About the Nikon Coolpix L840
Zoom way in
The Nikon Coolpix L840 features an impressive 38X optical zoom.
Zoom way in
With the Nikon Coolpix L840 in your bag, you'll be able to shoot distant subjects as if they were a few feet away. The camera's 38X optical zoom lens offers extended range, making it a great all-purpose camera for family get-togethers, vacations, and everyday shooting. The wide-angle lens is perfect for shooting landscapes or large group shots.
Share photos and videos wirelessly
The Coolpix 840 is equipped with Wi-Fi and NFC touch pairing, so you can wirelessly upload photos and videos to social media. Nikon snapbridge technology simplifies sharing to mobile devices, so you can make quick transfers on the go.
Shoot from the hip or above your head
Shooting from low angles introduces a unique perspective into your photography. With the Coolpix L840, you won't have to lay down on the ground to frame low-angle shots. The 3-inch LCD monitor pulls out and tilts up and down, so you can hold the camera down low and still line up your shot accurately. It's also great for holding the camera above your head when you're in a crowd, so you can get great close-up shots of the band at a concert or HD video of your child in the school play.
Highlights:
Specifications:
- 16.0-megapixel CMOS sensor
- 38X optical zoom (76X Dynamic Fine Zoom)
- built-in Wi-Fi® and Near Field Communication (NFC) touch pairing
- 3" tilting high-resolution LCD screen (921,000 dots)
- records photos and video onto optional SD, SDHC, or SDXC memory cards
- 35mm equivalent focal length: 22.5-855mm
- Nikon snapbridge app helps make wireless photo sharing from remote locations easier
- scene auto selector automatically optimizes camera settings for your shooting environment
- Best Shot Selector snaps several quick shots with a single press of the shutter button, so you can choose the best photo
- optical image stabilization with vibration reduction minimizes blur from shaky hands
- high-definition movie mode (up to 1080p resolution) with stereo sound
- Subject Tracking autofocus helps you stay locked on subjects as they move
- face priority autofocus, red-eye fix and Glamour Retouch for improved portraits
- 19 scene modes include Back Light, Easy Panorama, and Sunset
- built-in flash
Connections and Dimensions:
- micro HDMI output (cable not included)
- high-speed USB interface
- 1/4" threaded tripod mount
- 4-1/2"W x 3-1/16"H x 3-13/16"D
- weight: 19 ounces
- warranty: 1 year
Supplied Accessories:
- 4 "AA" batteries
- neck strap
- lens cap
- USB cable
- MFR # 26485
What's in the box:
Nikon Coolpix L840 owner's manual
- Digital camera (black)
- LC-CP31 Lens cap
- Lens cap string
- 4 "AA" alkaline batteries
- Neck strap
- 2' UC-E16 USB cable
- Quick Start Guide (Eng/Fren/Span)
- Warranty Programs card
- Notes About Inserting a Plug
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Features & specs
General | ||
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LCD Screen Size | 3" | |
Adjustable-angle LCD | Yes | |
Wi-Fi | Built-in | |
Touchscreen | No | |
Waterproof | No | |
GPS-enabled | No | |
Lens 35mm Equivalent | 22.5-855mm | |
Optical Zoom | 38x | |
Digital Zoom | 4x | |
Filter Diameter | N/A | |
Manual Focusing | Yes | |
Manual Exposure | No | |
Built-in Flash | Yes | |
HDMI Output | Micro | |
Memory | ||
Internal Memory | 20MB | |
Memory Stick | No | |
CFexpress Cards | No | |
CompactFlash Cards | No | |
SD Cards | SD, SDHC, SDXC | |
XQD Cards | No | |
Image | ||
Sensor Size | 1/2.3" CMOS | |
Megapixels | 16 | |
Image Stabilization | Optical | |
Highest Resolution | 4608 x 3456 | |
4K Video | No | |
Video Resolution | 1920 x 1080 | |
Dimensions | ||
Width (inches) | 4-1/2 | |
Height (inches) | 3-1/8 | |
Depth (inches) | 3-13/16 | |
Weight With Battery (ounces) | 19 | |
Warranty | ||
Parts Warranty | 1 Year | |
Labor Warranty | 1 Year |
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Features
Play, Edit and Print Functions
Battery Information
Inputs and Outputs Notes
Downloadable Software
Recording Features
LCD Monitor: The Nikon Coolpix L840 has a 3" TFT LCD monitor featuring approximately 921,000 dots, an anti-reflection coating, and a 5-level brightness adjustment. The angle of the LCD monitor can be lowered down to approximately 85° or raised upward to about 90° to allow you to take photos at high or low angles. The LCD monitor has approximately 99% horizontal and vertical coverage in the shooting and playback mode. There is no separate viewfinder on the camera.
