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Introduction
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01.Physical Tour
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02.Components
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03.Design / Layout
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04.Modes
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05.Control Options
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06.Conclusion
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07.Specs
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08.Comments
Nikon Coolpix S710 First Digital Camera Impressions Review
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ConclusionManual Control Options
Like most higher-end point-and-shoot cameras, the S710 has a good selection of manual controls, including shutter and aperture-priority modes, plus a full manual mode. In the full manual mode, the user sets the shutter speed, then the aperture, and then the ISO setting.
Focus
Auto Focus
We found the auto focus on the S710 to be pretty quick and responsive in our limited testing; the camera generally found the focus spot in less than a second or so. Unusually for a point and shoot, the S710 offers 9 focus points, and the user can choose which to use, or leave the camera to decide.
ISO
The ISO range of the S710 starts at ISO 100 and goes up to a very impressive 12800. However, settings above 3200 comes at the cost of lowered resolution; the highest ISO setting is limited to a 3-megapixel resolution of 2048 x 1536.
White Balance
Five white balance presets are available; daylight, incandescent, fluorescent, cloudy and flash. A full auto mode is also available, as well as a preset manual mode, where the camera measures a reference object and uses the appropriate white balance setting.
Metering
Only two metering modes are available; matrix and center-weighted. There is no spot metering mode, an unfortunate omission.
Shutter Speed
The shutter speed ranges from 1/2000 to 8 seconds in normal mode, although this can be increased to 1/4000 by using the high-speed continuous mode. That comes at the cost of decreased resolution, though.
Aperture
At the wide end of the zoom range, the widest aperture that the lens can manage is an impressive f/2.8, but this decreases to f/4.0 at the telephoto end of the range.
Image Stabilization
The S710 uses optical image stabilization, which generally does a better job of reducing camera shake than the electronic image stabilization that other cameras use. However, more manufacturers are now offering optical image stabilization across their product range, so the S710 is not that unusual.
Picture Quality / Size Options
The S710 offers a lot of options for image quality and size; 9 in all. They range from 4532 x 3264 at high quality right down to 640 x 480. Several options for photos at 16:9 aspect ratios are also available.
Picture Effects Mode
The S710 eschews the picture frame or cartoon speech bubble effects that we sometimes see, but it does offer a small selection of color mode effects, including standard color, vivid color, black and white, sepia and cyanotype for those early photography fans.
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