By C. Song (New York, New York)

Images:

PROS
-takes great images for the web. Automatically saves in sRGB jpeg mode.
-Still can’t get over how beautiful and functional it looks, everyone has admired it
- awesome that it charges through USB port. Less wires.
-macro features works pretty well if held completely still
-special effects features are pretty fun to use and cuts out the “middle man” like photoshop
-has a manual feature but can only chose from two different apertures

CON
-At 100% view images looks very pixellated at 200 ISO and above.
-flash seems pretty bright for indoors and at night in auto mode, images sometimes become blown out
-even at 80 ISO there’s noticeable noise and I wouldn’t want to print from those images. Need to have really good light for less noticeable noise.

Video:

PROS
-Can shoot up to 3 hours with a 4 GB SDHC card
- can zoom during shooting but stops recording sound while in process of zooming
-pause feature is wonderful and really convenient on the video

CONS
-Lots of distracting flare in night video

So FAR:
Decent point and shoot for grabbing snippets of life . Coming from the Canon 20D SLR it’s easy to be hard on the point and shoot. I wouldn’t print from these images, but that’s what the dSLR is for. Portable, easy to use and neato “vacationer’s” features. The design is brilliant, because it is beautiful, unique and functional. Image quality is good but not great, even compared to my old canon point and shoots. The video feature is a definite plus and would be okay to use for visuals with sound overdubbed. Before buying any digital camera, it’s best to know what you’ll be using it for. If you’re intending to do a lot of printing with it then this might not be the best camera. If you want to capture images to easily post on the web then this is a great camera. If you want a camera that is small, portable, and absolutely beautiful, then the nv15 is a good choice and great value for the money.

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