From the Manufacturer
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The Nikon Coolpix L4 combines an array of high-quality
components including a 3x Zoom-Nikkor lens and a bright 2.0-inch
LCD screen with in-camera image-improvement features, housed in
lightweight, compact, yet elegantly finished bodies.
It boasts a powerful 3x Zoom-Nikkor lenses with a focal range
equivalent to that of a 38-114mm (35mm equivalent), providing the
freedom to zoom in for tight personal portraits or out to capture
expansive outdoor scenes.
The CCD delivers higher performance within tighter dimensions,
greatly adding to the camera's compact form and portability while
offering generous effective megapixel value of 4.0 for the
Coolpix L4, ensuring the refined image clarity that users have
come to expect from other members of the Coolpix family.
The camera also features a bright, easy-to-view 2.0-inch LCD
that's now even easier to operate with new icons and function
selections as well as a new color scheme that is easier on the
eye.
Specific design aspects of the Coolpix L4 make it streamlined
and comfortable to hold, with a smooth, elegant finish that
suggests a much higher level of sophistication. The curved grip
contributes both to the camera's design elegance and its shooting
stability.
The strikingly compact dimensions and light camera weight make
the L4 ideal for taking anywhere you may go, reinforced by the
convenience of AA-size battery compatibility. One of the most
widely available battery sizes in the world--in alkaline,
lithium, rechargeable, or other forms--AA compatibility allows
near-ubiquitous use anywhere in the world.
In common with the entire current Coolpix digital camera range,
this latest addition features a number of Nikon-inspired
capabilities that give the user the power to automatically
improve recorded images in-camera. Available in playback mode,
for example, the D-Lighting function selects and creates a copy
of images with excessive backlight or insufficient flash
illumination, adding light and detail wherever needed while
keeping other areas as they were.
Nikon's Face-priority AF function automatically detects and
focuses in on people's faces, regardless of where they are in the
frame, ensuring superb crisp-focus portraits. The In-Camera
Red-Eye Fix function analyzes each image, automatically finding
and then correcting the accidental red-eye that sometimes occurs
in flash photography, for more natural-looking portraits.
A choice of 15 different Scene modes--four with Scene
assist--makes the challenge of achieving desired results in a
wide range of everyday situations that much simpler. By choosing
the Scene mode best suited to the subject at hand, the Coolpix
L2, L3 or L4 automatically selects the ideal settings for exactly
the picture you had in mind, whether indoor party or outdoor
nighttime fireworks display. Scene assist displays useful framing
guides in the monitor, helping you compose s for optimal
results.
The Coolpix L4 is also compatible with widely available SD
memory cards. The provision of 10 MB of internal memory allows
the user to keep shooting when no additional memory is available,
as well as easily moving images from one SD card to another.
The Coolpix L4 digital camera also offers movie-shooting
capability in three sizes: TV movie size (640) for viewing on TV
or computers; convenient Small size (320); and Smaller size (160)
for extended or Internet usage.
With the Coolpix L4, ease of use and convenience are still
priorities, even when the shooting is over. Printing is kept
simple, with PictBridge capability enabling connection to a
compatible printer without the need of a computer and USB
connectivity eases data transfer to computers and other
peripherals.
Completing the picture is the complimentary PictureProject
accessory software, which greatly simplifies the importing,
editing, and organizing of images. It even offers compatibility
with a range of plug-ins that allows functions to be extended on
demand.
Nikon Coolpix L4 feature highlights:
High performance from a small CCD
Utilizing space-efficient design parameters that help facilitate
the compact size of the Coolpix L2/L3/L4, the 1/2.5-inch CCD adds
the advantage of outstandingly high performance. Boasting
effective pixel values of 4 million, the CCD enables the capture
of crisp-focus images that retain their high quality even when
significantly d.
3x zoom capability
The remarkably compact dimensions of the Coolpix L-line cameras
belie the incorporation of powerful 38-114mm Zoom-Nikkor lenses
(35mm equivalent), ensuring the freedom of a 3x zoom. This
precision lens allows zooming in for tightly composed portraits
or zooming way out for expansively wide views, providing greater
compositional independence than the average digital camera. Macro
mode allows shooting from as close as 4 centimeters.
Simple-to-use features improve images in-camera
A range of unique Nikon functions enables the photographer to
actually improve images in-camera. Available in playback mode,
the D-Lighting function selects and creates a copy of images with
excessive backlight or insufficient flash illumination, adding
light and detail wherever needed while keeping other areas as
they were. The Face-priority AF function automatically detects
and then focuses in on people's faces, regardless of where they
are in the frame, ensuring superb crisp-focus portraits. The
In-Camera Red-Eye Fix function analyzes each image, automatically
finding and then correcting any accidental red-eye, which
sometimes occurs in flash photography, to produce more
natural-looking portraits.
AA-size battery compatibility
Despite its compact dimensions, the Coolpix L4 is compatible
with AA-size batteries, one of the most widely available battery
sizes in the world. The power to shoot approximately 250 s
when using alkaline batteries greatly augments its compact
convenience.
Other features:
* Unique combination of all-round quality, ease of operation, and
elegant styling makes the Coolpix L4 the compact digital camera
of choice for entry-level photographers
* Compact, portable dimensions: 86.5 x 60.5 x 34.5 millimeters
(3.4 x 2.4 x 1.4 inches)
* Light weight: approximately 115 grams (4.1 ounces) (without
battery and SD memory card)
* BSS (Best Selector) automatically selects the with
the sharpest focus from a series of consecutive images
* Blur Warning informs user after shooting if an image is blurred
* Time zone function enables local time to be set regardless of
where you are in the world
* Single AF and Continuous AF selectable in Movie mode
* Capture modes: Single and Multi- 16
* Built-in flash: features settings for Auto, Auto with red-eye
reduction (In-Camera Red-Eye Fix), Off, Fill Flash, and Slow
sync.
* Noise reduction provides more attractive results in low-light
conditions
* Digital zoom of up to 4x
* Choice of White Balance: Auto with TTL control, 6-mode manual
(Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy, Flash, and White
Bal. Preset)
* USB connectivity allows quick and easy data transfer to
computers and other peripherals
- 4.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 11 x 15-inch prints.
- 3x optical zoom; 2.0-inch Super Bright LCD display.
- BSS (Best Selector) automatically selects the with the sharpest focus from a series of consecutive images.
- 15 different Scene modes, four with Scene assist.
- Powered by 2 AA-size batteries; stores images on SD memory cards (10 MB internal memory included).