Nikon Coolpix S600

Résumé : The brand-new Coolpix S600 is another strong contender. The lens zooms back to 28mm, making it not quite as useful for wide-angle photography as the Lumix. But in my tests the S600 produced excellent images: crisp and detailed, with vivid colour. I ...

Résumé : The Nikon Coolpix S600 is a capable and speedy basic point-and-shooter, but at $300, it should offer more than a bare-bones feature set and so-so performance.

Points forts : Slim body. Lightning-fast boot-up time. Variety of useful in-camera editing options.

Points faibles : Expensive. Limited feature set. Long lag time between shots. Daylight shots slightly muted. Significant barrel distortion. Mediocre face-detection performance.

Conclusion : The Nikon Coolpix S600 is a capable and speedy basic point-and-shooter. But at $300, it should offer more than a bare-bones feature set and so-so performance.

Résumé : One of Nikon's higher-end compacts, the S600 isn't lacking in specifications. It's go

Conclusion : But while the specifications are bang on the money, the S600 doesn't feel as expensive as it should. Even though the casing is metal it still manages to feel a bit insubstantial and cheap. The menu scroll wheel on the back is a bit loose and wobbly ...

Résumé : The 10-megapixel Nikon Coolpix S600 features a 4x optical zoom, Vibration Reduction and advanced Face Detection technology.

Points forts : Image quality, compact size

Points faibles : Plasticky buttons, poor LCD, slow in use

Conclusion : A decent compact let down in-use. Better options are around.

Résumé : The Nikon Coolpix S600 is a 10 megapixel digital camera with a 4x, wide angle zoom lens. It has impressive start up and shutter delay times. The Coolpix S600 is small enough to fit in a pocket and like other Nikon cameras it is easy to use

Points forts : Ease of use - wide angle lens - shutter lag times - camera start up time

Points faibles : Picture quality

Conclusion : Despite a number of good points such as start up time, ease of use and shutter lag times I felt this camera did not hit the spot when it came to picture quality.