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Nikon Coolpix S500 Review
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Review Summary
Reader Score: 6.25 (out of 10)
Review (Summary): "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 higher-end cameras. Unfortunately, looks and tricks aren't everything, and the S500 simply doesn't live up to its potential. ...
... It shoots too slowly and generates unreasonable levels of noise at ISO 400 and higher. It's a nice, if sluggish, snapshot camera in bright light, but don't expect to get any decent fast or low-light shooting done with it."
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Other Reviews For This Model
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| LetsGoDigital |
8.00 |
07-15-07 |
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| Review (Summary): "The Nikon Coolpix S500 is a compact digital camera with quite a traditional appearance. The camera has been equipped with a small 3x optical zoom lens with a standard range of 35-105 mm. ...
... Whoever is looking for an excellent performing compact camera and who has no ambitions to use the camera for extensive digital photographing, will find an ultimately decent camera in the Nikon S500. ..." |
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| Megapixel.net |
4.00 |
06-15-07 |
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| Review (Summary): "The Nikon Coolpix S500 is an ultra-compact camera that integrates a 7.1 megapixel CCD, a VR stabilized 3X optical zoom, and a 2.5-inch monitor. The body is surfaced in a champagne coloured brushed steel dotted with some bright metal highlights. And, although small, the Coolpix S500 has a reasonable weight that imparts it with a solid feel. ...
Set to 7M*, the Coolpix S500 yields very good images, especially when photos are captured outdoors and with good light, the images showing good sharpness and excellent colour rendition. ...This, in combination with a compact body and a solid construction should make the S500 a perfect companion on outings and vacations. ..."
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| Digital Camera Info |
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07-16-07 |
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| Review (Summary): "Entering a tough niche in the market is the Nikon Coolpix S500, which boasts 7.1 megapixels and a 3x optical zoom lens. Almost every camera manufacturer has a camera with a similar flat metal body and extending 3x optical zoom lens. The S500 has a high-resolution 2.5-inch LCD screen and optical image stabilization. It also has a revamped menu interface with flashier icons and large fonts. ...
... Shutter lag is probably the camera’s biggest drawback with the weak 180-shot battery coming in a close second, although the latter can be remedied by simply carrying around an extra battery. In terms of image quality, the S500 struggles with color and white balance accuracy, but shows average noise characteristics at its lower ISO settings (ISO 400 and below). Dynamic range and video performance are also below our expectations. ..." |
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| Photoxels |
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07-10-07 |
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| Review (Summary): "The Nikon Coolpix S500 is a compact point-and-shoot digital camera in an attractive stainless steel body. It has intuitive controls and produces very good image quality with good detail and accurate color reproduction at the low ISOs. Noise is controlled up to ISO 100, but higher ISOs are visibly noisy. ...
... The Nikon Coolpix S500 delivers very good image quality at low ISOs. However, taking pictures indoors can be quite challenging. Fortunately VR helps to reduce blur. Using a high ISO 2000 means you might be able to take low-light pictures but the noise issue will limit pictures taken at high ISOs to small prints and for Web display only. ..." |
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