I needed a good camera and didn't want to spend a lot of coin. I picked this one b/c it had the lithium-ion rechargeable battery and was 10 megapixel. It's super easy to use and has great features. I have taken some close ups of things (macro) and I'm blown away by the detail quality. For [...] bucks, I don't know how you could beat this. Some of the shots i've taken already look professional and I don't even really know how to fully use it yet.

Great buy.

I should have known better because every time I go to Staples there are about 5 of these cameras that were returned on the "bargain table". Now I know why.

As a lifelong Nikon customer and former professional photographer, I can tell you that anyone who says this is a great camera is just plain ignorant or works for Nikon.

This piece of crap cannot handle any lighting conditions, and I mean ANY lighting conditions. If it's too dark, both videos and stills are incredibly grainy, and the color reproduction is absolutely horrendous! Use the flash, and everything is washed out. If there is lots of light, it's STILL too grainy, colors are saturated to the point of looking like cartoons, and edges are broken up instead of solid lines. This is with all settings on "Auto". I tried "Manual" with the same results.

The videos have lines and streaks throughout, and constant shifting colors in sunlight. I took a video in a park and half the grass and sky are YELLOW and the entire video has vertical lines running through it! My CELLPHONE takes better videos! 90% of the videos I took at a local water park are unuseable. The distortion (because the light is too bright) and grain makes it look like a kid's toy camera took the vids.

Although they claim 10 Megapixels, I had a 1.3 Megapixel Olympus that took much, MUCH better pictures. I guarantee you will see ultra-saturated, runny colors, graininess that rivals most cellphones, and unbelievably poor edge definition.

The "features" such as "smile detection" are just stupid! If you're too dumb to know when someone is smiling then you have no business owning a camera.

I am so sorry I waited so long to test this thing! Now I can't take it back and I wouldn't have the heart to pawn it off on some other poor sucker. I can't emphasize enough what a waste of money this thing is.

I am so glad I got this camera. It's small...but easy to use. The photo's I've taken so far have been great. It's point and shoot..but has features you can set to take specific photos..like beach, portrait, and night scene. It even has a panoramic setting . It also takes short videos. It's alot of bang for the buck. I bought it in plum and it's very pretty. Not as bright as in the photos. Great as a every day camera..I'm so very pleased!

My husband surprised me with this camera as a gift about two weeks ago, and I love it! It takes great pictures once you get used to using all the settings. Like many others have said in their reviews, this is not an out of the box camera. You need to learn about the settings in order to get great pictures. The camera is certainly capable of great pictures, just take the time (it doesn't take all that long) to get familiar with your camera's abilities and you'll love it! And the color is BEAUTIFUL! I even found a camera case on Amazon that practically matches the camera! Yes, I am a blessed and happy wifey :)

I have had this camera a little over a year and have not been impressed with the picture quality. For the price, however, it was tolerable. Now the lens cover is stuck (the infamous "lens error"). No luck trying to fix it myself and it will cost more for someone to fix it than it is worth. These cameras tend to have this lens problem. Buyer beware.

I bought this camera because I used to own an entry level Nikon Coolpix L10 5MP camera which made beautiful pictures. I was so happy with my old Nikon that when it accidently broke I wanted to stick with the brand so I bought a slightly better model.

Unfortunately when I tried the camera I was horrified at the quality of the pictures. Pictures are blurry, soft, kind of foggy. I tried different settings, low ISO, natural light, flash, you name it. There's no crispness about them. The pictures this camera takes don't even look good on the LCD screen at the back of the camera!

I was so unhappy I returned the camera first thing today and got a Canon IXUS 80IS which takes nice crispy photos.

I still don't understand how the same company could produce a Nikon camera which cost me $80 2 years ago and took such terrific pictures out of the box with great crispness and great colours under many different conditions. Then 2 years later, another Nikon, twice as expensive as the first one, can produce photos of the same quality a disposable camera would. What went wrong in the process to get this camera out? Didn't anyone at Nikon realise this camera was going to be a failure?

It may look compact, have nice features, but I would have thought picture quality was essential. If the picture quality is bad, forget it.

THis is a great camera. I was looking for a good camera for taking pics in the dark at concerts, etc. It has so many different modes but it is so easy to use! It has a great shutter speed and is so user friendly. A great value for the money.

I love this camera -- especially its size and weight. I wanted a small camera that I could just "aim and shoot" and this camera works for me. Don't be fooled, however, this camera is loaded with many features that are popular today.

This is an ultra-compact camera, great to have with you while travelling while not taking up too much space. The zoom works great and picture quality is reasonable (though not the best). My only issue with this camera was the battery life; I tried two different batteries over the course of a few months and both depleted quite rapidly.

If you are used to any quality of pictures at all, I'd skip this one. The pictures on the view show up with red and green spots and when you load them onto your computer they aren't much better. Ashton Kutcher, I feel so let down by you.

I am returning mine.