Nikon Coolpix S10 Review
nikon Coolpix S10 6MP digital camera with 10x Vibration Reduction Zoom 
The Coolpix S10 features a handy one-touch portrait button that provides direct access to three unique in-camera nikon image innovations–Face Priority AF that automatically detects and achieves sharp focus on people’s faces wherever they are in the frame, In-camera Red-Eye Fix that can overcome the red-eye effect sometimes caused by flash, and nikon’s D-Lighting that can rescue underexposed images or shots with too much back-light. (Face recognition capability may be limited in some shooting conditions.)The chic curves, compact body and innovative swivel design of the COOLPIX S10 make it as much of a pleasure to own as it is to use. Its powerful 10 x Zoom-Nikkor lens lets you see the world from fresh perspectives: Zoom out for architecture or panoramic landscapes; zoom in for portraits or sports, and all from creative angles. For sharper images, whether you are shooting movies or stills, advanced Vibration Reduction (VR) works to detect camera movement and make precise automatic adjustments to reduce image blur: This ingenious feature even helps to support faster framing on the 2.5 inch LCD. The S10 also boasts increased light sensitivity of up to ISO 800, which lets you capture sharper images of fast moving subjects and an altogether better class of picture in low-light. For the person who wants it all - style, performance, and ease of use - the COOLPIX S10 is the clear choice from every angle.
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Customer Review: Low light issues
I’m a rabid photographer of scenery, wildlife, friends, families and pets. I take pictures with tripods, while walking, from horseback, from the car, during parties, indoors, outdoors…whenever it strikes me to take a photo. I would estimate that I take at least 300 photos a month. I currently have an olympus 740 so I bought the nikon looking to get a little smaller camera with the same zoom capabilities but with image stabilization.
I read the manual to this camera from cover to cover and it has lots of options to tinker with. I took more than 1000 photos in every situation I could think of and eventually ended up returning the camera because of the medium indoor low light issues.
The good:
- The camera has a NICE brushed metal feel to it. Looks like it would hold up well and not show scratches easily and feels quite sturdy.
- It’s really comfortable and easy to hold the camera and either telescope the lens or press the shutter without straining your hand.
- The LCD has great resolution and colors. Some people don’t like that it doesn’t have a viewfinder but I hardly use a viewfinder.
- Rechargable battery (although the initial charging time is something like 8 or 10 hours, the later chargings are less).
- The lens cap just flips back with an easy touch, no pulling it off and having it dangle and bounce into action shots.
- The camera worked great for scenery shots during the day.
I took some great moonlight shots without the use of a tripod with this camera using some of the many, many features. My other camera could never take these shots.
I liked that there wasn’t an external telescoping lens and the lens did all its telescoping inside the cylinder.
I was impressed with the shutter speed and zoom capabilities.
Image stabilization was awesome in sunlight.
What I didn’t like:
I found that ANY dust on the lens created an orb in the photo and I had to keep cleaning the lens because dust would easily get into the cool snap cover.
Low indoor light made for blurry (or sometimes grainy images), even with image stabilization and I had to tinker with a lot of the settings to get half way decent photos and even then they weren’t great.
If I used a flash in low light, it often whited out people’s faces. My friends thought that the flash was too blinding but I can’t speak for this because I didn’t see it. I used tons of settings (much to my friends’ frustration) to try to find a good setting and I didn’t find one.
Direct sunlight caused lots of sunspots (I think because of the lens angle because the same exact shot with my olympus had no sunspot and it was seconds between shots)but you could use polarizing sunglasses over the lens for a super easy fix.
The light from the flash doesn’t always bounce as one would expect. I’m not sure if it’s because of the angle of the turned lens cylinder or what but it the light didn’t seem to spread naturally and would end up either too focused or weirdly casted shadows would appear. Again I’d take the same photo with my olympus which has a different flash placement and the photos would turn out fine.
I took some shots of my pets indoors and they didn’t like the flashing red light the camera uses for measuring/focus in low light.
I had a lot of color issues (mostly a yellowing of the images) under flourescent lights in a lot of low light photos but I could fix them Adobe photoshop.
This could have been a bad camera but just in case you buy this and have the same issues, you’ll know it’s not just you 
Customer Review: Great optical zoom for a compact; plastic feel to it (though metal in front)
I bought the S10 mainly because it reminded of my much loved Coolpix 990. The camera body is very light save for the lens which will tip the camera on its side when set facing forward. The body feels kinda hollow and cheap though it is metal (feels like plastic on the back). The LCD is great with nice brightness, actually too bright for my normal viewing pleasure. What annoys me at the moment is the menu system. It takes a few steps to choose between mode and custom scene settings, compared to my canon Sd700IS which is very simple to switch modes and make selections. With some practice Im sure the menus will become second nature. I simply love the clarity and details I have been getting with this camera.
When set to Auto White Balance, it takes maybe a minute or two to calibrate which is not good when you need to whip out the camera and take some quick snaps indoors. Suggestion is to plan ahead; if you are going to be under any type of artificial lighting change the setting to fit the environment and youll be snapping great pics quickly. Vibration reduction works without a hitch although I havent tried running and taking pictures at the same time yet. The portrait modes are really cool and easy for a novice to use. There is an interesting slideshow mode which will allow you to do some nice Ken Burns effects (pan and zoom) to the music of your choice.
The thing that disappointed me was the lack of a full manual mode which I was really hoping for like my old 990. To compensate you need to study the various scene modes to get the desired results so experiment and read the manual.
A screen protector is a must as your right thumb has a tendancy to touch the LCD. Id go with a fellowes screen protector as you get more than one per pack unlike some of these other lame companies which only give you one per pack and charge the same price.
All in all, despite the body issue (plastic), you get excellent photo quality and 10x optical zoom in a small body. (Man-purse necessary to carry as it doesnt fit in pocket)
Update: Its soo light on the body side that to me it feels like the whole thing is plastic but its actually just the back where the lcd is and VR/Portrait buttons are. Thanks for the comments!
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