Easy to use good camera for parties and snapshots

Easy to use good camera for parties and snapshots

Nikon Coolpix S6600 Digital Camera (16 Megapixel, 12x opt. Zoom, 6.7 cm (2.7 inch) LCD screen, image stabilized) Red (Electronics)

Customer Review

The overall conclusion first: The Nikon Coolpix S6600 is a nice compact high-intensity camera that shows its strengths when shooting at close range, interiors and portraits. The ideal camera for photos at parties or in between. As a camera for landscape photography it is less suitable.

My first impression when you unpack the Coolpix: Nice small and handy, an ideal camera for your pocket. Well finished, the cracking colors is a bit strange. The compartments for battery, SD card and cable connections are easily accessible and close firmly.

The operation is self-explanatory: Switch camera and on the fully mobile display can be seen by a focus frame, if the photo subject is in focus: Lights the green frame can be the trigger actuated. Flash is enabled in automatic mode if required, but can easily be turned off, the zoom is operated by a sliding switch on the release head. With a 12x optical zoom, the Coolpix is ​​well equipped for a compact camera. Especially I was impressed by the flexible-mobile 2.7 inch display, which also allows unusual shooting angles.
Four well chosen essential functions can be controlled via a function switch directly with a click: flash, self-timer, exposure settings and close-up shoot. The remaining options, and automatic programs can be easily selected via the menu. The Nikon Coolpix features a variety of automatic programs for specific shooting situations: Whether Night Scene, Portrait, or rapid movement, with 18 preset modes can also be demanding photo shoots cope. Since the setting of the respective correct automatic program may at fast snapshots is indeed a hindrance, SCENE mode, you can also the so-called. Setting, in which the camera selects the in their view each matching program according to the situation. The camera of course nut simply measures which lighting just makes sense and moves from the anfokussierte object and how far away it is. So if you want to play it safe, you should select the program mode is activated.

The heavily advertised function to control the camera with self-timer pictures with hand movements, I have also tried. Works with a certain margin of error. For Partyfotos surely a nice gag, dispensable for me.

Exceptionally for a compact camera, I find the options to edit the photo taken in the camera. You can improve such as colors, enlarge sections or make copies in which only selectively individual colors are shown. In addition one can alienate photos with fisheye effect when drawing pictures, etc. That's the extent of a simple image processing program. I do the image processing continues to prefer the PC but just for game images, etc. can be achieved as quickly noticeable effects.

One word of Akuleistung: With a single charge you certainly comes to 500-600 tripping. However, the battery is heavily used by image reproduction and especially the internal image processing and then empties rapidly. So who changed a lot of the images, should have the battery indicator in Auuge and possibly consider purchasing a replacement battery.

I tried the camera in different typical shooting situations. Very positive I found the rich and realistic color reproduction. When shooting indoors with artificial light was needed no flash in order to achieve good results, which speaks for a good fast lens of the camera and the 16-megapixel CMOS image sensor. In normal situations, the built-in image stabilizer for sharp images, only for hard-moving objects, ultra-zoom shots and shots in the dark, it comes without the use of special programs to blurring.

What bothered me a bit is the focus of the camera in automatic mode. For near objects, the camera often focuses wrong and the image becomes blurred. Here you have to switch to macro mode. Even little underwhelming I found the speed of image storage. Fast image series are not really possible.

While the image quality and color reproduction in close-ups and portraits is excellent, the Coolpix shows weaknesses in landscape shots. Especially with strong light or backlight, the colors look rather pale and image details are not clear in the enlargement.
In this respect, the Coolpix is ​​the ideal camera for the snapshot at parties or in everyday life. However, no all-round camera for the holidays if you want to photograph landscapes also. Those who observe this restriction, receives a solid, easy to use camera, at the especially safe also photo beginners because of the numerous photo editing functions will have fun.

Oh yes: The video function I tested short time. Again, very nice for the party. But video is not really my thing, to write something in a better qualified reviewers. For those who want to see photos, I have some pictures set in the customer gallery, illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of the Coolpix.

