Nikon's 2001 3MP enthusiast compact — 1/1.8" CCD, 38-114mm equiv 3x zoom, CompactFlash, EN-EL1 or 2CR5 power.
The Nikon Coolpix 885 was a 3-megapixel compact announced in August 2001, a smaller, simpler companion to the swivel-bodied Coolpix 995 in Nikon's early digital range. It replaced the Coolpix 880 and sold in black or silver, pitched at photographers who wanted serious Nikon image quality in a conventional body.
It builds a 3.2-megapixel 1/1.8-inch CCD into a body with a 3x Zoom-Nikkor equivalent to 38-114mm. Maximum output is 2048x1536 in JPEG or uncompressed TIFF, framed on a 1.5-inch 110,000-dot LCD or through the optical finder. Images store to CompactFlash, and power comes from a 2CR5 lithium cell or Nikon's rechargeable EN-EL1 battery, rated for roughly 120 shots per charge.
Unlike the point-and-shoots that followed, the 885 offered real photographic control for its day, including scene modes plus manual override options, making it a credible enthusiast's pocket camera in 2001. Today it draws early-digicam collectors; the large-for-class CCD produces pleasing colour at base ISO, but everything about it — buffer, screen, autofocus — is slow by later standards.
Power is the first used-buying question: the EN-EL1 is long discontinued, though third-party cells and chargers are still made, and disposable 2CR5 lithiums work in a pinch. It takes CompactFlash, so factor in a card and reader. Check for sticky shutter buttons, CF slot pin damage, LCD delamination and flash capacitor health — many have sat unused for two decades.