The only menu item available in Easy Auto mode is the image size, but you do still have access to the controls on the Multi-selector, so you can use the flash (but only in auto mode), set the self-timer and apply exposure compensation. exe file to produce the folder labeled L820Update, containing the folder firmware, which contains the file firmware. The other thing to be aware of with a massive zoom lens is that it can be quite difficult to hold steady at the maximum telephoto, but 765mm is quite manageable and the built-in stabilization makes framing subjects that much easier.

Nikon COOLPIX L820 Software Download– The Nikon Coolpix L820 includes a 16 camera back-illuminated CMOS detector and 30x optical zoom lens, and this will be a 35mm equivalent of 22. JPEG still images and MPEG4 video clips are written to all varieties of SD media, or there's a small 65MB internal memory capacity to fall back on straight out of the box. To test the Fuul-time AF on the COOLPIX L830 , I zoomed it in a little and panned from the coffee cup on the table up to the bar and back again a couple of times. The zoom is a little buzzy, and the full-time AF wanders a little, but the stabilization does a great job. Backlighting produces an HDR composite from a short burst of shots and saves it along with an non HDR version.As before, the COOLPIX L820 takes four AA batteries, a set of Alkaline batteries is included in the box and they’ll provide enough power for 390 shots, a significant increase on the 320 shots you get from the L820. There’s a best quality 1080p30/25 movie mode and a raft of other movie modes including plenty of slow motion options and the L830 is now equipped with Nikon’s Hybrid VR stabilisation. The line in which a particular camera is placed is indicated by the letter which is the first character of its model number.

It also offers a 5x optical zoom NIKKOR lens that covers the wide-angle 26 mm to 130 mm (equivalent in 35mm [135] format) range of focal lengths.With most compacts now offering scene detection, individual scene modes are beginning to look outmoded and most of those on the L820 are the familiar suspects – Portrait, Landscape, Sports, food etc. On the top panel there’s one cosmetic difference, the on/off button has been moved to the right and the top section of the grip has been remoulded with a dip in the rear half, an improvement that’s more than cosmetic – it makes it less likely you’ll accidentally turn the camera off while it’s in use.

To test the continuous shooting on the COOLPIX L820 I fitted it with a freshly formatted 8GB Sandisk Extreme UHS-1 card rated at 45Mb/s.That’s pretty average though a little brighter at the wide angle end than the PowerShot SX400 IS with a 30x 24mm -720mm f3. But as well as the long battery life, AA’s have the advantage that they’re easy to replace and spares are relatively cheap compared to a proprietary Li-Ion battery.

The camera doesn't suffer from giving red-eye arguably because the flash is positioned so high it offsets the light reflecting from the retina; which is what causes red-eye in the first place. The digital correction is applied only under certain conditions, including when the shutter speed is slower than 1/30 at the wide angle setting or 1/250 at the telephoto focal length and when the sensitivity is 200 ISO or lower. Single (default setting), Continuous H (images are captured continuously at a rate of about 8 fps), Continuous L (up to 38 images are captured continuously at a rate of about 2.The full manual is on the enclosed CD along with Nikon View NX2 – a basic editing and tagging software program. The thing I like least about it is that there’s no way to disable the digital zoom, so, for photos, once you reach the end of the optical range, after a short pause, the L830 continuous to digitally zoom with all the negative consequences for image quality that entails. Using reviews from users like you, our specialists have made a selection of accessories for the Nikon Coolpix L820.