WORST DIGITAL CAMERA I HAVE EVER OWNED
Well my frustration with this camera came to a head last week on our trip to the Smoky Mountains.... I took 7 pictures of Bears and 6 of them turned out blurry. We also went to the Nascar speed park and ALL of the pictures from there turned out blurry. bottom line unless you are standing still this camera sucks completely. i have tried every mode on this camera - auto/easy auto/running/portrait/landscape - you name it it simply isn't possible to take a picture of anything that is in motion. A complete P.O.S. also, anytime you ask someone "Hey, can you take our picture?" - you have to give them a lesson and tell them to "hold it EXTREMELY STILL - then push the buttom 1/2 way down - then the light will turn green - then push the button the rest of the way down" - it is effin impossible to teach someone how to use this p.o.s. i am trying to return mine to Nikon for a full refund. simply horrible - the worst digital camera i have ever owned BY A MILE!!!!!!!!!!!!

What's worse the camera or the company?
This camera operated properly for about two months. Then one day I started getting a battery error message. I couldn't do anything with the camera so I replaced the batteries with other new ones I had. The same problem, "battery exhausted" message would appear on the screen. The camera was completely unfunctional. I went and bought more batteries at the store, just to be sure it wasn't actually the batteries. The same error message.

So now I have to go through the agravation to return the camera to Nikon Service Department. I packaged it up shipped it back to them and received my same camera back in about 2 weeks. I took it out the box, pushed the power button the camera immediately turned a solid color and the screen was locked. I couldn't power the camera off or on either. The only was to reboot it is to remove the batteries.

I went the whole same scenario of trying different batteries and nothing worked. The screen would turn a solid color or I would get the same message, "battery exhausted" I just could get over the fact that the repair person, did not even bother to try to turn the camera on and see if it worked.

I tried calling their customer no service number and of course I get someone who can barely speak english. I demanded to speak to a supervisor and they refuse to replace my camera with a new one. Maybe Nikon has good products and bad, but I'll never find out that is for sure. I would never buy anything from this company ever again.

Poor Camera, LCD conked off within days of using
Bought this camera online from Dell because of a nice deal. Sadly this camera's LCD failed within a couple of days of using it on a vacation. Just has white vertical lines and no menu comes up. Took about 300 photos and videos in those 2 days. Some were good, but some were darker even though lighting was not an issue and similar photos at same time came out ok. Also takes blur photos. Again in a sequence of photos some were ok and some blurred. All in all why do you want to waste your time if the photos you take (precious) do not come out okay. Better to get a reliable camera than a cheap one. Till now my Nikon opinion based on seeing the SLRs was top marks. Now not so.

It's a long shot...
if you get a picture that isn't burry. This is undoubtedly the worst camera that I have used (not just owned) in my 30 years of enjoying photography. I had an earlier HP point and shoot that was terrific. Wanted an easily totable camera as opposed to the heavy gear of my slrs & lens. As the saying goes, your best camera is the one you have with you. Not so with this one. Maybe one in ten shots is passable and forget about indoors. There is no accounting for when a pic is blurry or when the flash decides to work. A friend also purchased this model and has the same opinion. What can I say except, this is an un-Coolpix, keep on shopping and pass this one by.

Deal camera for the price tag
It's a good point and shoot for beginners. Nothing more to expect for that price. I recommend this camera for all beginners who wants cheap and good camera.