Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I was a Canon guy for years until I purchased my first Nikon last year with their P510. Excellent camera with a 42x zoom. So when they released the P600, I decided to go for the extra zoom reach and the addition of WiFi. All things considered, I'm glad I went for the upgrade with one small reservation. The WiFi really does work well for transferring photos from my P600 to my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 phone, but the Nikon app you have to install on the phone is spotty at times. Not often, but it periodically loses connection to the camera WiFi meaning you have to back into the menu of both the phone and the app and reconnect. Furthermore, I found a much easier way to transfer photos from my camera to my phone with this device: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CYARTL2/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 . You simply plug it into the phone and take the sd card from the camera and plug it into the device. The camera recognizes it as a USB drive and you can just upload the photos you want. This is especially useful when I want to upload photos from a sporting event or concert to Facebook right on the spot. They make those card readers for most of today's popular cell phones. As for the camera itself, I find it does just about everything well for a non DSLR camera that can cost much more. The zoom, both optical and digitized, work extremely well and produce fantastic pictures with the image stabilizer on. The addition of "bird watching" and "moon" modes just add to the many pre loaded settings that are already in place. Manual focus is another good thing to have on this camera, and the subject of the reason I felt I had to take a star away. At times (as with most non DSLR's), the auto focus just can't focus in certain situations. When I received this camera a few weeks ago, I almost returned it because I was trying to take an indoor picture of something with the zoom about halfway extended. Not only did the camera take a long time to try to focus, but when it did "lock" to take the pic, it was way out of focus. So I got out my P510 to try to get the photo in the same situation, and it did the same thing. Unlike a DSLR, there are times when these cameras with a motorized auto focus won't focus unless you change the situation. In my case, I just zoomed back out and got closer to the subject and it took a perfect pic. It's just a matter of getting to know the camera. The manual focus does help at times, but if you're trying to take a pic on the spot like a pet or a group photo when people say "cheese", it can be annoying. If this is an issue and you take a lot of indoor pics where you're zooming in and out a lot, you may want to consider a DSLR. To sum it up, I would definitely recommend this camera to anyone looking for the best super zoom camera out there right now. Nice, sharp pics at the far end of the zoom ... even handheld without a tripod. The WiFi, in my opinion, is just an expensive option that may not be really necessary for most. In fact, the only situation it may be useful is if you're somewhere with a bunch of people who all have phones with the Nikon app loaded and you want to share your pics with them wireless. For general camera use, this camera takes very good pics both indoor and out, but the truth is there are other less expensive cameras out there in this class without the zoom or WiFi that take just as good pics in general situations (my P510 without any zoom takes identical pics to my P600). So as my title says, if you're going to buy this, buy it for the zoom!