Nikon Coolpix S10

Posted Fri Dec 8, 2006 in Photography

Yesterday I bought myself a new carry-camera — a Nikon Coolpix S10 digital camera. It’s a nice little 6MP camera with the tilt-head I think makes a great form factor because it allows plenty of optical zoom without the big sticky-out™ part in the front of the unit. When idle, the optical housing turns parallel to the body to form a nice flat package. It will slip into a coat pocket or lay flat.

The zoom factor is 10x and it has Nikon’s Vibration Reduction (VR) system. It also has a maximum ISO rating of 800, up a stop from the Coolpix 8700 I was carrying.

In playing around with the S10 last night, I noticed it is quite a bit faster on focus and the lag between tripping the shutter and the actual image-making is much shorter than it used to be. No, it’s not as fast as my D100, but it’s better than the half-second I was used to.

We’ll see how this works out. I’m interested in playing with the S10 more to test its capabilities under my normal operating conditions. I’ll post some images when I capture some I’m happy with.