
<p>Too much control isn't always a good thing. Sometimes you want a camera that enables you to just pick it up and start shooting, and that's exactly what the Nikon Coolpix L620, with 14x optical zoom, is aimed. You just have to trust it and enjoy the ride.</p><p>In this ample zoom compact you're getting a lot for the modest price, including an 18.1-megapixel sensor. But it's the wide-ranging zoom alone makes this camera tempting, able to deliver from a wide-angle 25mm for those open landscapes through to a 350mm equivalent for those far-away subjects.</p><p>But is the L620 an enjoyable ride or does it come up short where it matters?Zoom lens</p><p>Despite the equivalent 25 to 350mm zoom, the maximum available aperture - that controls how much light can enter the camera - stands at a fairly standard f/3.3 at the wide end, and drops down to f/5.9 at the full extent of the zoom. That's pretty good, but nothing special.</p><p><a href="http://www.pocket-lint.com/review/124010-nikon-coolpix-l620-review">Keep reading...</a></p>