Nikon Coolpix L340 Download Pictures To Computer

Introduction

The Nikon Coolpix L340 is a new bridge camera which features a 28x optical zoom, which gives you an equivalent of 22.v-630mm in 35mm terms. There'due south also a 56x Dynamic Fine Zoom available, which is a type of digital zoom. Inside the L340 is a xx.iv million pixel CCD sensor. Other specifications include 720p video recording, High Performance VR (Vibration Reduction), a variety of automated and scene shooting modes and a three-inch 460k-dot LCD screen. The Nikon Coolpix L340 uses AA batteries, with a quoted bombardment life of 370 shots when using alkaline batteries, or 960 shots when using lithium batteries. In terms of pricing, the L340 compares relatively closely with the Catechism PowerShot SX410 HS, although the latter has a longer focal length range, at 40x. The Nikon Coolpix L340 costs around £125 / $149.

Ease of Use

The Nikon Coolpix L340 is a middling-size bridge camera. Something like the Canon PowerShot SX410 HS is smaller, just then others yet, such as the Canon SX60, or Nikon's ain P610 are much bigger.

Following a archetype simple bridge camera pattern, the L340 has a pretty pronounced grip which is textured for extra purchase - the dots on the textured surface make it feel pretty secure in the hand. On the dorsum of the camera is a pocket-size pollex rest which also helps to brand the camera sit snugly in your manus. The rest of the camera doesn't have any kind of special coating on the chassis.

As quite a basic model, there aren't too many buttons or dials to get acquainted with on this photographic camera. On the top of the Nikon Coolpix L340 you'll find the on/off switch, the shutter release push button and the photographic camera's microphone (for use when recording video). Around the shutter release there'south a zoom switch marked T(zoom) and W (wide). Using the switch feels quite fluid and the lens will terminate extending merely for a split up second before entering into the Dynamic Fine Zoom - the zoom display on screen will also change color, allowing you to keep an centre on which type of zoom you're using.

As well on top of the Nikon Coolpix L340 is the flash. A button just to the side of the flash needs to exist pushed to release the pop-upwards flash. You need to push button information technology back into place to switch off the flash. Moving to the back of the photographic camera, just near the thumb rest is a dedicated video record button. Information technology'due south found in a sort of recession into the camera, so it'd be pretty difficult to accidentally knock the record button on and make erroneous videos.

Forepart of the Nikon Coolpix L340

A push button marked with "Scene" can be pressed to choose between the unlike shooting modes the Nikon Coolpix L340 offers. There aren't a huge corporeality to cull between, but you have Scene Auto Selector - where the camera volition choose the well-nigh appropriate scene settings for you - Scene choice, where you tin choose between options such as Portrait, Landscape, Sports and and then on for yourself - Digital Filters - such as Cyanotype, Loftier Contrast Monochrome so on - Smart Portrait and Auto Style.

The last of these modes, called "Auto", gives you lot a small amount of control over some shooting settings when y'all enter the principal menu, such as White Rest, ISO Sensitivity and AF Surface area Manner. Y'all can't modify things such equally discontinuity, shutter speed, autofocus point, and so on, and you can only shoot in JPEG (in that location's no raw format shooting).

Other buttons on the dorsum of the Nikon Coolpix L340 are a playback button for looking through your shot images, a Menu button for accessing the main menu and a delete push button. At that place's also a four style navigational pad, with an OK button in the centre. The directional keys can be used when you're navigating through menus, with confirmation selected using the OK push button. Each of the directional keys likewise has an assigned function to it as well. The left key accesses self-timer, the up button is used for flash modes (when the wink is raised), the right button allows you to alter exposure bounty, while the down primal accesses macro focusing (if you're in Auto fashion only). If y'all can't make a change, for instance if the flash is not raised, so a button will exercise nothing when you press it.

Rear of the Nikon Coolpix L340

The master menu is adequately sensibly arranged, with the amount of options changing depending on what shooting mode you lot're in. You lot'll notice the most when in Car manner. It's likewise divide into 3 dissimilar sections, for however images, video and for general settings such as setting the date and time, sound settings and and then on.

When viewing images in playback, the carte will give you some options which include creating a slide show, rotating your image and and so on. Y'all can also apply a digital filters to shots you've already taken. Some of the options here are non available in the digital filter shooting mode, such as Cantankerous Process, so it's worth exploring this pick if you're particularly keen to add together a creative await to your images.

