Nikon Coolpix S610

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The Nikon Coolpix S610 is said by the manufacturer to have the 'world's fastest startup time". This 10 megapixel digital camera has a large amount of automatic controls, allowing the camera to do most of the work for the photographer. Manual controls are available for white balance and other standard camera features.

The autofocus setting will allow you to set automatically for face priority. This will check the surrounding light and area of your subject and adjust to make sure you have detail in both the dark and bright areas of your photograph. You can choose single or full time autofocus that will allow you to focus once the shutter released is depressed half way down or continually throughout every image you shoot. Manual focus is also available if you have a good eye and would rather control it yourself.

The Coolpix S610's white balance presets are for flash, cloudy, fluorescent, incandescent (standard light bulbs) and daylight. Do you use a white or gray card to decide on the settings for your camera? This model allows a preset so that you may use a card, as well. The exposure compensation is give or take 1/3 of a stop and controllable from the click wheel. The metering mechanisms for the camera will allow for center-weighted and matrix techniques. Center weight will watch the middle of your frame for lighting and the matrix will use the entire frame.

Shutter speeds vary from one second to 1/1500th of a second and up to four seconds for fireworks mode. The aperture runs from f/2.7 through f/11.6, depending on the lens you are using. The 4x zoom is a Nikkor lens with 28mm wide-angle capability. Image stabilization is a feature so that your S610's images do not turn out to be blurry.

A few of the automatic modes offered include Active Child Mode, Food Mode, and Smile Mode. With the Active Child Mode on, your camera will automatically track and keep in focus the children as they move throughout your frame for a clear and concise outcome. With Food Mode, the white balance adjustment on the LCD monitor can be set for the desired color tones. Have you ever tried to take a picture with everyone smiling, only to realize later that that was not the case? With Smile Mode, the camera will let you know if all of the people are not smiling. You can also choose from a multitude of Auto Scene selections that include museum, fireworks, and landscape. The camera will choose all the correct setting so you can create your own pieces of art.

Emailing photos can be easy with the Wi-Fi capabilities of the Nikon Coolpix S610. This camera offers the beginning photographer simple point and shoot system that reviews state handles well its various features for optimum automatic control. The pictures you shoot will not look like they came off an old camera since they will not contain any grain, noise or blur.