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the Nikon Coolpix a is nikons first aps-c compact follows Fujifilm and Leica into that odd pricing limbo between a thousand and thirteen hundred dollars while more people are buying enthusiast compacts they're not so enthusiastic about the price range fujifilm unlike a both offer a rangefinder like shooting experience for the extra money but Nikon instead delivers great photo quality in a well-built compact body that's more like a point-and-shoot than most enthusiast compacts though it has a fixed focal length 28 millimeter lens it extends and contracts like a zoom that enables it to have a built-in lens cover which is a nice change from the other models and they're extraneous lens caps it also slows the camera down a bit though the old metal body is nice and has a substantial feel with a reasonable grip aside from the two user setting slots on the mode dial and a separate adjustment dial plus the two programmable buttons the rest of the camera operates like a typical point-and-shoot the control dial seems underutilized with no way to program the navigation buttons for direct access controls as you'd expect it has a manual focus ring and it has a pretty nice feel there's a magnification window for focus assist but no peeking like on the x100s performance is mixed it has great shot to shot speed and fast continuous shooting but the autofocus system and lens are a little sluggish just like the rest of its competitors battery life is even more disappointing though the real strength of the camera is the photo quality thanks to a nice sensor and lens photos come out sharp metering and exposure systems are consistent and the colors are accurate and pleasing I like the camera it produces great photos but it lacks the extra Genesis a quad that I expect to justify a price tag over $1000 and if you're not a pixel peeper you may not think it's worth a few hundred more than something like the Sony rx100 I'm Lori grinnin and this is the Nikon Coolpix today