Nikon Coolpix S550 10 MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom (Graphite Black) by Nikon
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Digital camera reviews of Nikon Coolpix S550 10 MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom (Graphite Black)
Digital camera Review: Stay AWAY from this Toy
Summary: 2 Stars
Never got around to writing a review because I thought I had a good product. Instead I found out the Nikon S550 is a pricey toy. I purchased my S550 last year in May 08. Took lots of photos. Now in July 09 suddenly the camera is mysteriously rebooting itself and shutting down on it's own! While the battery is in, the camera would start up the lens would extend, stay on for a few moments and then shut off. Repeatedly on it's own. FYI, I take good care of my equipment and even purchased a camera case. Troubleshooting done: switched batteries and trying it without the memory card etc., i even cleaned out the camera with a little compressed air. No dice. It got to the point where I finally had to remove the battery. Fortunately, I have a backup S550. Basically this is a party camera for close-ups or test shots. If you are a serious photographer, you'd be better off spending a few bucks more for a better camera. Or, get the super extended service plan which I should have done. D'oh!Digital camera Review: Avoid this camera at all costs. Not worth the money.
Summary: 1 Stars
My son bought me this camera for Christmas last year. The metal ring on the front came loose so I sent it to Nikon repair for service since it was still under warranty. I just found out they are voiding the warranty and claim there is lens damage. There was nothing else wrong with the camera when I sent it to them. It is just there way of not repairing or replacing it. They wanted me to pay $107 to fix it and I told them not to. Avoid this camera other wise you will be as sorry as I am. No more Nikon products for me from now on. Very disatisfied with Nikon. Obviously they don't believe in their product.Digital camera Review: Not very happy
Summary: 2 Stars
I have a prof. camera but I wanted something small for concerts and events the camera was just getting to heavy, so I bought this package with the camera, memory, and case I was so happy when it got here I took it out right away took a picture or two it seemed fine but then again I wasnt really looking for problems so I said this is so perfect. Well I set it in the case on the shelf about 2-3 months go by and I go to get the camera down to take to a concert and sometimes I get an error message " Lens error " and then sometimes when I turn it on it seems fine untill you take a picture and try to look at it up close on the screen and its not focusing so i guess something might have happened during shipping I dont know, but its to late to return it so make sure yours gets used a lot when you first get it.Digital camera Review: NIKON CAMERA
Summary: 5 Stars
Great camera. Gave as gifts to my children. Have taken many wonderful photos, easy to use, stores a lot with the memory card. Easy to use download to computer. Great value.Digital camera Review: Not good for low light conditions
Summary: 3 Stars
I am very impressed with the quality of the images this camera takes but you have to be outside in the sun or able to use the flash or it's gonna be very blurry. I took it on vacation and took a lot of awesome pictures and I have taken a lot of good pictures at home of my animals and stuff but after a lot of playing with settings I realized that it has to have a good amount of light.
I am very impressed with the video it captures. All of the videos we have taken with it have turned out clear and have pretty good audio.
I took it to a concert that allowed cameras and I didn't want to flash everybody's eyes out so I played with all of the settings and could not come up with a good image. I turned the ISO up to 400 and you could see everything but it was very blurry. The only way I could get it to take a good image was to sit it on a table and capture an image with the timer. The night portrait setting takes pretty good pics at night but it uses a flash and if anything is moving it has bad motion blur. We took some video of the show and the turned out very good though.