COOLPIX A10 Black

This is the simple little camera I want. Better than a smartphone by far, and just as light. With a smartphone I'm constantly wishing I could adjust things more. The only thing I miss with the Coolpix over the smartphone is, I can't tap the screen and say "focus here." That's literally the only downside. Occasionally the video was stuck in "zoomed in" status if I started the video while I was zoomed in. And some night time images can seem too blue. They seem to have added "vibrance" automatically I guess to avoid the washed out noisy look they had in older cameras. This makes them look too cool balanced. But it's not actually a problem unless you're taking wedding shots. And why would you, with this? It's really smart about night shots and automatic mode will tell you to hold still for a longer exposure if needed. The electronic shake reduction prevents this from causing a blurry picture though. It looks like a 1980s slightly grainy pic. But that's preferable to a blurry mess. In short, even in bad conditions, or with user error, it will work hard to give you a usable picture. I'm not sure why cameras are suddenly so expensive. I gave away my Coolpix (older generation, thinking I'll just use my phone). Now it's a few years later and I was like, oh well time to rebuy whatever new small camera is hot now and I was gobsmacked. What is up with the prices? I'm used to $150 price tags. Maybe $300 if splurging. But honestly I think the Coolpix is overlooked. And it got better in the time that I was trying to use my phone exclusively. It doesn't have any way to see how you're doing framing a selfie though. But did you know they sell little mirrors you can stick onto cameras? And the mirror helps you frame it. They look like tiny "back up mirrors" like you'd use on a car. They're dirt cheap, look in a dollar store. Save some dough. Power: You can carry some extra batteries for it, but it also hooks up to a plug for infinite power if you want to photograph products with it all day long. It has the hookup for a tripod. It uses a normal size SD card. Remember the old trick of using the flash, but covering it with tissue paper or paper towel folded once, twice or however many layers you want. This makes for much better flash photos when you're limited to the one flash that washes out colors brutally. It's also how you take pics with LED lights. The flash doesn't function as a light for video, so grab a light accessory for webcam/video blogging, and you'll have to hold it in your hand. I can't stress this enough: GET A WRIST STRAP because you will definitely drop this camera without it. It's not really ergonomic, it's just aspiring to be. And a four foot drop will probably ruin it. You can tell it to take lower resolution pics to get smaller pictures so you reduce your editing time. Ditto the video quality. But honestly, just use Handbrake to reduce video size. It has presets, just pick one. All the accessories are still available, so buy them now. It's possible they'll be gone in a year when you might want them. They were cheap when I bought them. A few dollars for each one. I have a full set, including the video cable I may or may not use. That would be the "old school" way to "cast to a device" by using an RCA cable. Splurge on a hard case for the camera. The one thing that can destroy it is a fall from your hand or your pocket.

I am a serious amateur photographer, professionally trained, and have been using Nikons since 1970, starting with the F and Nikkormat. I have never really used anything else. I never had to. They are rugged, professional, durable, and do what the are supposed to - take good pictures. The A10 is no exception. Most of my cameras have been manual. I wanted a simple camera with some controls, that was light weight so I could take it anywhere, all the time. That is why I picked one that runs on AAs. No worries about recharging, extra stuff to carry ... AAs are available anywhere in the world, in almost any store. They usually come in a 4 pack, and the camera only needs two. This camera is excellent like its predecessors and has not let me down yet.