You'll find the retentiveness card and battery compartment on the underside of the Nikon Coolpix L340. If you're mounting the camera to a tripod, you won't be able to admission the memory card, which can exist a fiddling annoying. The camera takes AA batteries - some people love these, others detest them. On the positive side, it means that should it run out, finding replacements in shops across the world is unremarkably pretty easy. On the other mitt, yous'll either need to be spending out on new sets of batteries every fourth dimension they run out, or invest in some rechargeable AA batteries which are more expensive to brainstorm with.

Top of the Nikon Coolpix L340

There's no viewfinder for the Nikon Coolpix L340, so instead y'all'll demand to rely solely on the screen. Although it doesn't offer a peculiarly loftier resolution (at 460k dots), it's pretty brilliant and clear. If the sun is peculiarly strong y'all may struggle to see it, only it probably would accept increased the price of the whole camera to take a tilting or articulating screen. The same goes for making information technology a touch on sensitive device.

Shot-to-shot times for the Nikon Coolpix L340 are a little wearisome, even when using a Class 10 SD memory card. You lot can likewise be left hanging around for a couple of seconds while the camera catches up if you want to brand any changes to settings, such as choosing a unlike filter. The camera will brandish an annoying "Please expect for the camera to finish recording" message if you effort to change it too quickly for the camera.

Focusing too has its frustrations. In skilful low-cal, and for mid to distant subjects, it's reasonably quick, but equally shortly equally the light drops, information technology takes much longer to focus. If you're shooting in Scene Auto Selector, it tin struggle with identifying a macro subject and will reject to focus for the first few attempts, usually getting it by the time you've one-half pressed the shutter three or four times.

Paradigm Quality

All of the sample images in this review were taken using the twenty megapixel Fine JPEG setting, which gives an average epitome size of around 6Mb.

If you remember you're only going to be using the Nikon Coolpix L340 in brilliant sunlight (such as while on holiday), then it might make a good choice. Still, as shortly every bit calorie-free levels drop - fifty-fifty for slightly gloomy and overcast days - then image quality is less than ideal.

Colours directly from the L340 in adept calorie-free are nicely saturated, with a decent corporeality of vibrance. When shooting in lower calorie-free, image smoothing gives many shots a painterly effect, which has an upshot to dampen the more vibrant colours in a shot.

Again, in vivid calorie-free, the overall impression of detail is good when looking at images at A4 or below. Nonetheless, in one case you start shooting from effectually ISO 400, a loss of detail tin can be seen in about shots. Another problem is that fifty-fifty with Vibration Reduction activated, it can exist difficult to shoot handheld and get a sharp paradigm when using middle-range ISO speeds (400-800) if the light is a lilliputian depression. To get effectually this, you tin can shoot at ISO 1600, merely then the corporeality of paradigm smoothing on display is detrimental. On the plus side, due to the corporeality of shooting that'south going on, images don't announced particularly noisy at high ISO speeds.

It'southward not all bad news though - nearly of the fourth dimension, the Nikon Coolpix L340's automatic metering system does a decent task of producing pleasing exposures, with piddling need to punch in exposure compensation. Automated white balance likewise copes well with artificial calorie-free to produce pretty accurate colours.

It would be nice to see a lilliputian more creative control, i.e. the ability to change discontinuity or shutter speed, simply the intended target audience is somebody who isn't particularly avant-garde then it's understandable why Nikon has chosen not to include this ability on the camera.

Images taken at the far end of the telephoto optic (28x) show a adept level of detail on a par with those taken at the broad angle cease of the lens. Images taken at focal lengths in betwixt also have a good level of detail with piddling distortion. Again, this is when shooting in brilliant daylight. You can employ the digital zoom, which basically crops into the image, to become closer to a field of study. It's useful if you're drastic to get closer to the subject, but at that place's a noticeable loss in quality when compared with images taken using the optical zoom.

Noise

The Nikon Coolpix L340 has 6 sensitivity settings ranging from ISO fourscore to ISO 1600 at full resolution.

