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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"Great camera"
Pros: Reasonably priced, small for a DSLR, easy-to-use, "wife friendly"
Cons: Limitation on kinds of auto-focus lenses you can buy for it and you have to pay extra for software for full RAW support, manual isn't that great to read
Summary: This is a great camera for the average picture taker.
I bought this for my wife. She hates buttons and high technology. For her, taking pictures is a means to an end - scrapbooking (not with a computer!). I was very reluctant to buy her such a device for fear it would overwhelm her. I was flat-out wrong. This camera is programmed to be fully automatic if the user chooses that path. It's also capable of going full manual for those that like to have total control. My wife has smaller sized hands and she commented that it fit well in her hands. She also commented on how light it was. She's right! Ironically as we were looking at other cameras at the store, she lamented the fact that her point-and-shoot camera was so small. Now she tells me!
Even after she took it for a test drive and stated she liked the camera, I mulled over the purchasing decision, wondering if ~ $1,100 (with tax) for a camera was worth the price. That price was for the camera sold in "kit" form from Costco.
During that "mulling period" I stumbled upon this Nikon marketing website that convinced me that this was a great family camera -
http://www.stunningnikon.com/picturetown/.
I suggest you check it out. You'll see average folks using the camera, commenting on their experiences using it and there are some really nice pictures you can look at to see the results.
I think any good-name brand camera competing in this camera's price and feature range will more than satisfy you. If you're "mulling over" a purchase of this camera or one like it, I think you owe it to yourself to read some of the reviews on the internet that can do far more justice to the camera than my review and I would also suggest you take a look at it in person and see if it'll work for you.
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