Nikon Coolpix S5

Nikon Coolpix S5

User Rating: Nikon Coolpix S5 (22 reviews)
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cnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.5 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S5 Reviews

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Review Verdict: The Nikon Coolpix S5 is a stylish camera that offers great images, albeit with a somewhat basic feature set.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Excellent color rendition and sharpness; quick shooting; slim, attractive design; excellent build quality; simple to use.
Cons: Few manual exposure controls; need to go through menu to change basic settings; notable vignetting, lens distortion, and processing artifacts.
dpinterface.com Professional Review.

Nikon Coolpix S5

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Nikon's new ultra-compact camera for 2006 is the Coolpix S5, featuring 6 megapixels and 3x optical zoom from the S3 as well as a design facelift (for the better), a higher resolution 2.5 inch LCD, improved movie mode and playback and longer battery life.

Review Verdict: The Nikon Coolpix S5 is the greatly improved predecessor of the S3. It has 6 megapixels, a large and high-resolution 2.5 inch LCD plus some improved functions.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Stylish Affordable Large high-resolution 2.5 inch LCD Not many but still useful scene modes Rotary dial for quick change of settings Great ISO performance till ISO 200 VGA 30 FPS movie mode Enhanced playback functions Good image quality (for an ultra-thin
Cons: LCD visibility not excellent Weak flash So-so battery life No manual controls Buffer clearing not fast Some soft photos and redeye Video quality is not good Bad low light performance (High ISO 400 noise, no image stabilization)
cnet.com.au Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.5 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S5 Review - Digital Cameras

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The Nikon Coolpix S5 is a stylish camera that offers great images, albeit with a somewhat basic feature set.

Read full review at cnet.com.au

QuickTake:

Pros: Excellent colour rendition and sharpness, Quick shooting, Slim, attractive design, Excellent build quality, Simple to use
Cons: Few manual exposure controls, Need to go through menu to change basic settings, Notable vignetting, lens distortion, and processing artifacts
asia.cnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.5 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S5

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The Nikon Coolpix S5 is a stylish camera that offers great images, albeit with a somewhat basic feature set.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Excellent color rendition and sharpness; quick shooting; slim, attractive design; excellent build quality; simple to use.
Cons: Few manual exposure controls; need to go through menu to change basic settings; notable vignetting, lens distortion, and processing artifacts.
zdnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.5 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S5

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Nikon's Coolpix S5 is a slim, attractive 6-megapixel shirt-pocket camera that hits all the right design notes. Its 2.5-inch LCD screen, satin silver finish, and internally zooming 3X optical lens (35mm-to-105mm equivalent) will be a hit with style-conscio

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zdnetindia.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.5 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S5

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Review Verdict: The Nikon Coolpix S5 is a stylish camera that offers great images, albeit with a somewhat basic feature set.

QuickTake:

Pros: Excellent color rendition and sharpness; quick shooting; slim, attractive design; excellent build quality; simple to use.
Cons: Few manual exposure controls; need to go through menu to change basic settings; notable vignetting, lens distortion, and processing artifacts.
trustedreviews.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S5

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Can the new Coolpix S5 live up to the legendary Nikon name?

Review Verdict: All in all a rather lackluster performance from what should have been a very impressive camera. Considering the price and Nikon's enviable reputation, the S5 is something of a disappointment, with fiddly controls, several handling issues and indifferent p

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steves-digicams.com Professional Review.

Nikon Coolpix S5

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The new COOLPIX S5 and S6 combine high-quality imaging performance with impressive new Pictmotion photo sharing technology. Both the S5 and S6 have sleek, slim wave designs, appealing to users who want their cameras to look as great as the pictures they t

Review Verdict: This review is currently in First Look status, please check back later for the conclusion and sample photos.

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imaging-resource.com Professional Review.

Nikon Coolpix S5!

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Though it might not lead the pack based on image quality alone, the Nikon Coolpix S5 has a lot going for it in a camera this small. For starters, the Nikon S5's svelte metallic chassis is one of the thinnest I've used, making it the perfect camera to slip

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imaging-resource.com Professional Review.

Nikon Coolpix S5 Digital Camera - Full Review - The Imaging Resource!

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Based on looks alone, the new Nikon Coolpix S5 has it all -- sleek, sexy and ultra-slim. In case you didn't notice these traits at first glance, the marketing folks at Nikon have paired the S5's Wi-Fi enabled sibling the S6 (which looks nearly identical t

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QuickTake:

Pros: Sleek, sexy, and solid metal design that's extremely pocketable Wave-like chassis makes it easy to grip Great 2.5-inch LCD with an impressive 230,000 pixels of resolution Pictmotion slideshow is fun way to share pictures Nikon Feature system offers helpfu
Cons: Camera inconsistent and slow in low-light, ISO setting only goes to 400, Precarious lens placement causes fingers to get in shot, Menu-driven system takes a while to get used to, Camera defaults to image playback only with photo info, On/off button and Zo
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