Nikon Coolpix S600 10MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Zoom with Vibration Reduction
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend 4x Wide Angle Optical Zoom / 2.7" Wide LCD / ISO to 3200 / Image Stabilization / SD SDHC Memory Card Support / ElectronicFlash 2.7-inch high-resolution LCD monitor with anti-reflection coating Active Child mode for automatic tracking and focusing on a subject Pastel mode for soft, impressionistic images Three Unique Nikon Image Innovations for high performance - Face-priority AF, In-Camera Red-Eye Fix and D-Lighting 45MB Internal Memory / Accepts SD or SDHC Memory Cards… Product details and pricing info |
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43 Customer Reviews Posted
- Great pictures, compact size
- Just returned from a second vacation and had the opportunity to test the Scene mode in a variety of situations. Works great, especially the back light and the museum modes. Flash and red eye work great at providing wonderful natural colors. Compact size works great for slipping camera into pocket and taking on the go.
- 2008-08-23, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Excellent pocket-sized camera you can take with you everyday!
- There are so many things that I like about this camera:
-small size. I didn't realize that it's smaller than the Sony W series of which I have owned a few. The Sony's are great, but the NIkon S600 is better if you want the smallest form factor with the best image quality. I also owned the Sony T200 and now I realized that Sony calling it ultra-slim is quite a joke since it really is bigger than the Nikon S cameras.
-Great image quality. I love the quality of the photos this little camera takes. I love vivid colors and I use the vivid settings all the time, and it gives me the right amount of color saturation and contrast to make my pics pop! The sharpness is also excellent.
-Great lens. The wide angle lens in this camera has excellent sharpness, consistently sharp from edge to edge, something you would expect from Nikon.
-Fast startup and autofocus times. I think this is as good as most other cameras, if not better.
There are some minor annoyances. The video, while quite excellent, loses sound a second before the video ends. This was true of the Nikon S510 which I formerly owned. I was hoping Nikon would have fixed it by now. I also wished you can go from viewing images to taking photos by half-pressing the shutter button like in other cameras like Sony and Canon, but no such luck. You have to press the play button to go from view mode to shooting mode.
While other brands give you more options for image parameters especially in the canons, bottom line for me is the excellent image quality and fast startup and autofocus performance of this camera. If you want the smallest form factor with the best image quality, then the Nikon Coolpix S600 is it! - 2008-08-20, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Impressive little point and shoot
- This camera offers great bang for the buck. The shots you can take with it are absolutely fine - my wife is a pro photographer and loves this thing. You can carry it anywhere, take great photos, and then print them up nice and big without losing any quality.
If you are in the market for a relatively inexpensive point and shoot you should definitely add this camera to you list. I highly doubt you will be disappointed. - 2008-08-19, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Nikon S600
- MADE IN CHINA! Fast start up, but SLOW shutter. Small size, very pocketable. I have a Canon 790 IS, 3 inch lcd, out performs this S600 by leaps in all respects, and is made in Japan. Also, the S600 battery charger is cheapo corded unit, most up to date chargers are directly pluggable to hang on an outlet.
UPDATE: 8/19/08: No problems, battery life is reasonable. Really like the way the S600 crops, best yet! Simply select pic, zoom to larger size, select area to crop, press select button. VOILA! It re-records. This is one of the reasons that a high mega pixel camera is at an advantage. Wish that AMZ would stock the EN-EL10 battery as a "free ship" item, "Sellers" want S&H that is a 'lil steep. So far no regrets on buying this camera, would reccomend it as a nice P&S for the price on AMZ. - 2008-07-31, 3 of 11 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Fairly good product
- Fairly good product for the price.
Pros: Super fast start up. Intuitive interface. Beautiful outlook.
Cons: not so good auto white balance (but manual works well). Noisy at high ISO (but 200 is fairly good).
Bottom line: nice point-and-shoot small, handy camera. Recommended for shooting daily family photos. - 2008-07-24, 0 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
