nikon_coolpix_s600_002.jpg“The Nikon CoolPix S600 is a great-looking camera with a good practical list of features, especially its useful zoom range and outstanding monitor screen. It is well made, simple to use and takes superb pictures. However it very expensive, and its fiddly controls and less-than-stellar performance don’t compare well to its main rivals. Nikon still has some way to go to catch up with Canon, Sony or Panasonic in the luxury compact market.”

The Nikon Coolpix S600 is an ultra-compact point-and-shoot digital camera in a sleek and stylish all-metal body. It has intuitive controls and produces good image quality with good detail and vivid colours at ISO 100 for a digital camera in this category. As is common with point-and-shoot cameras, higher ISOs are visibly noisy.

The Coolpix S600 presents most advanced member of Nikon’s latest wave of Coolpix S-series cameras. The 10-megapixel S600 features a 28 to 112mm-equivalent 4x optical zoom that incorporates optical image stabilization to reduce shake. It sports a 2.7-inch LCD screen, and can reach up to ISO 3,200 sensitivity, the highest of any of the new Coolpix S-cameras. Nikon claims that the S600 has the fastest start-up time of any camera in its class at 0.7 second, though we won’t know until we test it for ourselves.

Though it’s small, the S600 is more handsome than cute. It comes in three colors, but don’t expect anything eye-popping or trendy—just silver, black, and something called “pink gold,” which is sort of champagne colored. The camera is rectangular, with beveled edges and made mostly of polycarbonate, though there is some metal plating around the buttons and controls.

COOLPIX S600 reviews from cnet

The good: Quick startup time; small stylish metal body.

The bad: Unable to return to shooting mode with half-press on shutter button.

The bottom line: The S600 is one of the fastest cameras we’ve tested, and it doesn’t compromise on features or image quality.”

COOLPIX S600 reviews from digital camera review

Pros:

* 28mm wide angle lens
* Good color fidelity and image quality
* Good ISO performance
* Optical VR

Cons:

* Disappointing shutter lag
* Quick start up time nullified by wait for shutter to become active

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