Nikon Coolpix S630

Manual Controls

The S630 has, surprisingly, no manual controls whatsoever to adjust exposure or anything else.

Focus

The S630 has a standard auto-focus mode, plus Enhanced Face-Priority AF that focuses on faces faster to ensure you clearly capture the people in your shot. It can detect up to 12 faces at once and the exposure level is automatically adjusted to ensure face brightness is optimal.

ISO

The S630 has a wide range of ISO settings, starting at 64 and going up to 6400 with 6 levels in between. That stunning-sounding 6400 is not available at full resolution, however, and it can only be applied at resolutions of 3 megapixels or less, decreasing its impact somewhat. If the S630 was capable of applying that 6400 ISO at the full 12-megapixel resolution, it would indeed be worthy of much flowery language lauding its capabilities.

White Balance

The S630 has white balance presets to more accurately capture your images based on your lighting conditions. There is a Preset Manual setting plus Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy, and Flash presets.

Metering

The S630 has 2 metering modes - matrix and center-weighted.

Shutter Speed

The S630's shutter speed specs are not yet available.

Aperture

The S630 has no manual exposure controls. The aperture is automatically set, anywhere from f3.5 at the widest angle setting to f5.3 at the maximum zoom level.

Image Stabilization

The S630 has an optical image stabilization system that automatically moves the image sensor itself to stabilize the image when the camera is moved during capture, according to the spec sheet. We can't say this is better or worse than a lens-based image stabilization method without testing, but we have high hopes that the S630 performs well in this area.

Picture Quality & Size Options

The S630 offers a number of picture quality and size options to best suit the purpose you have in mind for your pictures, be it framing to hang in a place of honor in your home or sending it in a quick email to a friend. On the S630, you can go anywhere from the full 12-megapixel image with a resolution of 4000 x 3000 pixels down to a 1-megapixel image with a resolution of 1280 x 960, as well as choose from a few different aspect ratios.

Picture Effects

The S630 offers features to both prevent red-eye and fix it in images already captured. Fixing red-eye in a captured picture is as easy as using the edit menu in Playback mode and selecting the Quick Retouch option. During image capture, you can also apply common effects such as sepia and black and white to change the look of your photos.