Last summer my Kodak EasySho C913 fell in the sand and was "out of service"... So I had to buy a new one and I took the Nikon Coolpix L21.

In the box you have:
- the quick start munal
- the user's manual on CD
- the warranty
- the Nikon software suite

When I took out for the first time my Coolpix in my hands I was surprised by the weight. It's heavier than my old Kodak but I have a better feeling with it.
Once you have insert some battery and a memory card, push it on you will hear a nice little "song" and you're ready to take some photos.

Above you have the on/off button and trigger with the zoom. Near the LCD screen you have 4 little buttons, one to chose the scene menu, one to see your allready done photos, one for the menu and one for the trash. You also have a big "OK" button with a 4 directions button around it.

In the menu you have usual option set your photos options and one for the settings.

Before you take a photos you must choose a scene profile. You can choise Automatic, Automatic simplified, video clip, portrait or a specific scene like food,landscape,sports,... .

I'm always in automatic mode except when I go fishing I set it on landscape mode. Push a little bit on the trigger wait 1 second for the focus then push a little harder and you have your photo. Push the "play" button to see if your photos is good or not.

I'm really happy that I bought that Nikon because it takes nice photos and the price is not too expensive.

Don't forget too buy a memory card.