
| Value for Money | 6/10 |
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| Overall rating | 7/10 |
By lcjohnny
on 27th Jun 2006
| Value for money | 6/10 |
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| Overall value | 7/10 |
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Terrific zoom
Good lens
Excellent colour control
Good vibration stabilisation
The ability to override all automatic settings, or to point and snap
Relatively quick to take the picture
A variety of multiple shot modes for action photography
Much smaller than a 10x zoom DSLA
Good video camera with smooth zoom (only takes 60 second at a time)
Rechargeable battery life is good
Very very slow to download large pictures to the card (max 10 seconds!! YES!)
The complexity of menus means that manual control options can be slow and frustrating
However, the point and snap mode is very satisfying
Bigger than a point & snap.
The Nikon Coolpix 8800 is a good digital camera to either snap people or, alternatively, manually compose landscapes.
It has a very good lens and consistent clean colour so those views... too slow to save files so you only have one shot at action or impromptu pix
Too much electronic 'noise' in low light.
Overall, the CCD, optics, body and design are let down (a bit) by the processor speed and software.
But so much zoom, so small for this price?
Yes I would recommend it!

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lcjohnny
on 29th Jun 2006