Nikon Coolpix 880

image quality, performance

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

The Coolpix 880 is a good choice for professionals and serious amateurs who understand the fine points of photography and want the maximum possible control over camera settings.

Its small size, impressive images, and surfeit of controls make the Coolpix 880 a good choice for professionals and serious amateurs who understand the fine points of photography.

Nice mix of basic, high-end, and convenience features.

Good choice for digital photography newbies who want to grow.

Excellent image quality, class leading at this size Good colour balance, good white balance A baby 990 without losing any flexibility New menu layout more logical Excellent manual controls: focus, exposure, white balance Control over internal...

Limited aperture options: just two apertures Some chromatic aberrations (although less than the 990) Barrel distortion at wide angle Low light / long exposure noise Red channel noise Startup time a little slow Very noisy focus / lens extension No flash...

Here's my rating of the Nikon Coolpix 880: (3 megapixel compact class)

You lose just a bit of reach (and lens speed) at the telephoto end. The 990 zooms to 24mm (115mm equivalent for you 35mm users), while the 880 only makes it to 20mm (95mm equivalent)., The aperture drops to f/4.2 at the telephoto end instead of f/4 on...

You lose just a bit of reach (and lens speed) at the telephoto end. The 990 zooms to 24mm (115mm equivalent for you 35mm users), while the 880 only makes it to 20mm (95mm equivalent)., The aperture drops to f/4.2 at the telephoto end instead of f/4 on...

In the end, the Nikon 880 is simply an outstanding digital camera that should last me at least two more generations of digital photography. The only thing that bugged me was that I had to dish out extra money for the rechargeable battery, which in my...

For many, the Coolpix 880 is a darn good starter digital camera ; Excellent Color Rendition.. I've seen digital cameras that require lots of fiddling in Photoshop to get the color balance correct. The Nikon Coolpix cameras, while not providing the most...

Batteries. Bad choice probably dictated by someone trying to make the camera body as small as possible. If you're serious about this camera, buy two or more of the rechargeable Lion batteries and the AC Adapter (you're not going to like where the AC...

Every manual control you can think of ; Uncompressed TIFF mode ; Well-designed controls and menus ; Great playback mode ; Excellent macro shots ; USB support

Rechargeable batteries add another $100 to cost of camera ; No sound in movies ; No CompactFlash Type II

So as you can hopefully see now, the Coolpix 880 isn't much of a "baby brother" at all to the Coolpix 990 -- it's almost a twin. The major differences are: the lens, slower processing and less buffer memory, and no support for external flashes. The...