Image Sensor: The Coolpix L840 features a 1/2.3" CMOS image sensor with a total pixel count of approximately 16.76-million pixels. The effective pixel count is 16.0-million.
Optics: The Coolpix L840 digital camera uses a Nikkor ED glass zoom lens for superb image quality. Every aspect of the lens manufacturing process is controlled by Nikon. The Nikkor lens is designed for the specific camera and image sensor combination. The Coolpix L840 uses a 38x optical zoom, that is equivalent to a 22.5-855mm lens in 35mm photography. Coupled with the 4x digital zoom, the camera's total zoom capability is 136x. The angle of view is equivalent to that of approximately 3420mm lens (35mm format).
Vibration Reduction (VR) Image Stabilization: The Coolpix L840's Vibration Reduction (VR) Stabilization System effectively corrects blur that commonly occurs when shooting at slow shutter speeds or when zoomed in. The camera utilizes a combination of lens-shift and electronic vibration reduction technology to reduce the effect of camera shake when recording.
Built-in Memory: The camera has a built-in 20 MB internal memory for storing still images and movies with sound. Images will be saved to the internal memory when no memory card is inserted.
Recording Media: In addition to the built-in memory, images can be recorded onto SD, SDHC, or SDXC Memory cards. When an SD Memory card is inserted in the camera, the images are automatically recorded onto the card. The camera can support SD cards up to 2 GB, SDHC cards from 4 GB to 32 GB, and SDXC cards of 64 GB or 128 GB. Memory cards with a Speed Class rating of 6 or faster are recommended for recording movies.
Image Sizes: The Coolpix L840 records still images in JPEG format, as well as High Definition and Standard Definition movies in MOV format (Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; Audio: LPCM stereo). You have a choice of the following still image and movie options:
- Still Images:
- 16M: 4608 x 3456 High Quality 1:4 compression ratio
- 16M: 4608 x 3456 Standard Quality 1:8 compression ratio
- 8M: 3264 x 2448
- 4M: 2272 x 1704
- 2M: 1600 x 1200
- VGA: 640 x 480
- 16:9 12M: 4608 x 2592
- 1:1: 3456 x 3456
- Movies:
- 1080/30p: 1920 x 1080 High Quality
- 1080/60i: 1920 x 1080 Standard Quality
- 720/30p: 1280 x 720
- 480/30p: 640 x 480
- HS Movies:
- HS 480/4x: 1/4x speed playback (record up to 15 sec; playback 60 sec)
- HS 1080/0.5x: 2x speed playback (record up to 2 min; playback 1 min)
Built-in Wi-Fi: The Coolpix L840 has built-in Wi-Fi, which allows you to connect the camera with your smartphone or tablet. The camera's built-in NFC (Near-Field Communications) functionality allows you to wirelessly connect with compatible Android devices (running version 4.0 or later) by simply touching the device on the camera's "N" logo (located on the left edge). Through the wireless connection, you can automatically load photos and videos to your device as you take them, use your smart device to remotely take photos on the camera, or download existing pictures from the camera's memory card to your device. Once you have downloaded images to your smartphone, you can share them via email, texts, or social networking sites.
Shooting Modes: You can choose one of the following shooting modes:
- Scene Auto Selector: The camera automatically determines an appropriate shooting mode when you frame a picture, allowing you to easily take pictures with a shooting mode that suits the scene. Scenes include: Portrait (close-up), Portrait (large group), Landscape, Night Portrait (close-up), Night Portrait (large group), Night Landscape, Close-up, Backlighting (subjects other than humans), Backlighting (portraits), and Other Scenes.
- Scene Mode: You can manually select a scene mode with settings optimized for the shooting situation: Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night Portrait, Party/Indoor, Beach, Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night Landscape, Close Up, Food, Fireworks Show, Backlighting, Easy Panorama, Pet Portrait, Moon, and Bird Watching.
- Special Effects Mode: Effects can be applied to images when shooting. You can choose from the following special effects: Soft, Nostalgic Sepia, High-contrast monochrome, Selective Color, Pop, Cross Process, Toy Camera Effect 1 & 2, and Mirror.
