Nikon Coolpix S50 7.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Vibration Reduction Zoom (Black) by Nikon
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Digital camera reviews of Nikon Coolpix S50 7.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Vibration Reduction Zoom (Black)
Digital camera Review: Great little camera
Summary: 4 Stars
This camera is small enough that I take it with me and use it (unlike my larger digital SLR). It has plenty of megapixels and preset shooting programs. It took a little getting used to using the 3 inch display rather than an optical view finder, however it works well for both taking and reviewing pictures.Digital camera Review: DO NOT PURCHASE!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this camera about 3 weeks ago, and have used it a total of about 4 times. It might take great photos, but after only a few uses, I discovered an internal error in my camera. Much to my surprise, I thought by paying more money for a camera, it would be of better quality--but truth be told, it was not. The camera started malfunctioning by automatically shutting off after a picture was taken--ON A CHARGED BATTERY, and then it would randomly turn on and shoot pictures like it was possessed. I'm returning it tomorrowDigital camera Review: Good camera if you can avoid the white spots!
Summary: 3 Stars
I already have an extended zoom Kodak Z612 so I was looking for a small pocket friendly camera for casual occasions. Did a lot of research and based on good experience with an S1 when I bought it for a friend over a year ago I decided to go with this stylish new S50, afterall the feature set is great!
Nikon's legendary lens in a compact stylish all metal body and a birght beautiful 3" LCD to boot, not to mention Optical/Electronic VR! I thought I'd finally found my match, so I thought.
I had this camera for about a week and managed to shoot 280 pictures in three graduation ceremonies in varying light conditions.
The camera really shined during daylight and dusk pictures! The "Dusk" scene mode beautifully captures the purple/red hues in the horizon. The "Night Portrait" outperformed my Kodak and captured beautiful skin tones. Overall pictures are softer than those of say, Canon PowerShot SD series but about the same detail level as Kodak Z612. Also, I found the Face Detection feature to work fine but sometimes it would hesitate as much as 2-3 seconds before detecting a face even when subject was looking straight in the lens.
Shooting performance is a bit on the slow side but should satisfy most casual shooters. Auto Focus does hunt from time to time specially in low light which is common in compact cameras.
What really put me off though was the 3rd. set of pictures I shot at a ceremony. They were full of varying levels of white spots all over them! I had once before experienced something like this with a Canon S400 a couple of years ago but that was nothing close to the problem on this camera. Mind you, it only happens when using flash and under specific circumstances which I have been unable to figure out.
Contacted Nikon who were not really helpful and couldn't really explain it to me. So I did my own reasearch on the net and it appears its might be some light from the flash bouncing off the lens internally.
Either way the slower than average performance had me on the fence already and ruining one of my most important set of pictures ever left me with a single choice, to take it back to BestBuy...
I replaced it with the Sony DSC-T100, my first Sony digital camera in nearly 6 years which I have to say I'm delighted with. It has much faster performance, has a 5X zoom lens, has a more advanced Face Detection (Varies the AF, AE and the Flash intensity which S50 doesn't) and is a bit smaller than the Nikon. In defense of Nikon S50, it uses SD cards and has more scene modes.
So if you are considering this camera, do buy it and try it! It might have been that my model was defective and the white spots issue isn't wide spread but if you are on the fence between this camera and the sony DSC-T100 don't even think about it twice, get the Sony.
But overall I'd still recommend the S50 for specific reasons I already explained above and hopefully your model won't be defective like mine.
Digital camera Review: Marvelous little critter
Summary: 4 Stars
My reason for buying this particular camera was the "anti-shake" image stabilization. Too many of my picture are, eh, taken during an earthquake, as the old joke goes. Well, the very first time that I gave this camera a road test, I found myself at the coast, wanting to take pictures with full zoom, while strong sea winds almost blew me off my feet. "Captain, permission to engage image stabilization?" "Make it so, number one!".
And miraculously, none of my pictures were shaken or stirred. I love this thing.
Another big plus is the big LCD on the back. It's big, it's gorgeous, and it makes you excited about your pictures while you're taking them. There is something psychological going on there, but the fact is that the LCD makes you fall in love with the camera and your own picture taking capability, even before you have seen the result.
I'm giving this thing 4 stars instead of 5 because of two niggles. One: turning off the flash is confusing. Bizarrely, it seems you can not change flash settings when the anti-shake is engaged. Two: the lens is placed to the edge of the camera body, and I regularly find a finger of my left hand dangling in front of it. As a result I need to hold it in a somewhat unnaturally feeling way.
But on the whole I'm very happy with this camera. And small and black it looks very sexy.
Digital camera Review: Coolpix
Summary: 5 Stars
This camera was purchased for my son. He was very pleased with this camera. It takes great pictures even when you zoom in. The large screen is fabulous. Many men have commented on the large size as a plus. It is definitely a great man camera as my son says. I took it on a trip to Italy and got some amazing pictures. Great price...great camera.