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December
22, 2006
Nikon goes retro for it's new top of the line COOLPIX S10
camera.
 A lot
of you will remember the COOLPIX 900 and 950 model digital cameras. Not
only where they first really good quality digital cameras that many of
us owned, they also had a very unique swivel designed body that allowed
you to use the camera at waist level, ground level or above your head
for taking pictures that required a different angle.
These cameras were very popular and although they were imitaded by
other camera manufacturers they were never outclassed. Up untill now
that is the newest COOLPIX camera from Nikon has a 10x zoom lens that
goes from 38 to 380mm (35mm equivalent), a swivel type body for
shooting at any angle, and VR (vibration reduction) for better low
light and long zoom pictures.
At 4.4 x 2.9 x 1.6 in. in
size and 7.8 ounces in weight it would probably be considered a large
pocket camera these days but not really when you consider that it has a
10x optical zoom lens and that incredible swivel body that allows you
to poin the lens and 2.5-inch LCD screen in different directions.
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COOLPIX S10 Main
Features
- Powerful 38 to 380mm
(35mm equivalent) 10x optical Zoom-Nikkor lens
- Image-Sensor shift
Vibration Reduction (VR) produces sharp, blur-free results in unsteady
situations
- Stylish swivel design
enables impressive shots from more imaginative angles
- Large, bright
2.5-inch LCD monitor with wide 170-degree viewing
- ISO 800 capability
enables faster shutter speeds and better exposure in lower light
- Pictmotion blends
images, music and visual styles for all-new in-camera entertainment
- One-touch portrait
button offers easy access to Nikon’s features for in-camera image
improvement
- D-Lighting corrects
images compromised by insufficient flash or excessive back light
- Face-priority AF can
detect a human face to provide sharp focus automatically
- In-Camera Red-Eye Fix
detects, then corrects for the red-eye effect sometimes caused by flash
- 15 Scene modes, 4
with Scene assist
- Direct printing to
PictBridge-compatible printers
- Continuous shooting
at up to 1.6 frames per second
- Movie shooting with
sound at up to 30 frames per second
- Nikon PictureProject
software included
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Nikon COOLPIX S10
Specifications
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Effective pixels
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6.0 million |
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Image modes
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High (2816*), Normal
(2816), Normal (2048), PC (1024), TV (640) |
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Lens / Digital
zoom
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10x
Zoom-Nikkor; 6.3-63mm (35mm [135] format equivalent to approx.
38-380mm); f/3.5; 12 elements in 9 groups; Digital zoom: up to 4x |
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LCD monitor
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2.5-inch type,
230,000-dot TFT LCD monitor with brightness adjustment (170-degree wide
viewing angle) |
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Storage media
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SD memory card and
internal memory (approx. 16MB) |
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Shooting modes
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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, Date Imprint, Self-timer (3, 10 sec.) |
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Movie
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With
sound: TV movie (640) at 30fps, Small size (320) at 30fps/15fps,
Smaller size (160) at 15fps, Pictmotion (320) at 15fps; Without sound:
Time-lapse movie at 30fps, Electronic VR (Vibration Reduction) available |
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Vibration
Reduction (VR)
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Image-sensor shift
VR (Electronic VR when shooting movies) |
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Pictmotion
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5 styles selectable
to playback movies or up to 30 still images, 5 music files
pre-installed, max. 3 music files loadable* |
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Capture modes
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1)
Single, 2) Continuous (approx. 1.6fps), 3) Multi-shot 16
(approx.1.9fps, only available at image size 6M), 4) Interval timer
shooting |
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Number of
frames
(w/internal memory)
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6M: High (2816*)
approx. 5, Normal (2816) approx. 10, 3M: Normal (2048) approx. 20, PC
(1024) approx. 68, TV (640) approx. 128 |
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Range:
approx. 0.3-5.4m/11.8 in. – 17 ft. 8.6 in.(W), 1.0-5.4m/3 ft. 3.4
in.-17 ft. 8.6 in.(T); Flash modes: Auto, Auto with Red-eye Reduction
(In-Camera Red-Eye Fix), Flash Cancel, Anytime Flash and Slow sync. |
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Battery life
(approx.)
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300 shots with
EN-EL5 (based on CIPA standard) |
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Dimensions (W x
H x D)
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Approx. 112.5 x 74.5
x 40.5mm (4.4 x 2.9 x 1.6 in.) excluding projections |
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Weight (approx.)
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220g (7.8 oz.)
without battery, lens cap and SD memory card |
* Via PictureProject for Windows
only.
Specifications are subject to change without any notice or obligation
on the part of the manufacturer. August 2006
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