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Nikon-Coolpix L18

Nikon - Coolpix L18 Review

Price (MSRP): $139.95
Megapixel: 8
Type: Digital Compact
Submitted by: Michael from Lee's Summit, MO
Date Reviewed: 3/1/2009
Months Owned: Less than 1
Photos Taken: Less than 500
Skill Level: Advanced amateur

What's Hot: Perfect size, not tiny, not huge - easy menus and setup

What's Not: Eats AA Batteries like a Hog - 1-2 days max sitting there - must have FULL charge to work.

Review: Loved Nikons before - no more. AA batteries must have a FULL CHARGE to work - tested strong on battery test but won't work in L18. The advantage of being able use AA batts is actually a disadvantage as you will be throwing away perfectly good batteries. Nikon of NO HELP or concern. DO NOT BUY this one. You only get about 20 pics per set of batteries - if that.

Overall Ratings
Overall quality
3
Ease of use
7
Fit and finish
7
Click-to-click speed
3
Display quality
7
Flash quality
7
Image quality
5
Overall value
1
RATING SCALE: 1 = WORST 10 = BEST

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