Nikon Coolpix S500

Nikon Coolpix S500

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cnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.4 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S500

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The Nikon Coolpix S500 may look and feel pretty, but its slow performance and noisy high-ISO images hold it back.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Small, light stainless steel body and click wheel interface are great design touches; optical image stabilization; fast burst shooting.
Cons: Slow performance; way too much noise at high ISO settings.
picturecorrect.com Professional Review.

Nikon Coolpix S500

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Nikon's New 7.1 Megapixel Cameras offer Sophisticated Styling, Quality Construction and Advanced Performance

Review Verdict: For image sharing, the S500 has an incredible, bright, high resolution 2.5 inch LCD monitor with an anti-reflective coating, easing the composition of photos, even in direct sunlight. These cameras also have a 16:9 aspect ratio option, making them perfect

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digitaltrends.com Professional Review.

Nikon Coolpix S500

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You can shoot sharper, clearer and without blur with Nikon's ingenious Vibration Reduction. VR Image Stabilization detects and corrects for camera movement to give you rock-steady results t...

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asia.cnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.4 star(s) Review: Nikon Coolpix S500

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The Nikon Coolpix S500 may look and feel pretty, but its slow performance and noisy high-ISO images hold it back.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Small, light stainless steel body and click wheel interface are great design touches; optical image stabilization; fast burst shooting.
Cons: Slow performance; way too much noise at high ISO settings.
zdnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.4 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S500

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Nikon really shows off its style with its Coolpix S500, a sleek, compact camera that feels every bit as good as it looks. This little shooter has some of the nicest design points we've seen in a small shooter, plus a few handy features normally seen on hi

Review Verdict: The Nikon Coolpix S500 may look and feel pretty, but its slow performance and noisy high-ISO images hold it back.

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zdnetindia.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.4 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S500

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Review Verdict: The Nikon Coolpix S500 may look and feel pretty, but its slow performance and noisy high-ISO images hold it back.

QuickTake:

Pros: Small, light stainless steel body and click wheel interface are great design touches; optical image stabilization; fast burst shooting.
Cons: Slow performance; way too much noise at high ISO settings.
Computeract!ve Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4 star(s) Review: Nikon Coolpix S500 digital camera

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Stainless steel bodied pocket snapshot that sees in the dark

Review Verdict: The S500 may be as much about style as substance, but Nikon has rarely managed to do both better.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Good quality build and pocket friendly design, Good quality build and pocket friendly design, Easy to use, reasonably swift in operation, Even, competent handling of tricky exposures
Cons: Expensive compared to other 7-megapixel cameras, Expensive compared to other 7-megapixel cameras, Small internal memory, No removable media card supplied
goodgearguide.com.au Professional Review.

Product Rating: 2.5 star(s) Nikon COOLPIX S500

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Review Verdict: While the COOLPIX S500 is a decent camera when operating in perfect circumstances, the aversion to low light coupled with slow focusing make for a less than satisfactory unit.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Small design, Low chromatic aberration, Speedy burst mode
Cons: Very slow focus, Some blurry pictures captured in low light
trustedreviews.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3 star(s) Nikon CoolPix S500

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Nikon's new ultra-compact has some interesting relatives

Review Verdict: All things considered, I'd have to say that if the CoolPix S500 is Nikon's attempt to beat Canon at the ultra-compact game then it isn't entirely successful. While the inclusion of optical image stabilisation in such a small camera is an achievement, and

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pcadvisor.co.uk Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.5 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S500 7.1Mp compact camera

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The tiny Nikon Coolpix S500 compact camera includes the latest face-detection and image-stabilisation features for consistently top-quality photos.

Review Verdict: For a compact camera so small, the Nikon Coolpix S500 delivers very good image quality. Features such as face detection and image stabilisation make shooting faultless photos easy, every time.

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pocket-lint.co.uk Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4.5 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S500 digital camera

Comments:
- The Nikon Coolpix S500 is the (soon to be tested) S200's bigger brother, not in terms of size so much, as in terms of the specification it brings to your photographic table.

