Nikon Coolpix 100

Opinion: I got this camera for free when I made another purchase. I have also purchase two other digital cameras. One is the tiney Mitsubishi DJ-1000 which I paid about $85 for and another. Of all three cameras, I like the coolpix the best. Even though the camera has low resolution, the pictures are fine for sticking on websites. My pictures seem to turn out well. Perhaps the best feature is how quickly I can pop the camera into my pc and transfer the pictures.

I give this camera an A+ in terms of usability for beginners, but you must have a laptop to appreciate it. No extra cables or power supplies or memory readers needed. No need to load any software - windows recognizes it as another drive!

The LCD is helpful in letting you know how many pictures remain.

There seems to be a one to two second delay in taking photos, especially when the flash is activated.

At times, I have forgotton to turn off the flash, which has resulted in dead batteries.

The only improvement(s) I'd suggest is memory expansion (compact flash) capability and a way to delete a picture just taken. The camera only takes 21 pictures.
I'd also recommend usb capability for those who don't have laptops.

Opinion: This was my first digicam, back in '97 ... looking more than four years later at the pictures, I see they were not very detailed, but the colours were good. I especially liked the PC-card interface, and the fact that I could take literally hundreds of pictures on a set of 2 Alkaline batteries. Of course, there was no LCD for preview, the lens was fixed-focus, picture capacity was limited. But it got me hooked in digital photography!

Opinion: Just got this the other day CHEAP and gave it to my 4-year old son. It's easy for him to use and especially easy for transferring to the computer for him to view. I'm surprised that such a unit has a flash and the batteries last forever. Maybe one day he'll be a great photographer. If you can get one cheap, it's great for the beginner. I use the Sony DSC-F707 (the BEST 5.5 MegaPixel on the market currently).

Opinion: my first digital camera bought at an online auction and it helped me sell so many things over the net! The PC interface is just ingenius and takes literally no time at all to transfer the photos, a feature which I adored. The lack of LCD was a minus but conserves batteries in that way :) Image quality was do-able for web pics but too little space to store as u begin to take more and more photos of EVERYTHING!