- Smart Portrait: Using face priority to recognize human faces, the shutter is automatically released when a smile is detected. A skin softening option can smooth the skin tones in human faces.
- Short Movie Show: The camera creates a short movie up to 30 seconds long by recording and automatically combining multiple movie clips that are several seconds long.
- Auto Mode: A mode used for general shooting, Auto Mode lets you apply the macro mode and exposure compensation when shooting pictures. You can choose a flash mode and activate the self-timer.
Continuous Shooting: You can set the camera to take one picture at a time or multiple images by selecting one of the following options:
- Single: The camera records one picture each time the shutter release button is pressed.
- Continuous H: While the shutter-release button is held down, up to 7 pictures are taken at a rate of about 7.4 frames per second (fps) when image mode is set to 16M (4608 x 3456).
- Continuous L: While the shutter-release button is held down, up to 7 pictures are taken at a rate of about 2 frames per second (fps) when image mode is set to 16M (4608 x 3456).
- Pre-shooting Cache: When the shutter-release is pressed halfway, pre-shooting cache recording begins. When the button is pressed, the camera saves the current image as well as the images (up to 4) captured immediately before. The maximum number of images shot is 25, at a rate of about 15 fps. (Image is fixed at 2M 1600 x 1200).
- Continuous H 120 fps: Up to 50 frames are captured at a speed of about 120 fps. (Image size is VGA 640 x 480)
- Continuous H 60 fps: Up to 25 frames are captured at a speed of about 60 fps. (Image size is 1M 1280 x 960)
Self-timer: The camera is equipped with a 10-second timer for self-portraits, or a 2-second timer for preventing camera shake caused by pressing the shutter release.
Focus Area Selection: You can select between the following Focus Area Selection methods to determine where the camera focuses:
- Face Detection: When the camera recognizes a face (front view only), the camera will focus on the face automatically. The camera can recognize up to 12 faces depending on shooting and exposure mode.
- Center: The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame.
Macro Mode: Macro mode is used for taking pictures of objects as close as 0.4". The flash may be unable to light entire subject at distances of less than 1 feet 8 inches.
Focus Lock: The Focus Lock feature is used to focus on off-centered subjects in the frame while shooting in Center AF mode.
Blink Warning Function: The Blink Warning function is available when you are shooting in Easy Auto, Portrait, or Night Portrait mode. When the camera detects that one or more human subjects may have blinked, the blink warning screen is displayed. The subject is framed by a yellow border, allowing you to check the picture and decide whether or not to take another picture.
Exposure Compensation: You can alter the exposure from the value suggested by the camera, making pictures brighter or darker. You can adjust the exposure from -2.0 to +2.0 EV in 1/3 steps.
ISO Settings: Sensitivity is the measure of how quickly the camera reacts to light. The higher the sensitivity, the less light needed to make an exposure. The camera features ISO settings of Auto, 125, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, and 6400. The fixed range auto setting will select a setting within the range of ISO 125-400 or ISO 125-800.
White Balance: You can set the White Balance to Auto, Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy, or Flash. You can also choose Preset Manual and use a neutral-colored object as a reference to set the white balance under unusual lighting conditions.
Built-in Flash: The Coolpix L840 has a built-in Speedlite flash with a range of 1'-8" to 22' (Wide angle) and 11' (Telephoto). You can choose from the following flash modes:
- Auto: Flash fires automatically when lighting is poor.
- Auto with Red-eye Reduction: Pre-flash fires before main flash to reduce red-eye effect.
- Flash Off: Flash will not fire, even when lighting is poor.
- Fill Flash: Flash will fire whenever a picture is taken.
- Slow Sync: Auto flash combined with slow shutter speeds.
Red-Eye Correction: If the camera detects red-eye after the pre-flash has fired, advanced red-eye reduction processing is used to further reduce red-eye, slightly increasing the time required before the next picture can be taken.
Play, Edit and Print Functions
Playback Menu: The following options are available in the playback mode:
- Mark for Wi-Fi Upload: You can select images in the camera that you want to transfer to a smart device in advance before transferring them.
- Quick Retouch: You can compare the original photo side-by-side with one with enhanced contrast and saturation, then save the one you like best.
