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Nikon Coolpix S9500 Camera - Integrated With Wi-Fi And 22x Optical Zoom (Part 2)

7/22/2013 9:08:32 AM

Performance

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Sample shots

Portrait | 1/50 sec | f/3.9 | 13.3 mm | ISO 200

Portrait | 1/50 sec | f/3.9 | 13.3 mm | ISO 200

Landscape | 1/1000 sec | f/3.4 | 4.5 mm | ISO 125

Landscape | 1/1000 sec | f/3.4 | 4.5 mm | ISO 125

Low Light | 1 sec | f/5.2 | 17.0 mm | ISO 125

Low Light | 1 sec | f/5.2 | 17.0 mm | ISO 125

Pet Portrait | 1/250 sec | f/4.6 | 10.4 mm | ISO 200

Pet Portrait | 1/250 sec | f/4.6 | 10.4 mm | ISO 200

Images are well presented and have incredible color reproduction, with the very pleasing blue and green at the landscape shots. The portraits have nice skin tones and no red-eye.

Lens performance

Wide Angle | 1/1250 sec | f/3.4 | 4.5 mm | ISO 125

Wide Angle | 1/1250 sec | f/3.4 | 4.5 mm | ISO 125

Some Optical Zoom | 1/800 sec | f/5.6 | 24.1 mm | ISO 125

Some Optical Zoom | 1/800 sec | f/5.6 | 24.1 mm | ISO 125

Full Optical Zoom | 1/400 sec | f/6.3 | 99.0 mm | ISO 125

Full Optical Zoom | 1/400 sec | f/6.3 | 99.0 mm | ISO 125

Macro | 1/25 sec | f/4.0 | 6.5 mm | ISO 125

Macro | 1/25 sec | f/4.0 | 6.5 mm | ISO 125

The details at the center of the images are good but they’re more washed-out at the corners, especially at the left edge, and there’s a purple border at the contrast zone. The lens has min focusing distance of 5cm which allows you to match toward for taking a nice macro shot.

ISO noise performance

Sample shots on different ISOs

Sample shots on different ISOs

Noise level is low at ISO125 and 200 with a significant increment in noise caused image to loose sharpness at ISO400. Images turns more washed-out, with the detail lost in ISO800 and lost more at ISO1600. This one more time becomes worse at ISO3200, causing very washed-out images, but if for sharing images on the web, that doesn’t matter.

White balance

Under incandescent light

Under incandescent light

Under fluorescent light

Under fluorescent light

Under the incandescent light inside a studio, auto white balance performs well, with the images being much similar when shooting with incandescent preset. Under fluorescent light, AWB is pretty fine, the fluorescent light creates old-color stain.

Panorama mode

180 Panorama | 1/2000 sec | f/3.6 | 5.1 mm | ISO 125

180 Panorama | 1/2000 sec | f/3.6 | 5.1 mm | ISO 125

The panorama image has clear and well-attached details, though the example above has a small problem in terms of unity. We have tried to shoot 360-degree panorama but a typical black bar appears on one side because the camera can’t take 360degree shot.

Filter performance

Image with different filter

Image with different filter

Here’re some special effects that can be applied when shooting, with the example above. You can retouch your images after shooting, through the editing menu, where you can add the filters…

Value

Nikon Coolpix S9500 hits the shelves at $375. Other pocket cameras with the same amount of zoom should be taken on account are Sony Cybershot-HX20V GPS at $350, Olympus SH-50 at $375, Sony Cybershot DSC-WX300 (Wi-Fi) at $420, Canon Powershot SX280 HS (Wi-Fi & GPS) at $450, Fujifilm FinePix F900EXR (Wi-Fi) at $465 và Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ40 (Wi-Fi) at $465.

You also need to buy a memory card and a sleeve or a bag to keep you camera safe and protected – take a look at our instruction for the camera bag.

Conclusion

If you’re looking for a travel camera, but prefer one that can fit your pocket, Nikon Coolpix S9500 is worth for consideration. It has a flexible 22x optical zoom lens which is ideal for landscape shooting and zooming in for a close-up viewing angle. GPS allows you to tag the geographic location onto the image which then you can share through a mobile device thanks to the support of Wi-Fi to adjust and upload onto Facebook social network…image quality is not perfect, but good enough and the camera comes with a quite fair price.

Advantages

·         Built-in Wi-Fi and GPS is available

·         Much zoom in a pocket-sized body

·         Good image quality

·         Worth every coin

·         Full 1,080p HD video recording

·         7.5fps continuous shooting

Disadvantages

·         Low-ranked battery life

·         Images ware washed-out at corners

·         Unstable 360degree panorama mode

Overall rating

·         Feature: 4.5/5

·         Processing: 3.5/5

·         Performance: 3.5/5

·         Price: 4/5

·         Overall rating: 4/5

Technical specs

Lens

·         Max aperture: f/3.4 - f/6.3

·         35mm equivalent: 25mm - 550mm

·         Optical zoom: 22x

Image sensor

·         CCD pixels: 18.1Mp (Megapixels)

·         Pixels (W): 4896

·         Pixels (H): 3672

·         Sensor type: CMOS

·         Sensor size: 1/2.3 inch

·         Frame rate: 4:3; 16:9

LCD screen

·         LCD screen: 3in

·         Screen res: 614,000 dots

·         Touch screen: no

Focusing

·         Min focus: 5cm

·         Focusing mode: Autofocus; Manual; Face Detection; AF Tracking; Centre

Exposure control

·         Shortest shutter speed: 1/4000giây

·         Longest shutter speed: 4giây

·         Exposure mode: Program; Scene modes; A

·         Light meter: Centre-weighted – Average; Spot; M

·         ISO sensitivity: 125 - 3200

·         White balance: Auto; Manual; Outdoors/Daylight; Cloudy; Incandescent; Fluorescent; Flash

·         Light compensation: +/-2

Shooting options

·         Continuous shooting: 7.5fps

Video

·         Video mode: yes

·         Video res: 1,920x1,080; 1,280x720 720p; 640x480 VGA; 320x240 QVGA

·         Video FPS: 30

·         Stereo sound: no

·         Optical zoom with video: no

Other features

·         Stabilization: yes

Interface

·         HDMI: yes

·         USB: USB 2

·         Wi-Fi: yes

Storage

·         Type of card: SD; SDHC; SDXC

·         File type: JPG

Power

·         Battery type: One Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL12

·         CIPA rating: 230

Container

·         Container: Camera Strap, Audio/video EG-CP16 cable, Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL12 (with terminal device cover), Charging AC Adapter EH-70P, USB UC-E6, ViewNX 2 CD cable, CD user manual

Size

·         Weight: 205g

·         Width: 110.1mm

·         Height: 60.3mm

·         Length: 30.7mm

 

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