control over it's flash (The Nikon was miserable in comparison). The auto focus is astounding, even in low light --- something that the Nikon was truly worthless at doing. The features leave little to be desired and the thing is astoundingly intuitive, after fifteen minutes with the instructions (286 pages of 'em that you'll have to print yourself, mind you --- the only downside).
I can't think of anything that the Nikon did better. Except perhaps the BSS feature, but you really needed that considering how poorly that camera did with low light. The Olympus is far and away the superior contender.
Problems:
No regrets, at all.
After much research, I decided on this camera. Nervous that it could never live up the reputation that the Nikon 5700 had, I waited with baited breath.
It's come, and I've fallen in love. For the last week and a half I've been delirious with photo potential. This thing meters brilliantly, has enormous self-control over it's flash (The Nikon was miserable in comparison). The auto focus is astounding, even in low light --- something that the Nikon was truly worthless at doing. The features leave little to be desired and the thing is astoundingly intuitive, after fifteen minutes with the instructions (286 pages of 'em that you'll have to print yourself, mind you --- the only downside).
I can't think of anything that the Nikon did better. Except perhaps the BSS feature, but you really needed that considering how poorly that camera did with low light. The Olympus is far and away the superior contender.
Problems:
No regrets, at all.