Nikon Coolpix S620 Features

Megapixels and Zoom

The Nikon Coolpix S620 is a 12 megapixel digital camera. It has a 4x wide angle lens. The focal length of the lens is equivalent to 28 - 112mm in 35mm format.

Basics

Self Timer: 2 or 10 seconds
Macro focusing: 2cm
CCD Size: 1/2.33 inches
Setting for shooting wide still photo (16:9)
Image stabilisation
Smile Shutter: Automatically takes a photo when someone is smiling
D Lighting: Enhance a photo by adjusting the lighting
Motion Detection
Best Shot Selector - Fires off 10 shots and only saves the sharpest
In-Camera Red-Eye Fix
Face Detection
Blink Proof Mode
Colour Options: Vivid, Black and White, Sepia, Cyanotype, Pastel
Add short voice memos to photos

LCD

The LCD monitor is 2.7 inches in size. The screen is made up of around 230,000 dots.

Flash

The flash modes are: auto, red eye reduction, on, off and slow sync.

Scene Modes

There are a number of preset scene modes. These are: Night Portrait, Sports, Landscape, Party, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night Landscape, Museum, Fireworks Show, Close Up, Copy, Back Light, Panorama Assist and Food.

Movies

You can shoot TV quality movies with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. The top recording speed is 30 frames per second. Sound can be recorded and optical zoom can be applied before shooting starts.

Advanced Features

Among the more advanced features are:

ISO: Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400
White Balance: Auto, Manual, Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy, Flash
Metering: Multi Point, Centre Weighted
Continuous Shooting
Time Lapse Movies
Multi Shot 16: Packs 16 shots into a single image grid
Exposure Compensation: +/- 2 in 0.3 steps
Maximum Aperture: f2.7-f5.8 (set automatically)

Computer

All the necessary cables and software are supplied to attach the Nikon Coolpix S620 to a computer.

Nikon Coolpix S620 Summary

Description:	12 megapixels and a 4x optical zoom lens
Ease of Use:	9
Features:	8
Colour:	8
Macro:	8
Indoors:	8
Value for Money:	8
Style:	8
Movie Mode:	8
Image Quality:	8
Build Quality:	8
Total:	81
Verdict:	This is a fairly solid offering from Nikon. It takes a good photo, but perhaps lacks some of the more common buzz features. I found the camera very easy to use and it has a solid feel in the hand. I found this camera very quick to turn on and take shots.
Review Date:	August 2009
Related Pages:	Nikon Coolpix S620 Specification Nikon Coolpix S620 Sample Images Nikon Coolpix S620 Features

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