Takes great pictures, runs fast
595861
Had the phone for about a month, and it has surpassed my expectations. Takes great pictures, runs fast, even with multiple apps running.
890080
I have found this camera to be one of the very best of its type. The operating system is ultra quick, fastest of any digital camera I have ever seen so you can grab that quick picture you might otherwise miss. The pictures are ultra sharp and can easily be enlarged to 11X14. The zoom feature is easy to use and there are more features then most people could ever use. The rechargeable battery lasts a very long time even when heavly using the flash. An added bonus is it has a real viewfinder that makes it easy to use in bright sun. It is easily pocketable, pants or shirt. Its one weakness is the viewscreen, which can be easily broken if the camera is accidently dropped on its edge. The camera is tough enough to keep working, but you'll have to wait to down load your SD card onto your computer to view your shots if you were unluckly enough to break the screen. In general, this is a tough little camera. Too bad Konica Minolta got out of the camera business and too bad Kodak or some other company didn't pick up this model or the X60 and continue manufacturing it. It would take a digital SLR to take better quality pictures.
4434623
I've taken somewhere near 1000 pictures now with this camera, and all-in-all I'm very impressed.  This is a very good camera for its price.  It takes large (3Mb) pictures that are fairly sharp and generally very nice.  As an amateur (with just a little knowledge) I'm quite happy with my purchase.

Pros:
-Image stabilization works very well
-Lots of auto and manual modes
-Face tracking feature works great
-640X480@30FPS movies
-Optical zoom is sufficient for most situations
-Optical viewfinder is very nice to have when you can't see the LCD in direct sunlight
-When you are reviewing your shots, you can "zoom out" and look at 9 thumbnails at a time, then page through your photos and find a certain shot very quickly.

Cons:
-User programmable button is very limited (there are only about 6 things you can choose the button to do, and only one or possibly two of them are useful to me)
-Depending on how artistic you are trying to be with your composition, the face tracking can be a pain (i.e. trying to focus on an object in the background, the camera keeps picking something in the foreground for focus).  You can disable it, but it involves about 5 steps.

My only real gripe is that I wish I could put the focus mode on the programmable button so that I could switch between face-detect and center focusing(both points above).

You get what you pay for with this camera.  There are a lot more options (full manual shutter, aperture, white balance, iso, and focus controls) than with some of the cheaper models, but this camera definitely shoots at lower quality than a digital SLR.
864583
EDIT: I got a 16GB SanDisk Ultra Plus SD card and the video processing is much faster.

This camera is fantastic. I got it because of the 50X optical zoom feature. I use it frequently and have been getting very sharp images, even at the highest optical zoom levels. Aside from being able to change the lens, it has all the functionality of a SLR that I need. The manual mode allows for adjustment of all of the settings that one needs to adjust. The video quality is fantastic, although the camera takes a long time to process after you finish recording a video. It also takes some time to process after shooting a RAW image.
The lens cover is great because it isn't one of those cheap thin automatic plastic ones. it's an actual plastic cover that snaps into place. I love the adjustable LCD screen too. It makes shooting from odd angles very easy. It also protects the screen surface when not in use.
There is an auto setting, but I wouldn't recommend the camera for somebody who isn't into/doesn't want to learn more about photography. There are many of the advanced features found in SLR cameras, without the cost (It's expensive, but MUCH less than SLR).
I recommend getting an extra battery or two.
2273002
I love this camera. This is the first "decent" camera I have ever bought. All my other cameras take horrible pictures...slow shutter speed, slow recording times, blurry pictures. This camera made me look like a pro photographer the first day of use and I don't know anything about taking pics! Very user friendly. Very fast to boot and take pics. Stunning clarity in pictures. Image stabilization is great. The camera is pretty heavy for its size and the lcd could be larger, but that aside... I LOVE IT!
629275
I bought this to satisfy the requirements Canon 5D Mark III and it's need for speed at 6fps and in raw mode. Those files tend to be 25 to 35 MB each, so do the math. The camera has an internal buffer and if that runs out, the card must perform or else I cannot take any more pictures until it catches up. At full throttle thus card keeps up for about 10 seconds and starts to chug. The great  thing is it only lasts for about 1.5 to 2 seconds and it is cranking out more before a short pause. Letting off the shutter for any reasonable amount of time means everything catches up. Simply amazing!

This is also fast enough to meet the claimedmagic Lantern raw video speed of 80MB/s but that doesn't support my firmware version yet so that is a guess.

