Appealing facilities for a small price.

The first impression that the Nikon Coolpix S3100 impressed upon me - was the sense to keep a super-slim device in your hands, stylishly staged and affordable from the point of view of the financial aspect. The aluminum body is only 18.4mm thin and to have a wide range of eye-catching colors. The inner values ​​impress with a wide-angle object with 5x zoom display, electronic stabilization program, 14 megapixels, 2.7 inch LCD and filming in 720p HD. But enough of the details and become the new model from the S series, which (incidentally, the best-selling camera in 2010) to replace now the S3000. On the positive side, of course, the really slim housing and the growing proportion of Zoom Nikon S3100. Also the simple push of a button for HD video brings the movie experience back to the small digital cameras. As with the models of Olympus and Samsung, the battery is recharged directly from the device here.

A cost savings and at the same time convenient for the user. Annoying, however, is once again the volatile Quick Start Guide, whose full extent can be read only on the CD Rom. Personally, I must say, to track letters for a long time on the screen is tiring and unpleasant. Also shows the Coolpix 3100 the well-known problems of snapshot cameras when it comes to image quality. It always creeps in a certain softness, especially in strong light, the highlights have a slightly burnt. Even more problematic, it was at my pictures if I wanted to snap a really sharp image by hand. Here we see the disadvantage of a very slim housing - camera shake increases.

The colors look (common in Nikon cameras) before finishing at the PC a bit flat and featureless. Nevertheless, the image noise is despite the relatively high number of pixels, which are pressed onto a small chip, pleasantly unobtrusive. At the end of the little things is quickly disappeared in the pocket, the screen can be seen clearly in all lighting conditions, the keys respond without any problems and the menu is easy to navigieren.Insgesamt me the new camera - but only in terms of price - convincing and provides a sophisticated way for people who do not necessarily put value on the highest image quality.