Name: Nikon Coolpix S4300 Digital Camera - Silver - Refurbished by Nikon USA, Plum
Brand: Nikon
SKU: INKCPS4300SR
Price: 89.95 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 4.08 (40 reviews)

Nikon Coolpix S4300 Digital Camera - Silver - Refurbished by Nikon USA, Plum

Nikon S4300

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Nikon Coolpix S4300 Digital Camera - Silver - Refurbished by Nikon USA

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Nikon S4300 

Buy: Nikon Coolpix S4300 Digital Camera - Silver - Refurbished by Nikon USA, Plum Configuration: Camera Only, Model: Nikon S4300, Resolution: 16 MP

When I first purchased this camera in 2012, I loved it, as it was so easy to use. However, after a few months, the battery would not charge. I purchased a new battery, and things were ok for a while, then that battery would not charge. I have exchanged the battery at Batteries Plus a number of times, and each time, it quits working. Finally after almost 2 years, I got the batteries to last. I took pictures at Christmas, 2014, and everything was fine. I got ready to take a picture yesterday, and the monitor is blank. I can pull up my old pictures, but can see nothing in the monitor. Flash works, but it does not take a picture. I will not purchase another one of these cameras.

Problems with this camera

The pictures that I took with this camera came out very nice. However, the delay between pictures is long. You cannot take a quick succession of pictures. Also, I think the attachment of the zoom to the shutter caused overuse because after only a year an a half it popped off. To repair it cost $, when a new camera is a little more than that. It just struck me as absurd. I guess there's not a thing meant to last.

Had high hopes

I bought this camera as a first camera for my 8 1/2 year old grandson with a demonstrated flair for photography. Easy to navigate and easy for him to learn the touch screen and modes.(Very similar to computer he uses) . Easily learned to charge battery, change card. Picture quality very good. No firm "grip" which would be helpful for small hands. Battery must be charged while in the camera necessitating backup battery and allowing for 2-3 hours down time to charge battery. First time buying "refurbished" and had some reservation, but wanted a decent camera at reasonable price. This Coolpix worked well for both of us and he loves having his very own camera.

Good Starter Point and SHoot

This is a nice, small camera with a fair number of features. For the price, it is a good beginners camera and it does well as a camera to travel with because of its size. The drawbacks are : limited manual settings, very slow shutter speed. You will miss pictures if you don't "anticipate" them. Additionally, the lens cover is very flimsy. Once it stops working, it must go in for repair. I will say that Nikon service was efficient. Our camera was repaired and back to us within 2 weeks --- better than new.

Good but not great.

As a pocket camera for me this is ideal. It is impossible to carry my D300s with me constantly and this serves for those impromptu opportunities that we do not want to miss. For the price, it seems quite a capable camera. I do miss Raw format so the next camera will have that option.

Refurbished is good!!

The Camera is very nice and takes great shops but its very unreliable. Last year i took it on the Disney Cruise in Florida. I turned it on. It was on Full power. Then it just turned off. It wouldnt turn again and wouldnt charge. It is Still broken and i wasnt able to take any pix at the concert of my dreams!

Good Camera

This is an excellent camera to carry around to take advantage of photo opportunities. It is thin and light and starts up quickly. The viewfinder screen is bright enough to use in sunlight. It won't replace your DSLR, but the quality of the photos is far better than your cell phone.

Excellent pocket camera

Good screen layout design along with ease of operation.

I like the touch screen feature.

Best one to buy amongs the other

This camera it's great for taking everyday photos! I've used it when have had family get–togethers, as well as pictures of nature. I've come to quite like this camera, it was a great gift to get!

great camera!!!

This camera is so uncomplicated that I let my teenager use it to record his songs while he is singing. The only downside is that after 10 months of use my battery ran out and I had to buy a new one.

Easy for teenagers to use.

Great little camera for casual use. Fast, lightweight, takes great pics. Nice big bright LCD. I've owned Nikons my whole life and this is a nice addition to my collection.

Great little Point and Shoot Camera !

Purchased this Camera on sale, to replace my S5100, it developed a screen problem. Larger Sensor, great touch screen, excellent zoom. I know this will replace my favourite Pocket Camera.

