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Nikon Coolpix S3300 Digital Camera Review

$139.00
6.5
Better than 30% of Reviewed Digital Cameras

Chromatic Aberration

The specs claim this camera uses a real glass lens, but we would've guessed plastic if we didn't know better. The S3300 falls victim to some of the worst chromatic aberration we've ever seen. High contrast edges are consistently bordered by thick, dark yellow or blue fringes. This is a very cheap lens.

Distortion

Barrel and pincushion distortions are corrected in software before the final image is outputted, resulting in very strong distortion scores across the board. This is especially true at the middle focal length, which suffers from almost no detectable distortion at all.

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Chris was born and raised less than ten miles from our editorial office, and even graduated from nearby Merrimack College. He came to Reviewed after covering the telecommunications industry, and has been moonlighting as a Boston area dining critic since 2008.