- 6.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 14 x 19-inch prints
- 3x optical zoom; 2.5-inch LCD
- Face Priority AF, In-Camera Red-Eye Fix, and D-Lighting
- Auto-adjusts ISO up to 800, for shooting in low-light situations
- Stores images on SD memory cards; powered by 2 AA-size batteries (2 AA-size Energizer e2 lithium batteries included)
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The Nikon Coolpix L6 is a compact camera offering powerful imaging performance, easy operation, and outstanding battery life, allowing users to shoot with greater confidence for better-looking results.
The L6 is a slim, lightweight model with an impressive imaging performance of 6.0 megapixels. This is a truly dynamic camera; a focal range of 38-116mm makes it possible to accurately capture the detail and colour of both the smallest nature shot and the widest landscape panorama.
The Coolpix L6 is set apart from industry competitors by its capacity to shoot an incredible 1,000 images when using the supplied Energizer lithium AA-sized batteries, the longest battery life provided by any camera manufacturer (as of August 2006), making this model the perfect companion for situations where you can't afford to be let down by your camera.
The Coolpix L6 is a flexible tool, delivering excellent performance under any set of demands. The ISO sensitivity with settings up to ISO 800 makes it possible for the photographer to shoot pictures in lower light without having to use a long exposure.
The camera is able to intelligently adjust images in order to achieve optimal results in any set of conditions. By simply selecting one of 15 Scene Modes most closely corresponding to the scene at hand, the Coolpix L6 is able to automatically choose the best settings for the optimum results. Four of these handy Scene Modes also feature a Scene Assist, which helps users to achieve better composition.
The Coolpix L6 makes it simple to get great-looking results in challenging situations. Three unique in-camera Nikon image innovations adjust the image, detecting and correcting imperfections: Face Priority AF automatically detects and achieves sharp focus on people's faces wherever they are in the frame; In-Camera Red-Eye Fix automatically overcomes the red-eye effect sometimes caused by flash; and D-Lighting makes it possible to rescue underexposed images or shots taken with too much back-light. (Face recognition capability may be limited in some shooting conditions.)
Also included is a function which allows the user to connect the camera directly to PictBridge-compatible printers to produce beautiful photos without the need for a computer.
The Coolpix L6's intelligent functions ensures that the camera does all the hard work; you simply have to find your subject and enjoy your perfect photos.
What's in the box
Nikon Coolpix L6 digital camera, 2 x Energizer e2 Lithium batteries, strap, UC-E6 USB cable, EG-CP14 audio-video cable, PictureProject CD-ROM
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MD) CL) NIKON COOLPIX L6 DIGITAL CAM
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
63 of 64 people found the following review helpful
Nikon L6: A compact Versatile Camera.
I have taken 200 pics and 12 videos in one week. A friendly camera, learning and opinion as follows:-
1. Colors: True and natural. Just captures the real colors. This is the best quality. You capture what you see.
2. Buttons and Functions: Simple, heuristic, no need to do a serious reading of the book.
3. Settings: The options are varied, good. Liked the video capture options very much i.e. for options for computer size image, TV size image and TV* image size. Videos on projection up to 5ftX 4 ft look good. For video presentations, Audio capture: has noise while play back on the camera. The noise is much lower when played on computer or projector. A steady background hiss. Mostly, because microphone faces forward, hence the commentary spoken from behind has poor noise to signal ratio. But it is fine.
4. Still Snaps; Good. A 3 MP size image is about 400 KB. Used for presentations. Lower resolution is also available. At high end, 6 MB it is perfect.
5. Body: Sturdy, compact. Impressive and austere, no unnecessary contours, labels, very somber looking.
6. LCD: 2.5 inch, in bright sun, the image is not visible, this is understandable.
7. No standard optical view finder. The LCD and Camera hibernates very quickly after 15 to 20 secs non use. Great on battery
8. Battery: 2 AAs cells. Great. This means one can use the camera right out of the box, no need to carry charger, no need to buy additional battery lithium for 40 to 50 $, when run out, just pop in fresh two AAs. Rechargeable AAs of 2700 mA are very good indeed. Carry 2 spare in office bag.
