Nikon Coolpix 950 Reviews

Rating
Reviewed by: Joe Blow
(Expert)

Review Date
August 19, 2003

Overall Rating
2 of 5

Value Rating
2 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Review 1 of 156

Price Paid: $750.00 from Traded

Summary:

Nothing but problems. Power switch is loose and must be joggeled to make contact, locks up with system errors, poorly designed to accept other lenses, battery door is cheap and will not stay closed.

Strengths:

Shoots a nice picture when you can make it work

Weaknesses:

Cannot use viewfinder with extra lenses attached.

Similar Products Used:

Second digital so not much compairson

Customer Service:

Seeking repair shop in Miami area

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Rating
Reviewed by: Padhraic Drakonchik
(Casual)

Review Date
April 9, 2003

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
3 of 5

Used product for
2-5 years

Review 2 of 156

Price Paid: $700.00 from online

Summary:

This review may be skimpy but I'll hit some obious strengths/weaknesses. I havn't used the camera enough get to address the knitty-gritty. My rating mostly reflects the quality of the photos it takes.

Strengths:

Takes great photos with minimal effort, even indoors in less light (I havn't even played with the light settings yet.)

Weaknesses:

Grossly insufficient printed manual. The CD-Rom manual is more full but slow and fussy--and you need to boot up a computer to use it, as if you want to juggle a laptop while using your camera! I suppose I'll have to desktop print my own manual from the CD--what a hassle. Amazing that the technical people could design this camera but not print a comprehensive manual. Two tiny plastic tabs that keep the battery door closed broke off despite careful handling, causing intermittent power shut off. This cost $100 to repair. In short, a $700 camera with a 2 cent battery door.

Similar Products Used:

None.

Customer Service:

No experience other than website on which I found tel. # for authorized repair shop.

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Rating
Reviewed by: Jrock
(Casual)

Review Date
June 7, 2002

Overall Rating
1 of 5

Value Rating
1 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5,
2 votes

Review 3 of 156

Price Paid: $700.00 from Web

Summary:

Camera only last for a little over a year before it started locking up and displaying System Error messages. Nikon now wants $228.44 to repair! yuck!

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Rating
Reviewed by: Raymond Kwok
(Intermediate)

Review Date
January 27, 2002

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
4 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Visitors rate this review
2.67 of 5,
3 votes

Review 4 of 156

Price Paid: $400.00 from Henrys

Summary:

Since it is Can$599.00 (US$400) selling at Henrys. I won''''t mind to try. Good full metal casing. I like the Compactflash and AA battery format. But super slow zooming and AF make me hate to use it. No USB (!). And no manu control. Any way, is good price to buy.

Strengths:

Metal casing. AA battery format. Compactflash. Cheap!

Weaknesses:

Eat battery (but I have a lot to feed it). Supre slow AF and zooming. No USB!

Similar Products Used:

Canon Pro90 IS. Canon A20.

Customer Service:

Not try yet.

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Rating
Reviewed by: Berkeley Mike
(Professional)

Review Date
January 1, 2002

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
4 of 5

Used product for
2-5 years

Visitors rate this review
2.00 of 5,
4 votes

Review 5 of 156

Price Paid: $800.00 from Cameraworld

Summary:

My first digital camera after 25 years of Nikon slrs. Nice piece of hardware that is sweet in the hands. Makes nice images but with the usual limitation of memory, lcd viewing in daylight, shutter lag, batteryhog. Uncharacteristically poorly integrated into the Nikon system.t

Strengths:

Solid, precise. Nice results from auto features.s

Weaknesses:

Very limited manual mode, limited product info, limited sense of system/accessory integration.ã

Similar Products Used:

DXo

Customer Service:

Pretty nice, as usual, and surprisingly frank about the superficiality of the usually cogent collateral information.

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