Review Verdict: Apart from a couple of odd slip-ups, the camera performs well enough

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QuickTake:

Pros: Looks good, low ISO image quality, VR, screen, pricing, responsive, specification
Cons: Rotary Multi Selector turns too easily, no optical viewfinder, shadow noise at ISO 100, no manual shooting options
macformat.co.uk Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S500

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The big noise (pardon the pun) in compact cameras at the moment is high ISO, which in plain English means the ability to avoid using flash in low-light settings. Nikon's boxy but stylish S500 is another high-ISO shooter, going up to ISO 2000

Review Verdict: A solidly built snapper, let down by a slow shutter and annoying noise at higher ISOs

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QuickTake:

Pros: Quality lens, Vibration reduction, High light sensitivity, Only 3x optical zoom
Cons: Very noisy at higher ISOs, Sluggish shutter speed
dpreview.com Professional Review.

Nikon is pleased to announce the COOLPIX S500

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The Coolpix S500, which appears to be very similar to the S200 except is has 'real' optical image stabilization and an ISO 2000 setting, also has a slightly wider (35-105mm) zoom range. The slim metal body is available in black or silver and sports a 3x z
digital photography blog Professional Review.

Nikon Coolpix S500

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The Nikon Coolpix S500 is a 7.1 megapixel compact camera (CCD) with a 3x Optical zoom. It features ISO of up to 2000, optical image stabilization, black and silver color options and a 2.5 inch LCD screen. The Nikon Coolpix S500 has 15 scene modes, macro s

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imaging-resource.com Professional Review.

Nikon Coolpix S500 Digital Camera - First Shots - The Imaging Resource!

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The Nikon Coolpix S500 features a 7.1 megapixel CCD image sensor and a Nikkor-branded 3x optical zoom lens. The Coolpix S500 couples this with the company's true optical VR (Vibration Reduction) technology as well. The S500 also includes a large 230,000 p

Review Verdict: Nikon is also known for a few special features that are included in the Nikon S500, including D-Lighting (which enhances darker images to improve shadow detail), Best Shot Selector mode (which takes a series of shots, letting the camera automatically pick

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digitalcamerainfo.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4.25 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S500 Digital Camera Review

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Entering a tough niche in the market is the Nikon Coolpix S500, which boasts 7.

Review Verdict: The Nikon Coolpix S500 introduces a new design into the already scattered S-series. Most of the lineup has a slim aesthetic with an internal lens. A few models have split bodies that twist to offer more optical zoom. The 7.1-megapixel Nikon Coolpix S500 i

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QuickTake:

Pros: Compact body, Rotary dial, Big, readable menus, 60 fps live preview, Nice LCD, Optical image stabilization,  Solid handling of noise at lower ISO settings
Cons: Shutter lag, Inaccurate colors, Limited dynamic range, Poor white balance accuracy, Corner softness,  No real auto mode, Poor video performance, Inaccurate live preview, Limited LCD angle, Weak battery, Unreliable burst mode
ephotozine.com Professional Review.

Nikon CoolPix S500 Review

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Nikon CoolPix S500 Review - Short, squat with a chubby little body. No, it isn't Duncan Evans (though it would be an easy mistake to make), it's the new compact from Nikon.

Review Verdict: You'll either love the design of the S500, thinking it's neat and shiny, or think, didn't the Ixus look like that five years ago? Either way, it's a very small and tidy camera, though thicker than it initially looks. The small package ensures that the but

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QuickTake:

Pros: Class-leading flash, Super-fast startup time, Tenacious AF, Lens vibration reduction, High quality, metal body, Up to ISO2000
Cons: Tiny, fiddly buttons, Nice, but dated look, Noisy images, Poor macro mode
pcworld.ca Professional Review.

Nikon Coolpix S500 Compact Camera

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This tiny compact camera includes the latest face-detection and image-stabilization features for consistently top-quality photos.

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photoxels.com Professional Review.

