A friend of mine bought a new digital camera and gave me his Nikon Coolpix 800 on extended loan. I don't really need much from a camera just some snapshots now and then so this seems to fit the bill.

While Nikon’s approach to interchangeable-lens compacts—the Nikon 1 system—took a decidedly different direction than its line of DSLRs, the same can’t be said of its first Coolpix to sport an ...

PHOTO QUALITY. This 13-megapixel waterproof and rugged camera captured images with merely fair quality. We judged this model very good for outdoor performance, such as shooting landscapes in the ...

PHOTO QUALITY. This 20-megapixel superzoom camera captured images with good quality. We judged this model very good for outdoor performance, such as shooting landscapes in the daytime; good for indoor ...

Digital photography aficionados may find the Nikon Coolpix S4’s distinctive design advantageous: With its swiveling lens, you can angle the screen away from the lens to take self-portraits or shoot ...