9. Video Zoom. All new digital compacts either do not have zoom whilst recording or the zoom jumps in multiples of 1x. This is jumpy. I miss the smooth step-less 4x optical to 4 x digital continuous 16x smooth zoom of my Kodak 4 MP. I tested: mostly all new compacts now have a zoom in video capture that goes boom boom 1x 2x 3x ....Can not fault Nikon for this.
10. What did I want? I wanted a compact traveling, high quality work camera, always in my laptop case, which is also great for the family/home pictures. I got that in Nikon L6.
I have taken 200 pics and 12 videos in one week. A friendly camera, learning and opinion as follows:-
1. Colors: True and natural. Just captures the real colors. This is the best quality. You capture what you see.
2. Buttons and Functions: Simple, heuristic, no need to do a serious reading of the book.
3. Settings: The options are varied, good. Liked the video capture options very much i.e. for options for computer size image, TV size image and TV* image size. Videos on projection up to 5ftX 4 ft look good. For video presentations, Audio capture: has noise while play back on the camera. The noise is much lower when played on computer or projector. A steady background hiss. Mostly, because microphone faces forward, hence the commentary spoken from behind has poor noise to signal ratio. But it is fine.
4. Still Snaps; Good. A 3 MP size image is about 400 KB. Used for presentations. Lower resolution is also available. At high end, 6 MB it is perfect.
5. Body: Sturdy, compact. Impressive and austere, no unnecessary contours, labels, very somber looking.
6. LCD: 2.5 inch, in bright sun, the image is not visible, this is understandable.
7. No standard optical view finder. The LCD and Camera hibernates very quickly after 15 to 20 secs non use. Great on battery
8. Battery: 2 AAs cells. Great. This means one can use the camera right out of the box, no need to carry charger, no need to buy additional battery lithium for 40 to 50 $, when run out, just pop in fresh two AAs. Rechargeable AAs of 2700 mA are very good indeed. Carry 2 spare in office bag.
9. Video Zoom. All new digital compacts either do not have zoom whilst recording or the zoom jumps in multiples of 1x. This is jumpy. I miss the smooth step-less 4x optical to 4 x digital continuous 16x smooth zoom of my Kodak 4 MP. I tested: mostly all new compacts now have a zoom in video capture that goes boom boom 1x 2x 3x ....Can not fault Nikon for this.
10. What did I want? I wanted a compact traveling, high quality work camera, always in my laptop case, which is also great for the family/home pictures. I got that in Nikon L6.
45 of 45 people found the following review helpful
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Pros:
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1- Small and compact, yet not too small to be uncomfortable to hold. (Cameras are going back to being slightly bigger than credit cards to lower the effect of shaky hand and blurry images.
2- Uses AA batteries. Great lifespan with 2100mah NIMH rechargeable.
3- Picture quality especially in well lit surroundings is truly impressive. darker areas are not too bad either.
4- Movie clips upto 1GB in size is quite nice. This translates into about 18mins of recording on the highest setting.
5- Auto shut-off is relatively fast which avoids wasting battery life.
6- has a blur warning, to let u know if u have taken a picture which will be too blurry for printing. Does this immediately after taking the picture, so u can take a second one.
Cons:-
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1- Flash is a bit week. Pix taken in very dark places (bar, club,..etc) are a bit grainy, but nothing too excessive however.
2- There is no setting to review the pix taken without having the lens extend on power-up, or when connecting camera to a pc to download images. In other words the lens is always protruding from the camera when it powered up. This shortens the mechanisms life and makes the camera somewhat harder to pass on to other to see pictures. and can be damaged easily.
3- Cannot zoom movie clips when recording has started ( this is the case with most cameras these days).
4- Flash takes too long to recharge between pictures.
5- Becuase of the flash recharge delay, u are not able to review pictures already taken, until the flash has finished re-charging for the next picture.
