Nikon Coolpix P4 dpreview.com User Reviews

P4 is a handy digital camera fitting well in my hand; it has design to enable one-hand (the right hand) operations. It is packed in a strong and substantial, sliver-colored metal case with smoothly shaped edges and corners. This gives really good handli...

At first I was a little bit disappointed about the image quality -images looked very soft- but after about 500 shots I get more and more satisfied. The in-camera sharpening is a little bit soft, the contrast is very high. So I fixed the sharpening at hig...

Next time I would chose the P3 with wifi, becaue its much more comfortable and free of mechanical wear

Just threw away my Sony p-200, I was tired of the dust problems and bad customer service. This Nikon is terrific !! Very easy to use. Takes great photos. Slightly soft but they sharpen easily in post process. Amazing macro. Great color reproduction. An a...

The sound on the movie mode cuts out before the finished video. I spoke to nikon and they said they are looking into it

I really like this camera. I sold my Coolpix 4500 because although I liked the camera, I bought a D70 for serious shooting, and just wanted something to slip in a pocket to take with me everyday. That said, whatever I purchase even as a casual camera has...

My only disappointment was no Black & White option. But I have a nice converter so thats not a big deal

My wife likes to take photos and is still using a film camera that is about 15 years old. She is not a "techy" type and has not wanted to learn digital. However, my daughter recently purchased a Nikon S6 and she was very impressed. I just purchased the P4...

This is a great shirt-pocket camera. It takes great images, gives lots of manual control and, at 8 MP, is a great all-around camera. You just can't beat being able to drop it in your shirt pocket to carry around nearly everywhere.

Pros 1. Camera is cheap 2. Good image quality 3. Have image stabilization

Cons ; 1. Body is heating ; 2. Autofocus is slow and often fails ; 3. Video quality is bad ; 4. Good macro focus range ; 5. Quite dificult to learn camera

I've been a faithful Nikon user for the last twenty years. My first camera was a F601M SLR from which I built a sizeable collection of professional cameras including a F4 and several Nikon optics. This Coolpix P4 which I bought to make snapshots of my fa...

Cheap plastic fittings under the top side buttons which deteriorate rapidly ; Virtual warranty