Nikon Coolpix L18 8MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Navy): Customer Reviews & Product Details

Great little camera Crisp clear shots and the zoom quality astounded me. Very easy on screen instrutions. My only negative comment was the computer disk was damaged on delivery

This camera was a decent camera with fairly good picture quality until like in many other reviews I have read, it breaks. I too got the lens error after no apparent reason. I packed it up and sent it to Nikon and was informed that it appeared to have user damage. They wanted to charge me more than I paid for the camera to fix it. This camera is not what I would call reliable or durable. Nikon does not stand behind it at all.

I bought this camera last Christmas, and while on a trip this summer, the camera stopped working while it was in my hands. One minute I was taking pictures, the next minute, a lens error message appeared. I sent it back to Nikon and was told that lens errors problems were not covered under the warranty and that the charge for repair would be more than the original cost of the camera. Period. I have other much more expensive cameras and have sent some of them back for work (Oympus and Canon), and have never had a problem with the warranty. It made me realize that the warranty is as important as the product. If you're thinking of buying this camera, just hope that it never has any problems because if it does, Nikon may not be very reliable about backing up their "cool" cameras with very cool service or support.

I bought this camera as a Christmas present for my mother who needed a decent easy to use camera. I never saw any pictures from her and wondered why she wasn't using it. Needless to say, the camera's manual was completely in Spanish! And, one of the USB cables (PC connector) was missing. Anyway, I tried calling the customer service # on the invoice and cannot get through to an operator. I'm now going to the Nikon site to see if I can download the damn manual. I don't recommend ordering from this company at all.

Good camera, takes nice pictures but 7 months old and I get a lens error. After researching the error on line I am seeing so many complaints about it...with no solutions. Can't be fixed!