ISO 80 (100% Ingather)	ISO 100 (100% Ingather)


ISO 200 (100% Crop)	ISO 400 (100% Crop)


ISO 800 (100% Ingather)	ISO 1600 (100% Crop)

Focal Range

The L340's 28x zoom lens achieves a maximum wide-bending focal length equivalent to 22.5mm, and is capable of a telephoto reach of 585mm (in 35mm-camera terms).

22.5mm	630mm

Sharpening

Hither are ii 100% crops - the right-manus paradigm has had some sharpening practical in Photoshop. The out-of-the camera images from the Nikon Coolpix L340 are slightly soft at the default sharpening setting and benefit from some further sharpening in a program like Adobe Photoshop. You can alternatively change the in-camera sharpening level to suit your tastes.

Original (100% Crop)	Sharpened (100% Crop)

Chromatic Aberrations

Given the range of the zoom lens, the Nikon Coolpix L340 shows some regal fringing, with limited furnishings in areas of high contrast as shown in the examples below.

Chromatic Aberrations 1 (100% Ingather)	Chromatic Aberrations 2 (100% Crop)

Macro

The L340'due south lens will focus every bit close equally 1cm from a subject, however depth of field becomes very shallow at this extremely shut distance.

Macro	Macro (100% Crop)

Flash

The pop-up flash on the L340 has four settings: Automobile, Motorcar with cherry-red-eye reduction, Fill flash & Boring sync. Shooting a white surface from a distance of 1.5m, the flash provides even coverage with the lens zoomed in, though some vignetting is visible in the wide-angle shot.

Whether the wink is fix to standard Auto manner – or Auto with ruby-eye reduction – the camera successfully avoids whatsoever trace of red-eye.

Wink Off - Wide Angle (22.5mm)	Wink On - Wide Angle (22.5mm)


Flash Off - Telephoto (585mm)	Flash On - Telephoto (585mm)

And here are a couple of portrait shots. As you tin can see, neither the Fill Wink or the Auto with Scarlet-eye reduction options caused whatever amount of red-eye.

Wink On	Flash On (100% Crop)


Red Eye Reduction	Scarlet Eye Reduction (100% Crop)

Nighttime

One of the L340's shooting modes is called Nighttime landscape, which produces results such as this. Yous can expect well-nigh identical results by merely leaving the camera in Smart Auto mode though.

Sample Images

This is a selection of sample images from the Nikon Coolpix L340 photographic camera, which were all taken using the xx megapixel Fine JPEG setting. The thumbnails below link to the total-sized versions, which accept non been contradistinct in any way.

Sample Picture show & Video

This is a sample motion-picture show at the highest quality setting of 1280x720 pixels at 30 frames per second. Please note that this 18 second movie is 21.6Mb in size.

Production Images

Front of the Nikon Coolpix L340

Front of the Nikon Coolpix L340 / Lens Extended

Forepart of the Nikon Coolpix L340 / Popular-up Wink

Side of the Nikon Coolpix L340

Rear of the Nikon Coolpix L340 / Prototype Displayed

Rear of the Nikon Coolpix L340 / Turned On

Rear of the Nikon Coolpix L340 / Scene Menu

Rear of the Nikon Coolpix L340 / Master Bill of fare

Top of the Nikon Coolpix L340

Lesser of the Nikon Coolpix L340

Side of the Nikon Coolpix L340

Front of the Nikon Coolpix L340

Conclusion

The Nikon Coolpix L340'southward nearly appealing feature is its 28x optical zoom, and perchance its low, bargain cost. For under £120 you get a camera which is capable of taking some good shots, only it relies heavily on you just taking those shots in bright calorie-free.

If information technology's something yous're thinking about for your vacation camera and you call up information technology'due south likely you'll by and large exist shooting sunny landscapes and then on, it's a decent option if you're on a budget and the optical zoom appeals to you. However, if you're looking for something to be a flexible all-rounder, information technology'southward reasonably likely that you will be disappointed by some of the shots from the L340.

When photographing in low(ish) light, i.e. the fading light on a gloomy 24-hour interval, images tend to lack detail and have a painterly effect. Vibration Reduction doesn't seem to assistance too much with hand held shooting at heart-range ISOs, so at times you'll be forced to use a higher ISO which results in lower quality images.

It's also not the camera for you lot if you're looking for something a trivial more than avant-garde. There's no semi-automatic, or even Program modes, and while yous can change certain settings such as ISO and White Balance in 'Auto' mode, some volition exist left frustrated by the lack of ability to alter aperture or shutter speed.

