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1.0 out of 5 starsA CAMERA THAT PEOPLE WILL LOVE, JUST FIX THE PROBLEM! DOES NOT WORK
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2015
I'd decided on a point and shoot, no more lens changing and lugging lenses around! Great success with a Lumix fz 50 convinced me point and shoot was for me . I explored on-line , just to see what was new & great. I liked the idea of the larger telephoto. and tried the P-610 out. I love it, Pictures are great, easy to use except, It is a bit small for my hands. After getting used to it I found it a simple likable camera that I've grown to really like! (I still use the fz 50, on occasion because I prefer its manual zoom!)
I just take pictures and this camera works for me!
UPDATE- While I still love love this little camera, it has developed a problem holding a charge and is headed for the repair shop at nikon. The problem started when I used a after-market battery designed for this camera.
I am having trouble believing Amazon, is indeed selling junk, but this failure seems to bare this out. May 14 of this ear to August 14Th, 3months and Amazon will (per their policy) will not exchange this camera. They sold the camera, they sold me the batteries and 3 months later it is my problem--go figure how that makes the customer right? COME ON AMAZON STOP SELLING CRAP!
AMAZON WHERE'S THE EASY BUTTON TO TALK TO CUSTOMER SERVIC, TALK ABOUT NOT WANTING TO STAND BEHIND YOUR SALES.
Update 8/22/15--Thank You Amazon for replacing this camera or offer refund. I will update this review, later on!
discussion comments: Dale, thanks for your comments, I agree and indeed, I did suspect the batteries
initially. I conducted tests and finally purchased new batteries. All ran down in the camera. Now I have the new camera and so far it is fine! Was the camera bad, batteries or perhaps charger? I do know buying something that fails so quickly is not acceptable! I am not a test/repair center. I am interested in keeping potential customers informed. Was this a fluke, or common incident?--that's the purpose of reviews. My thoughts are this must be a rare occurrence, hence the exchange, rather than refund.
Update 8/9/15
Thanks to Amazon, I received a new Nikon Coolpix p610. At first no problems, unfortunately it was a very short time frame, before the 2nd camera failed! Battery death averaged 28 photo's before it failed!
after looking up this camera, I find that it is a failure mode that others are experiencing! (check DP Review, problems with the Nikon Coolpix P610 &P900). The camera takes excellent telephoto pictures and is a pleasure to use! My question for Nikon is what's the real deal on this camera? Are you going to correct the problem or keep dumping them on loyal customers?
THANK YOU AMAZON FOR ACCEPTING THE RETURN!
