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Nikon Coolpix S710 First Digital Camera Impressions Review

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October 02, 2008 By Richard Baguley
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Auto Mode
The S710 has a full Auto mode; set the mode dial to auto mode and the camera makes all of the decisions. We weren't able to do much testing on this at the Photokina show, but it seemed to make the appropriate decisions for taking photos of eager Nikon enthusiasts at the company's show booth. If you prefer a bit more control, Program mode sets the camera to make most of the decisions, but allows you to control setting such as the ISO, flash, etc. You can also vary the aperture by rotating the scroll wheel. 

Movie Mode
The S710 records video at up to  640 x 480 resolution, at up to 30 frames per second. This standard definition video mode puts the S710 a little behind the cutting edge; many cameras are now starting to shoot video at high definition resolutions. The maximum length of movies is set by the maximum file size the camera can handle; 2GB. That makes for a maximum movie length at the maximum resolution and frame rate of around 16 minutes. We were not able to do any testing of the image performance of the camera in movie mode. 

Drive / Burst Mode
Nikon claims that the S710 has a frame rate of about 1.4 frames per second at the maximum resolution, and our limited testing at the show would indicate that this is probably about right. A maximum of 5 shots can be taken at this speed; after this, the speed slows down significantly as the internal buffer memory gets filled up. A higher speed can be achieved with the high-speed continuous mode, which takes around 12 frames per second, but at a reduced 2048 x 1536 resolution. The S710 also has a mode called BSS (Best Shot Selector), where the camera takes 10 images and automatically selects the sharpest. The Multi-shot 16 mode takes 16 images at a rate of 0.8 frames per second, and then creates a mosaic of the images in one photo.

Playback Mode
The S710 has a decent selection of playback controls, allowing for the viewing of up to 12 thumbnails at once, as well as creating slide shows and selecting images for printing. Only a handful of image editing tools are available; the D-lighting feature (which attempts to restore shadow detail in images), image rotation and the creation of a smaller version of the image. 

Custom Image Presets
A wide selection of scene modes is available; 16 in all, including a panorama assist mode and a museum mode. There's also an auto mode that picks the scene mode from a more limited selection of seven scene modes, and a smile mode that takes a photo, then checks it to see if the subject is smiling. If no toothy grin is evident, the camera quickly takes another shot in the hope that the subject's mood has improved in the interim.

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