Many of the other specifications of the Nikon Coolpix L340 are also pretty basic. The screen is fairly low resolution by modern standards, it tin merely shoot at 720p Hd for video, and at that place'due south no inbuilt Wi-Fi. On a more than positive note, those who similar the feel of a bigger camera, with a deep grip and fairly big buttons, should find this a reasonably enjoyable camera to use.

Using AA batteries is pretty divisive, and you lot may autumn into one military camp or the other. It's arguable that using this blazon of battery means yous tin pop into any convenience shop in the globe and choice upwards a new fix - handy if yous forget your charger or don't take access to a plug socket. On the other hand, information technology means an extra pay out for batteries, whether that'southward a one off for rechargeable ones, or otherwise.

Although the Nikon Coolpix L340 is cheap, there are other cameras on the market, which are similarly priced, that offer a longer focal length zoom. 28x was once groundbreaking, but when other cameras offer 40, 50 and 60x as standard, information technology's starting to wait a little express. All the same, it offers a adept degree of flexibility for most shooting scenarios.

Because that the Nikon Coolpix L340 has only just been released, information technology's starting price of £115 will probably get downwards - once it drops beneath the £100 mark, information technology should get even more appealing for those looking for a cheap holiday camera.

Ratings (out of 5)
Design	3.v
Features	ii.5
Ease-of-use	four
Image quality	2.5
Value for money	three.5

Main Rivals

Listed below are some of the rivals of the Nikon Coolpix L340.

The Catechism PowerShot SX510 HS is a modest super-zoom camera with a 30x zoom lens. The Catechism SX510 too offers 12 megapixels, a 3-inch LCD screen, wi-fi and GPS connectivity, total manual controls and 1080p Hd movies. Read our in-depth Canon PowerShot SX510 HS review now...

The new Fujifilm FinePix S4800 is an affordable super-zoom camera that boasts a 30x zoom lens. Other standout features include a 16 megapixel sensor, a 3 inch LCD screen, manual controls and 720p movies, all for under £150 / $175. Read our in-depth Fujifilm FinePix S4800 review at present...

The Fujifilm FinePix S9200 is a new bridge camera with a massive 50x, 24-1200mm zoom lens. The Fujifilm S9200 also offers full 1080p movies at 60fps with stereo sound, a 3 inch LCD screen, electronic viewfinder, 10ps flare-up shooting and a 16 megapixel back-illuminated EXR sensor. Read our Fujifilm FinePix S9200 review now...

The new Kodak PixPro AZ521 super-zoom camera features a massive 52x zoom lens with a focal range of 24-1248mm. Other highlights of the affordable Kodak AZ521 include a iii inch LCD screen, full 1080p Hard disk movies, and a 16 megapixel CMOS sensor. Read our in-depth Kodak PixPro AZ521 review now...

The brand new Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ72 super-zoom photographic camera (likewise known every bit the DMC-FZ70) features a massive 60x zoom lens with a focal range of 20-1200mm, the biggest of any camera on the market place. Other highlights of the FZ72 / FZ70 include a 3 inch LCD screen, full 1080i HD movies, 9fps outburst shooting, P/A/South/M modes, RAW back up, a flash hotshoe and a xvi.1 megapixel MOS sensor. Read our in-depth Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ72 review now...

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H400 is a new superzoom compact camera with a incredible 63x zoom lens. The Sony H400 as well features a 20 megapixel CCD sensor, 720p HD video with stereo audio, iii-inch screen, electronic viewfinder and a range of transmission shooting modes. Read our Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H400 review to find out if it's the right super-zoom camera for you...

Review Roundup

Reviews of the Nikon Coolpix L340 from around the spider web.

