Nikon Coolpix P80 dpreview.com User Reviews

Bought this for the wife to use as a point and shoot which it is very good at. I considered the Olympus 570 but its size and comparing the speed of focus compared to the Nikon was not so fast. The Zoom is brilliant and the sports mode is ultra fast with...

Not keen on the flash not popping up automatically but sometimes this can be an advantage.

Although this camera has received some negative press because of its ridiculous choice to have automatic ISO escalation in low light conditions (you can control this fairly easily through their excellent menu system), and I honestly don't know how much di...

As noted above, Nikon made the mistake of creating automatic ISO adjustment which potentially escalates the ISO into ridiculously noisy territory in low light shooting without flash. As noted above this is easily correctable. There is the inevitable purpl...

I have compared this camera to the SP570, Canon S5 and S3 IS. It blows them out of the water, and I love it!!

I agree with previous posters. This is the best of the current crop of "ultra zooms" out there. This camera is a "simple" sell in that it has all the features my customers are looking for in a compact, easy to use camera. In a direct comparison with the O...

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I have read so many camera reviews in the last few months my eyes were starting to go buggy. Every camera seemed to have a great list of positives and a list of just as many negatives to go with it. I was having a hard time finding a camera that fit into...

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I am a novice photographer who upgraded to a P-80 two days ago from a six year old Canon S-30 (our first DC). Unlike many of the amateur reviews I've come across on for the P-80, I'm finding it is taking some wonderful pictures! It definitely shines on th...

Not great indoor performance using auto mode. Battery life not great (about 100 pics and a few videos, but with heavy zoom use and constant fidgeting/reviewing images, transfers, etc).

I have owned 3 Nikon cameras, 2 point and shoot and one D60 and I have now purchased the Nikon P80 and found it to be very good. The quality of construction could have been a little better as it feels and looks like an "all plastic" construction camera an...

Looks a little cheap ; Not very good for night shots

This camera is advertised as a top fuel dragster on nitro but you get a Datsun 510 on diesel fuel! Those who posted positive reviews of this camera must be beginners in the early stages of learning. I purchased this camera mainly for the advertised (FAST)...

I E-mailed Nikon support 3 times over a week asking questions about these problems and they never responded! I've owned about 7-8 digital cameras over the past 10 years and this thing is by far the worst I've ever owned. I went to the N.Y. air show last w...