If you want a camera with a powerful zoom, a long focal length, and extensive controls, but an SLR is too big or too expensive for you, the Coolpix 8800 makes an excellent choice. Be prepared to invest some time in mastering the controls, however.

Wide-angle lens lovers will be thrilled with the shots the Coolpix 8400 can take. It's a powerful, flexible camera; but it's not the easiest or fastest camera to use.

The 8700 is a great enthusiast's camera, delivering excellent, detailed images and a long zoom lens in a light, compact package

A great advanced camera that packs a lot of features into a reasonably small package.

A great advanced camera that offers enthusiasts everything they could want.

A competent entry into the 8 megapixel arena.

A fairly average camera that has a few things to offer, but suffers from poor picture quality. There are other models in a comparable price range that offer much better images.

A robust camera in both design and features, the Z120 suffers from image quality problems that really degrade the quality of the package as a whole.

One of the smallest, most well designed cameras we've laid our hands on, the Z500 is unfortunately let down by poor image quality.