The thing I like least about it is that there’s no way to disable the digital zoom, so, for photos, once you reach the end of the optical range, after a short pause, the L830 continuous to digitally zoom with all the negative consequences for image quality that entails. Insert the memory card containing the firmware folder in the camera’s memory card slot and turn on the camera. The maximum aperture of f3 is the same at the wide angle setting as the earlier L820 and closes to f5. Summary The COOLPIX L820 has plenty of things going for it, not least a very capable stabilised zoom lens with an unbeatable wide angle, a cool Easy panorama mode, a great range of continuous shooting modes and decent battery life. Access the Firmware version item in the setup menu to confirm that the camera firmware version has been upgraded.

In addition, adoption of a lens-shift vibration reduction (VR) function enables telephoto shooting with much less concern for blur caused by camera shake. Nikon includes alkaline batteries, which will last for up to 320 shots; lithium batteries should last for nearly 870 shots. To test the continuous shooting on the COOLPIX L830 I fitted it with a freshly formatted 8GB Sandisk Extreme UHS-1 card rated at 45Mb/s.It’s available in four colours, plum, blue, red and black, and its glossy plastic finish is a refreshing change from matt black though possibly less hardwearing. You can read more about the L820's picture quality in and download full-resolution samples from the slideshow above.

Its DSLR-styled body is light and compact – a step down in scale from the mid and higher end P-range super-zooms. The COOLPIX L830 also includes a selection of special effects filters which has been expanded to a total of 11 with the addition of Pop, Super vivid, Cross process and two toy camera effects to the original soft focus, Nostalgic Sepia, High-contrast monochrome, High key, Low key and Selective colour. It makes big difference to the handling of the COOLPIX L830 and of course is one of the big advantages it has over the PowerShot SX400 IS which has a screen that’s not only fixed in place, but which also has a much lower resolution 230k dot LCD panel. Next on the movie mode menu is 1080i50, followed by 720p25, there’s also a 720p25 mode available in the edit-friendly iFrame format.Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop expert and has been writing about and reviewing them since built-in Wi-Fi was an optional feature. The image stabilisation has been extended with the addition of a Hybrid mode that combines optical stabilisation with digital post-processing, and continuous shooting is upgraded with more modes and a fast 8fps mode. L-series cameras are designed so that even those who have never used a digital camera before can easily capture beautiful photos.

at 1600 ISO which compares with a quoted figure of 5m (also most likely at 1600 ISO) for the PowerShot SX400 IS. It attached to the outer rim of the lens barrel and prevented the lens from extending when you turned the camera on.

Vari-angle TFT LCD monitor, built-in world map supports GPS/GLONASS/QZSS, CMOS sensor, built-in Wi-Fi, combination of Lens-shift and Electronic vibration reduction, SD, SDHC, SDXC card storage, Full HD 1080p videos. The Nikon Coolpix L820 is a high-zoom digital compact camera featuring a 30x optical zoom, back-illuminated 16 megapixel CMOS sensor, 1080p FullHD video and EXPEED C2 processor. We went into the image testing with low expectations, built on previous generation Nikon compacts that haven't stood up to the company's benchmark of excellence.

The combined battery and card compartment is accessed via a large hinged door that covers the entire right side of the camera below the hand grip. As successor to the L26, the L28 is equipped with a CCD sensor offering a significantly higher effective pixel count—20. The fact that these issues existed with the COOLPIX L810 and remain here is a bit of a disappointment.The green colouring we saw at ISO 400 is kept under control through ISO 800 but at ISO 1600, the picture gets attacked more aggressively. The Nikon Coolpix L820's 16 megapixel sensor is a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semi-conductor) over a CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) which is more fuel efficient. The continuous auto focus does a good job during the pan and, though it loses touch now and then during the zoom, is quick to recover. There are two Auto modes: one is Nikon's Easy Auto mode, which adjusts settings appropriately based on six common scene types.