Nikon Coolpix 8800 8MP Digital Camera with 10x Vibration Reduction Optical Zoom Lens

This camera was advertised used-very good, and promised a long list of camera accessories. The camera is very used and had NO accessories in an otherwise empty box. I would return it, but for the pandemic.

My Nikon 8800 has traveled from the Amazon basin to the North Slope of Alaska and has taken over 100,000 photos. It has spent about a month in the hot, humid Amazon basin, a place which claimed the life of one of my past cameras. I've used it so much, I actually wore out one battery pack and had to replace it. Still, three years later the camera is functioning perfectly, just the way it did in the summer of 2004 when I bought it. This camera has been very reliable.The image stabilization is extremely helpful in taking butterfly photos, the project I'm working on with this camera. I also use it to record interesting birds, so I can look them up in a field guide at home. With the image stabilization, I truely don't need to bring binoculars.It is far lighter and easier to transport than SLR type cameras. I find this very helpful.To improve this already excellent camera, I suppose that it would benefit from a bigger LCD monitor, stronger external battery pack, and screws for a cable release.Also, in a perfect world, it would become a bit more light sensative and function better in darker conditions, or allow faster shutter speeds/greater depth of field. Maybe that science fiction type function will become possible some day, but whatever the case, I just love this camera as it is right now. It makes possible butterfly photography at resolutions and distances that were completely impossible just a few years ago.

I've owned 9 or ten point and shut digital cameras including the best so fare the SONY F828 . So I will say this without trying to tare down Nikon's reputation.In quality of photos it is very comparable to the best , but my gosh !!! what happened to quiet smooth auto zooming with this Nikon 8800 ? Terribly noisy and very slow.Next problem I had was almost immediate ; The micro-drive fits in very tight and the Flash card latch will not close properly and completely if I want it to use my micro drive with the Nikon 8800.It would also not transfer the photos and froze up my computer on the transfer attempt !!And I do own a very good computer, so it couldn't be my computer. And again I can only compare it to Sony F828 I own right now. In all fairness to Nikon ,they made great cameras in the past and they have a lot of other good ones out there today.So in final I would not recommend this one to some body woe wants a precision instrument, and a digital camera of this price range , should be just that !

I own a Canon "Elf" camera that uses APS film. It takes very nice pictures, but I wanted to upgrade to a camera that would have better zoom capabilities and would make it easier to exchange pictures with family. After looking at a bunch of digital cameras, I chose this one as the best trade-off of zoom, ease of use, picture quality, other features, and price.The point-and-shoot mode takes really terrific pictures if the lighting conditions are perfect. However, I find that if the lighting conditions are even a bit less than optimal, I get much nicer pictures with my APS-film camera (although it only has a 3x zoom). Shots with the Nikon are very often out of focus or too dark. You can go to manual control, and there are also about 20 pre-set picture modes (portrait, night-time, etc). But (1) you need to invest a lot of time to really master all of these controls, and (2) you need considerable expertise to use them "on the fly" to take great pictures. Adequate pictures, sure; but I find that for most regular use, my film camera takes better pictures, on average. If you are thinking of buying this, consider carefully your skill level with a camera. If you are a point-and-shoot person, this is probably not the best choice. If you are already very good with manually controlling digital cameras, you will be able to coax some fantastic pictures out of this thing.Also, beware; if you have a rebate, it will take many, many months for it to be processed. We finally called them and got kind of a snotty "well, we're just too busy and you'll just have to wait" response from the person we talked to.

The camera was as good as expected for a used camera, I would have hoped to have a lens cover, but it will do until I find one. I have used it and it seems to work well and i am pleased for that. I am overall pleased with the camera.