Through AfterPay I was able to buy a Coolpix Nikon B500 camera. I needed a new camera and I wanted an upgrade from a regular point and shoot cam. I must say, I am impressed. I would have loved to have gotten a DSLR but it was not within my budget. The Nikon B500 is a Bridge camera and perfect for me and what I like to do.
I really like to take photo's of things I'd like to paint later. Sometimes however I just want to take a photo. So this camera really suits me, espeically with it's automatic settings. It's very much point and shoot but it has the options to customize settings.
My only gripe is not being able to change the shutter speed myself. A handfull of times I could have really done with a much slower shutter speed or faster but otherwise, the auto and custom settings do a fantastic job. Sometimes you just have to play around with it until you get it to work right for you which is pretty much the same with any camera.
I knew the camera would be good from the specs but I didn't really know how good until I got it. These are mildly edited photo's I've taken recently. I've mostly only changed the temperature or corrected the exposure slightly. Which brings me to my next point. The automatic exposure is decent. I usually hate the auto settings and have one or two preferred. So far I've only used a custom exposure setting once.
To get the most out of this camera though, you really need a good amount of daylight. It's ok indoors and in poor lighting and it's ok in a mostly dark room. The flash built in is pretty average but it gets the job done. However without flash and adjusting the exposure manually turns out better results which I didn't expect from this camera. It some something I was more used to doing on DSLR cameras so it was a pleasant surprise. I am usually underwhelmed by the exposure options on point and shoot or bridge cameras so that was a really nice change for me.
Below are some of the photo's taken. All in Australia where I live. I don't mind if you share these pictures, just please respect me and do not sell them!
I really like to take photo's of things I'd like to paint later. Sometimes however I just want to take a photo. So this camera really suits me, espeically with it's automatic settings. It's very much point and shoot but it has the options to customize settings.
My only gripe is not being able to change the shutter speed myself. A handfull of times I could have really done with a much slower shutter speed or faster but otherwise, the auto and custom settings do a fantastic job. Sometimes you just have to play around with it until you get it to work right for you which is pretty much the same with any camera.
I knew the camera would be good from the specs but I didn't really know how good until I got it. These are mildly edited photo's I've taken recently. I've mostly only changed the temperature or corrected the exposure slightly. Which brings me to my next point. The automatic exposure is decent. I usually hate the auto settings and have one or two preferred. So far I've only used a custom exposure setting once.
To get the most out of this camera though, you really need a good amount of daylight. It's ok indoors and in poor lighting and it's ok in a mostly dark room. The flash built in is pretty average but it gets the job done. However without flash and adjusting the exposure manually turns out better results which I didn't expect from this camera. It some something I was more used to doing on DSLR cameras so it was a pleasant surprise. I am usually underwhelmed by the exposure options on point and shoot or bridge cameras so that was a really nice change for me.
Below are some of the photo's taken. All in Australia where I live. I don't mind if you share these pictures, just please respect me and do not sell them!
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