These are good quality cameras that last. I usually purchase the L32 for work but it is getting hard to find it available. The Coolpix L32 ( Nikon COOLPIX L32 ) has a 20.1 mega pixels sensor and this one has a 16.1 mega pixels sensor and that makes a bit of a difference in picture quality but if this is something you would notice, you would not be getting a camera of this type. There are many cameras of this type that are either inexpensive and of bad quality or great quality but very expensive. This camera falls in a vanishing category of great quality at a reasonable price. This camera will take great quality pictures at 16.1 mega pixels and it is important to note that the zoom is optical which means that you will not give up any of the resolution when you zoom in. If your goal is to get the best quality you can get, and this camera does not make you happy, I do not think that the L32 would make you much happier so you will have to move to professional cameras that have detachable lenses and you are looking at many times the price. There is something that you will not like about this camera and the only reason I gave it 4 stars. The world is moving fast to 4K video resolution but unfortunately this camera cannot even do 1080p recording. Considering that most cell phones today have 1080p video recording capabilities, you would think that a device that all it does is camera functions, would at least have the ability to record 1080p video. If you are looking for a quality camera that is easy to use and you want it to last, this camera is highly recommended. But be sure first that you just need a camera for pictures and not for video. This may be the reason why these cameras are at the brink of extinction, they are great picture cameras but our mobile devices have spoiled us so much that we do not want just a picture camera any longer. When we consider buying a camera, we do it because we want something better than what we already have in our pocket and that usually means that we are looking for optical zoom and quality lenses with quality video capabilities. If you are still interested in this camera, here are some things that you may want to know: 1) It has an easy to view 2.7" screen. 2) Operation is very simple and the menus are easy to figure out without having to read a manual. 3) It uses 2 AA batteries that you can buy everywhere. I had cameras with rechargeable batteries that go dead if I do not use the camera for a few months or their charger is proprietary and when it is broken or lost, it costs a lot to replace it. I love the simplicity of just putting 2 new commonly used batteries and be good to go. 4) It takes the full size SD memory card which means that you can just put in an adapter (many micro SD cards come with a free adapter) and turn it to a micro SD card while you will not have to throw away your old full size cards. As for durability, we use cameras for the nursing staff to take pictures of patients and enter them to our electronic health record (EHR) software. We also use them for employee badges. Although we do not need high resolution pictures for these functions, when we get the less expensive cameras, they do not last for more than a few months. I always find them dead or the battery compartment door broken and held by rubber bands. So I have been replacing those $30.00 to $50.00 cameras with the Coolpix L32 and this A10 and I do not have any problems anymore. Note that this camera does not come with a USB cable unless you purchase the bundle and it has a non standard connector. You can either use a USB card reader like this one Rocketek 11 in 1 USB 3.0 Memory Card Reader , or you can buy the USB cable here, Nikon 25851 UC-E16 USB Cable , which costs about 12 bucks at the time of this review.

Was a gift for my mom, shes a fire fighter, She said she loved it! Easy to use, very portable, and withstood the heat of fire while maintaining beautiful picture quality. She however lost it when she took it with her. Her troop is deployed on fires for around 14 days straight. Just as they where coming back from a long fire in California (yes she has been one of the firefighter's fighting the Cali fires of 2018) it dropped from her pack never to be seen again. She was very bummed about it, didnt even get a chance to print any of her fire picture, which we where all bummed about. But she stood by her love of the short lived camera, and its beautiful pictures.

