Nikon's Coolpix S5, unveiled earlier this year, is a svelte 6 megapixel shooter with a 2.5-inch LCD,
non-extending 3x zoom lens and lots of scene modes for point-and-shoot novices. And, as reviewed by DCViews, it offers
good image quality, with "excellent" color and "perfect" auto-focusing and auto-exposure, at a
price of about $300. Those looking for manual controls should look elsewhere, of course. However, DCViews, perhaps with
an eye towards Mother's Day, sees this as "an elegant ladies' camera." We assume there are plenty of guys who
would be happy with this one's features, or with its big brother, the S6, which adds WiFi for about $50 more.
posted May 4th 2006 11:23AM
oh no! if THIS is a ladies' camera, then the new ipod with built-in camera will DEFINITELY be a a ladies' cam!
Nokia really needs a better marketing department... even if this is a nice camera, I refuse to buy anything called "Coolpix". It sounds like a toy.
I looked over all the available pocketable point and shoots, and I decided on the Sony DSC-T9 (it was a toss-up between the T9 and the N1, but I just heard too many negative things about the N1). I wish the T9 had manual exposure, but I'll live :)
I am about to purchase a new camera, the nikon S5 or S6 or sony's dsc-t30 that comes out friday. Advice is appreciated.
Nokia? Did I miss something?
Tim, if you're foolish enought to decide on a camera stricly by its name, then you deserve the Sony. Its pictures will not be comparable to a Nikon's, but something tells me thats not whats really important to you, is it?
After the rootkit incident, give a nikon over a sony anyday :-)
fabulous
It will be good if Nikon can provide the image stabilizer like panasonic does, although that may make the camera a bit bigger. I think it's worth for the trade-off.