The good: The Nikon Coolpix L24 is an affordable, easy-to-use compact with a 3-inch LCD that produces photos with pleasing color under the right conditions. The bad: The L24 has a mediocre lens, fewer shooting options than competing models, too little control over results, and slow shooting performance. The...

The good: The Nikon Coolpix L120 offers a wide, long lens, AA batteries for power, and simple operation at a reasonable price. The bad: The L120 has mediocre photo quality above ISO 200. The bottom line: As long as you have plenty of light, the Nikon Coolpix L120 is a nice camera for snapshooters in love...

With its 36X optical zoom, the Nikon Coolpix P500 ($400 as of June 9, 2011) is the current ruler of the megazoom world. At 35X, only the Canon PowerShot SX30 is in close pursuit, but the SX30’s 24mm wide-angle specification is no match for the P500’s superwide 22.5mm lens–a feat that has yet to be...

The full-featured Nikon Coolpix P7000 is geared to go head-to-head with Canon’s G series of point-and-shoot cameras, offering fast access to manual controls and performance-minded hardware. A nice little rivalry is shaping up among high-end point-and-shoot cameras with manual controls, and Nikon is...

Features: Optical zoom: 5x Camera resolution: 12.0Mp LCD screen size: 3.0″ Internal memory: 48 MB Video resolutions: 320 x 240, 640×480 Video speed: 25 fps Wired terminals / ports: AV Output, DC In, USB 2.0 Pros: 3-in-1 sensor offers significant advantages over vanilla CCDs, superb image quality...