Not bad for the beginning photographer (Nikon Coolpix 300)

Member Name: cyberdude

Product:	Nikon Coolpix 300
Date:	31/05/01 (145 review reads)
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Advantages: Good quality, Good price, Easy to use

Disadvantages: Not too advanced

This camera has most things you'd expect from a digicam. Pictures are of excellent quality and are downloaded to a computer using the suppied serial cable and software; a SCSI cable for use with the camera is available from your local camera shop.
Capacity in this model is excellent - about 650 photos and over 50 sound clips at any one time! All pictures are at a resolution of 640x480, but the quality is good and sound is fine too.
Unfortunately this camera has no removable storage media such as a SmartCard, but it is a couple of years old, so not much else can be expected. The on-screen display is easy to use. It comes with a stylus for pushing buttons on it's LCD display.
It all comes in a compact design, but it isn't in a very camera-shaped way. People who are looking for something more professional might want to look elsewhere, as the resolution on this can be bettered elsewhere, and nowadays a USB connection is more appropriate.
Other functions include a slide-show, so you can have all your pictures shown in turn automatically. There's an electronic picture index, with thumbnail images of images, which makes navigating your photos very easy.
The camera takes eight "double-A" (AA) batteries, but makes good use of them.
If you are simply looking to take occasional photos, for example a few a day, or just some holiday snaps, consider this camera.

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