Micro cameras, such as this model of Nikon, there are now (almost too) many. Hardly anyone who is not behind the counter of a photo shop and at the same time brings interest in his profession likes to overlook the variety of models and trim levels yet. In addition, this sales segment coming under increasing competitive by ever more powerful smartphones. As it is for any manufacturer to be allocated from the crowd somehow. The trend seems clearly to lie in additional programs and automatic modes, after the pixel craze seems to be maxed out.
Give me pixels!
The popular megapixel numbers, today practically consistently double-digit, but say only about the size of the picture and little about the picture quality. The more pixels are crammed on a defined sensor, the less surface gets from every single pixel. So he will inevitably smaller and lost by a history of photosensitivity and dynamic range. In our camera chip in the format 1: 2.3 inch built. It is a rectangle with sides 6.2 mm x 4.6 mm and a diagonal measurement of 7.7 mm. Thus, the total area is just 29 sq mm. By comparison, the well-known small picture format (KB) from analog times (e) has 24 mm x 36 mm = 864 sq mm. Thus our CMOS sensor are just under 3.4% of KB size. And it is 16 million pixels romp. Enge thing that!
Megapixel megazoom
By tiny sensor surface an optical zoom from 25 mm to 500 mm (!) Focal length in such a dwarf of camera it is on the other hand would not be possible or manageable, accommodate. Only 4.6 centimeters moves the lens in the most telephoto setting out of the housing to return completely to disappear after turning it. I do not want to conceal: This is technology that should any users requiring considerable respect. And it goes without saying that one (after all, with 12 elements in 10 groups!) Must not compare the installed micro lens with a kilo of opponents of the DSLR Group.
The camera in practice
After these rather theoretical considerations, the most important discipline, namely the snapping is traveling. Extremely small and almost weightless, you are with this Nikon initially incognito go. Only a realization not particularly inconspicuous when shooting with her. Because the ugly picture entertainment, which can be observed everywhere, is also opportune here: Both Hands and Arms Up, camera in suspensions, positioned at eye level, motive to target, pull the trigger (without the whole body to maul). The beeps and shutter sounds You can turn to happiness once and for all. But the monitor is firmly seated and they must have exactly draufschauen (if you the sun that allowed for so readily). In other words, serious and ambitious photography is with this camera rather impossible - but that is certainly not the desired purpose. For a lot of nice souvenir photos while traveling and in general go, documentary support services (timetables, Maps, damage, etc.), photography by tight hatches, small videos or sound recordings, our dwarf is good and all convinced by great individual performances. More can not be expected of a Universal machine.
I just noticed a point I would like to negative: All photos are sharpened automatically and full frame after shooting. This intervention can never be undone, and it prevents any form of conscious blur and artistic touch.
Overdressed?
For my taste, the Nikon "programs" has rather too many helpers, in the form of so-called. Who want to support photographers in all thinking and replace any experience and routine. The problem is time and again: You have to know all the programs and try advance carefully to they can really use. And even then does the selection and activation of an appropriate special function much time. I want this camera not be blamed as a negative point, because that is in the nature of things. Here too, however, is offered to my mind, that does not require the normal user. So I seem subsequent image processing functions within the camera itself, as completely worthless. In addition there are long very good, even free programs. And you need some compelling experience and absolutely the largest possible screen, otherwise the nix.
Attributes and ratings
# Original replacement battery costs about 23 euros: Nikon EN-EL19 battery LiIon S4100 S3100
# Compatible foreign-replacement battery costs about 5 euros: digibuddy battery compatible with Nikon EN-EL19 Li-Ion
+ Clean and classy verarbeites metal housing
+ Intuitive operating concept with a lot of features
+ Recording mode dial on the top: Automatic - Scene Auto Selector - Scene Mode - Night Scene - Backlight - Effect Mode - Smart Portrait - Short Film Screening
+ 20 x optical zoom (equivalent to 25 to 500 mm in small picture format)
+ Manual exposure correction (+/- 2 stops) with histogram
+ Manual correction of Farbtton and color saturation
+ Fast reset all three correction settings
+ Numerous special functions for shooting
+ Super-sharp TFT LCD monitor with 460,000 pixels
+ After switching the camera in less than a second is ready for use
+ Overall and consistently compelling photographs, provided normal conditions prevail (light)
+ Surprisingly low energy consumption - a charged battery pack is nevertheless indispensable
o relatively smooth and slippery surface housing, limited grip
not swivel o Monitor
o No gridlines faded on the monitor
o Memory card not included (despite the high price camera), for about 6 Photos enough internal memory
o No manual preselection of speed or aperture
o No optical viewfinder
o images are stored only in JPG format, compression is not adjustable
o Made in China
- Automatic sharpening can not be disabled
Summary
After many data words and I want to draw a tight summary: Nikon offers the Coolpix S-7000 a very good and powerful camera, with almost unmanageable many functions and features for the fast and still presentable photo in between. Unbeatable are their minimal dimensions when nonetheless enormous focal length coverage and at the same time good to very good image quality.
