Nikon Coolpix S610

portability, performance, durability, usability, design

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

usability, image quality, performance, screen, portability

durability, zoom, viewfinder, flash

88% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

A Scene Auto Selector mode allows the Coolpix S610 to automatically choose between Close-up, Portrait, Landscape, Backlight, Night Portrait, and Night Landscape scene modes as appropriate

Good image and color quality, Very good AF acquisition time

Disappointing shutter lag, No manual controls

Wide-angle lens in a very small ultra-compact, FIne noise patter makes it usable up to ISO 800, Good image colors with correct white-balance, Good custom-white balance, Mostly good exposure, but occasional problems, Barely any distortion, Good focusing...

Noise visible at all ISO, muddy shadow details, Gradual increase in softness towards edges, Poor automatic and preset white-balance, Slow shot-to-shot speed but average lag, LCD blanks for 2s or more between shots, LCD is too yellow, Redeye problems

The Nikon S610 finds itself in the sea of high-resolution ultra-compacts with wide-angle lenses. At least 25 such cameras exist and, despite being slim and well-built, the S610 does not distinguish itself well. Not that it performs poorly, but one must...

Wireless connectivity, good colour balance, incredibly fast start-up time

High levels of chromatic aberration, high shutter lag and slow shot-to-shot time, slow wireless transfers

Nikon's CoolPix S610c is a solid compact camera with a few notable problems. It takes fairly good snaps and has wireless connectivity; however, uploading photos can be slow. The camera itself is incredibly slow at times, which makes for a frustrating...

Good colour balance, wide-angle lens, 4x optical zoom with stabilisation, lightning quick start-up time

Extremely slow shot-to-shot time and shutter lag, chromatic aberration issues

Nikon's CoolPix S610 would have been quite an impressive unit if it wasn't for its extremely slow shutter speed and shot-to-shot lag. As it stands it still captures fairly good snaps and has some nifty features, but can be irritatingly slow at times.

Build and styling, image quality, easy to use, screen size, Image Stabilisation

Starts quickly but otherwise not as fast as Nikon claim, no manual modes, slow AF, menu use

Overall then, the Coolpix S610 is a mixed bag, superb image quality and clever kit disguised by a deceptively simple design, but the whole in this case is not quite the sum of its parts.

Good colour balance, wide-angle lens, 4x optical zoom with stabilisation, lightning quick start-up time

Extremely slow shot-to-shot time and shutter lag, chromatic aberration issues