Nikon Coolpix L6 6MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (OLD MODEL)

There's lots to like about this camera. Perhaps #1 is the extremely long battery life of up to l,000 photos on 2 AA Lithium batteries (approx. $5.50 replacement cost), with an indicator right in the LED viewer for how many shots left on the batteries. It has a strong metal case and is very compact. It offers fully automatic photo setting, or flip it to the scene mode for all your manual adjustments. The picture quality is good.

I bought it for my wife's Christmas present. I compared pictures with ones I took from my CANON A70, which is out of market now. The sharpness is good. No doubt about both Nikon and Canon are good lens makers. But speed of focus and shutter is slow. Too much noise when shots taken under low light. I am doubting Nikon is not good in eletronical industry. If the price is your concern, Nikon Coolpix L6 is a choice. Otherwise, I would recommend CANON any models as a better pick.

Pros:-----1- Small and compact, yet not too small to be uncomfortable to hold. (Cameras are going back to being slightly bigger than credit cards to lower the effect of shaky hand and blurry images.2- Uses AA batteries. Great lifespan with 2100mah NIMH rechargeable.3- Picture quality especially in well lit surroundings is truly impressive. darker areas are not too bad either.4- Movie clips upto 1GB in size is quite nice. This translates into about 18mins of recording on the highest setting.5- Auto shut-off is relatively fast which avoids wasting battery life.6- has a blur warning, to let u know if u have taken a picture which will be too blurry for printing. Does this immediately after taking the picture, so u can take a second one.Cons:--------1- Flash is a bit week. Pix taken in very dark places (bar, club,..etc) are a bit grainy, but nothing too excessive however.2- There is no setting to review the pix taken without having the lens extend on power-up, or when connecting camera to a pc to download images. In other words the lens is always protruding from the camera when it powered up. This shortens the mechanisms life and makes the camera somewhat harder to pass on to other to see pictures. and can be damaged easily.3- Cannot zoom movie clips when recording has started ( this is the case with most cameras these days).4- Flash takes too long to recharge between pictures.5- Becuase of the flash recharge delay, u are not able to review pictures already taken, until the flash has finished re-charging for the next picture.I wanted to try and cover issues that other reviewers may not point out. I have to say however, except for "Con #5", the other issues aren't major to me. Overall I like the camera and don't regret buying it.

It takes too long to focus and shoot! This, coupled with the very long time it takes to write to the memory card, well, it is horrible. People who write in saying they didn't notice the the slow focus and writing, must be either paid by Nikon or total nubs.Do not buy this camera.It did take decent movies, and the size is nice.

Disappointing. This is my 4th digital camera and I thought this was an upgrade. At 6 megapixels, I expected sharp, crisp photos, but they are not. Writing to the card after each shot is very slow. Look for something else.

I've had 2, lost the first one, liked it so much bought another.

Its okay. Does not take very good pictures in low light.

1. Easily accessible menus to change camera settings. Less used settings are deeper in the menus. One touch flash control is nice.2. LCD is a good size for framing shots and reviewing.3. Accessing and downloading images does not require the use of the included CD software. Just plug into USB slot [either Win2K or XP] and the PC enumerates the camera as a drive. This is good for those of us who have other imaging and editing software and don't want to install the basic Nikon package.4. Must have taken over a hundred shots on a charged pair of NiMH batteries.5. Image pixel resolution is programmable. 3Mp is very clear for viewing and printing.6. Works fine with 1GB SD card; max spec'ed in user guide.7. As others have mentioned, the fact that the lens extends anytime the camera is turned on is a problem. I originally bought a soft case for it and found the lens extended one time when I went to take it out. An error message was on the screen. Power button must have gotten pressed. Got a hard case after that.Over all a good size, feature set, and battery life.