Granted, I'm Nikonians ...

... While this test is completely neutral and has nothing to do with my preference to this company.
In addition, I take pictures even more with the larger cars from D300 up.
The more I looked forward also times a small "notches" to be able to test out as renowned home.

Appearance:

Immediately after unpacking you have to keep the feeling of a "real" Nikon in his hands.
The severity and grip the small camera was startling. The large 3 inch monitor
with its 921,000 pixels resolution is also not a matter of course in compact cameras in this price range.

Handling:

With a thickness of 2.7 cm, the Nikon is still equipped with a 10x zoom, which they probably of a
thinnest cameras with this feature makes. In the shirt pocket it would fit though, but is due to
of its own weight rather inadvisable. The keys have significant pressure points and are all accessible by a single source.
The menu, which automatically starts usually at initial operation is really simple and self-explanatory.
The lens changes its focal length is not as fast but for most photo opportunities still fast enough.
The same applies to the autofocus, which requires a brief moment, to focus on a subject. The built optical image stabilizer compensates very good movements of the camera. In low light, which is indispensable. The high sensitivity of up to ISO 3200 does the rest to do so.
Many manual controls one searches in vain in the Nikon S8000. But it comes up with 16 scene modes well-chosen. A subject tracking (subject tracking) is also on board as a "Smile Mode".
To discuss all things would now take too long and were already ten times mentioned in other reviews. That's why I'm coming to ..

Image Quality:

Who this small compact certifies only adequate image quality, which should urgently to the optician.
The Nikon S8000 makes excellent photos!
Of course, they do not come close to the quality of an SLR, but that is not at all due to their construction possible.
The value for money is here but optimal.
A word about the video recording. This was indeed criticized by some reviewers here. One should understand clearly that one has acquired a camera here and a camcorder. Personally, I think of such hybrids nothing. I take my camcorder not there to take pictures. However, comparing the video quality with the other compact cameras, the Nikon is also here way ahead. Only the missing opische zoom would also be mentioned as a small drawback.

Conclusion:

You buy here a camera from a good family. And this name they will really do it justice.
In this price range you have to find something comparable long search.
A very good Always-In camera that takes even the smallest handbag.