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Review on Nikon COOLPIX S4100 14 MP Digital Camera With 5X NIKKOR Wide-Angle Optical Zoom Lens And 3-Inch Touch-Panel LCD (Red) by Elang ᠌

Revainrating 1 out of 5

It can't be worse! A waste of money.

I got this camera as a service camera - for shooting documents at work. Therefore, I proceed from the fact that I got this gift horse absolutely free of charge. As the owner of a NEX series mirrorless camera, the quality of the pictures really upset me. Well, okay, the camera was needed for photo documents, but even in this it copes mediocrely. Photos are soapy, autofocus misses, there are no settings that could at least somehow correct the situation. It is impossible to manually adjust the shutter speed or aperture, thanks to at least the ISO can be changed. Although the case is thin, it is somehow not well thought out; holding the camera with one hand (when you hold the 200-sheet stitched file volume with the other hand) is not very convenient. I don’t understand why it was impossible to insert a regular mini or micro USB. Carrying the original cable everywhere with you is fraught with its loss. The screen resolution is very low, because of this it is not clear whether the camera caught the focus correctly. As for the pros, first of all, it's a small size, thanks for the lace in the kit, all the time it feels like it will fall out of your hands. There is a tripod mount, although how will you shoot a landscape in the evening without shutter speed settings. Here I am writing a review and I think, but am I too critical of a budget soap box. I think not too much, because my Chinese smartphone is only a couple of thousand more expensive, and it shoots even better with a pair and has no less settings, only now it is twice thinner and has many other functions. Conclusion: if you have a smartphone costing from 10,000 - shoot on it - the quality will not be worse, if not - then it's better to buy a smartphone than this photo misunderstanding. If you really need a compact soap dish, look at something better.

Pros
  • Compact, slim body, cord included, perhaps that's all
Cons
  • Image quality, body ergonomics, non-standard USB connector, lack of any manual shooting mode