Nikon Coolpix 8800 8MP Digital Camera with 10x Vibration Reduction Optical Zoom Lens

My Nikon 8800 has traveled from the Amazon basin to the North Slope of Alaska and has taken over 100,000 photos. It has spent about a month in the hot, humid Amazon basin, a place which claimed the life of one of my past cameras. I've used it so much, I actually wore out one battery pack and had to replace it. Still, three years later the camera is functioning perfectly, just the way it did in the summer of 2004 when I bought it. This camera has been very reliable. The image stabilization is extremely helpful in taking butterfly photos, the project I'm working on with this camera. I also use it to record interesting birds, so I can look them up in a field guide at home. With the image stabilization, I truely don't need to bring binoculars. It is far lighter and easier to transport than SLR type cameras. I find this very helpful. To improve this already excellent camera, I suppose that it would benefit from a bigger LCD monitor, stronger external battery pack, and screws for a cable release. Also, in a perfect world, it would become a bit more light sensative and function better in darker conditions, or allow faster shutter speeds/greater depth of field. Maybe that science fiction type function will become possible some day, but whatever the case, I just love this camera as it is right now. It makes possible butterfly photography at resolutions and distances that were completely impossible just a few years ago.

My Coolpix 8800 lapsed into "system error 2" mode within weeks of getting it. After taking 3 or 4 shots the error message comes up and I have to shut it down and start it back up to take a few more shots before the error 2 message recurrs. Nikon says to try a fresh battery and different storage card...no help. Now Nikon says says send it in and we'll fix it- but don't say what it will cost... The shots I do get aren't as good as an HP camera we have that was half the price. The controls are ridiculously complex. The flash pops up and fires when shooting in bright light...the whole thing is a piece of junk. The only good shots I've gotten with it are inside shooting documents from 2 feet away...but for any outdoor complicated lighting it is unreliable... I wouldn't recommend this camera or any Nikon product to my worst enemy....Oh yeah, and they made the lens an oddball size so you have to buy overpriced Nikon filters for it.....

I finally found the solution to the problems created by pocket-size cameras I can't use because they look the same on the front, back, top and bottom. The Nikon Coolpix brings the feel of a real camera back in my hands. Now, with the Coolpix, I can grab it and know which end to point at my sub just. As a former professional photographer, The Coolpix matches the quality of my medium formate Pentax 645 and is a great backup or replacement in situations where ease of use is a must. It's fast and reliable and in most situations is all you;ll need to get any job done in a professional manner. The cost should never be a deterrent when peace of mind is at the highest level with this point and shoot.

I've owned 9 or ten point and shut digital cameras including the best so fare the SONY F828 . So I will say this without trying to tare down Nikon's reputation.In quality of photos it is very comparable to the best , but my gosh !!! what happened to quiet smooth auto zooming with this Nikon 8800 ? Terribly noisy and very slow.Next problem I had was almost immediate ; The micro-drive fits in very tight and the Flash card latch will not close properly and completely if I want it to use my micro drive with the Nikon 8800.It would also not transfer the photos and froze up my computer on the transfer attempt !!And I do own a very good computer, so it couldn't be my computer. And again I can only compare it to Sony F828 I own right now. In all fairness to Nikon ,they made great cameras in the past and they have a lot of other good ones out there today.So in final I would not recommend this one to some body woe wants a precision instrument, and a digital camera of this price range , should be just that !

The camera was as good as expected for a used camera, I would have hoped to have a lens cover, but it will do until I find one. I have used it and it seems to work well and i am pleased for that. I am overall pleased with the camera.

I got this camera primarily for shooting outside and it's been exactly what I expected. I've owned 35 mm Nikons and two previous Coolpix. I love the foldable screen, image stabilization and long optical zoom. I recently took some photos inside our capitol rotunda in open shade. I was across the rotunda from the speaker [probably 40 - 50 yards or more] and on the 3rd floor, holding the camera against the balcony rail. I could still see the texture in cloth in the raw images. Camera is built like a tank. There's a lot of glass in the lens so one has to be aware of where the sun is -- but one should always do that anyway. Buy one, buy two!

Excelent

This camera was advertised used-very good, and promised a long list of camera accessories. The camera is very used and had NO accessories in an otherwise empty box. I would return it, but for the pandemic.

Trés belles photos dotées d'un excellant contraste Ce doit être le premier bridge de chez Nikon. Il date de 2005, mais je crois qu'il va remplacer mon 7100 actuel et tous ses objectifs Je possédais cet appareil mais je l'ai cassé durant une randonnée, trés difficile à trouver de nos jours notamment en ce qui concerne les batteries. Je remercie celui qui me l'a vendu, pratiquement neuf avec deux batteries, chargeur, câbles, bouchons, trois cartes mémoire, doc et emballage d'origine. Pour un prix de 70 Euros port compris !!!