Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Pros: 1. Great zoom range for taking it on vacations and when you dont want to carry your big DSLR with a heavy zoom lens. 2. Nice bokeh for those blurry backgrounds. 3. Fairly nice picture quality. 4. Nice video mode. Cons: 1. Lens cap goes on the body instead of the lens (barrel). Can trap the lens inside the camera and if you accidently turn on the camera with the lens cap on, the motor will grind and grunt and I am pretty sure you can only do this a couple of times before the camera breaks down. MAJOR flaw. -2 stars. See customer image about this issue. 2. Focussing is slow specially at telephoto shots. There is no little graphic which points to where in the frame the focus is targetted at. Seems like most cameras do this these days but not this camera. 3. No external flash mount. 4. AA batteries. (may be a plus for some people) For the Lens cap issue alone, I would not recommend this camera to anyone who is not super careful with their cameras. The L810 was the previous model and search for "L810 lens cap" on Google and you will see lot of people complaining about the lens mechanism getting broke. I expect a cheap camera to be everyday consumer friendly. The lens cap should have attached to the lens barel instead of the camera body like it is on the higher end P520 model. Nikon saved $2 and now it deserves this 2 star rating. Edit 10/8/2013: I see that this camera can be gotten for under 150. For that price this is a great camera to have even if the lens mechanism breaks down after 1-2 years. Also, I can see that my review suddenly got a whole chunk of thumbs down within a month pushing it off the front page. Nikon using paid agencies I suppose? Before any of the Nikon fanboys start complaining, I should say that I am a Nikon fanboy too with a lot of money invested in high-end Nikon cameras.