- D-Lighting: D-Lighting can be used to brighten dark or backlit subjects. While playing back an image, you can select the D-Lighting function, apply it, and save the corrected image without harming the properly exposed areas of the image.
- Red-eye Correction: Corrects the red-eye effect that appears in the eyes when shooting the flash.
- Glamour Retouch: The camera allows you to select a face in a photograph for retouching. Edits you can make include: small face, skin softening, foundation makeup, glare reduction, hide eye-bags, big eyes, whiten eyes, eye shadow, mascara, whiten teeth, lipstick, and redden cheeks.
- Slide Show: View pictures in the internal memory or on the memory card in an automatic slide show. If desired, you can loop the slideshow so it will continuously play. Maximum slide show duration is 30 minutes without operation.
- Protect: You can select images that you want to protect from accidental deletion. Even protected images can be erased if the camera's internal memory or memory card are formatted.
- Rotate Image: Recorded pictures can be rotated 90-degrees clockwise or counter-clockwise on the unit's LCD screen.
- Small Picture: You can create a small copy of a recorded image. The copy will be stored as a JPEG file with a compression ratio of 1:8. You can choose from the following sizes: 640 x 480 (suited to television playback), 320 x 240 (suited to display on web pages), or 160 x 120 (suitable for email attachments).
- Copy: Images can be copied between a memory card and the internal memory.
- Sequence Display Options: If photos have been taken as part of a sequence, you can choose to display only the key picture, or display each image in the sequence individually.
Thumbnail Playback: During playback, you can view multiple thumbnail images (4, 9, or 16) at a time. While these "contact sheets" are displayed, you can use the multi-selector to highlight individual pictures. Highlighted pictures can be deleted, if desired.
Calendar Display: This feature displays a calendar allowing you to select and view pictures taken on the same date.
Playback Zoom: During playback, you can enlarge a still image up to 10x. Once the image is zoomed, you can use the multi-selector to scroll around to non-visible portions of the image. You can record a new picture of the cropped image by pressing the shutter button.
Multi-Language Menu: You can choose from 36 different menu display languages including English, Spanish and French.
Battery Information
Power Requirements: The Coolpix L840 is powered by four "AA" batteries. You can use alkaline (supplied) or lithium non-rechargeable batteries, or Nickel-Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) rechargeables. For best performance, you should use the camera's setup menu to indicate the type of batteries being used. The approximate battery life for each type of battery is as follows:
Battery Type | Still Images | Movies |
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Alkaline (supplied) | 590 shots | 1 hr 35 min |
Lithium | 1240 shots | 4 hrs 30 min |
Ni-MH (Nikon EN-MH2) | 740 shots | 2 hrs 30 min |
Auto Off: When the camera is operated on battery power, the Auto Off mode will automatically turn off the monitor to reduce the drain on the batteries if no operations are performed for the length of time specified in the Auto Off menu. The time limit for the Auto Off mode can be set to 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes or 30 minutes.
Inputs and Outputs Notes
HDMI: The Coolpix L840 is equipped with a micro-HDMI (Type D) output, allowing you to connect the camera to an HDTV. An optional micro-HDMI-to-HDMI cable is required. The camera's HDMI output can be set to Auto, 480p, 720p or 1080i.
USB/Audio-Video Output: The camera features a single proprietary jack on the side of the camera for connecting the supplied USB cable (UC-E16) or the optional AV cable (EG-CP16). This one output allows you to download your photos to your computer or a PictBridge-compatible printer via USB using the supplied USB cable, or view your photos on a TV using an optional AV cable. The USB interface is USB 2.0 Hi-Speed compatible. The video output is NTSC or PAL compatible.
Downloadable Software
ViewNX 2: The Coolpix L840 does not include software for organizing your photos. Nikon's ViewNX 2 software can be downloaded from the Nikon website:
- ViewNX 2: The software includes the following
applications:
- Nikon Transfer 2: to transfer pictures from the camera to the computer
- ViewNX 2: for viewing your images and movies on the computer
System Requirements: The ViewNX 2 software will work with the following operating systems:
- Windows: Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 (SP1), Windows Vista (SP2)
- Mac: OS X 10.8.5, 10.9.5, 10.10.1
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The Canon L840 has everything a camera/photo enthusiast wants. WiFi enabled. 38 times zoom. Full range of shooting options. And with the WMU app on your phone and a tripod, you can take pix with your L840 controlled by your phone! Remotely!
Dennisi from California