Nikon Coolpix L100 Review

#1 Tibor

It is a really foolish camera with reduced ability of settings such like ISO, shutter-speed, aperture, 2 sec timer, etc.
Strange colours on pictures, for example garish blue sky
I’m very disappointed with this camera, and returned it on the same day.
And bought a FujiFilm S1500… Much better!

3:11 am - Wednesday, August 26, 2009

#2 MUSTAFA

i have the cam for 2 days and found out the quality of pictures are depending on the scene modes that you choose on your device.if you choose the best scene mode you have great results.i have taken even better night shots than reviews shot on the page. quality is really great.

6:40 pm - Thursday, September 17, 2009

#3 sudeve

very bad picture quality.no control over iso,pictures are very soft.

7:47 am - Saturday, September 19, 2009

#4 Saurabh Wadikar

I bought this camera today and found it pretty amusing. The fact that it has no control over the ISO may be a little frustrating for novices, but a good package at such a fair price. However, that did not seem to impact the image quality. Infact, I found it better than Canon IXUS and other competitive ranges.

No comparison with the SLRs here, but I’d say money well spent!

Regards,
Saurabh

1:18 pm - Monday, October 12, 2009

#5 Ankit

i hav got the best ever birthday gift ,,that is Nikon coolpix L100,,  one of the finest cameras for giving the best quality high zoom cameras in the

4:09 am - Friday, October 16, 2009

#6 dave h

I’ve had this camera for six months or more. I bought it to replace a Fuji FinePix S5100 which I damaged. Man, the L100 is a MAJOR disappointment!!!  It does just fine with landscapes on sunny days. Anything else and photos are soft, colors untrue, and the auto-focus is TOTALLY useless on anything not just the right color, well-lit, and more than about 10 ft. away. 

I was once a fairly serious amateur photographer. I started years ago with 35mm, but now I shoot mostly casual snapshots.  DSLR’s are expensive, and I at the last minute, I went cheap and thought I’d try the L100. Now I wish I had spent the $899, because it turned out to be $249 absolutely wasted! I bought this camera intending to use it as a snapshot camera, but it’s not really even suitable for the most casual use. I kept it past the 30 day return because I thought with the Nikon name on it, it had to be better than it appeared to be. I thought I just needed to spend a little time with it to figure it out and get used to it. Hah! Unless you’re the kind of photographer that did most of his/her shooting with disposable cameras back in the film days, you will be very disappointed.

Mine looks, feels, and shoots like it did when brand new. If I could sell it for a fraction of what I paid for it, I’d do it in a heartbeat. I also own an Olympus FE-310 that I bought for $109 at Walmart, and except for going through batteries way too fast, it is an incredibly more capable camera. It produces better photos in any setting than the Coolpix L100. I should have bought another Fuji. I’ll never buy another Nikon product for sure. Not that Nikon doesn’t make good cameras, but the L100 definitely isn’t one of them, and they now have made me suspicious of their integrity for releasing such a dog camera.

As I previously mentioned, landscapes on a sunny day.  Other than that, I’ve found nothing that it does very well and a whole lot of situations where it just isn’t even remotely adequate. So disappointing!

6:51 am - Saturday, October 31, 2009

#7 pranjal bajpai

it is not a waste camera as mentioned above… high quality landscape pics can be achieved from this one…thunderstorm.. rainbow pics.. rainy days.. nice n stunning macro shots can also taken from this.. what u need is the patience n to understand dis camera..select the right mode for the right scenes.. it is good choice as far as value for money as concerned!

2:28 am - Sunday, November 1, 2009

#8 S K Handique

Hi,

I did consider the L100 when I bought My Fujifilm S1500. The major disadvantage was the lack of an electronic or optical viewfinder which is very handy in bright daylight situations and for those using glasses. I found it impossible to view what was there in the screen in daylight

3:47 am - Sunday, November 8, 2009