Product Description

The CoolPix L12 high light sensitivity up to 1600 allows you to tackle low-light scenes and situations far beyond the capabilities of conventional compact cameras. The CoolPix L12 is equipped with an incredible 2.5-inch LCD great for viewing images anywhere, anytime. The 115K Dot LCD monitor with anti-reflective coating makes composing and playing back images easy. You can shoot sharper, clearer and without blur with Nikon's ingenious Vibration Reduction. Detects and corrects for camera movement to give you rock-steady results time after time. The CoolPix L12 features 15 specially programmed modes to automatically handle focus, exposure, white balance and other adjustments that help you take great pictures easily. To ensure superb portraits with crisp focus, select Face priority AF (in Portrait Scene Mode). This feature automatically finds the subject's face and focuses on it. In-Camera Red-Eye Fix This in-camera feature automatically fixes most typical occurrences of red-eye. ISO sensitivity - Approximately equivalent to ISO 50 (auto gain to ISO 1600) System Requirements - Macintosh Mac OS X version 10.3.9, 10.4.x, Windows Vista (32bit), Windows XP Home Edition & Professional and Windows 2000 Professional Dimensions - Width 3.6 x Height 2.4 x Depth 1.0 inch (91 x 61 x 26mm) excluding projections Weight - 4.4 ounces (125 grams) without battery and SD memory card

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7124 in Camera & Photo
• Brand: Nikon
• Model: 25562
• Released on: 2007-03-26
• Dimensions: 2.40" h x 1.00" w x 3.60" l, .75 pounds
• Memory: 21MB
• Display size: 2.5

Features

• 7.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for for photo-quality 16 x 20-inch prints
• 3x optical zoom through a quality Zoom-Nikkor lens (zoom is equivalent to 38-114mm in a 35mm camera)
• 2.5-inch LCD display; exclusive Nikon In-Camera Red-Eye Fix
• Face-Priority AF automatically focuses on faces
• Powered by AA-size batteries; stores images on SD memory cards

Manufacturer Description
The Nikon Coolpix L12 combines an array of high-quality components, including a 3x Zoom-Nikkor lens and a bright 2.5-inch LCD screen, with in-camera image-improvement features, housed in a lightweight, compact, yet elegantly finished body. It boasts a powerful 3x Zoom-Nikkor lenses with a focal range equivalent to that of a 38-116mm (35mm equivalent), providing the freedom to zoom in for tight personal portraits or out to capture expansive outdoor scenes.

The CCD delivers higher performance within tighter dimensions, greatly adding to the camera's compact form and portability while offering a generous effective megapixel value of 7.0, ensuring the refined image clarity that users have come to expect from other members of the Coolpix family.

The Coolpix L12 also features 15 specially programmed modes to automatically handle focus, exposure, white balance and other adjustments that help you take great pictures easily.

Nikon Coolpix L12 Highlights

Optical VR image stabilization You can shoot sharper, clearer and without blur with Nikon’s ingenious Vibration Reduction. Detects and corrects for camera movement to give you rock-steady results time after time.

3x Optical Zoom-Nikkor glass lens High-quality lenses deliver high-quality pictures. The Zoom-Nikkor glass lens gives you the power of 3x optical zoom lens, while Macro capability lets you get as close as 5.9 inches. This combination is supported by Nikons’ world-renowned optical technology delivering crisp, clear images.

High ISO capability The Coolpix L12's high light sensitivity of up to 1600 allows you to tackle low-light scenes and situations far beyond the capabilities of conventional compact cameras.

Incredible, bright 2.5-inch LCD The Coolpix L12 is equipped with an incredible 2.5-inch LCD great for viewing images anywhere, anytime. The 115,000 dot LCD monitor with anti-reflective coating makes composing and playing back images easy!

The Coolpix L12 One-Touch Portrait Button It’s easier than ever before to get great-looking results. Your shortcut to three unique innovations, the one-touch portrait feature offers instant access to Face-priority AF and In-Camera Red-Eye Fix for optimized image capture and lets you transform exposure after the fact with Nikon’s powerful D-Lighting.

D-Lighting In playback mode, D-Lighting will compensate for underexposed images or insufficient flash by adding light and detail to selected shots where needed, without affecting properly exposed areas.

Face-Priority AF To ensure superb portraits with crisp focus, select Face-Priority AF (in Portrait Scene mode). This feature automatically finds the subject’s face and focuses on it.

In-camera color options & QuickTime movie with sound Shoot a QuickTime movie with sound at 30 frames per second, and choose from five color shooting options (standard, vivid color, black and white, sepia, cyanotype).

Transfer Directly to Printer, TV or Web

Print directly from your camera You can transfer images directly to print, without the need of a PC, when using PictBridge and USB Direct Print compatible printers.

Connect directly to your TV Show friends and family the results on a grand scale with the supplied video cable.

Nikon In-Camera Innovations

• Movie recording allows you to record movies in three modes with sound: TV movie size (640), small size (320) and smaller (160) for extended recording or Internet usage.
• Voice Memo function records up to 20 seconds of sound that can be then attached to an image.
• Color options allows you to make pictures more vivid or record monotones.
• In-camera cropping allows you to crop out the part of the image you don’t want and keep the part you do.
• Best shot selector enables the camera to take a series of photos and automatically select the one with the sharpest focus.
• Blur warning alerts you to a burry image.
• Noise reduction minimizes digital artifacts in long exposures.

Customer Reviews

Overall, a good camera for the price
I chose this camera as my birthday gift almost a year ago. I have been quite pleased with it so far. It's a good first time digital camera, and the user manual and settings are really easy to navigate. I buy lithium batteries, so they last longer. I've taken it with me on vacations and was pleased with the ease of use and good pictures it takes. My best pictures have turned out when I am as steady as possible, especially with low light--I usually hold my breath.

The only negatives for me have been the slow processing time when using the flash and the noise in fireworks pictures. But I try to avoid the flash because natural lighting is much nicer.

I've also posted some pictures taken with the L12.

Overall, I think this is a solid, reliable camera that takes good pictures.

it's ok
This is a plain, non-technical review for an average user.

I wanted a slim point-and-shoot that would produce fairly good images for max 5x7 prints...

Well, this camera seems to only work well in good sun -which is a typical thing with many cameras...along with the impossible to see display ...I mean you cannot see what you are shooting in a nice sunny day, as the diplayed is washed out.

The image quality is so-so. I probably should have played with the white calibration more, with other numerous setting, but I wanted a point-and-shoot camera, not a cockpit panel.

The battery drain is noticeable. The next-shot speed is AWEFUL..It takes its time to adjust focus... Then it goes into sleep mode every 1 minute if not sooner, so if you are trying to get a shot of your precious grandson when you need an ever-ready camera, this one is not it!

On the positive side, it fits in the hand nicely, has fairly intuitive controls, and is indeed small. The download from internal memory was a breeze. I never bothered to installed the software.

I took three shots under rain and the poor thing died. So glad it did.

Great product for the price
I bought this camera as a Christmas present for my father. I've been the one who has used it the most. It is very user friendly and can be programmed in other languages. The pictures are so crisp! I get compliments on the quality of the pictures all the time.