Nikon Coolpix L14 Review

The Nikon Coolpix L14 is another innovative digital camera from the Nikon Coolpix L-series. It is very slender in size, user-friendly, and its price is valued to fit your preference. Like the other models of the Nikon L-series, the Coolpix L14 also has the EXPEED concept, the latest in digital image processing. The EXPEED concept provides the user with high-quality performance and fast response, similar with Nikon’s Style and Performance Series.

Coolpix L14 is considered the world’s most efficient camera, as far as having the longest battery life is concerned. This camera obtains its power by lithium AA batteries of Energizer. By using standard battery sizes widely available all around the world, users will not have a problem about recharging when the camera runs out of power.

The Coolpix L14 allows the user to shoot up to a thousand images with just a pair of reliable Lithium AA batteries from Energizer. Deemed as one of Nikon’s most affordable digital cameras, the Coolpix L14 is feature-laden and ultimately fashionable. Its resolution is 7.1 Megapixels, providing true-to-life colors and high-detail images. Additionally, users can enlarge the images without any hint of pixilation.

This efficient digital camera uses the NIKKOR 3x optical zoom, thru its 38-114mm lens. This lens is ideal for taking close-up shots, or even shooting group photos. With the 2.4-inch LCD monitor of this camera, users can easily frame their shots.

The camera also comes with its own strap, a USB cable to transfer images, audio/visual cable in connecting to the television, and a CD-ROM for the software suite. Furthermore, this digital camera a TV-Quality Movie recording capability that offers 30 frames per second, supporting audio at 30fps as well. Also, the recording time basically depends upon the capacity of the user’s memory card. To show images from the camera to the television, an AV cable is also included.

Providing ten years of quality and world-class optics, Nikon has proven their expertise in superb image quality in digital imaging. This has brought them to design the L series, like the Coolpix L14 that offer style and performance. This model, with its user-friendly controls, guarantees the users with error-free command.

The Coolpix L14 has an easy auto mode. This particular mode provides the user with easy access of the camera without having to worry much about the settings. Fifteen different easy access scene modes, along with five other movie modes, keep the shooting tuned while maintaining top quality results only Nikon can provide.

There are three different innovative functions that the CoolPix L14 features: the face-priority AF, the in-camera red-eye fix, and the D-lighting. For crisp and clearer results over time, the face priority AF is a sure feature that can perk up a shot. Users can also encounter traces of red-eye especially on flash photography.

With the aid of the in-camera red-eye fix, this feature will automatically remove those unwanted red-eye effects that are certainly annoying. Finally, to enhance those underexposed shots. The d-lighting can help improve an image by creating copies of shots with added details where necessary, without touching those well-exposed areas.

Additionally, the Nikon Coolpix L14 has a stop-motion animation feature that provides the users with great ease in creating animated films right within the camera itself. A user can take shots, move them, and then take another set of shots. Once it is done, the camera itself will then process these shots, delivering results that are professional-looking, with the aid of the timing of preference option.

For great-looking pictures taken from lower lighting conditions, the ISO1000 capability of the Nikon Coolpix L14 is very efficient. This feature is also perfect for capturing subjects that are fast moving, offering outstanding quality.

The Coolpix L14 measures accurately the possibly light conditions to choose the best optimal sensitivity setting.

This digital camera is also very lightweight and with dimensions that are highly compact. It also has a 4x digital zoom that effectively extends for compositional freedom. Its graphical user interface is greatly improved, along with the menu interface where users can choose twenty-three different languages.

Pros: This digital camera automatically focuses and the pictures are very sharp. There are also a number of settings that provide the users the options to choose their preferred outputs.

Cons: The camera is slow at taking pictures. Its take about 2-3 seconds before shots are taken.

Overall: The Nikon Coolpix L14 is perfect for daily use. And what makes it even more perfect is its battery life.

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