22 august 2012. Nikon today expanded its COOLPIX lineup with the colorful COOLPIX S6400, a stylish camera with serious zoom that makes taking pictures of friends and family a ton of fun. The COOLPIX S6400 ultra-slim camera makes every shot and every video even more colorful. It features a 7.5 cm 3.0 inch touch screen display, perfect for viewing and artistically editing photos. Meanwhile, a 16-megapixel backlit CMOS sensor combines with 12x optical zoom to let you shoot great stills and movies in any lighting conditions.
Nicolas Gillet, European Consumer Product Marketing Manager at Nikon said, āThe COOLPIX S6400 is a sleek, slim camera thatās easy to carry in your pocket at parties with friends and keep in your backpack when you travel the world. It comes in five exciting colors, so you can look stylish shooting anything from portraits to landscapes.ā.
Compact beauty
You donāt have to buy a big camera to take beautiful, crisp pictures in a wide variety of environments. Although the COOLPIX S6400ās body is only 19.8 mm thick[1], it hides a wide-angle NIKKOR lens with 12x optical zoom, allowing you to both zoom in on the subject and zoom out when it comes to shooting large groups of people.
In any lighting conditions
Whether youāre shooting the perfect sunset, a concert, or a romantic candlelit dinner, youāll appreciate the benefits of the 16MP CMOS sensor in backlit conditions. Because every pixel receives more light, the high quality sensor in combination with the EXPEED C2 processor gives you high definition images at any time of day or night.
Smart Solution
The COOLPIX S6400 camera lets you forget about the old compromises between features and design. The latest 7.5 cm 3.0ā³ LCD widescreen touchscreen display with 460K resolution. Points provides intuitive shooting and playback control with Nikonās smart touch control system and anti-glare coating with clear color monitor technology.
Take the shot you want, you can immediately process it in quick effects mode. Photographers can choose from 19 different effects, including Toy Camera, Selective Color and Picture.
Full HD 1080p video with stereo sound
Shoot Full HD movies at the touch of a button, instantly switching from stills to video and using the 12x optical zoom lens when youāre shooting. Pause function lets you pause and resume shooting the camera automatically creates a single movie for easy viewing.
Other important features
Intelligent autofocus AF control: the camera automatically focuses on the optimal area of the frame and delivers sharp pictures no matter what subject you are shooting or where it is in the frame.
20 scene modes: Choose the scene mode that suits you or let the camera automatically choose a scene mode with Auto Scene Selection.
Vibration Reduction VR with lens shift: Nikonās automatic Vibration Reduction technology compensates for camera shake to sharpen your photos and videos in real time.
Reduces Blur. High ISO sensitivity of up to 3200 helps ensure sharp pictures in low-light conditions. Motion detection technology compensates for camera and subject movement. Night portrait and night landscape modes make for great low-light shots. HDR auto mode is great for high contrast scenes, like beach photography.
Simple 360Ā°/180Ā° panorama: This mode lets you create dynamic panoramas by rotating the camera horizontally or vertically.
The COOLPIX S6400 comes in five colors: black, red, silver, magenta and blue.
[1] The thinnest part
This sounds like a promising camera, but Iām curious about its low light performance. How well does the Nikon COOLPIX S6400 handle capturing images in dark or poorly lit environments?
The Nikon COOLPIX S6400 performs moderately well in low light conditions. With its 16-megapixel sensor and backside illumination technology, it is capable of capturing decent images in dark or poorly lit environments. However, it may struggle in extremely low light scenarios as the small sensor size could result in increased noise and reduced image quality. It is advisable to use a tripod or stabilize the camera to minimize any potential blurring. Additionally, utilizing the cameraās built-in flash or increasing the ISO setting can help improve the performance in low light situations.
This camera sounds impressive, but how does it perform in low light situations? Can it produce high-quality images without compromising on clarity and detail?