The Nikon L5 is a relatively new camera and at £132.76 looks like a great bargain, in some aspects it is great, but in other performace tests it has let me down.
The overall design of the L5 is great, not to big or too small, so they have got the balance just right, but unfortunately it uses 2xAA batteries and with a 2.5" screen on the back lasts for only about 50-100 shots, noty really what you want when your on holiday and wanting to snap away, putting the battery type aside and looking whats inside the camera, the quality of the components use are pretty much standard to nikon, as usual the Nikor lense.
The camera boasts serveral great features which truly are fantastic. 5X optical zoom, this zoom is excellent for such a small compact digital camera, but the shutter speed is incredbibly slow and the Nikon really does lack the performance side. The quality of prints I have received from the L5 are OK, slightly grainy and some colours were not that true., which i was amazed at as the camera's specification reads so well.
The Nikon L5 also has a a technolocy called face-priority AF, which basically means will automatically focus on the face as a priority and the main focal point when needed. What Great technology and the results i had from it were outstanding.
The highlights of the camera for myself were; the optical zoom at 5X, which was great, The face priority AF, which I also found very useful. The In-camera red-eye fix worked fantastically. Pre-ser scene modes, which automatically adjust the aperture in order to enhance the foreground object.
Overall if I was to rate this camera out of ten i would give it a 7/10.
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Durability
Good
Reliability
Good
Size
Small
Weight
Average
Instruction Manual
Excellent
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