Key Features
Zoom in on a high powered camera at an easy to handle price.
Great photos and superb HD movies begin with Nikon’s high power 21x wide-angle optical Zoom-NIKKOR glass lens. This powerful zoom lens, with a 25-525mm range equivalent, closes the distance between you and your subjects. Capture your son firing off the game-winning lacrosse shot or your daughter’s first ride on a two wheeler. Whether it’s a panoramic shot of the entire family on a favorite sledding hill, or a photo of your children playing in the backyard, you’ll shoot effortlessly and accurately with the COOLPIX L120.
If you’re new to photography, no worries, this camera has intelligent features to help you out. Five-way VR Image Stabilization uses sensor shift to minimize the effects of camera shake, virtually eliminating blurred images. Trick-or-treating with the kids? The COOLPIX L120 has a high ISO speed up to 6400 to capture fast moving or low-light scenarios.
One-touch HD movie recording puts friends and family in motion.
As photo keeper of family memories, you can rely on the COOLPIX L120 to capture great still images that you can print and save. But a band concert without sound is incomplete and a 60-yard touchdown drive without the fleet-footed runs isn’t as exciting. That’s where the COOLPIX L120’s advanced One-Touch HD Movie recording capabilities come in. With the push of a button you’ll instantly be shooting 720p HD movies in full stereo. While shooting you can activate the camera’s zoom function to capture tight shots and close ups. And when you’re ready to share your movies with family and friends, you can use in-camera playback or the convenient HDMI output for simple hookup to an HDTV or computer.
Shoot snowboarders, Frisbee throwers and T-ball players with a single, versatile camera.
Low-light conditions and fast action can defeat some cameras, but not the COOLPIX L120. With high ISO speeds up to 6400, you can be sure that still images and movies will be ideally captured. With Nikon’s Sport Continuous Shooting mode, this camera takes photos continuously and in quick succession to capture fast moving objects.
You’ll get great use of the in-camera editing functions, including D-Lighting for adjusting contrast and fine details often lost when shooting in glaring or intense light. You can pick from five color options: Standard, Vivid, Black & White, Sepia and Cyanotype. And when you want to take close up photos, the COOLPIX L120 will zero in as close as 0.4 inches. Don’t hesitate to click away, because you’ll get about 330 stills from the four AA alkaline batteries that come with the camera.
You’ll get great use of the in-camera editing functions, including D-Lighting for adjusting contrast and fine details often lost when shooting in glaring or intense light. You can pick from five color options: Standard, Vivid, Black & White, Sepia and Cyanotype. And when you want to take close up photos, the COOLPIX L120 will zero in as close as 0.4 inches. Don’t hesitate to click away, because you’ll get about 330 stills from the four AA alkaline batteries that come with the camera.
A camera so smart it knows when your subject smiles, warns you if someone blinks, and gets the red out of grandma’s eyes.
Behind every great photo and HD movie is the COOLPIX L120, a camera brimming with technological advances. Smile Timer detects when a subject smiles and automatically takes the photo. Blink Warning identifies when a subject may have blinked and signals you to retake the shot. Face-Priority AF is an innovative face-identifying technology that detects and focuses up to 12 faces automatically.
Red-eye will no longer ruin family photos. In-camera Red-Eye Fix automatically fixes the problem before it occurs. Blotchy, uneven complexions are also a thing of the past with COOLPIX L120’s Skin Softening, which smoothes skin tones. This versatile camera also has 17 Scene Modes that adjust camera settings to selected scenes, assuring great pictures at school plays, backyard barbecues, or athletic events.
A dazzling three-inch color display brings your stills and HD movies to life.
You’ll enjoy composing images from the COOLPIX L120’s bright three-inch LCD color display, which features a dazzling 921,000-dot screen that showcases still images and HD movies in rich detail and enhanced contrast. And for easy photo composition, improved picture viewing, and instant sharing, the LCD monitor’s wide viewing angle and anti-glare coating lets you capture and view high quality images in virtually any lighting condition, every time.
Specifications
- Type
Compact Digital Camera
- Effective Pixels
14.1 million
- Image Sensor
CCD
- Sensor Size
1/2.3 in.
- Total Pixels
14.48 million (approx.)
- Lens
21x optical Zoom, NIKKOR glass lens
- Lens Focal Length
4.5-94.5mm (angle of view equivalent to that of 25-525mm lens in 35mm [135] format)
- Lens f/-number
f/3.1-5.8
- Lens Construction
12 elements in 9 groups
- Lens Zoom
21x
- Digital Zoom
Up to 4x (angle of view equivalent to that of approx. 2100mm lens in 35mm [135] format)
- Vibration Reduction
Combination of
Image-sensor shift and Electronic VR (still pictures)
Electronic VR (movies)
Image-sensor shift and Electronic VR (still pictures)
Electronic VR (movies)
- Autofocus (AF)
Contrast-detect AF
- Autofocus (AF) Focus-area selection
Center
Face detection
Face detection
- Focus Range
[W]: Approx. 1 ft. 8 in. (50 cm.) to infinity
[T]: Approx. 5 ft. (1.5 m.) to infinity
Macro close-up mode: Approx. 0.4 in. (1 cm.) to infinity(Middle zoom position)
[T]: Approx. 5 ft. (1.5 m.) to infinity
Macro close-up mode: Approx. 0.4 in. (1 cm.) to infinity(Middle zoom position)
- Focus Lock
Yes
- Monitor Size
3.0 in. diagonal
- Monitor Type
Wide Viewing Angle TFT-LCD with Anti-reflection coating
5-level brightness adjustment
5-level brightness adjustment
- Monitor Resolution
921,000-dots
- Monitor Frame coverage (shooting mode)
97% horizontal (Approx.)
