Nikon L35AF Camera

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In this review, I’ll outline all of its key features/quirks and share a few tips on how to take better photos with this camera. Still, a 3 second recycling time is slower than you’d likely expect from a modern digital camera, so if you attempt to shoot a photo before the flash has been fully charged, the camera will flash the red LED in the viewfinder and lock the shutter until it’s ready.

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It edged out the Olympus Stylus Epic due to the manual flash button, manual focus mode, and focus indicator in the viewfinder.Later models in each cameras’ production run would resolve this deficiency by bumping the selectable film speed to ISO 1000, a welcome upgrade. The L35AW feels dense and solid, and mine has survived a few drops, but it’s impossible to ignore the fact that the camera’s core is based on the L35AF2.

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Most people do not want to carry a big camera around but do like to have something which takes good quality photographs. The manually-selectable nature of the flash makes it possible to shoot with only available light, even in lighting that other more automated point-and-shoots might lock the shutter and stymie the shooter.To use the self-timer, you will need to pull the lever as far as it will go and depress the shutter button. Yes – especially the black and white shooters will appreciate this – there’s a 46mm thread you can use for filters – and (see the dot below the lens? In these same situations we see heavy light fall-off (vignetting) resulting in darkened corners of the frame. My favorite shutter button of all compacts I tried during the years, as of now, is the one of the original Olympus XA. The Nikon L35AF is perhaps one of the best point-and-shoot cameras available, it does have some common issues that are certainly worth considering before purchasing this retro beast.