This is a great camera with many options and settings to take wonderful pictures, indoors or out. It has more optical zoom than other cameras in this price range, adding greater resolution to enlargements.
Rating: 5 / 5

I bought the Coolpix 4800 four years ago, in 2005, and it was already a year old so the price had dropped. I shoot quite a bit of motorsports photography, specifically Rally racing, so I needed something with a long lens that could capture high-speed action. The long lens was nice, but tended to distort at full zoom. In addition, the shutter lag was difficult to use, made even slower by the auto focus on a fast moving object. It was necessary to anticipate where a car would be, hit the shutter, and hope the camera would take the shot while the car was still in range. For regular photos, the images would wash out under bright sun. The color balance was better if I switched to sports mode in sunny conditions.

When my 4800 was stolen from my car this past spring, I was not sorry to see it go. I replaced at with the much newer Nikon Coolpix P60. The P60 is a smaller package but much improved from the 4800. The only thing I gave up was the 8x lens as the P60 lens is only 5x. The photo size is larger, from 4MP on the 4800 to 8MP on the P60. Best of all, the P60 was on sale recently for $99.99. I had been looking for a camera in the $100 range to get me by until I could afford a higher priced camera, but I had not expected to find a camera that was BETTER than the one it replaced at so much less money.
Rating: 2 / 5

I ordered this camera before I read the review on http://www.dpreview.com. After reading the review I was a bit worried but I thought, “Who cares about noise, I take slides with Ektachrome 400 which has tons of grain (ie noise).” When I got the camera, I took some test shots and compared them to my 3 year old 2Mpixel Fuji 2600 zoom. I’m sending the Nikon back. It’s absolutely unacceptable. Any dark area on the picture is filled noise. I even forced it to use only ASA 100 and it looks like ASA 4000 or worse. The electronic viewfinder has a lag, especially if you have the lense extended. The build and quality seem OK but the pictures just don’t make it.
Rating: 2 / 5

[...] This onboard red-eye removal is handy for folks who don’t have photo editing software nearby, or who just want to fix the pictures without it. Additionally, the Nikon CoolPix L14 comes with D-Lighting. This special photo correction feature can be used to improve the color and contrast in underexposed photos. This features can find as well in the nikon coolpix 4800 digital camera. [...]

I’ve had this camera for about 2 weeks and have taken 97 pictures. So far I’ve had to charge the battery 8 times.(Have to charge the battery every 6 – 10 pictures.)I even purchased an extra battery locally thinking that might be the problem. Did not remedy the situation. I have a Canon G5, a Panasonic DMC-FZ1, and an Olympus 750 (all great camera’s)and the battery life on these are at least 200+ shots. I am returning camera for refund. Other than the battery problem, this camera takes great pictures. Probably just got a “lemon”.
Rating: 1 / 5

I really like this camera. Amazon did everything they said they would. It was a great experience.
Rating: 4 / 5