Nikon slides out S52 and WiFi-friendly S52c COOLPIX fashioncams

Nikon is fleshing out its "Style Series" of shooters with the COOLPIX S52 and S52c (pictured) compact cameras. The two cameras are pretty much spec-for-spec identical other than the WiFi capabilities of the S52c which allow it to upload shots wirelessly to services like Flickr or Nikon's own "my Picturetown." Otherwise you're looking at a pair of fairly standard compacts, with 9 megapixel sensors, 3x zoom, optical image stabilization and so forth. Both will be available in May, with the S52 retailing for $250, and the S52c arriving at $280.

Nikon slides out the S52 and WiFi-friendly S52c COOLPIX fashioncams

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 10th 2008 12:26AM]

whatever?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 10th 2008 12:27AM]

whatever.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 10th 2008 12:34AM]

whatever!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2008 9:13PM]

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[(Unverified) Posted Apr 10th 2008 12:26AM]

I'd like something compact like this to complement my DSLR. Can't always carry a DSLR.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 10th 2008 2:19AM]

Cowon X5 anyone??

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 10th 2008 7:56AM]

But will we also be able to just transfer the pics from the cam to a mac/pc? Or just to Flickr, etc?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 10th 2008 9:10AM]

Yes you can upload directly to your pc/mac. Even if the camera didn't have direct usb uploading (which I'm failry certain it would), you could always take the memory stick out and use a reader.

Oh, and the flickr uploading, unless they have changed it from the older versions of the camera, is absolute crap. It only works if you first upload a picture to Nikon's Picturetown...I don't think it will have DIRECT Flickr uploading.

Shame -

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 10th 2008 2:24PM]

This is actually quite old news. I picked up the S52 about a month and a half ago. It takes nice photos but is crippled with a long start-up time compared with other models. It also takes forever to actually focus on your subject, sometimes it just won't do it, which will cost you many a quick shots lost to crappy AF circuitry. Lastly, the time between shots is miserable and battery life sucks really, really bad.

I should have returned this camera and picked up a better model from a competing company, I still will pick up another model but I'm stuck with this turd. 03/10

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 10th 2008 8:50PM]

whoo hooo.. mega mega!! hah