Super Pocket Camera

Cheap Budget Camera

first day I got I started shooting first fhoto's I was amazed perfect high quality photo's video's at close up & distance the lcd screen easy to use I highly recommended to all user firstimer or pro's

great nice asdesribe thanks

My wife has been using an older camera that she has had for years and never complained.  I decided to get her something more up to date and when I bought it for her she just loved it.  The main thing she first noticed was how much larger the LCD was.  She loves the color and the size of her new camera.  She seems to always have it with her, in a pocket or her purse and uses it all of the time.

No Hype, Just Fact!  -- Nice camera,

I was really excited to buy this camera and start taking pics of our growing baby. I don't understand what I am doing wrong but most of my pictures turn out blurry. I've tried many different settings but I can't seem to have success. I thought it would be user friendly, but I am just getting frustrated and sad because I'm missing some memorable moments. My next move is to seek advice from the website.

Blurry pics

A goog quality compact product.  Perfect for vacation.

I would buy this product again

I just bought this camera. I live in NC and we don't get snow so when I got my camera when we got some snow. I started snapping pictures and its amazing. The quailty of the pictures taken are just so beautiful and clear even in the dark!

So amazing!

When my husband returned from military deployment overseas we went on our very 1st cruise!!!Been married for 25 yrs! So I was on the market for a slim camera that has a lot of features to take on the cruise. I found it in this one!! Easy to use and soo many features!! Pictures of the cruise were amazing!!The stylus for looking back at pictures is a good touch!! The scroll option - well done!!The pre view screen is huge! The box on different faces is very good!! Group shots turned out very well!!! The camera body being purple is a good plus!! (my favorite color!!) The quality of the camera in my opinion was well above the price paid!! Since the cruise I have used it for picture taking at the beach,family gatherings,our sons sporting events and everyday moments!!Thanks Nikon!!!Well done!!!

love the compact camera with big features!!

This camera is amazing! It has so many features to choose from such as color effects and also the soft glow for pictures and the picture quality is fantastic.

s4300

The camera works as advertised. Pleased so far, except for the included software. I needed a new camera which this fulfills and needed software to opn RAW files. Thought I had the best of both worlds here, but the software is usless. Only the third party panoramic software works as advertised. Removed the Nicon stuff and found a Freeware program that loaded right up and does everything I want. Good camera - Lousey software!

Works well

I received this camera for Christmas after specifically requesting one that was easy to use and not too technical. This camera has been incredibly easy to get started with taking pictures and movies. I uploaded my pictures to my computer today with minimal effort. Finally tech made easy!

Great camera for the tech-phobic!

I am no camera expert. I received the camera as a early gift on my way to vacation to NYC before Christmas. Had lots of trouble getting pictures to turn out normal. Most were blurry. I have tried of some the settings which has helped a little. I don't know if it is me or my camera. I thought since it is a point and shoot I shouldn't have to mess with the settings too much. The video function works fine.

Any suggestion on what I might be doing wrong? (My finger is not in front of the lens, in case you were wondering).

Best Settings to Use?

This camera is way too slow and constantly stalls and freezes.

Too slow

I bought this camera so I will be able to take video's and put them onto youtube, and still be able to take pictures. I didn'y want to spend about $ for a camcorder but I don't think this camera has a pause button. If it does I can't seem to find it.

Great camera!

I bought this for my 11 year old daughter for her birthday. She is in love with this camera. It's her new way of expressing herself, artistically that is. She has fallen in love with photography. Thank you Nikon. The easy to use, touch screen is awesome. And the picture quality is not to shabby either.

Excellent digital camera

I love this camera! All you need to do is point and shoot. Several other cameras that I've owned take several seconds to actually take a picture and a lot of times the scene you wanted to take was gone. With the Coolpix you just point and click and you have a great picture. I haven't messed with a lot of the features but the zoom in and out is right at your fingertip where you take the picture, so it's very convenient. I would recommend this camera to anyone that wants good quality pictures without all the fancy, hard to use features.

Love this camera!

This camera is everything I was looking for and then some. The pictures are clear and bright. It eliminates sun glare from the pictures and there is no haze, which was the problem with my former camera from a different company. I would definitely recommend buying this camera.

Super Camera

The camera does not pursue clarity. The pictures that I took came out grainy. Also, I feel that in low light, the photo quality is very poor. I returned this camera and purchased a Nikon D3000, the difference between the pictures were distinct. The Nikon D3000 is a wonderful camera, it always captures every detail of every photo, unlike the Coolpix S4300.