Nikon Coolpix S500 Review

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P&S models do not usually provide the photographer much control, but advanced photographers will appreciate that, besides P and 15 easy-to-use Scene Modes, the Coolpix S500 offers the following practical features

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megapixel.net (en) Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4.5 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S500

QuickTake:

Pros: Very good image quality. Excellent colour rendition. Excellent metering, including flash exposure metering. VR image stabilization. No chromatic aberration. Excellent monitor resolution. Compact and solid.
Cons: No Manual mode. Lack of sharpness in image corners with the widest angle. 1600 - 2000 ISO sensitivity levels almost unusable.
photographypress.co.uk Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4.5 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S500 digital camera

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Review Verdict: Apart from a couple of odd slip-ups, the camera performs well enough.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Looks good, Low ISO image quality, VR, Screen, Pricing, Responsive, Specification.
Cons: Rotary Multi Selector turns too easily, No optical viewfinder, Shadow noise at ISO 100, No manual shooting options.
cameras.co.uk Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.8 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S500

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The Nikon Coolpix S500 is a fairly simple, pocket sized digital camera. It appears to have a good build quality and also offers image stabilisation. This is a neat and compact camera and is capable of producing crisp photos with natural colours.

Review Verdict: The Nikon Coolpix S500 is a fairly simple, pocket sized digital camera. Overall it performed well in my tests, but there were one or two areas where the camera does struggle. You should have no problems operating the camera and it has a pleasant no frills

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QuickTake:

Pros: Easy of use - build quality
Cons: Indoor shot lacked focus - macro photos - shutter lag
dcviews.com Professional Review.

Nikon Coolpix S500: 7 megapixels in a tiny body

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The new Nikon Coolpix S500 combines 7.1 megapixels with a 35-105mm (equivalent with 35mm) 3x Zoom-Nikkor lens into an elegant package. Nikon has chosen for a brushed stainless steel body to demonstrate dedication to quality materials and craftsmanship. Th

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techradar.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S500

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This is one of the few stainless steel cameras at this price

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QuickTake:

Pros: Quality lens, Vibration reduction, High light sensitivity, Only 3x optical zoom
Cons: Very noisy at higher ISOs, Sluggish shutter speed
pcworld.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.9 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S500 Review

Comments:
The S500's face detection and optical image stabilization help it deliver top-quality shots.

Review Verdict: For a compact camera so small, the Nikon Coolpix S500 delivers very good image quality. Features such as face detection and image stabilization make shooting faultless photos easy, every time

Read full review at pcworld.com

QuickTake:

Pros: Optical image stabilization Face detection
Cons: Pricey No optical viewfinder
alaTest.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4.55 star(s) Review summary of Nikon Coolpix S500

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alaTest has collected and analysed 159 reviews of Nikon Coolpix S500 from international magazines and websites.

Review Verdict: Experts rate this product 76/100 and users 82/100. Comparing these reviews to 396332 other Digital Compact Cameras reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 91/100 = Excellent.

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photoaxe.com Professional Review.

Nikon Coolpix S500 Digital Camera Review

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Not only does it provide a solid metallic feel and reassuringly firm grip, but the chic contours and classic camera appeal of the most compact digital camera among competing models also makes Nikon Coolpix S500 a desirable pocket point-and-shoot compact c

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steves-digicams.com Professional Review.

Nikon Coolpix S500

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In addition the S200 and S500 feature several imaging innovations designed to encourage carefree shooting for the consumer. The S200 utilizes Electronic Vibration Reduction (e-VR) Image Stabilization, a feature that electronically overcomes camera shake f

Review Verdict: For framing, image sharing, and menu navigating, the S200 and S500 have bright, high resolution 2.5 inch LCD monitors with an anti-reflective coating, easing the composition of photos, even in direct sunlight. These cameras also have a 16:9 aspect ratio o

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digitalcamerareview.com Professional Review.

Nikon Coolpix S500 Review

Comments:
Well, we're continuing with what turned out to be Nikon Week here at DCR.

Review Verdict: This new addition to Nikon's Coolpix "Style" series features a 7.1 megapixel sensor, 2.5 inch LCD monitor with 230,000 dot composition and a 3x Nikon optical zoom lens that provides a 35mm film equivalent focal length range of 35 to 105mm. The camera also

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QuickTake:

Pros: Excellent shutter performance Very good images and color fidelity Vibration Reduction D-Lighting Automatic red eye fix
Cons: No manual exposure options
letsgodigital.org Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.9 star(s) Nikon Coolpix S500 digital camera review

Comments:
At this time, the Nikon Coolpix camera series is mainly aimed at the amateur and those who like to have a handy compact camera. An exception is the Nikon P5000; with its many setting possibilities it will appeal to the experienced photographer. The Nikon

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