My Nikon Coolpix P50

I am now a proud owner of a Nikon Coolpix P50! Lyle gifted me with an 8.1MP, 3.6X Optical Zoom Nikon Coolpix P50 for Christmas.

After spending a lot of time of researching on the best value-for-money point and shoot for a newbie like me, it was a tough battle between Kodak Easyshare C813 and Nikon Coolpix P50. Eventually the Nikon P50 won him over. He then brought me to Funtronics (at 3/F Gaisano Mall) so I can see the camera first before buying it.

Since I had a self-imposed “it has to be under 5k” price limit when it comes to point and shoot cameras, I balked at the Nikon P50′s tag price (sells for PhP7,280). Although it was a whopping five thousand pesos off the regular price, it was waaaay too expensive for me so I considered having the cheaper Nikon Coolpix L14 instead. But after meticulously testing both cameras (Lyle even brought his laptop with him as he says one can’t really tell the quality of the images by merely looking at the LCD display), I was also won over by Nikon Coolpix P50. And so, last December 15, I happily went home with my Nikon Coolpix P50.

A week spent with my Nikon Coolpix P50 is enough for me to say that this is really the point and shoot camera for me. Don’t get me wrong, I am so new at this that I’m still a greenhorn in the beginner’s level of the supernoob shutterbug-wannabe Nikon Coolpix P50 imaginary camera club. My battlecry is “Nosebleed!” when I hear technical terms. So go figure.

But I do love my Nikon Coolpix P50. The hand grip makes it easy to hold with one hand and is perfect for my butter fingers. I can now take what I’d like to think are decent pics. And of course, it will come in handy when it comes to improving my blog posts and help in generating more blogging ideas.

Actually, the Nikon Coolpix P50 is the second point and shoot camera Lyle bought for me; the first one a Brica Digiart F70. My family isn’t into taking pictures (except for my big sis, that is) so he wanted me to have my own digital camera for me to take pictures of my mom during her remaining days.

Although that Brica digital camera served its purpose, we didn’t give much thought to its features when we bought it. After four months of occasional use, we decided to sell the Brica Digiart F70 at a ridiculously low price.

I am currently reading the Nikon Coolpix P50′s user’s manual. And I always bring the camera with me. And it is always on Auto mode. I know I still have a long way to go when it comes to taking really good pictures and in the meantime, I have decided to just point…and shoot.