If my typing is jacked sorry I am on my phone.
3669997
If you are a photographer looking for a low priced SLR camera that takes quality pictures, this camera is for you. Its fast, easy to use, and an extremely long batterry life. I bought this camera 3 weeks ago and already shot about 500 pics with it. The quality is great!!! The best thing about the camera is the ability to take action shots. I had some of my friends jump and the camera was able to focus on them and shot pictures while they were in the air and the pictures came out great. Macro shots were perfect, with or with out the flash, I could not be happier, all the pictures were sharp and in focus. I wanted to edit some of the pictures I took with photoshop, but even the photoshop told me the pictures were perfect and did not need to be edited.

There are a few problems with the camera and most of them can be solved with a few accessories. One of the biggest problems is pictures shot indoor are underexposed, the built in flash is not powerfull enough. But all I had to do was buy a flash (420EX works great) and the problem is solved. Second problem is that the camera is very selective as far as lenses. I have a Rebel2000 with a Sigma 200mm lens and the lens did not work with my new camera. (I kept getting ERR99 on the screen) So I guess I have to buy a new lens for it. Camera is also have a plastic body, but i guess for the price its ok. (If you want a metal body get Canon 20D and pay $500 more)

Overall the camera has some minor problems with it, but for the price I am willing to live with it. (if want them fixed either buy Canon 20D or get some accessories) Personally changing from G5 to Rebel was great. This is my first digital SLR and I am very happy. Canon did a very good job with it.
4815959
I was hesitant about this camera due to the "soccer mom" label it seems to receive. I bought it mainly due to the current price reduction, portability and promise of fast shooting speeds.

I shoot with a dslr APSC, a dslr full frame, a micro 4/3 and a variety of lenses. I am tired of lugging around the dslrs for shooting my kids, and the micro 4/3 (a genius of a camera) is not quick enough, even in manual mode.

I never have been a believer in the megapixel myth, so its megapixel count was never a concern. I also shoot with certain point-and-shoots that can produce pictures that rival cameras that cost 5x as much.

I have grown to love it. It does what Nikon promises - incredibly fast shooting times for a non-DSLR. It fits in my coat pocket unlike my DSLRs, and it is fast enough to capture action and freeze it.

There are many complaints about lack of adjustability - that is only true for those who need to shoot and adjust settings fast. Maybe I am biased from using the x100 (which makes one pause and deliberate a little while shooting), but aperture, speed and ISO are only a few clicks via the control button on the back. This has so far never been a drawback. I go into each photo shoot knowing in advance what I want, and I have the camera ready.

That being said, if you leave it in auto (I tried this 10% of the time), it is quite reliable and produces quite good pictures - better than an advanced point-and-shoot, and it is truly fast for a camera of this type - I really felt a DSLR-like response although that is obviously a slight exaggeration. It's speed-vs-its-small-size is its main selling point, in my opinion.

If you want something more than an advanced point-and-shoot, and want to snap your kids, this is a godsend - slightly bigger and blazingly fast - so fast that I am picking it up more and more than my other cameras. Have not tried the other Nikon lenses for it, but that can only be a bonus.

It is also very fun and a pleasure to use.

Pros:
  - very fast (fastest in its class?)
  - comfortable
  - fun to use
  - nice viewfinder
  - very nice image quality for a small sensor
  - very portable without a bag/case
  - at around $ 350.00 = $ 400.00, it is a steal

Cons:
  - not suitable for large image prints
  - not suitable for pixel counters
  - macro function leaves a bit to be desired (attach a loupe and it works quite well)
1074595
I bought this D80 Nikon in Feb. 2009, it is now June 2012 and I have used the camera for over 3 yrs. with no problems, it takes great photographs, has many features on the camera.  Easy to use, instruction book is fairly easy to understand.  The built in flash is adequate for most all my use, although I bought an add on flash I rarely use it.  I would advise saving your money and relying on the built in flash.  Camera will take most any memory cards, 4gig, 8gig, 16gig, etc, with no problems.  The battery charger works great, I recommend having two batteries, a backup battery you keep charged as a backup when you go on a shoot, and extra memory cards.
The camera is well built, reliable, and reminds me of the nice old film Nikons of days of yore.
4093285
I chose this camera because I usually just spend $200, camera lasts a year and it's trash. This time I decided I wanted a better camera. It was expensive but worth it. This Sony is great, takes wonderful pictures very, very rapidly and the "Panorama" feature is incredible. The flash mechanism seems a bit fragile. Another strong plus is the battery, which is very robust and you don't have to wait until it's dead to charge it. On the down side, it has a very complex set of options and settings that require some manual reading to figure out. The buttons need safety covers to keep the user from accidentally opening the menus while taking photographs.
3360847
I bought this camera for my wife so she doesn't have to use my DSLR. This is a great little lightweight camera that has a lot of flexibility in exposure settings. It takes pictures VERY quickly (one of my major complaints about most point-and-shoots is the time it takes to take a pic), and is a lot of fun to use. The pictures come out great--crystal clear with great color--better color than some of the more expensive options. The menus and controls aren't as intuitive as I'd like, and I don't like the switching between review and camera modes, but it's not a hinderance to using the camera. Highly recommended!
247010
Love  this camera so much, taking lots of  beautiful pictures.
3333553
This camera takes mainly good photos straight out of the box. There's no real need to play with the settings which I like. My main use for this camera is photographing people, and I preferred using the standard Auto setting as opposed to the portrait scene setting - in portrait, the pictures were mostly a little too pink. The standard auto setting reproduces skin tones nicely. It does seem to be a little soft on detail indoors though - you can't really tell it's 14mp unless you're outdoors on a sunny day.

