Nikon Coolpix S9 6 Megapixel Compact Camera

Great slim digital camera

Strengths: small and slim size, good picture quality

Weakness: none so far

The len of it is inside the camera,which makes it very thin and small size. it's very solid and not made of plastic. Picture quality is good. its operating buttons are small, but there are only few of them, and makes it simpler to function.
In all, I don't regret buying it and it was a good deal for me.

By cocoxu - May 10, 2007

Nikon COOLPIX S9 Digital Camera cheek and chic

Strengths: sheek, truly pocket-size

Weakness: chic, the carrying case that is.

i always have nikon cameras. this is truly a pocket in size and easy to use, convenient to carry around. although the carrying case is a bonus, but hey that rose-color really distorts the image. the images are crisp clear comparable to any 6MP cameras. i am pretty happy with the purchase.

By mercilessmin - Apr 17, 2007

good

Strengths: good

Weakness: sometimes unstable

I think it is a good digital camera, especially for travelling. I found lots of people use this type so I recommend it as a gift. However, it sometimes gives me some hard time to take pictures.

By yuxiaomin - Mar 3, 2007

Small, simple, battery limited

Strengths: Small size, excellent macro mode, time-lapse movie mode

Weakness: Battery capacity severly limits movie length, lack of an external power adapter makes time lapse photography impractical

I have had my S9 for a week and take it everywhere with me. It is a nice little go-everywhere piece of equipment that doesn't demand much and offers correspondingly little in return. The flash is weak but still uses a lot of the battery power; a fully charged battery limits you to about 75 min of time lapse photography at 640x480 and 1 frame/10 sec. This is only 450 frames before you have to...
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I have had my S9 for a week and take it everywhere with me. It is a nice little go-everywhere piece of equipment that doesn't demand much and offers correspondingly little in return. The flash is weak but still uses a lot of the battery power; a fully charged battery limits you to about 75 min of time lapse photography at 640x480 and 1 frame/10 sec. This is only 450 frames before you have to change the battery, and that means taking the camera off the tripod to get to the battery so your framing will be off when you continue (assuming you are there when it runs out of juice).

The S9 starts-up very quickly and the shutter delay between shots is much better than my Olympus C4040. The lens is rather slow, and the focal plane is relatively noisy at ISO speeds above 100 which is where you will find yourself if you are shooting indoors without flash.

The charger has a long cord which takes up more room than the charger itself (they should have just put a fold-up plug on the back of the charger). So get a couple of extra batteries and keep them charged. They will recharge in about 2 hrs from full discharge and seem to keep a charge relatively well though I have only a short history to go on. The camera also provides reasonable warning that you are getting low on battery. You can take maybe 6 flash shots or 15 without before it dies.

Nice size, but hard to shoot with one hand (very slick body makes it hard to hold). And don't put it in your shirt pocket as it will fall out quite easily and you might crack the case if it hits on a corner.

I bought a high speed 1GB SD memory card which it may not need, but even though it doesn't have a USB 2.0 interface it downloads reasonably quickly from the fast memory. With a 1GB memory, you can take over 750 full resolution photos so you will burn through at least a couple of battery charges before you need to unload the stored pictures.

The movie mode is easy to use and produces a good product - with the exposure automatically adjusting to changes in ambient light.

The sound quality is quite good given the disadvantaged microphone, and the audio memo mode is nice if you want to add comments that extend beyond the 20 sec that can be added to each shot.

By docdough - Nov 18, 2006

Nikon S9 = avg

Strengths: Nice large screen, Video/voice recording options, various SCENE options like Fireworks, Snow, Museum, Close-up, portrait etc. -- GREAT CLOSE-UPS!

Weakness: It doesn't hold a battery charge as long as my Canon Elph did. Doesn't do really well in low lighting.

I think I liked my canon elph 2.5MP better, but perhaps that's just because I got accustomed to it for 2 years. The Nikon has a really nice sleek body and the shutter/flash are far out of the way of your right hand so you won't accidentally stick your finger in front of it. I don't think the buttons on top are too small, of course it may be a problem if you're older or really large. Nikon's...
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I think I liked my canon elph 2.5MP better, but perhaps that's just because I got accustomed to it for 2 years. The Nikon has a really nice sleek body and the shutter/flash are far out of the way of your right hand so you won't accidentally stick your finger in front of it. I don't think the buttons on top are too small, of course it may be a problem if you're older or really large. Nikon's deliver excellent quality-- ESPECIALLY on close up flowers/insects!

By caprigurl - Oct 8, 2006