Nikon Coolpix L20 10MP Digital Camera with 3.6 Optical Zoom and 3 inch LCD

This is a small camera that thinks it is a professional camera capable of crystal clear prints worthy of publication or gallery display, up to 16x20. Okay, so you can not blow your photo to billboard size without loss of definition. In the real world however and everyday use this is a fine and this is almost a professional level camera that will do a far better job than you expected.

In fact, the generous three inch LCD screen means you do not have to hold it to your face. There is no optical viewfinder in any case. And that large LCD screen has a high-contrast, anti-reflection coating which keeps it clear even in strong sunlight.

The new Expeed image processing system specially fine-tuned for the Coolpix series "to render natural-looking pictures of incredible quality and quick response", amateur enthusiasts will find their photos reaching a new magnitude of quality..

The ISO settings are phenomenal, stretching from 64 ISO all the way out to 1600. Here you can do very low light and candlelight (if you do not mind some grain effect), and in fact there are special pre-sets which employ the faster ISO's effectively.

You can choose instead of Auto (with own its user-selected options) to use the pre-set "Scene" selections quickly and efficiently. The Scene modes now include: Portrait, Night Portrait, Sports, Landscape, Party, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night Landscape, Museum, Fireworks Show, Close Up, Copy, Back Light, Panorama Assist, Food. Food is one of the new ones. The rest of the modes you can figure how they are set from the title and how you might apply their settings to similar situations.
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With availability of SD Cards, you can take several of these along and take "rolls and rolls" of film. and take picture after picture without the added expense of rolls of film. I personally have 6 SD cards that I take with me. You can hook it up to the USB port of a computer directly and use the included software, or simply pop out the SD card and plug it into a card reader (which is what I prefer) and into the computer.

Have you ever taken a shot to discover your subject blinked? This camera lets you know. Yes, this camera recognize when your subject blinks, and lets you know, using the Smart Portrait system. It also automatically fixes your red-eye special.

This tiny camera is also a video camera, can be used for television playback at 640x480 which is great for uploading to YouTube. The camera is so small, anyone can use it to post those next Youtube specials. Or you can even shoot videos to put on the your home TV. Using .AVI files, the movies can be edited as well.

Of course, this camera comes with the standard sized screw input for mounting on a tripod. I personally have a small digital camera tripod, but you can use a taller tripod if you want.



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