I've used a Nikon Coolpix 990 for years and love it. So when the latch/catch on the battery door of the Coolpix 990 broke, I looked for a replacement. Because I tend to take very specific pictures (Close-up of flowers, etc. and Astronomy through telescopes) I spent a fair amount of time looking at the features of various cameras. The first camera I bought (another brand) was a total bust even though it 'appeared' it had the correct features. So then I went back to looking a Coolpix and purchased this Nikon Coolpix A10 because, from the pictures and description it appeared to have the features I am looking for. Wrong! Nikon has changed the function of the icons I am looking for. First, the camera does not come with a manual. It has a Very Brief, Quick Start paper that tells you to read the Not Included manual for details. It does not come with a cable to connect to your computer and the 'jack' while a "standard" is not a common plug. Chances are you will have to purchase a cable which will be tough to find/identify on-line. The 'Lightening Bolt' icon that Should mean 'flash control' only has 2 (two) setting, "Auto" or "Off". You can't turn the flash "On". Because this camera Wants you to take pictures as slow as 1/20th or 1/4th of second shutter speed, it doesn't turn the flash 'On' when in "Auto" setting. Don't know about you but I was always taught to never try and take a hand held picture at less than 1/60th second shutter speed. Because of this you'll get 'fuzzy' pictures from too long a shutter speed in low light conditions. The "Flower" icon which on my 990 locks in 'Close-up" on the Coolpix A10 just means the camera will decide if it wants to go into close-up mode and even then, only for a few seconds - then it drops back to "Scenic" mode. I often want to take a close-up of something and have the background blurry. It's called Depth of Field control Nikon!! Do Not expect it with this camera. This camera will constantly switch to 'Scenic' mode and make the background sharp while the close-up flower is blurry. How STUPID is that!?! Even when the camera is at it's 'Best Use' the pictures tend to be fuzzy/blurry, most definitely Not Sharp! Who cares if it's a 50 Mega Pixels if the picture is not clear? In general, my Samsung cell phone with 3.2Mega Pixel camera takes sharper pictures than this 16.1 Mega Pixel camera. So don't expect quality pictures with this camera -Very Large but not sharp. There are several references to 'Manual Focus' but without a manual, it's difficult to figure this out. Even when you try to use the manual focus, the camera constantly reverts to whatever it thinks you should be using so you have to go back and go through the manual focus process several times before you can actually take the picture. Same thing with the other 'non-Features' like F stop, +/- exposure, etc. You have about 10 seconds to figure out your desired setting and click the picture before this camera defaults back to what It thinks you should use. Overall this is not a "Bad" Point-N-Shoot camera. It's just a Very expensive Point-N-Shoot camera. There are many others at half the price with the same and or better qualities. If you want a camera that you can actually control, avoid this camera. If you want a camera that takes sharp/crisp pictures, definitely avoid this camera. If I was given a choice between this Nikon Coolpix A10 or going back to my old Leica, Nikon, or Pentax Spotmatic 35mm film cameras, I'd go back to using film!

I got the Nikon CoolPix camera because I've had one for years and I'm familiar with it. I wanted to replace my broken old one with one I'm comfortable with. I know this camera is out of date and used. I've bought "used and refurbished" electronics on Amazon before and NEVER had a problem. However, the camera I got is DEFINITELY NOT "operating normally". The screen flickers constantly when I try to take pics. Every picture is blurry, no matter what settings I use. It's completely useless. I've had Nikon CoolPix cameras for nearly 20 years. I use them for fun AND business. I am exceedingly familiar with how they SHOULD work and how to take clear, in-focus, pictures of different things in different lighting conditions. The only thing the camera I received does properly, is be a paperweight. I am kicking myself hard for not getting it out and testing IMMEDIATELY when it arrived. Since I didn't, I missed the return window and am out the cost. (And yes, I've tried to use it multiple times with different settings just in case the issue was being a different model to my old one.) I expected "inspected and operating normally" to BE inspected and OPERATING NORMALLY. Buy from this seller at your own risk!! And if you do, check it as soon as you get it!!!

If you're going on vaycay and don't want to risk dropping your phone in a lake or off a mountain or whatever, this is a good option to drop in a lake instead. It'll still get broken, but at least it's not your phone and you're not out a ton of money. It is in fact the cheapest camera I could find where the image quality didn't make me want to yeet it into the sunset. Overall, it's equivalent-to-or-better-than most smartphone cameras. It's got a decent optical zoom, so you can zoom in a bit without losing picture quality so it's actually better than a phone-camera in that sense. The zoom lens neatly retracts into the body when the camera is off so you can still stuff it into a convenient pocket (which is good because this listing doesn't come with a case). The sensor isn't anything to write home about, but it's the standard 1/2.3" size for a decent compact camera (and the same or bigger than most smartphones) and gets the job done. This has all the basic functionality I expect out of a camera - zoom, half-press the shutter button to check focus, a few different shooting modes that I will ignore in favor of "auto" 95% of the time, and a menu to review your taken photos. Digging through the settings/menus seems a bit un-intuitive to me, but again I'm going to be running on auto 95% of the time so that impacts my experience very little. It runs off (and came with) two AA batteries. I prefer rechargeable, but this does make it easy to find and carry backup power and for the cost I can't complain.

Camera arrived and looked just as advertised in post. Very satisfied