Swivel TV Stand 1 Rank: 5/5
November 19
Pretty good article Rank: 2/5
January 21
Pregnant thunder! Rank: 5/5
May 23
a good gift 4 Rank: 5/5
May 3

Related Reviews


fast, easy to use, good ergonomics for more ...HP Pavilion 17-f032nf Laptop 17.3 "Silver (Intel Pentium, 8 GB RAM, 750 GB HDD, Windows 8.1) (Personal Computers) Very good camera for beginners and advanced amateur photographersNikon D5300 Digital SLR Camera (24.2 megapixels, 8.1 cm (3.2 inch) LCD, Full HD, HDMI, WiFi, GPS, AF system with 39 focus points) Kit incl. AF-S DX 18 105 VR Lens (Electronics) Easy to use, good navigation for the casual userTomTom Start 20 Europe Traffic navigation device M, Free Lifetimes maps, 11 cm (4.3 inch) display, TMC, lane assistant, parking assistant, IQ Routes Europe 45 (Electronics) Good camera for beginners and experienced usersNikon Coolpix S9700 Digital Camera (16 Megapixel, 30x optical super zoom, 7.5 cm (3 inch) OLED screen, 5-axis image stabilization (VR), Dynamic Fine zoom, Full HD movie recording, Wi-Fi ) White (Electronics) Good camera for beginners and holiday photographersCanon PowerShot A3300 IS Digital Camera (16 Megapixel, 5x opt, Zoom, 7.6 cm (3 inch) display, image stabilized) Silver (Electronics) Reliable, easy to use, excellent value for money and received quicklyProMatris 5 x strip pregnancy tests (10mIU / ml) (Health and Beauty) Good companion for travelers and snapshotsSamsung NX Mini Smart System camera (20 megapixels, 7.5 cm (2.9 inch) display, Full HD video, image stabilization, incl. 9mm Lens) (Electronics) Good camera for beginners and advanced amateur photographersCanon EOS 600D Digital SLR Camera (18 Megapixel, 7.6 cm (3 inches) swiveling display, Full HD) Kit including EF-S 18-55mm 1:. 3.5-5.6 IS II (Electronics) Not easy to use! Nix for seniors! Complicated and impracticalOlympia Vox Colour Großtastenhandy with Tischlader (Electronics) Easy to use, good sound and receptionMEDION P85015 Internet radio wireless LAN USB 2.0 FM radio RDS DMR 2.4GHz CLOCK 2x7Watt MP3 playback via USB ° 13,000 transmitters receivable (Electronics) Great mobile: super battery, faster processor, top display, good camera with weaknesses and super soundHTC One Max Smartphone (15 cm (5.9 inch) touchscreen, 1.7GHz quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, Ultra pixel camera, 16 GB of internal memory, MicroSIM, Android 4.3) silver (Wireless Phone) good camera for everyday lifeOlympus Stylus 1 Digital Camera (12 Megapixel BSI CMOS sensor, 7.6 cm (3 inches) touch screen, electronic viewfinder, 5-stage image stabilizer, WiFi) incl. 28-300mm F2.8 Lens (Electronics) Very easy to use compact camera with many setting possibilitiesCasio EXILIM EX-ZR400 Digital Camera (16.1 megapixels, 7.6 cm (3 inch) display, 25x Multi SR Zoom, Triple Shot, HDR) (Electronics) Good camera for a reasonable priceNew Megapixel HD 1280x720p Wireless mini surveillance camera with IRCUT P2P Panorama / Orientation 2-way audio mobile device support HD Infrared Camera Home Security Infrared surveillance camera supports WEP / WPA / WAP2 Night Vision FTP IE 64bit Built-in microphone / speaker allows you to work directly with people to talk (Electronics) Good camera for little money 1Nikon D5200 Digital SLR Camera (24.1 megapixels, 7.6 cm (3 inch) TFT display, Full HD, HDMI) Double Zoom Kit incl. AF-S DX 18-55mm VR and 55-300mm lens (Electronics) Super camera for beginners and advancedCanon PowerShot SX110 IS Digital Camera (9 Megapixel, 10x opt. Zoom, 3 "display, image stabilizer) (Electronics) Very good value for money and little quirks, OK for an affordable entry mobileArchos 502 485 40 Titanium Smartphone (10.1 cm (4 inches) touch screen, dual-core, 1.3GHz, 512MB RAM, 4GB memory, 5 megapixel camera, Android 4.2.2) (Electronics) Good camera for beginners with high expectationsCanon EOS 500D Digital SLR Camera (15 megapixels, Live View, HD video) housing (electronics) Fast delivery, easy to use, good qualityCould Vector heater 2000W + FROST PROTECTION + 24h. TIMER - heater convector heater (Misc.)