Nikon Coolpix S9 Review
Introduction & Physical Views
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 Click on the Coolpix S9 to take a QuickTime VR tour The COOLPIX S9 is an affordable, easy-to-use digital camera that's housed in a slim and stylish body and features 6.1 megapixel image resolution, a 3x Zoom-Nikkor ED glass lens and a large 2.5 inch color LCD screen. It's loaded with Nikon's advanced imaging technology that allows anyone in your family to easily take great pictures. The COOLPIX S9 is equipped with a One-Touch Portrait Button, which activates Nikon's In- Camera Image Innovations to fix common photo problems. This system includes Face-priority AF, which automatically finds and focuses on a subject's face, In- Camera Red-Eye Fix, which automatically corrects red-eye, and D-Lighting, an innovation that automatically corrects images with insufficient light. The S9 is equipped with Blur Warning, which alerts the user when an image is blurred and Best Shot Selector, a feature that automatically identifies and saves the sharpest image from a series. Available for the first time in a COOLPIX camera, the S9 offers a Stop-Motion feature for creating fun, stop-motion animated video shorts. To use the feature, the consumer simply needs to pose an object they want to animate, take a picture, re-position the object and photograph again. Opaque versions of previous shots are shown on the camera's LCD to assist users when positioning and repositioning their object. Once shooting is completed, the S9 automatically creates a Quicktime™ video of the object's movement in-camera. Similar to other COOLPIX cameras, the S9 has 15 scene modes, 4 with scene assist that automatically program cameras settings such as flash and focus for great pictures in a variety of locations and situations. The COOLPIX S9 successfully packs all of these features into an ultra-slim, compact metal body. The camera's wave surface body is pleasing to the hand as well as to the eyes as it is comfortable to hold and ultra-portable. For transferring pictures to computers and other peripherals, the S9 is USB compatible.
The camera utilizes a rechargeable EN-EL8 Li-on battery and can take up to 190 shots on a
single charge. For storage, the S9 has 24MB of internal memory and is SD/SDHC memory card-
compatible. The S9 comes with Nikon's PictureProject Software for the importing, editing
and organization of images.
Coolpix S9 Features:
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Physical Views
The Coolpix S9 compared to a standard CD disc.
The Coolpix S9 and the swiveling Coolpix S10
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| COOLPIX S9 Specifications | |
| Effective pixels | 6.1 million |
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| CCD | 1/2.5-inch type (approx. 6.36 million total pixels) |
| Image modes | High (2816*), Normal (2816), Normal (2048), PC (1024), TV (640) |
| Lens | 3x Zoom-Nikkor ED; 6.4-19.2mm (35mm [135] format equivalent to approx. 38-114mm); f/3.5-4.3; 13 elements in 10 groups; Digital zoom: up to 4x |
| Focus range (approx.) | 25cm (0.8 ft.) to infinity (∞), 4cm (1.6 in.) to infinity (∞) in Macro mode |
| LCD monitor | 2.5-inch type, 153,600-dot TFT LCD monitor with brightness adjustment |
| Storage media | SD/SDHC memory card and internal memory (approx. 24MB) |
| Shooting modes | Auto, 4 modes with Scene assist (Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night Portrait), 11 Scene modes (Party/Indoor, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night Landscape, Close Up, Museum, Fireworks Show, Copy, Back Light, Panorama assist), Voice Recording, BSS (Best Shot Selector), Exposure BSS, Color Options, Blur Warning, Date Imprint, Self-timer (10 sec.) |
| Movie | With sound: TV movie (640) at 30fps, Small size (320) at 30fps, Smaller size (160) at 30fps; Without sound: Time-lapse movie at 30fps, Stop-motion movie at specified speed available |
| Capture modes | 1) Single, 2) Continuous (approx. 1.7fps), 3) Multi-shot 16 (approx. 2.1fps, only available at image size 6M), 4) Interval timer shooting |
| Number of frames (w/ internal memory) | 6M: High (2816*) approx. 9, Normal (2816) approx. 18, 3M: Normal (2048) approx. 32 |
| Built-in flash |
Range: approx. 0.25-3.2m/ 10 in. - 10.5 ft. (W), approx. 0.45-2.6m/ 1.47 ft. - 8.5 ft. (T); Flash modes: Auto, Auto with Red-eye Reduction (In-Camera Red-Eye Fix), Flash Cancel, Anytime Flash and Slow sync. |
| Interface | USB, Audio Video output |
| Supported languages | Total of 20 languages: German/ English/ Spanish/ French/ Italian/ Dutch/ Russian/ Swedish/ Japanese/ Simplified Chinese/ Traditional Chinese/ Korean/ Thai/ Portuguese/ Polish/ Indonesian/ Finnish/ Danish/ Norwegian/ Czech selectable in menu display |
| Power requirements | Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL8 (supplied) |
| Battery life (approx.) | 190 shots with EN-EL8 (based on CIPA standard) |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | Approx.90.5 x 58.0 x 20.4mm (3.5 x 2.2 x 0.8 in.) excluding projections |
| Weight (approx.) | 115g (4 oz.) without battery and SD memory card |
| Supplied accessories* | Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL8, Battery Charger MH-62, USB Cable UC-E6, Audio Video Cable EG-CP14, Strap, PictureProject CD-ROM |
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