Nikon Coolpix S640 Features
The Nikon Coolpix is a 12 megapixel digital camera with a wide angle 5x optical zoom lens. The focal length of the lens is equivalent to 28 - 140mm in 35mm format. Other features include standard definition movies, image stabilisation and a 2.7 inch LCD screen.
Aside from these features the Coolpix S640 is a fairly typical point and shoot camera. One area where Nikon has added a few extras is within the portrait system. Here the Coolpix can give a softer look to skin, automatically fix red eye, take a photo if it detects someone is smiling, take two pictures to try and avoid catching anyone blinking and also issue a blink warning if it detects someone is blinking.
Basics
- Self Timer: 2 or 10 seconds
- Macro focusing: 2cm
- Smile Shutter: Automatically takes a photo when someone is smiling
- D Lighting: Enhance a photo by adjusting the lighting
- Colour Options: Vivid, Black and White, Sepia, Cyanotype
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: Portrait, Landscape, Food, Sports, Night Portrait, Party/Indoor, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night Landscape, Close-up, Panorama Assist, Museum, Fireworks Show, Copy, and Back Light.
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: Automatic, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400
- Exposure Compensation: +/- 2 in 0.3 steps
- White Balance: Auto, Manual, Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy, Flash
- Metering: Centre weighted and multi point
- Continuous shooting
- Best shot selector
- Multi Shot 16 - Builds 16 mini images into a single image
Computer
All the necessary cables and software are supplied to attach the Nikon Coolpix S640 to a computer.
