Nikon launches Coolpix P5100, S51c, L15 and friends

By Rich Trenholm on 17 September 2007, 4:42pm

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There isn't much to choose between the three new additions to the budget 'life' section of the range. The three new Ls look pretty similar, are all cheap as chips and are all a little light on features.

At the bottom of the range is the L11 (pictured left). A decidedly frill-free 6-megapixel snapper with 3x zoom and a dwarfish 61mm (2.4-inch) LCD screen. It uses AA batteries and will hit ISO 800. If that sounds appealing, start saving up your paper-round money, as it's available now for £90 asking price.

We're up to 7.1 megapixels and ISO 1,000 with the L14 (pictured middle). It still has the 3x zoom and 61mm screen, but the unique selling point is battery life. Nikon claims you'll get 1,000 shots out of a single pair of AA batteries. That's a shedload of pictures, and all for around £120. Blue or silver flavours are available.

Things really start to get serious with the L15 (pictured right). You get a far more respectable 8 megapixels and 71mm (2.8-inch) screen. Impressively, optical image stabilisation is built in, adjusting the lens for those post-party jittery hands. This makes the L15 the most attractive of the L range. Pay up around £130 and choose from from silver or black.