97% vertical (Approx.)
97% vertical (Approx.)
- Monitor Frame coverage (playback mode)
100% horizontal (Approx.)
- Storage Media
SD memory card
SDHC memory card
SDXC memory card
SDHC memory card
SDXC memory card
- Internal Memory
Approx. 102MB
- Storage File System
DCF
EXIF 2.3
DPOF compliant
EXIF 2.3
DPOF compliant
- Storage File formats
Still pictures: JPEG
- Movie
Audio file format: AAC stereo
Movie file format: MPEG-4 AVC H.264
Movie file format: MPEG-4 AVC H.264
- Image Size (pixels)
4320 x 3240 (14M)
- ISO Sensitivity
ISO 80-6400
Auto (auto gain ISO 80-800)
Sport continuous (ISO 400-3200)
Auto (auto gain ISO 80-800)
Sport continuous (ISO 400-3200)
- Lowest ISO Sensitivity
80
- Highest ISO Sensitivity
6400
- Exposure Metering
256-segment matrix
Center-weighted
Center-weighted
- Exposure Control
Programmed auto exposure with motion detection
- Exposure Modes
Programmed Auto
with Motion Detection & Exposure Compensation
with Motion Detection & Exposure Compensation
- Automatic Exposure Scene Modes
Yes
- Scene Modes
Back Light
Beach
Black and White Copy
Close Up
Dusk/Dawn
Fireworks Show
Food
Landscape
Museum
Night Landscape
Night Portrait
Panorama Assist
Party/Indoor
Pet Portrait
Portrait
Snow
Sunset
Beach
Black and White Copy
Close Up
Dusk/Dawn
Fireworks Show
Food
Landscape
Museum
Night Landscape
Night Portrait
Panorama Assist
Party/Indoor
Pet Portrait
Portrait
Snow
Sunset
- In-Camera Image Editing
Crop
D-Lighting
Small Pic
D-Lighting
Small Pic
- Exposure Compensation
± 2 EV in steps of 1/3
- Exposure Lock
Yes
- White Balance
Auto
Manual
Manual
- Shutter
Mechanical and charge-coupled electronic shutter
- Shutter Speed
1/1000-1 sec. (when ISO sensitivity set to Auto)
1/4000-1/60 sec. (sport continous mode)
4 sec. (when scene mode is set to Fireworks show)
1/4000-1/60 sec. (sport continous mode)
4 sec. (when scene mode is set to Fireworks show)
- Top Continuous Shooting Speed at full resolution
Up to 19 shots at approx. 0.7 frames per second
- Continuous Shooting Options
Continuous
- Self-timer
Can be selected from 10 and 2 seconds duration
- Built-in flash Range (approx.) (ISO sensitivity: Auto)
[W]: 0.5 to 6.0 m (1ft. 8 in. to 19 ft.)
[T]: 1.5 to 3.0m (5 ft. to 9 ft.10 in.)
[T]: 1.5 to 3.0m (5 ft. to 9 ft.10 in.)
- Built-in Flash Control
TTL auto flash with monitor preflashes
- Interface
Hi-speed USB
- Interface Data transfer protocol
MTP
PTP
PTP
- Video Output
NTSC
PAL
PAL
- HDMI Output
480p
720p
1080i
720p
1080i
- I/O terminal
Audio/video (A/V) output
DC input connector
Digital I/O (USB)
HDMI Mini Connector (HDMI output)
DC input connector
Digital I/O (USB)
HDMI Mini Connector (HDMI output)
- Supported Languages
Arabic
Czech
Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portugese
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukranian
Czech
Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portugese
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukranian
- Power Sources
4 AA-size batteries
- Battery / Batteries
AA (Alkaline, NiMH, Oxyride or Lithium)
Four rechargeable EN-MH2 NiMH batteries(optional)
Four rechargeable EN-MH2 NiMH batteries(optional)
- Battery Life (shots per charge)
AA Alkaline: 330shots
AA Lithium: 890shots
EN-MH2: 520shots
AA Lithium: 890shots
EN-MH2: 520shots
- Tripod Socket
¼ (ISO 1222)
- Approx. Dimensions
Height: 3.1 in. (76.5mm)
Width: 4.4 in. (109.9mm)
Depth: 3.1 in. (78.4mm)
Excluding projections. Method of noting dimensions and weight is in accordance with CIPA DCG-005-2009 guideline.
Width: 4.4 in. (109.9mm)
Depth: 3.1 in. (78.4mm)
Excluding projections. Method of noting dimensions and weight is in accordance with CIPA DCG-005-2009 guideline.
- Approx. Weight
15.3 oz. (431g)
with battery and SD memory card. Method of noting dimensions and weight is in accordance with CIPA DCG-005-2009 guideline.
with battery and SD memory card. Method of noting dimensions and weight is in accordance with CIPA DCG-005-2009 guideline.
- Supplied Accessories
- Camera Strap AN-CP22
- Four LR6/L40 (AA-size) alkaline batteries
- UC-E6 USB Cable
- Audio Video Cable EG-CP16
- Nikon ViewNX 2 Software CD
- Lens Cap LC-CP22
