Nikon COOLPIX SQ Digital Camera

Pros: Small and compact
Cons: Too expensive, bad grainy pictures

Hello everyone, I bought this camera expecting the same quality from Nikon that I have been acust ...

Pros: Lightweight, fits easily into pocket, very cool looking.
Cons: Very limited creative controls, mediocre picture quality, short battery life and WAY TOO EXPENSIVE

Nikon CoolPix SQ – SQ for square I have just returned from a field day with the Nikon CoolPi ...

Pros: Portable, nice quality sharp pictures. Super easy to use, download pictures and recharge in cradle.
Cons: Must add case and compact flash memory card. Colors weak. Indoor flash a little harsh.

I have been using a manual SLR Nikon and Nikon lenses for many years because of their clarity, so I'm fond of Nikon in general. I generally prefer a simple camera with excellent lens quality--outside of that, with film SLR's I think it is the operator's ...

Pros: Great versatility with the shot. Strong variety of presets. Easy to use.
Cons: Too fragile. Fair at best picture quality.

I must admit, I was sold by this camera's smart looks, compact size, easy-to-use features, durable metal body and Nikon name brand quality. I was looking for a camera that would easily fit into a pocket or pack to document my life in my wandering years. ...

Pros: Swivel lens, Compact, Bright LCD
Cons: Terribly grainy pictures, Small LCD, No optical viewfinder

Accurate color reproduction, but disastrous image quality. Performs pretty well in extremely bright ...

Pros: Beautiful design with a solid feel.Fast.Easy right hand use.
Cons: Lens not protected.Menu not intuitive.

This is my initial reaction after bringing the camera to the Esplanade for a first shoot.The SQ is e ...

Pros: it's compact, it's compact and it's sexy too.
Cons: It's not a D1X, but hey I wanted a compact pocket toy

We got one of the first SQ's, they're not in the shops yet over here. Thanks. I very much like th ...

Pros: Small, lightweight, good picture quality.
Cons: Price, detached lens cap, battery life.

This is my second digital camera, and I have been enjoying it very much. I read the other review he ...

Pros: Swivel lens, Compact, Novice friendly, Cool design, Hand warmer in winter, Practical deck
Cons: Awful image quality, No viewfinder, Gets very hot too fast, Low Quality/Price ratio

The coolness factor got me and I bought this camera hoping that the new firmware update from Nikon will fix the image quality. I successfully installed the updated (1.3) version of the firmware and took a few photos expecting Nikon-good, non-grainy im ...

Pros: small casing design, nikon quality and brand name behind the product!
Cons: swivel lens and lens cap

I've just read all the complaints on the SQ and I have to say that I am surprised at all the negative comments. I have owned the SQ for several months now and am content w/it. Perhaps all the other comment writers are Pro-photographers and need features the SQ does not have. This brings it back to "do your research before buying any costly product"! Plus, normally one has to take dozens of shots of the same subject to make the picture perfect...but for regular, everyday fotos of your kids etc. The SQ does not do a bad job. For a point and shoot camera in the medium price range,the SQ may not be everyones choice but it sure is mine. I especially like the panorama assist feature.

Pros: Well Made,stylish,good pictures
Cons: Pictures are good but could be better.NO WAY worth $500 of you paid that.

For the $249 I paid for the US Warranty Version,it is a nice,well made,stylish camera that takes pretty good pictures.Cool!

Pros: design!!! size
Cons: battery life, but that's with all digicams...

beautiful looking camera which makes nice pictures. Current price is more then worth it! ($199)
This is a real collectors item!

Pros: 1. Excellent macro shots. 2. Viewing pics on T.V
Cons: 1. Blue haze when using flash. 2. Bad normal/low light shots. 3. Wide angle lens.

I was lured into buying this camera because of the simple shooting modes. I thought it would be a simple alternative to my SLR.

The only problem that the only time it took decent photos is outside, when it's sunny. I was really REALLY sad! I paid over $500 for this 3 years ago and have barely used it because it's sooooo useless for regular-life shots (aka, not sunny vacation shots).

I've had a manual Nikon SLR and was hoping for something that had as amazing quality as that. I was wrong!

Pros: Swivel design unbeatable, great form factor, lightweight, tiny
Cons: Blinding auto-focus assist lamp, surprisingly poor image quality.

I love Nikon cameras, or at least I used to, since I got my first Coolpix 950. The image quality blew other cameras away, the camera was super-durable, and the swivel - well, once you get used to it, you can't live without it.

now that I can never buy another digital camera without a swivel, I was very, very excited about the SQ - it was cute, and tiny! And it addressed some of my other concerns - like it could record movies.

However, I got it, and sold it on eBay within a couple of weeks. The image quality was surprisingly poor - there was a lot of noise in the pictures (especially in low light). The focus assist light blinded all of my subjects, so I'd get pictures of people cowering in fear. I called Nikon, they claimed ignorance, and told me to return it.

I used to trust that anything Nikon I bought was synonymous with good quality, now I'm going to doubt it forever.

Pros: Feels good, metal body. Nice looking.
Cons: You will not be able to take good pics inside.

Bought this Nikon because of Nikons reputation. It's indeed a nice looking camera. It's even nice and easy to use but you will not be able to take good pics inside.