The Nikon Coolpix L340 is a low-cost superzoom bridge-mode camera that updates the L330. Its chief selling point is its 28x optical zoom which gives a 35mm-equivalent focal range of 22.5-630mm. Images are captured on a 20.2MP sensor and power comes from four AA batteries. The Nikon Coolpix L340 is bachelor for effectually £99.
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Specifications

- Type
- Compact digital camera
- Effective pixels
- 20.2 million (Image processing may reduce the number of effective pixels.)
- Image sensor
- i/2.3-in. blazon CCD, Total pixels: approx. 20.48 meg
- Lens
- NIKKOR lens with 28x optical zoom
- Focal length
- 4.0 – 112 mm (angle of view equivalent to that of 22.5 – 630 mm lens in 35 mm [135] format)
- F-number
- f/3.1 – 5.9
- Lens structure
- 12 elements in 9 groups (1 ED lens element)
- Magnification
- Up to 4x (angle of view equivalent to that of approx. 2520 mm lens in 35 mm [135] format)
- Vibration reduction
- Lens-shift VR
- Autofocus
- Contrast-detect AF
- Focus range
- [Due west]: Approx. fifty cm (1 ft 8 in.) to infinity, [T]: Approx. 1.five m (5 ft) to infinity, Macro way: Approx. 1 cm (0.iv in.) (when zoom is set to centre position) to infinity. (All distances measured from middle of front surface of lens)
- AF-area mode
- Middle, face detection, target finding AF
- Monitor
- 7.5 cm (3-in.) diagonal, Approx. 460k-dot, TFT LCD with antireflection coating and v-level effulgence adjustment
- Frame coverage
- Approx. 99% horizontal and vertical (compared to actual picture)
- Frame coverage (playback fashion)
- Approx. 100% horizontal and vertical (compared to actual picture)
- Storage media
- SD, SDHC, SDXC, Internal memory (approx. 43 MB)
- File system
- DCF and Exif 2.3 compliant
- Storage file formats
- Still images: JPEG, Movies: MOV (Video: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, Audio:PCM monaural)
- Image size (pixels)
- 20M (High) [5152 ten 3864 (Fine)], 20M [5152 x 3864], 10M [3648 x 2736], 4M [2272 x 1704], 2M [1600 10 1200], VGA [640 10 480], sixteen:nine [5120 x 2880], 1:1 [3864 x 3864]
- ISO sensitivity
- ISO lxxx – 1600
- Exposure metering
- Matrix, heart-weighted (digital zoom less than 2x), spot (digital zoom 2x or more)
- Exposure command
- Programmed auto exposure and exposure bounty (–two.0 – +two.0 EV in steps of 1/iii EV)
- Shutter type
- Mechanical and charge-coupled electronic shutter
- Shutter speed
- 1/1500 – 1 s, 4 s (Fireworks show scene mode)
- Self-timer
- 10 southward
- Aperture
- Electronically-controlled ND filter (–3.3 AV) selection
- Aperture range
- ii steps (f/3.ane and f/9.9 [W])
- Built-in flash
- Aye
- Flash range (approx.)
- [W]: 0.5 – 4.7 m (ane ft eight in. – xv ft), [T]: 1.5 – two.4 g (5 ft – seven ft x in.)
- Wink control
- TTL car flash with monitor preflashes
- USB
- Hello-Speed USB, Supports Straight Print (PictBridge), Also used as audio/video output connector (NTSC or PAL can be selected for video output.)
- Supported languages
- Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German language, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Norwegian, Persian, Smooth, Portuguese (European and Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Ability sources
- Four LR6/L40 (AA-size) alkali metal batteries, Four FR6/L91 (AA-size) lithium batteries, Iv EN-MH2 rechargeable Ni-MH batteries (available separately), AC Adapter EH-67 (available separately)
- Battery life
- Approx. 370 shots when using alkaline batteries, Approx. 960 shots when using lithium batteries, Approx. 600 shots when using EN-MH2 batteries
- Bodily battery life for movie recording
- Approx. 2 h five min when using alkaline batteries, Approx. v h forty min when using lithium batteries, Approx. 3 h 40 min when using EN-MH2 batteries
- Tripod socket
- 1/4 (ISO 1222)
- Dimensions (W ten H ten D)
- Approx. 111.1 10 76.3 10 83.3 mm (4.iv x three.one 10 3.3 in.) (excluding projections)
- Weight
- Approx. 430 grand (fifteen.two oz) (including batteries and memory card)
- Operating environment - temperature
- 0°C – 40°C (32°F – 104°F)
- Operating surround - humidity
- 85% or less (no condensation)
- Supplied accessories
- LR6/L40 (AA-size) alkaline batteries (x4), Lens Cap LC-CP25 (with cord), USB Cablevision UC-E16, Camera Strap