Nikon COOLPIX AW110 Wi-Fi and Waterproof Digital Camera with GPS (Blue) (OLD MODEL)

I bought our Nikon AW110 just over a year ago in preparation for a family vacation in Florida. We were destined for the usual tourist destinations--including Disney World, Sea World, and Daytona Beach--and I wanted something that I could keep out & at the ready rain or shine, surf or turf. The size (approximately 4.25" x 2.5" x 1") makes it easy enough to carry around or put in a pocket or purse. Out of the box, the camera takes lackluster pictures. You have to go into the soft menu to increase the image quality (up to 4608 x 3456). The image quality is quite respectable once that is done. At the larger image sizes, it allows you to do decent 8" x 10" prints--even with a bit of cropping. On the waterproof side, we have gotten it wet with no ill effects. It has survived water rides at amusement parks and a couple excursions into a hotel pool. Best yet, we have some great underwater pictures. Make no mistake though. This is not a DSLR replacement. The shortcomings for this camera are a bit harder to explain. It is, after all, a relatively affordable and small point & shoot camera. To keep the size & price down, Nikon has used less sophisticated & more compact optics & imaging chips and a compact battery pack. All of this is pretty standard fair in a camera this size, but it does impact the overall performance of the camera. Action shots & quickly taken photos can create varying levels of blurriness in your pictures. To put it into some perspective, we (primarily me & my 11 year old daughter) took about 80 pictures at Sea World's dolphin show. I deleted about a dozen pictures due to our own framing issues; like cutting off a dolphin's head while trying to capture its jump out of the water. I deleted about another 15 pictures due to blurriness. The roughly 50 remaining pictures came out great. We have some excellent pictures with dolphins jumping six feet (or more) out of the water, and even the water droplets streaming off of the dolphin's tale are clearly captured. Flash memory is pretty cheap these days. So take a lot of pictures. You will be rewarded. And to revisit my earlier comment on the battery, the battery life can be lackluster. You will probably want to buy & carry a spare battery for longer day trips--especially if you plan on taking a fair number of pictures (100+). A single batter will probably suffice for shorter adventures where you will only be taking a couple dozen pictures. In closing, it is a great, pocket-sized & waterproof camera. I would not hesitate to buy another one. Overall image quality is quite nice. But, its size & price point can make it behave a bit like Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde: some of your pictures will be stunningly clear and others blurry.

I bought this camera for scuba diving prior to a trip to the Philippines, and I picked this one because it has the best depth rating within its product category. It's rated for up 18m in depth, the maximum depth for PADI Open Water certification. This camera is loaded interesting features. GPS, compass (which was useful while underwater), and wifi, which allowed me to transfer pictures to my android phone. This with an adapter for 40.5mm filters that allowed me to use an underwater red filter with this camera. The battery life is good, although the bulky charger could be smaller. The manual white balance feature has been very useful. This camera doesn't save images in RAW format, which would've been very useful for adjusting color balance after taking pictures. During the 1st dive on my trip, I noticed the outer window of the screen concaving inward as I went deeper. Then at around 10m, the window was touching the OLED screen. There's a sealed air gap between the window and the screen which cannot be pressure-equalized, causing the window to bend inward as you go deeper underwater... not a good design. However, I went down to 15m with no functional. I have read other reviews where this camera failed while snorkeling/diving during vacation. Fortunately, this wasn't the case for me. A few weeks later, I took further PADI certification and had this camera with me. While in the middle of an underwater photography session at no more than 8m depth, the screen suddenly failed with no warning signs. The rest of the camera was still functional, but it was useless without a working screen. After soaking the camera in cool fresh water and letting it dry, I opened the battery cover and did not notice any moisture, dirt, or anything unusual. I called Nikon and sent my camera in for warranty repair. Nikon repaired the camera under warranty and sent it back within a week, although they denied this being a common issue with this particular model, despite this issue not being an isolated one. This fact leads me to believe that the underwater design flaw is still in existence of this model. This is a good camera if was more reliable at being waterproof up to 18m. If you're a scuba diver and plan to buy this camera (or already have it), do yourself a favor and get an underwater housing for it. They are pricey, but they are more reliable and generally allow for far greater depths.

Die Nikon AW110 macht schöne Bilder Unterwasser.Leider ist die Halteschlaufe zu klein. Wenn jemand sehr oft Meer ist sie ideal da das Objektiv im Gehäuse verbaut wurde, wegen des feinen Sandes. Gut zu Bedienen,übersichtlich Menüführung.