Took this camera to Europe and it did an awesome job. Took pictures in low light in cathedrals and at night and all turned out well. Daytime pictures could be controlled with manual exposures, etc. The close ups were sharp and clear despite some shakiness on my part.

A wonderful camera does all it said it would do. User friendly as well. Just used it at Niagara Falls, important family time worked great both on mov and j pegs. The zoom is really great! I expect to use it a lot. thank you for a great product!

Owning a 35mm film Nikon FG and two Nikon SLRs including the D40x and D3100 and multiple VR and non VR Nikkor lenses I must say this camera is like a Greatest Hits recording. It has all the things that made Nikon what it is today and the only camera to take with you when you want to travel light.

Very easy to manipulate with, compact, light wait , good design - in other words-simply excellent camera.

THIS IS A GREAT CAMERA AS FAR AS FOCUSING SPEED AND ZOOM IS CONCERNED FOR THIS CATEGORY. It would be great if Nikon could improve/enhance the size of sensor :-

I bought this camera to take photos of my children and family events. It has been great! Still learning all the settings! Has taken bright photos and easy to use! It is great for a beginner!

Competition in the bridge camera market at the moment is pretty fierce. It's one of the only growing segments in the compact camera market, as users look for something much more advanced than their phone, especially in regards to zoom functionality.

42x zoom; Articulating; high-res screen; Full manual control

No raw capture; Limited EVF; No quick menu

Superzoom cameras tend to be pricey bits of kit these days. Not so for the Nikon Coolpix P520 - this Coolpix sure doesn't hold back on the zoom, yet cuts back on the price compared to many of its competitors.

Affordable compared to rivals; small body but big and varied zoom range; image stabilisation; full vari-angle LCD; low ISO shots bright and colourful

Tricky to shoot at 1000mm because of feature restraints; autofocus at longer focal lengths is a little slow; no raw; image quality not pushing forward

The Nikon Coolpix P520 was announced in January 2013 and is a bridge camera with a 42x optical zoom lens, 18 megapixel backlit COMS sensor and a 3.2 inch vari-angle LCD screen.

42x optical zoom lens; Vari-angle LCD monitor; Full 1080p HD movie recording with stereo sound; Built-in GPS; 1cm minimum focusing distance; Auto HDR mode; Easy Panorama 360°/180°; 7 fps continuous shooting; Plenty of rubberised grip; Decent image quality and colour reproduction; Two year warranty

EVF is quite small and has a low resolution; Battery life expectancy is a little low; Slowish focusing and shutter response; Purple fringing and chromatic aberration in images when shooting at long lengths

A 42x optical zoom camera at a tempting price

Massive zoom lens; First class LCD screen; Very good value

Iffy GPS accuracy; Build quality only so-so