Product Description

The CoolPix L11 high light sensitivity up to 800 allows you to tackle low-light scenes and situations far beyond the capabilities of conventional compact cameras. The CoolPix L11 has an amazing 2.4-inch LCD, perfect for viewing and sharing images. Detects and corrects for camera movement to give you rock-steady results time after time. The CoolPix L11 features 15 specially programmed modes to automatically handle focus, exposure, white balance and other adjustments that help you take great pictures easily. To ensure superb portraits with crisp focus, select Face priority AF (in Portrait Scene Mode). This feature automatically finds the subject's face and focuses on it. In-Camera Red-Eye Fix This in-camera feature automatically fixes most typical occurrences of red-eye. ISO sensitivity - Approximately equivalent to ISO 64 (auto gain to ISO 800) System Requirements - Macintosh Mac OS X version 10.3.9, 10.4.x, Windows Vista (32bit), Windows XP Home Edition & Professional and Windows 2000 Professional Dimensions - Width 3.5 x Height 2.4 x Depth 1.10 inch (89.5 x 60.5 x 27mm) excluding projections Weight - 4.4 ounces (125 grams) without battery and SD memory card

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9508 in Camera & Photo
• Color: Silver
• Brand: Nikon
• Model: 25563
• Dimensions: 2.40" h x 1.00" w x 3.50" l, .75 pounds
• Memory: 7MB
• Display size: 2.4

Features

• 6.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 14 x 19-inch prints
• 3x optical zoom; 2.4-inch Super Bright LCD display
• Face-Priority AF automatically focuses on faces
• D-Lighting improves brightness and detail
• Powered by 2 AA-size batteries; stores images on SD memory cards

Manufacturer Description
The Nikon Coolpix L11 combines an array of high-quality components, including a 3x Zoom-Nikkor lens and a bright 2.4-inch LCD screen, with in-camera image-improvement features, housed in lightweight, compact, yet elegantly finished bodies. It boasts a powerful 3x Zoom-Nikkor lenses with a focal range equivalent to that of a 38-116mm (35mm equivalent), providing the freedom to zoom in for tight personal portraits or out to capture expansive outdoor scenes.

The Coolpix L11 also features 15 specially-programmed modes to automatically handle focus, exposure, white balance and other adjustments that help you take great pictures easily.

The CCD delivers higher performance within tighter dimensions, greatly adding to the camera's compact form and portability while offering a generous effective megapixel value of 6.0, ensuring the refined image clarity that users have come to expect from other members of the Coolpix family.

Nikon Coolpix L11 Highlights

3x Optical Zoom-Nikkor glass lens High-quality lenses deliver high-quality pictures. The Zoom-Nikkor glass lens gives you the power of 3x optical zoom lens, while Macro capability lets you get as close as 5.9 inches. This combination is supported by Nikon's world-renowned optical technology to deliver crisp, clear images.

High ISO capability See what you’ve been missing. The Coolpix L11 boasts increased sensitivity up to 800 ISO, for improved low-light performance.

Incredible, bright 2.4-inch LCD The Coolpix L11 is equipped with an incredible 2.4-inch LCD, perfect for viewing and sharing images.

D-Lighting In playback mode, D-Lighting will compensate for underexposed images or insufficient flash by adding light and detail to selected shots where needed, without affecting properly exposed areas.

Face-Priority AF To ensure superb portraits with crisp focus, select Face-Priority AF (in Portrait Scene mode). This feature automatically finds the subject’s face and focuses on it.

In-camera color options & QuickTime movie with sound Shoot a QuickTime movie with sound at 30 frames per second, and choose from five color shooting options (standard, vivid color, black and white, sepia, cyanotype).

Transfer Directly to Printer, TV or Web

Print directly from your camera You can transfer images directly to print, without the need of a PC, when using PictBridge and USB Direct Print compatible printers.

Connect directly to your TV Show friends and family the results on a grand scale with the supplied video cable.

Nikon In-Camera Innovations

• Movie recording allows you to record movies in three modes, with sound: TV movie size (640), small size (320) and smaller (160) for extended recording or Internet usage.
• Voice Memo function records up to 20 seconds of sound that can be then attached to an image.
• Color options allows you to make pictures more vivid or record monotones.
• In-camera cropping allows you to crop out the part of the image you don’t want and keep the part you do.
• Best shot selector enables the camera to take a series of photos and automatically select the one with the sharpest focus.
• Blur warning alerts you to a burry image.
• Noise reduction minimizes digital artifacts in long exposures.

Customer Reviews

Some good (great pics), some bad (eats batteries)
There are some things that Nikon did right with this camera, but mostly they got it wrong. Although I love my Nikon Coolpix 3100 (3 megapixels), some may want to avoid the Nikon Coolpix L11.

First, the good. It takes great pictures and fits into your pocket. OK for snapshots under normal conditions. I also have had some professional quality pics with good color saturation then the light is good. The camera remembers your settings (eg, exposure compensation) after being turned off, meaning you don't need to reset them each time you power up/down.

Now the bad:

1. As one reviewer noted, it does not have a viewfinder, only an LCD monitor. First, powering the LCD screen makes it eat batteries. Next, the LCD screen is useless in bright light because you can't see what's on the screen.

2. Once the camera alerts you that it's turning off after a certain period of non-use (eg, 60 seconds), it takes a long time to actually turn off. And in the meantime, there's nothing you can do to stop it from turning off. Not good it you want to get that great shot.

3. The cycling time between pics is very long. It takes about 1.5 - 2 seconds to recycle and get ready for the next shot.

4. The "multi-selector" (the large round dial in the back that lets you select flash, timer, exposure, and macro settings) is prone to operator error (meaning it's too small and you will select the wrong setting a lot (eg, exposure instead of timer). This means you need to scroll out of the wrong setting, back into the correct setting. Again, a time waster.

5. It can be very noisy (the pictures look grainy) in night pics.


The price isn't bad for 6 megapixles, but I suspect the low price is indicative of how much some people don't like this camera. Still, I think it's a three star.

A great camera for the money...and even for more money
This is a great camera. I have used and owned several cameras, including three Canons (all great), a Panasonic (not so great), and now this one. This is what I wanted in a camera, things I think all of us are looking for:
1) Price - I was looking for a camera around $[...]. This narrows the field considerably.
2) Picture quality - Obviously, this is why you buy a camera. I would never buy a camera from a company that isn't famous for them, such as Samsung. I compared the Nikon L11 to the Canon A550/560 since these two are really the best budget buys out there.
3) Size, AA batteries, SD card - all these features make for a great an inexpensive camera to use. The Canon is too bulky too comfortably put in your pant pockets.
4) Speed - this is also essential. Nothing is more annoying than a snapshot camera without the "snap".

This is a great camera that I would recommend to anyone. Go to [...] for an expert opinion.
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Nikon L11 digital camera
Having had another Nikon digital camera for the past few years I knew I liked the operation and durability of their products. When it came time to get multiple units for work I went with the L11 unit. It is small, light, has a large view screen and lense protector, and it runs well on regular AA batteries. My employees have had them for two months now and they are working great so far. For the price this camera is a real deal!