Nikon Coolpix S4300 Review

July 7, 2012 Filed under Digital Cameras Posted by Agnes J. Hamilton

The sleek ultra-compact camera Nikon Coolpix S4300 is equipped with 3-inch touchscreen that delivers 460,000-dot to view the captured images. The Nikon Coolpix S4300 is designed to meet the simple operation and suit the most pockets carrying.

The Nikon Coolpix S4300 that features a 16 megapixel CCD sensor along with 6x optical zoom is offered in the UK with the price at £150 and $170 in the US.

Nikon Coolpix S4300 Features & Performance

Nikon Coolpix S4300

Having the dimensions at 95.5mm x 58.9mm x 20.8mm and weighing at only 139 grams, the Nikon Coolpix S4300 offers 16MP sensor size with the 74MB internal memory and an availability to expand the storage through SD card.

On the rear side, the Nikon Coolpix S4300 owns 3-inch touchscreen LCD that is accompanied with large on-screen buttons that are large enough to be operated with a finger, though the very few physical controls is simple to any navigation.

The Nikon Coolpix S4300 offers “rapid menu system”, “super-fast start up”, and one touch movie recording for optimizing the performance.

Take a look the Nikon Coolpix S4300, the users will find the on/off button, zoom rocker, and shutter release on the top of the camera while the AV-out port and battery/SD card compartment is docked on the bottom side.

Overall, the Nikon Coolpix S4300 is easy to operate. Starting HD video recording, viewing photos, and selecting between six Special Effects modes and Smart Portrait mode, 20 different Scene Modes, and Auto mode can be simply accessed through the three buttons standing by the LCD that role as a window to access all the camera’s other features. The lens shift vibration reduction is boasted to ensure the camera shake reducing.

The Nikon Coolpix S4300 performs quiet and accurate autofocus yet the responsiveness is guaranteed. However, please note that telephoto shooting in low light conditions will reduce the performance of autofocus. The Nikon Coolpix S4300 is able to give a nice level of saturation in capturing realistic colors. The disappointment to use the Nikon Coolpix S4300 comes in HD video recording that results fairly low image quality.