Review on 📷 Nikon COOLPIX P600 16.1 MP Wi-Fi CMOS Digital Camera with 60x Zoom NIKKOR Lens and Full HD 1080p Video - Black (Discontinued by Manufacturer) by Tia Campbell

I worked with Canon for many years until last year when I bought my first Nikon with their P510. Great camera with 42x zoom. When they launched the P600 I decided to use the extra zoom and add WiFi. All in all, I'm glad I decided to upgrade with one small caveat. Wi-Fi works really well to transfer photos from my P600 to my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 phone, but the Nikon app that you have to install on the phone sometimes crashes. Not often, but intermittently, the WiFi camera loses connection, which means you have to go back to the phone and applications menu and reconnect. Also, I found a much easier way to transfer photos from camera to phone with this device: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CYARTL2/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1. You simply connect it to your phone, remove the SD card from the camera and insert it into the device. The camera will recognize it as a USB drive and you can easily download the photos you want. This is particularly useful if I want to upload photos from a sporting event or concert to Facebook on site. They make such card readers for most of today's popular cell phones. As for the camera itself, I find it does all the work well of a non-DSLR camera, which can cost a lot more. The zoom, both optical and digital, works very well and produces fantastic shots with image stabilization. The addition of Bird Watching and Moon modes just adds to the many preloaded settings that are already there. Manual focus is another useful feature on this camera and I felt I had to deduct a star for that reason. Sometimes (like most other DSLRs) the autofocus just won't focus in certain situations. When I received this camera a few weeks ago I almost sent it back because I was trying to shoot something indoors at about half the zoom. Not only did the camera take a long time trying to focus, but when it "snapped" to take a picture, it was far from sharp. So I took out my P510 to try and take a picture in the same situation and it did the same thing. Unlike DSLRs, there are times when these motorized autofocus cameras won't focus until you change the situation. In my case I just zoomed out and got closer to the subject and got the perfect shot. It's all about getting to know the camera. Manual focus helps sometimes, but if you're trying to shoot on location, e.g. a pet or a group photo, it can be annoying when people say "cheese." If this is an issue and you do a lot of indoor shots where you zoom in and out a lot, you might want to consider a DSLR. In summary, I would definitely recommend this camera to anyone looking for the best superzoom camera out there right now. Good, sharp photos at the extreme end of the zoom. even handheld without a tripod. Wi-Fi is just an expensive option in my opinion that most may not need. In fact, the only situation where this can be useful is when you're somewhere with a group of people who all have phones with the Nikon app downloaded and you want to share your photos with them wirelessly. For general camera use this camera takes very good pictures both indoors and outdoors, but the truth is there are other less expensive cameras in this class without zoom or Wi-Fi that take just as good pictures in normal situations (my P510 without each zoom takes the same pictures as my P600). So, as my title suggests, if you're buying this, you're buying for the zoom!