Nikon COOLPIX S5200 Wi-Fi CMOS Digital Camera with 6x Zoom Lens (Plum)

I've had several Nikon coolpix and am looking at this one today to buy. They are great camera!

To the person who wrote that first review, who complained: "The first thing I noticed was that I could not just hit the play button to view pictures and video, but I had to actually turn on the camera. When you power the camera the lens extends, where in the Canon, you hit the play button and you can view pictures and videos and your lens retracted with the lens cover closed."

With the camera off, you hold down the replay pix button for a couple-two-three seconds and the camera and screen turns on, arrow buttons scroll through the pix you have taken. Without opening the lens.

That darn user's manual....

I have always had Canon, but decided to give Nikon a try. After reading all of the reviews on the Nikon 5200 I decided to purchase it. I had the camera for three days and returned it.

The first thing I noticed was that I could not just hit the play button to view pictures and video, but I had to actually turn on the camera. When you power the camera the lens extends, where in the Canon, you hit the play button and you can view pictures and videos and your lens retracted with the lens cover closed.

The second issue I had was how the camera charges. You have to put the battery in the camera and plug the power cord into the camera to charge the battery. I assume that Nikon makes a separate charger, but unlike Canon, Nikon does not provide one with the camera.

I probably could have gotten past these two things, if I did not encounter the next two issues. I have a DSL camera and have had other point and shots in the past. I have never had an issue taking a picture of something moving. My pictures always come out clear and blur free, but not with this Nikon. Majority of the pictures taken over the past three days were blurry and the camera had a VERY hard time focusing. This seemed to be the issue whether I used full auto with auto scene select or when I set the scene to one that fit best. In the past with Canon I have used Kids and Pets and my pictures have come out clear even if the subject moved last minute.

My son is 9 months old and like many things in life there are no second chances and I need a camera that will capture the moment the first time! This Nikon did not meet my expectations at all and I do not recommend it to anyone regardless of user level.

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I got this camera a couple weeks ago at a local camera shop. Most places in my area were selling the bundle for a Mother's Day special...I really like the plum color too. I had a bunch of questions before buying it due to all the bad or so so reviews. I like this camera. It fits almost anywhere, it works the way the manual says it should, it charges fast, the pics look good and I even took some of my pets which were not blurry as some have stated. Maybe my pets are not quick to move. I got this to take on a 2 week east coast trip and wanted something that was easier to carry than my other camera. I'm happy with it so far and can't complain. I did buy an extra battery since I was not sure how long the battery life was.

***UPDATE****I bought this camera for a 2 week trip to the east coast. Four days into my trip, the camera lens would not extend when turned on. When the lens finally did extend, the camera would not focus and if I tried to zoom, it would only zoom a millimeter, turn itself off and give me a Lens Error. I called the camera shop I bought it from to see if there was something going on that I just needed to reset the camera, but they were no help. They told me I would have to bring the camera in and they would check it to see if I had done something to cause the lens to get off track. Meanwhile, I'm on day 4 of a 14 day trip now without a camera. I bought another one to use for my trip and once home, I returned the broken one. I'm hoping the same thing doesn't happen again. All the pictures I took came out perfect, so if the lens "stays on track" this little camera does take nice shots, but I'm really iffy on it now.

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I finally found a great camera, I thought.

I had the camera 19 DAYS and turned it on and the lens would not extend. Kept getting lens error also. Tried it several times. Took the battery out, sometimes that resets electronics, nothing. Finally the lens did extend again BUT NOW the auto focus would not work at all! Ugh!

Called Nikon, they said take the battery out, try resetting all the factory settings, nothing helped. It would cost me $12 to ship it back to them. They would repair it and send it back to me free. But I was upset it only lasted 19 days! I ended up taking it back to where I bought it and they finally agreed to exchange it. I purchased the extended warrantee this time.

The pictures turned out GREAT though. Indoor and outdoor, like field day at my daughter's school in class and outside. My husband races motocross and when I took it to the track the zoom worked great. I could zoom in across the track. When I enlarged the picture it kept the clarity. On sports setting it captured the bike going over the jump crystal clear. The food setting does make food look magazine quality, that was fun to play with. The face recognition feature works really well. It's a very intuitive camera when on the auto setting.

Overall the camera was very easy to use. Nice options menu.

So I love the pictures and the camera. I really do. I am seriously hoping this lens problem was just a fluke.

(thank you to the person who told us how to view the pictures without extending the lens. I thought I read the manual well, guess I missed that part too)

Update: Thank you for the two comments that said they have had the same problem with this camera. Good luck with your replacements too. I just wish Nikon would have put the same quality into the camera shell and mechanics as they did the picture taking capabilities.

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