I wanted to try and cover issues that other reviewers may not point out. I have to say however, except for "Con #5", the other issues aren't major to me. Overall I like the camera and don't regret buying it.
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1- Small and compact, yet not too small to be uncomfortable to hold. (Cameras are going back to being slightly bigger than credit cards to lower the effect of shaky hand and blurry images.
2- Uses AA batteries. Great lifespan with 2100mah NIMH rechargeable.
3- Picture quality especially in well lit surroundings is truly impressive. darker areas are not too bad either.
4- Movie clips upto 1GB in size is quite nice. This translates into about 18mins of recording on the highest setting.
5- Auto shut-off is relatively fast which avoids wasting battery life.
6- has a blur warning, to let u know if u have taken a picture which will be too blurry for printing. Does this immediately after taking the picture, so u can take a second one.
Cons:-
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1- Flash is a bit week. Pix taken in very dark places (bar, club,..etc) are a bit grainy, but nothing too excessive however.
2- There is no setting to review the pix taken without having the lens extend on power-up, or when connecting camera to a pc to download images. In other words the lens is always protruding from the camera when it powered up. This shortens the mechanisms life and makes the camera somewhat harder to pass on to other to see pictures. and can be damaged easily.
3- Cannot zoom movie clips when recording has started ( this is the case with most cameras these days).
4- Flash takes too long to recharge between pictures.
5- Becuase of the flash recharge delay, u are not able to review pictures already taken, until the flash has finished re-charging for the next picture.
I wanted to try and cover issues that other reviewers may not point out. I have to say however, except for "Con #5", the other issues aren't major to me. Overall I like the camera and don't regret buying it.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
i bought this camera based on an older 3mp version a friend of mine has that i liked. the older model is far superior. this camera is slow to focus, slow to shoot, and slow to save. i took 5 pictures in a row of the same thing in the same lighting condition (indoor, medium light) on the automatic setting, all 5 pictures turned out different, only one turned out clear. i returned it the next day and bought a cannon that i am very happy with.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Totally satisfied
I knew what I wanted for a camera. It's so easy to go to Amazon.com and search for what you want and it is just totally awesome the prices are so amazing!
Published 4 months ago by Diane
Pretty good, but didn't age well.
I bought this camera about 3 years ago and it is barely functional now.
The camera worked very well for about 2.5 years. It took nice pictures and really nice videos. Read more
The camera worked very well for about 2.5 years. It took nice pictures and really nice videos. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Samson12
Wanted to love it, but ultimately disappointed
Very portable and easy to use. But it eats AA batteries like no tomorrow and pictures were not as sharp as I expected. Read more
Published on February 10, 2010 by Searcaigh
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Supplier even met new lower cost as advertised later after purchase. Great deal, Thanks Amazon!
Published on April 1, 2009 by Michael Caldwell
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Good camera - lots of features - easy to use - easy to download pictures.
Published on January 20, 2009 by M. Lewellen
Good Little Camera With Some Serious Faults
I've had this Coolpix for a couple of years and am ready to upgrade. The flash just takes way too long to recharge, and indoor shots are nowhere near as good as those taken outside... Read more
Published on December 10, 2008 by Stube's Auntie
Fantastic! Impossible to beat for the price.
I've had this since February of 2007, so after 20 months of heavy usage, I'm commenting on it.
Few cons: Low maximum ISO setting, flash takes a bit long to recharge ONLY... Read more
Few cons: Low maximum ISO setting, flash takes a bit long to recharge ONLY... Read more
Published on October 19, 2008 by Timothy
Clogged optico system
to the 3 weeks of bought the optica mechanism big step, without to have received blow some. Showing the message of error in optica.
Published on January 25, 2008 by Gerardo Gutierrez
My review with corrections
Hi, for those who want to buy this camera, it's great, but I have to correct some of the things said in the previews review. Read more
Published on December 4, 2007 by Franklin
Too slow!!
Do not buy if you are taking pictures of anything alive!! If you like to wait for 10 secs of smiling before the picture snaps this camera is for you. Read more
Published on October 28, 2007 by M. Kaylor
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