Best Nikon Digital Cameras - 0 to 2 Frames Frames Per Second, 0 to 5 Megapixel Resolution

'glacially slow performance'

'ISO 800 images are quite noisy'

'Shutter lag measured an unimpressive 1.3 seconds in our high-contrast test, meant to mimic bright shooting conditions,'

'since pictures at ISO 800 are quite noisy, you might be disappointed with the results even if your shots are in focus.'

'the camera does have some minor exposure and color-accuracy problems.'

'with its only average performance and handling, this product will struggle against similarly priced and specced offerings'

'It has less zoom, fewer manual controls, and poorer performance than most of the competition, making it a tough camera to recommend enthusiastically.'

'the image was somewhat dull, with a cold, cyanic cast.'

'no manual exposure modes'

'choppy video'

'The smallish 1.6-inch LCD screen was extremely difficult to use in bright sunlight.'

'Writing an uncompressed TIFF file to the CF card will take roughly 35 seconds.'

'tricky to keep the camera in "manual focus/self-timer" mode simultaneously.'

'The camera's menus are dense, multilayered, and presented in a far-from-intuitive order.'

'There's a fair bit of clumsy JPEG compression going on that tends to layer smeary patches over the images.'

'At first glance, the Coolpix looks like a large point-and-shoot camera that's been cut in half and put back together incorrectly.'

'At first glance, the Coolpix looks like a large point-and-shoot camera that's been cut in half and put back together incorrectly.'

'Replaying TIFFs was equally laborious.'