Nikon COOLPIX S600 - Digital Camera Review
August 3rd, 2008 at 08:42pm Under Nikon
In Brief
Overall assessment
Design 10 / 10
Quality finishes 9 / 10
Wealth features 8 / 10
Access usage 9 / 10
Quality image 9 / 10
Autonomy battery 8 / 10
Value for price 8 / 10
Overall assessment 8 / 10
Pro: Sensor from 10 mp; Internal Memory discreet; Stabilizer d; Display 2.7 inches
Conclusion: The Nikon COOLPIX S600 is a compact camera of good quality that stands out, especially for a body ultrapiatto and engaging, the image stabilizer, the various technologies COOLPIX, high sensitivity and a discrete memory. The battery life is good though not exceptional.
Design
The compact digital camera Nikon COOLPIX S600 offers an attractive body, with steel body and available in colors silver and black urban titanium. As for size, are particularly low, especially with regard to the thickness of only 22.5 mm. The other dimensions are 88.5 mm wide and 53 mm in height. The weight is 130 grams without battery and card The display is a TFT LCD by 2.7 inches and has a resolution of 230,000 pixels.
Features and functionality
The Nikon COOLPIX S600 is a compact digital camera made by the producers in January this year which went to place immediately to the top of the series S. Heir to the Nikon Coolpix S550, is renewed in design and with different trick that make it a camera suitable for all occasions.
Starting from the technical specifications, the camera uses a sensor-type CCD image size 1 / 2, 33 inches and with a total resolution of 10.34 and effective megapixels of 10 megapixels. It is, therefore, a good resolution but not very high if we consider the standards of today, still photos can up to 3648×2736 pixels, but you can choose different resolutions.
Turning then all’ottica mounted, the objective is a Nikkor composed of 7 elements in 6 groups and has a focal length of 5,0-20 mm, equivalent to 28-112 mm in 35 mm format tradition, and a ‘ maximum aperture of f2.7-f5.8. To resume also subject in the distance, the Nikon COOLPIX S600 is equipped with a 4x optical zoom that, combined with 4x digital zoom also guarantees a maximum capacity of 16 magnification.
Many are also the functions offered by this camera, from the image stabilizer VR (Vibration Reduction) to be present on almost all models of compact and SLR of this producer, and that proves to be ideal for the user to the first arms, because it compensates the movements of the machine, due to a poor hand or a fast-moving subject, reducing the risk of obtaining photos moves.
Other functions of Nikon COOLPIX S600 include a sensitivity to light up to ISO 3200, can reduce the risk of photos moves in the event of subjects fast-moving, the way children active, to take pictures with children and animals when run and 14 mode the scene.
Also on this camera are also all the innovative features designed by Nikon, as the priority on the face AF, which detects and focuses on the faces of perfectly placed subject, the D-Lighting function, which corrects the underexposed pictures increasing the brightness and details and function Auto red eye.
As for the Nikon COOLPIX S600 is equipped with a rechargeable lithium battery that provides up to 190 shots with a charger, while the internal memory is about 45 MB, qundi definitely above average, further expandable through Secure Digital cards. The package includes the purchase charger, a USB cable for connecting to your PC, the cable A / V for connecting to your TV, the strap and the manual.
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