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Nikon S51

73

Good

  • Pros
  • Very thin
  • Large LCD
  • Cons
  • Tiny buttons for zoom and other controls
  • Slow to lock focus in low light
  • Performance: Good: 70
  • Features: Good: 74
  • Design: Good: 78
Performance
Battery Life (minutes)103
Battery Life ScoreFair
Image Quality ScoreGood
Image Quality, Color48.3
Image Quality, Distortion63.1
Image Quality, Exposure54.3
Image Quality, Exposure--Flash57.9
Image Quality, Exposure--Normal52.7
Image Quality, Overall48.7
Image Quality, Sharpness44.9
Number of Batteries1
Number of Shots190

User Reviews for Nikon S51

  • Reviewed by: hecalder

    Duration of ownership: 1 Month

    Strengths: Large screen, great quality pictures.. good price at around 200.00 easy to use.. perfect camera for price range..

    Weaknesses: screen smudges easy.. and should come with at least a protective case of some sort..

    Overall Evaluation: I own a Sony Cybershot.. and a Olympus.. the first digital and the second a SLR.. both great cameras but my Sony was aging. I am very impressed for the features and the quality of the pictures and the overall ease of use.. I would recommend that for first time users to for sure read the manual you can get a lot more out of the camera.. for the price you get excellent value.. I would have ranked it actually a 78 but I am also only a amatuer photographer.. being this my first Nikon.. I always considered them only for SLR's so very impressed. for a digital..

  • Reviewed by: kivi

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: it does what it promised

    Weaknesses: the video-films are not sharp at all

    Overall Evaluation: i bought it a year ago really cheap in Florida and took it with me to Belgium (costs here 274 euro and in Florida 147 euro). The only bad thing is the fact that the video-movies never are as sharp as the foto's are. It looks as if you look through the spectacles of somebody else. Maybe the software doesn't use the autofocus in the video-mode ?Or do i need another software-version ? Can anybody help me ? : kivi@euphonynet.be

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