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 Picture Quality / Size Options (7.0)While most digital cameras have a designated button that selects the picture size, the Nikon Coolpix S6 includes this list right in its menu system. The compressed JPEGs can be saved in the following image sizes: High (2816 x 2112), Normal (2816 x 2112), Normal (2048 x 1536), PC (1024 x 768), and TV (640 x 480). The top image size comes in fine or standard compression, but is the only size with options. Users who shoot at higher resolutions can resize pictures to streamline the email process. Pictures can be resized to the following: 640 x 480, 320 x 240, and 160 x 120 pixels.
Picture Effects Mode (7.0)
The Nikon Coolpix S6 comes with several different color modes: Standard Color, Vivid Color, Black and White, Sepia, and Cyanotype. The Standard mode is the default, with the Vivid mode simply over-saturating colors. If users want to exaggerate those hot pink pants, this mode will do it. The first two color modes look decent, but the rest of them just look a little off. Black and White could use some more contrast, Sepia looks too pinkish, and the Cyanotype looks too bluish. All of the color modes are only available before recording the picture – not in playback. There are live views of the color modes in the menu, but they are hard to see with the large text.
Nikon added a designated button to the S6 that does enhance pictures in the playback mode. It is the same button that accesses Nikon’s technology for optimal portraits. This activates Nikon’s D-lighting compensation technology, which automatically enhances pictures, brightening them and fixing the colors. This mode shows a preview, with before and after pictures, before users confirm whether they want to save the enhanced photo. It works very well and generally yielded better results.
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