Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
2-5 years

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
2 votes

Price Paid:  $650.00 from Best Buy

Summary:
This camera is great if you don't mind system errors that are a nightmare to resolve, and in some cases not resolvable. Also, the reds are horribly oversaturated and Nikon will tell you it's your computer monitor. They won't admit to it and it drives me nuts. I wish I had never bought this camera.

Similar Products Used:
Many different digital cameras. This is the most expensive I've bought, and the worst.

Customer Service:
They seem to think YOU are the one with the problem.

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Value Rating
 2 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $420.00 from Penang, Malaysia

Summary:
Nikon Coolpix 885 is fairly good DC for outdoor, but would be a nightmare for indoor. Reason: with built-in flash on, you battery would be exhausted in just 15-20 minutes after continuously shooting. I felt regretful to purchase this camera, after comparing to Canon products, eg: A-70.

Strengths:
Good picture quality for outdoor

Weaknesses:
Slow storage to CF card ( Can be up to 15 seconds if 128MB card is almost full ) Slow deletion from CF card ( if 128MB card is almost full ) Very bad battery lifespan !

Customer Service:
Lens jammed after 8 months used. Replaced by Nikon Malaysia in just a week !

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $540.00 from Jessops

Summary:
My first Digi camera after years on 35mm. I found it a good sturdy reliable beast. It has been round the world with me from the USA to South East Asia and taken plenty of punishment (and has the scars to prove it). Plenty of features for beginner to intermediate. However I still use 35mm for my best photos.

Strengths:
Feels good in the hand. Build quality. Many many custom features for the level of camera. Nice zoom. I found the battery to be excellent.

Weaknesses:
Some photos slow to download to card (get a fast card 24x) Red a bit to strong (easily sorted on the PC)

Similar Products Used:
Sony F717 Nikon 775 Canon IXUS

Customer Service:
Never used.

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Price Paid:  $350.00 from online

Summary:
This is a bad camera. The interface is reasonable, and the software is rather fine, but the artifacts, color rendition, and performance under low light make this an absolutely poor value for your dollar. My other two lower-resolution digital cameras (HP 215 1MP and Vivitar 3365 2.3 MP) give, by comparison, sharper, cleaner and better color-balanced pictures, for less than half the price. While this camera, again, has nice manual features (focus-point weighted metering, pseudo manual focus, bracketing, etc.), they are rendered useless by the end result: very bad photographs. I never trusted the hype around Nikon, and this being my second Nikon purchase, I've been disappointed a second (and last) time. One of the shutter blades once came off, while I was using Macro setting for the first time; I sent for repair and their service was quick. But noticed that after that I got the "System Error" screen a lot. This is a bad product. Besides having the Canon 10D in my crosshairs (I own EOS lenses), I have shopped around and for the same value and features, lower-end Canonshots and Kyocera cameras are by comparison a work of art.

Strengths:
Auto shooting modes. 30 sec video (QuickTime) option - no sound Manual exposure modes Very light, compact

Weaknesses:
Awful color noise. Poor manufacturing quality. Battery hog.

Similar Products Used:
Vivitar 3365 HP 215

Customer Service:
Fast, cordial. Call wait average 20 minutes.

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5,
1 votes

Price Paid:  $595.00 from Jessops, Croydon, Lo

Summary:
This is a totally unreliable camera. The first Nikon Coolpix 885 I bought got the dreaded "System Error" message and froze up and was replced under wrranty after about 1 week after purchase from new. Its replacement has lasted 1 year 1 month so it out of warranty with exactly the same error. The pictures are good (albeit too red) when you can actually get it working.

Strengths:
Fairly easy to use, reasonable pictures

Weaknesses:
The most unreliable product I have ever bought. It has not been droped, got wet or been kept in a humid atmosphere. DON'T BUY ONE. There are hundreds of reports of them developing a "System Error" if you search the net.

Customer Service:
Not interested in the problem and charge excessive price to fix despite it being a common systemic fault.