nikon coolpix 3100 review

Average Ratings
Value for Money	6.6/10
Reviewer Rating	5.8/10
Overall Rating	6.2/10

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Review of Nikon Coolpix 3100

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By Rich72 on 29th Jul 2004

Rich72's Ratings
Time Digital Camera Owned	1 - 6 Months
Image Quality	9/10
Battery Life	8/10
Features	9/10
Ease of Use	10/10
Value for money	10/10
Overall value	10/10
Rich72's recommendation

Good Points

Small and compact
Great images/picture quality
Easy to use
Good feature set
Compact flash - very cheap

Bad Points

None

General Comments

Had my Coolpix 3100 for about 2 months now and am as happy with it now as when I bought it. For the price range and size I don't think there is a better camera out there, the picture quality is fantastic in daylight conditions and very good in artificial light which is where a lot of other digital camera's have problems. The manual settings give you enough options to make the camera feel like; more than just a point and shoot, and the scene modes give satisfying results so be willing to have a play around. Also the camera has options like continuous shooting and best shot selector, these are features that are uncommon to camera's in this price range. The 3.2 MP resolution gives you excellent A4 prints without any noticable pixelation, so unless you want to do serious enlargements this camera will do the job nicely.

I read a lot of reviews and looked at a lot of other camera's before buying this one and still believe I made the right choice.

Having said all that, anyone in the market for buying a digital camera should consider the Canon IXUS 400 as an alternative, this is without doubt one of the best digital camera's around today and is much better value for money now that the price has come down.

My advice! if your budget suits go for the Canon, if not you could do a lot worse than the cracking little Coolpix 3100.