Nikon Digital Camera COOLPIX S3700 Black Optical 8X Zoom 20.05 Million Pixels S3700BK

I have owned four or five digital cameras, going back to about 1999. Over the years, I have seen these cameras evolve, becoming more powerful, with more capacity and features, and at increasingly lower prices. I have a perfectly good Canon Powershot SX 150 and it takes fantastic pictures, although it is a bigger camera than this one. But like all people who are looking to find even more features at a better price-point, and also looking for a very thin, pocket size camera, after doing lots of online research, I settled on this Nikon. First of all, it is small. It is thin and it has many features that I will not go into, as they are readily available in the product description. Suffice it to say that I am impressed by this camera. The photos are crisp, the menus are intuitive, and making adjustments are straightforward. I will not be using the Wi-fi or video features, but would expect them to work very well indeed, based on the photos. The zoom. while not exactly earth-shaking is more than adequate for the amateur or serious amateur. If you ant more than 8X and are a serious camera enthusiast, get one of the $1K+ big boys. The EN-EL 19 battery is wafer thin, and takes a while to charge, but holds the charge quite well. I will probably get a backup battery and charger for trips. The camera took a 16GB SDHC class 10 card without a glitch. I am sure it will provide all the capacity I will need. One last thing, The instructions that come with the camera are pretty basic. But, as is becoming standard practice, you can go to the Nikon website and download the BIG instruction manual. 1-22-2016: I have now had this camera for about 9 months. I recently took on a trip to Hawaii and took around 500 photos at the highest resolution. Also took about 16 minutes of videos. The SDHC micro card easily handled all this information. My experience is that you can get about 300-350 photos on a single charge. Beforehand, I bought a spare battery and charger to take along. It paid off, as there was one time I had run out of juice, and changing over to the new battery took about 30 seconds. All in all, this is a fine camera. It does, as you may suspect, have limitations compared to other more expensive cameras -- wish the optical zoom was higher, but I do like the thinness of the camera. It fit easily into a small side cargo pocket on my shorts, and there was really no bulge at all. It's a keeper.

Nikon has my attention. Owning several cameras during my life, at 68 I am a more seasoned user since I did take photos for many years with a Mamiya 1000 DTL SLR and numerous lenses and filters. Now I am seeking the lightest weight camera, with the highest megapixels and a decent zoom ability - with a user friendly in-camera menu... and of course a better battery source than rechargeable alkaline batteries (which I find very frustrating at best). I own a ten year old Fuji Finepix E550 - and for it's time, a great little, light weight camera. I have reviewed the real manual (which is downloadable through the Nikon website) - and printed out pages I need to review until they are memorized. The in-camera menus are* intuitive and while the screen is tiny for my tired old eyes - put on your reading glasses and proceed! The buttons and menus are well organized - the "on/off" button is a little tiny, but unless you have super large hands - should not be an issue. Not having a 'view finder' is a drawback - but in such a tiny camera, I will get used to using the screen. My first few photos taken were excellent and I am a happy camper. I hope this camera holds up well since I love it already.

My standards for this little camera were set pretty low, and it was still a huge disappointment. I've had this camera for about 6 weeks now, and unfortunately I must admit that the negative reviews hold some merit. I wanted a basic camera with wireless capability to use on vacations and research trips. Nothing fancy - just connect to my phone & take clear photos/videos. However, I've barely used the Nikon Wireless Mobile Utility app because the actual picture-taking experience is so frustrating. Most of all, this camera is SLOW. It takes forever to boot up, and there is often a long lag between photos. If anything in the frame moves, usually the photos come out blurry, so it is completely useless for candids. Furthermore, it only records video in 8-minute chunks of time. I took a risk trying to find something affordable to supplement my phone's camera & memory. This is my first Nikon, and for all the hype around the brand, this is an underwhelming product. Frankly, my 2007-ish Canon point-&-shoot performs better. I'll stick with this for a little while until I can save up for a better camera.