One gripe is the processing speed - even with a quick card, after you take a photo it takes a good 8 seconds before the camera is ready to take another one. That's annoying if you just missed 'the' shot, and then the next opportunity happens while you're waiting for the camera to sort itself out.

The video quality could also be better - especially on the sound front, and it suffers badly from over exposure in sunny outdoor settings. So don't buy this camera if you're looking for the best of both worlds, but if you just want good pictures for a reasonable price this is a contender.
2592233
I bought this for my daughter's 5-year-old birthday (some of you may call me crazy, but I'm looking forward to a "year in pictures from a 5-year-old's perspective".  I wanted nice picture quality with, and this is paramount, great shutter response.  This camera is very fast, so my daughter doesn't get frustrated thinking she hasn't gotten the shot.  The LCD screen is nice, big and bright.  It's super easy to use - she already knows how to zoom in and out and review pictures (you can go back to picture-taking mode just by pressing the shutter button halfway).  I've been comparing pictures to my Canon SD800 IS and these pictures are as good or better.  The colors are very accurate (also a big consideration for me - my fair skinned family can easily look blue or red with the wrong color balance) and pictures are, while not as sharp as high-end cameras, sharp enough for regular prints.  I think Nikon may be finally putting in some competitive cameras in the compact market.

As well - the camera seems very durable, it's made of metal/  A lot of lower-end cameras are plastic.  It's already stood up to her slinging it around by the strap into the wall with no trouble (well, not to the camera, but to her there was).
1733780
I'm just going to give basic views here because there are a lot of great reviews.

I've already taken several thousand photos with this camera and am very pleased with the daylight shots.  It excels in good light at ISO 100 to 400.  I've set the color enhancement to vivid as I've done with my Canons and the colors come out rich and beautiful!  If too much color or I want B&W, I make changes via iPhoto - a very simple process.  The photos are crisp, clean and the camera focuses quickly and very well.

Low light situations will require a tripod and some manual adjustments.  If it goes over ISO 400, the noise is miserable and the photo is virtually worthless.  To avoid that, you will need to use a tripod , which I have only done a couple times since my Canon S2IS does a better job in low lights.

The GPS does take some time to obtain a signal so does not work right away.  When it works, it works very well.  To that end, I can just add the basic location data to the photos that are missing the information through my software when I download the photos to iPhoto.  It's not difficult but can be time consuming.  Sadly, I think this was Nikon's first and last consumer level GPS enabled camera.  They should have worked on improving it instead of only developing the one model.

The pop-up flash works fine.  I've seen some complaints about it but I have no issues and find it adequate in normal situations.

Movie mode is a great disappointment.  The microphone does not pick up sound very well and the video quality is just ok.  My Canon S2IS does stereo recording and allows the full use of the 10x optical zoom lens during video recording.  This newer camera appears to only allow digital zoom.  Oh well.

Overall, I love this camera and have no regrets and will keep it for a long time.  Nikon, if you had continued to develop the GPS in your models, you would have been on to something great.  As it stands, I'm switching again to add the new Sony HX5V to my collection (we always carry two cameras) so that there will be two with GPS.  Thank you for getting me hooked on the geotagging - I can't live without it!
522838
This is a great little camera!
It's light, but still has enough of a body to really hold on to and get a steady shot.
A memory card or two is a must. Set on the highest megapixels, I found that the camera itself will only hold about 39 images, but the memory cards are pretty cheap.
If you're going to take pictures all day, a second battery is a must as well. But if you have down town between shoots or activities, it also charges quickly.
I love my CoolPix P80
3633133
Easy to use, takes great pictures right out the box...came super fast, tis is the best camera I have ever owned...