Digital Camera Reviews - Customer reviews - Nikon Coolpix S4 6MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Zoom

Manufacturer: Nikon

List Price: $349.95
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Name: M. Samuelson
Location: Austin, TX
Date: 2005-10-17
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Love it so far
Comment: Well, I've had my Nikon Coolpix s4 for a couple of weeks now, and have taken pictures from stills to sporting events to boating to trying to get close-ups of quick moving pets (ferrets) and haven't been disappointed in the least. The picture quality is excellent, particularly compared to my old Canon. The 10X optical zoom is without doubt, wonderful. You can't find that kind of zoom in any camera this size. And you can't find anything that will fit in your pocket with this kind of zoom. I just use the case that I bought for it.

It takes high-quality pictures, good for 16X20 prints without showing any pixelation, and accurately shows color as it was when I took the picture. The LCD works fine, in my opinion. No problems from dark, poorly lit rooms to bright Texas sunshine. Plus, I love the ability to swivel the lens. It makes it VERY easy, in my opinion to take pictures from alot of different angles while keeping the camera level, or putting the LCD where you can see it easily. Five stars, no doubt. I'd recommend to anyone.

Name: M. L. Harper
Location: Athens
Date: 2005-10-15
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Awesome Zoom, Great Little Camera
Comment: The S4 is my second Nikon digital camera. Someone ganked my first one, a Coolpix 3100. I took that one to Costa Rica, Panama, back through Costa Rica and up into Nicaragua, taking somewhere around 3000 pictures along the way. I dropped it (in its case) into the ocean one time and thought it was surely done for, but it came back and served me faithfully for more than a year after getting back to the states before it went missing.

So I just got the S4 despite the lame reviews people have given it. I took it to the zoo today and filled my entire 1 gig card. After reviewing the pictures, I am pleased to say that I am quite happy with its performance. It functions almost exactly like my 3100 did, except it has the awesome addition of a 10x optical zoom and a few extra megapixels. The pictures seem at least as good of quality as my 3100, I think I'm being very critical though. The image sharpness is excellent and the focusing works quite well once you figure out which modes it needs to be set to for that particular subject.

The real advantage lies in the swivel lens though. Just being able to turn it however you need it makes lining up your shots so much easier. And being able to zoom as far as it does comes in handy more often than I had imagined. For example, the animals at the zoo are never really close enough to get the shot I wanted. The ability to zoom so far gets your picture right up in the animals face. And if you want to use the digital zoom, you can get a full frame of an animals eye or nostril, or whatever. It rocks!

I'm telling you, the other reviewers were way too critical and I imagine they just dont know how to use the cameras settings well enough to get good pictures. If you know how to operate a Nikon or you have the sense and intelligence to learn how, you are not going to find a more convenient little camera that can do all the things this one can. Super zoom, awesome macro mode, video with sound(nearly an hour w/ 1 gig), all in a tiny pocket sized package.

Name: MOMash
Location: Netcong, NJ
Date: 2006-07-14
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Great for what it is
Comment: I purchased this camera about two months ago prior to a vacation. We had a Canon Powershot G1 which my husband purchased and got a lot of use out of. However, I found that too technical for me (average picture taking abilities). So we set out to find a smaller, pocketable "point and shoot" type camera. After looking at all the tiny cameras, I found the Nikon Coolpix S4. I tried out the zoom and was sold immediately! I also thought the swivel lens was "gimmicky" and thought the different scene modes were okay but not worthy of a selling point. I was wrong on both accounts!

The S4 doesn't have a swivel view screen as our prior camera so the swivel lens is AWESOME! You can point the lens up or in any direction and still be able to look at the screen without trying to contort into position to see the screen while you take the shot. Also, after using my S4, I hate using other people's digital cameras... the screen on others is SO TINY compared to the S4's seemingly huge screen.

As for the preset scene modes I use them all the time as they take great shots and it is so nice to have it set to a landscape mode and then be able to switch back to normal camera mode for a non-landscape mode then back to scenery mode so the camera is ready to go again. Saves a lot of playing around trying to get the right settings.

I could go on and on about this camera but the sum of it is that it is a bulkier than pocket sized cameras but if you want more bang for your buck as far as zoom goes, get this camera!

Enjoy!

Name: R. Stearns
Location: Western NY
Date: 2006-02-18
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Great Camera
Comment: This is my fourth Coolpix camera starting with the original 950 in 1999. They are great cameras packed with lots of features. The swivel is a great feature, allowing for stealth photos and different angles while composing the shot. Picture quality is good and S4 has a much better flash, and indoor capabilities than previous models. I have taken over 10,000 images with the Nikon Coolpix family and, obviously very happy with the cameras.

Name: T. Smith
Location: Charlotte NC
Date: 2005-12-13
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Trust me: it is "cool."
Comment: I bought this camera a couple of weeks before I left to tour Greece and Turkey last month. I ended up taking over 600 pics with it. Most of the pics were taken before I had really figured out how to fine-tune the camera to take the type of specific type of picture I needed to take at any particular time.Nevertheless, I made some awesome pics. Yes, part of the reason I was so successful was my great abilities as a camera man (ahem), but seriously the great pics had to do more with the camera than it had to do with me. I am very satisfied with it so far. Also, it is very portable. Whether you spring for the belt case like I did or simply wear it around your neck, you hardly know it's there--that is, until you need it.
"Coolpix" is aptly named.

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