Nikon Coolpix S710 Reviews – great replacement of your DSLR
The Nikon Coolpix S710 is great camera that will make you stop using your DSLR. The S710 boasts of incredible collection of manual controls, 14.5-megapixel sensor, and a 28mm wide-angle lens. The digital camera is capable of capturing full resolution images with sensitivity of ISO 3,200 and 3-megapixel shots at ISO 12,800.
Measuring 3.6 inches wide, 2.3 inches high and 1 inch thick, the Coolpix S710 weighs just 6.5-ounces. The S710 boasts of an optically stabilized wide angle lens with focal range of 28-101mm. The overall design is pretty attractive and the camera is available in three color schemes- deep red, brilliant silver and graphite black.
Nikon S710 boasts of a 3-inch LCD screen but the large size of the screen resulted in the small space left for the camera controls. So, the camera controls are cramped into small space. Nikon has tried to make the controls easily accessible and minimize the accidental pressing of button. To serve this purpose, the controls are slightly raised above the surface of the camera. The camera controls include a directional pad/scroll wheel which acts as directional controls as well as allows you to access flash, timer, macro mode, and exposure compensation. The scroll wheel works with the virtual Mode dial and allows you to go through various menus and manipulate various settings which include setup menus, aperture settings, adjust ISO sensitivity, shutter speed, and skim through captured images in Playback mode.
The S710 provides options to choose from a number of modes which are present on many Nikon Coolpix P-series and dSLR models. These modes include aperture priority, Program, manual modes, and shutter-priority. The manual modes allow you to fiddle with settings such as aperture, shutter speed, and ISO sensitivity. Other settings such as, white balance, color options, metering, auto focus, drive modes, and AF area modes can be adjusted through main menu.
The S710 boasts of 14-megapixel sensor and provides pretty decent performance. The S710 has 0.6 second shutter lag in bright conditions and 0.8 second in low light conditions. It takes a little longer to capture first shot from switch off with average time of 3.7 seconds and 4 seconds between two consecutive shots. If you use the flash, the S71o takes 4.1 seconds on an average to capture two consecutive shots. In the burst speed mode, the S710 can capture 1.1 frames per second. In movie capture mode, the S710 can record videos with resolution of 640×480 pixels.