Now that I've had this camera a few months, I feel I can properly review it: This is a surprisingly great little camera. Is it the best camera ever? No, of course not. It's a point and shoot camera. But it's a good one. I've not owned a Nikon before and decided to give it a try. There's a lot less features on this then other, similar cameras on the market, especially in regards to different "modes". For the most part, I don't even notice that the modes are limited to under ten, though I do miss my Sunset mode. Where this camera shines in in the close-up, detailed nature shots. The colors it can capture at close range are amazing for a point and shoot, and I find it focuses easily even against reds and purples that other cameras have trouble with. Everything is crisp in the Marco setting, and if you are out of focus, you can try before clicking the button all the way and taking the picture; the display is that good. The place where this camera looses some of its' appeal is in action shots. For me, this is not a big deal since I mainly take nature photos; nothing is moving in the frame. However, if you plan to take action or speed shots, this may not be the best option. It takes a moment (even without a flash) to snap the picture. This can mean you might miss something darting by. The menus and displays are slower, too, and the camera takes a minute between each shot, and when you turn it on, and so forth. I'm not sure what the delay is about, but if you can be patient with it, you probably won't mind. All in all, this is a great camera for the price, and that's all any of us can ask for.

Have had this for maybe 3 months, and am pleased with it so far. I purchased it to replace a 'Coolpix' model S2, which finally died after some 5 years of pretty heavy use. It took me some time to learn how to operate this camera for taking close up shots of stamps in an album, which at least 50% of my useage is for. With the S2, I mounted the camera on a tripod that positioned the camera lens maybe 14 inches above the object to be photographed. I used the zoom feature to where I was able to enlarge a single stamp to fill almost the entire photo. Trying to do this with the S3700, on the same tripod, using the close up setting, didn't work. (Could not focus). Actually had the same problem with an S2800, which I returned to Amazon, after speaking with Nikon customer service, who recommended I return the camera to their service department. (Also learned that the S 2800 was an old product). It was only after again having had the same problem with the first example of the S3700, which I again returned to Amazon because of the same scenario wth a Nikon customer service rep, that I got to talk to a Nikon Service rep that understood what was happening, when I again experienced the problem with the second example of the S3700. He informed me that the camera lens on the S3700 must be within 2 or 3 inches of the object, when operating in the 'macro mode' setting. The Nikon instruction manual makes no mention of this. Once I purchased a 'Goliton Mini Desktop tripod' all my problems were solved. I think the close up shots now are even better than those I used to get with the S2.

This version of the cool pics is not as good as the previous version. It is thinner. They didn’t improve the quality of the microphone at all, so when there’s when that’s all you hear on the video. This one has a timer on video, and it will not let you record more than 24 minutes before it automatically turns itself off. I am so not happy about that. It’s missing some of the functions that the previous model had. The auto-focus is slower. Does he get the job done to have a small handy, high megapixel camera that’s easy to tote around? Yes. However, I’m not pleased with the decrease in quality and limited function.

A tiny camera but wow. It tqakes some getting used to seeing the screen in the sun but you learn. I love the zoom feature. Most of my snaps are taken with the zoom. Pictures are sharp and clear and easy to download to your picture file. Just plug in the computer cord provided and the computer will ask if you want to use this system. It also charges your camera at the same time, a bonus. I never use the adapter. Say yes and you have your file. so anytime you plug it in to the computer again it automatically opens the file for you. You are free to import to your hard drive. Once you import you snaps the pictures are no longer in your camera's storage card. So take all the snaps you want and then peruse and delete the ones you don't like. It's great for having fun. A serious photog will want a 35 mm camera though

This is great for outdoors but very poor quality photos are produced indoors, even with the flash on and after testing all of the features. I found most indoor photos to be blurry and saturated when red colors were present. The wifi option was nice and easy to set up with my iPad. I returned it for an upgraded Nikon.

A good little camera and a nice size for travelling. I went through the settings and everything functioned well which is good for a refurbished product. There is a bit of a delay from the time you hit the button until the camera takes the photo as another reviewer mentioned here. Something to be aware of but you soon get used to it. The camera did not come with an SD card but did come with the USB cable and charger.

この価格なら仕方ないのかもしれないが、オートフォーカスの速度が昔の製品並みに遅い。 その他に関しては、コンパクトだし、USB充電に対応していたりと実用性は高いと思う。

中古品を購入モニターが滲んで見ずらいのはしかたないとしてピントが合わないとぼけた写真しか撮れないので 使い物にならない 中古品は当たりはずれがあるのでやっぱ駄目ですね 次は新品を買うことにしました。

予備にと思って買いましたが、中古ですが申し分なく使っています。 今ではこのカメラを持ち歩いています。

至急で使用するため、当日発送、Wi-Fiが使える等を吟味し、購入しましたが、 届いたものは、ケーブル（百円の値札つき）と本体、説明書のみでした。 購入時に、ACアダプターなど確認したつもりでしたが。ストラップもついてないし。 返品しようか迷ってます。