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Is the Nikon L120 good for Sports Photography?

Nikon Coolpix L120
$49.79

Nikon L120 Sports Photography Score

POOR
Nikon L120 has a score of 20 for Sports Photography which makes it a POOR candidate for this type of photography. If Sports Photography is important for you, we strongly recommend you to consider the Alternative cameras listed at the bottom of this page.
Read our detailed Nikon L120 Review

Nikon L120 Sports Photography Detailed Analysis
Fast Max shutter speed: 1/4000s
Nikon L120's 1/4000s shutter speed is fast enough to freeze any almost all sports action and is also helpful when you use a fast lens at largest aperture under bright sunlight.
Image Stabilization
Image stabilization reduces the effects of camera shake at long focal lengths thus ensuring sharper photos during sports photography.
525 mm Tele Lens
525 mm reach lens will be adequate in most sports events.
Slow Continuous Shooting: 1.0fps
In the world of sports photography, faster is always better.
Environmental Sealings
Most outdoor sports games are held in all-weather, so your camera has to be ready for difficult conditions such as rain and snow. Exposure to dust and water splashes are also very common in sports.
9 Focus Points
In sports photography , you keep continuous autofocus (AFC) mode on for tracking the subject and more focus means better tracking.
Not so good Ergonomics&Handling
Nikon L120\s compact body is not very ideal for sports photography as it lacks the external dials and knobs to change the camera settings fast and the ergonomics doesn't help you to have the most stable shooting position.
No Manual Exposure Mode
Even though modern digital cameras features advanced algorithms to calculate the right exposure, they still may fail some difficult conditions. Lack of manual exposure mode in these conditions means lot of shadow and highlight clipping.
No Manual Focus Mode
Compact cameras are not great at focusing moving objects especially at low light and your camera may not even fire bacause of not locking the focus, so manual focus mode is very useful at these times.
No Built-in Viewfinder
In the lack of a a viewfinder, holding the camera away from the body while using live view is not very stable, especial with heavy camera bodies and lenses. Besides, LCD screens are very hard to read under bright sunlight.
No External Flash Shoe
When shooting indoor sports or outdoor sports at low light, an external flash may become very helpful.
Slow Lens at Tele: f5.80
You will have hard time getting fast enough shutter speeds with a lens that is slow at tele.
No RAW shooting capability
RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.

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Nikon L120 Alternatives in Compact cameras for Sports Photography

Panasonic ZS60

Compare L120 vs ZS60

18 MP | 1/2.3-inch CMOS Sensor
24-720 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #271
Rank in Compact Cameras: #6

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS60
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 93
Overall Score
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Casio EX-100

Compare L120 vs EX-100

12 MP | 1/1.7-inch CMOS Sensor
28-300 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #304
Rank in Compact Cameras: #9

Casio Exilim EX-100
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability
Overall Score
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Fujifilm X30

Compare L120 vs X30

12 MP | 2/3-inch CMOS X-TRANS II Sensor
28-112 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #234
Rank in Compact Cameras: #2

Fujifilm X30
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Canon G16

Compare L120 vs G16

12 MP | 1/1.7-inch BSI-CMOS Sensor
28-140 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #274
Rank in Compact Cameras: #7

Canon PowerShot G16
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 90
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Nikon P7800

Compare L120 vs P7800

12 MP | 1/1.7-inch BSI-CMOS Sensor
28-200 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #222
Rank in Compact Cameras: #1

Nikon Coolpix P7800
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Overall Score
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