megapixels

I ordered this on a grudge Monday PM (1st online buy), after a hideous visit to a local retailer who apparently didn't need my business...I was taking photos with it 3 days later. This camera is great, feels high quality, and is very easy to get used to. Only gripe: just noticed the price went down $10 today! (but the free shipping helps there; promised 5-9 days, actually here in 3). I was crazy to wait this long to do this: both the camera and Amazon impressed me (and no, I'm not a stockholder in either!)

This is my first digital camera and I am in love with it. It's very easy to use straight out of the box. The picture quality is great. The editing software makes it easy to edit pictures and share with friends. A great digital camera for beginners.

For its price, this camera is great for outdoor pictures. I took this on a recent vacation to Hawaii, and got some great shots in the mountains and beach as well as undersea (in a submarine, of course !). I have them as my wallpaper now and look cool ! Indoor and night pictures turned out to be quite grainy with chromatic and grain noise, which need manual adjustment using Neat Image or other denoising software (a good free one is at http://www.2morrow.dk/75ppi/coolpix/actions/ ).

There are not many features, just basic delete,digital zoom, flash settings, video (without sound but quality is OK) and exposure setting. However, you can improve the pictures using gamma correction etc. after downloading to the PC (use free Irfanview or Photoshop) . The LCD quality is just good enough to review the pictures, not great like the >$200 models. If you are on a tight budget this is a good choice.