Introduced in 2003 by the Nikon Company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan but most of the manufacturing of the Coolpix line is done in Taiwan. The Coolpix 2100 has One-button functions for simple operation while being Stylish and compact with a lightweight design. Some of the features are 14 [SCENE] Modes, including Scene Assistance function (works with 4 Scene Modes) for better-looking pictures, Macro shooting as close as 4cm (1.6 in.), Four Movie modes (TV movie [640], Small movie [320], B/W clip [320], Sepia clip [320]), Date imprint function automatically prints the date on the picture as it's taken, Photo trim function allows you to crop the original image and save the portion you want, Small Picture function creates smaller size image data for easy e-mailing, [TRANSFER] button for one-touch upload of image data to a computer, Quick startup plus autofocus, 1.5-in., 75,000-dot TFT LCD with brightness adjustment, 2.11MP Effective pixels, 3X Zoom-Nikkor (35mm format equivalent to 36-108mm) f/2.6-4.7, 4x digital zoom, Image sizes of [High] (1600*), [Normal] (1600), [PC Screen] (1024), [TV Screen] (640), Focus range of 30cm (1ft.) to infinity, 4cm (1.6 in.) to infinity in Macro mode, CompactFlash™ Card Type I slot, and a ¼ inch 20 thread tripod socket. The camera also has a built in flash with Flash modes of Auto, Flash Cancel (off), Red-Eye Reduction, Anytime Flash (fill-flash). The camera has approximately 120 minute play time with an EN-MH1 battery when using LCD monitor. The frames are saved in compressed JPEG and QuickTime (movies) formats.