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Digital Camera Coolpix S6
6.0 million
3-inch type (6.2 million total pixels)
High (2816*), Normal (2816), Normal (2048), PC (1024), TV (640)
3x Zoom-Nikkor ED; 5.8-17.4mm (35mm [135] format equivalent to 35-105mm); f/3.0-5.4; 12 elements in 10 groups; Digital zoom: up to 4x
Yes
30cm (12 in.) to infinity, 4cm (1.6 in.) to infinity in Macro Mode
3.0-inch type, 230,000-dot TFT LCD monitor with brightness adjustment (170-degree wide viewing angle)/
Internal memory: approx. 21MB, SD memory card
Shooting modes: Auto, 4 modes with Scene Assist (Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night portrait), 11 Scene Modes (Party/Indoor, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night landscape, Close up, Museum, Fireworks show, Copy, Back light, Panorama assist), Voice Recording, BSS (Best Shot Selector), Exposure BSS, Color Options,Blur Warning, Date Imprint, Self-timer (3, 10 sec.)
With sound: TV movie (640) at 30fps, Small size (320) at 30fps/15fps, Smaller size (160) at 15fps, Pictmotion (320) at 15fps; Without sound: Time-lapse movie at 30fps, Electronic VR (Vibration Reduction) available
Pictmotion: 5 styles selectable to playback movies or up to 30 still images, 5 music files pre-installed, max. 3 music files loadable Via Picture Project (Windows only)
1) Single, 2) Continuous (approx. 2.2fps), 3) Multi-shot 16 (approx 2fps, only available at image size 6M), 4) Interval timer shooting
Range: 1 ft to 8 ft. 6 in/ 0.3-2.6m (W), 1 ft. to 4 ft. 7 in/0.3-1.4m/. (T); Flash modes: Auto, Auto with Red-eye Reduction (In-Camera Red-Eye Fix), Flash cancel, Anytime flash and Slow sync.
USB, Audio Video output (via MV-15 CoolStation)
German/English/Spanish/French/Italian/Dutch/Russian/ Swedish/Japanese/Simplified Chinese/TraditionalChinese/Korean/Thai/ Portuguese/Polish/Indonesian/Finnish/Norwegian/Czech selectable in menu display
One EN-EL8 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery (supplied), EH-64 AC Adapter (supplied)
200 shots with EN-EL8 (based on CIPA standard)
Approx. 3.9 x 2.4 x 0.8 in. (100.5 x 60 x 21mm)
4.9 oz. (140g) (without battery and memory card)
PictureProject System Requirements: OS: Macintosh: Mac OS X version 10.1.5 orlater (version 10.2.8 or later required for Burn Disc option) / Windows: Windows XP Home Edition/Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows Me, Windows 98SE pre-installed models
RAM: Macintosh: 64MB or more recommended / Windows: 64MB or more recommended (128MB with muvee option)
Hard disk: 60MB required for installation
Display: 800 x 600 or more with 16-bit color (full color recommended)
CD-ROM drive required for installation. Only built-in USB ports are supported
The new COOLPIX S5 and S6 combine high-quality imaging performance with impressive new Pictmotion(TM) photo sharing technology to make the S5 & S6 the must-have compact digital camera. Both the S5 & S6 have sleek, slim wave designs, appealing to users who want their cameras to look as great as the pictures they take. They boast 6.0 effective megapixels & feature a 3x Zoom-Nikkor ED Glass lens.
Making it simple & convenient to take stunning portraits, a standalone One-Touch Portrait Button featured on both the S5 & S6, gives users instant access to the Face Priority AF & In-Camera Red Eye Fix options. To ensure quality photos in various shooting environments, users have the option of 16 scene modes, 17 for S5 with Underwater mode, including 4 modes with Scene Assist & a TV Quality Movie Mode function that records moving memories at 30fps with sound.
Sharing digital images is made easy with the new Pictmotion technology, which puts a creative new spin on the average in-camera slide show. By allowing users to select their favorite recorded images & matching one of 5 royalty-free, pre-installed music files on the camera, or your own choice of music, Pictmotion automatically analyzes all the elements to produce in-camera slide shows that look great & are fun to share with others.
The COOLPIX S5 & S6 provide quality playback of sound & the bright, sharp expanded 2.5 & 3.0-inch LCD's, with an impressively wide 170-degree viewing a ngle, make it easy for everyone to see.
With the incorporation of a new Rotary Multi Selector, users can easily scroll their way through the newly designed menu system or breeze through picture playback at up to 10 frames per second. Another new feature for the COOLPIX S5 & S6 includes a calendar function that automatically sorts images according to the date that they were taken.
For added in camera assistance, Nikon created a Help button, which is now standard on all Nikon's new COOLPIX cameras. This component provides easy-to-understand explanations for functions on the main menu.
Supporting both 80211.b & 80211.g WiFi standards, the built-in WiFi on the COOLPIX S6 allows for wireless transfer & printing of pictures to any PictBridge-enabled printer. For wireless printing of pictures without a computer Nikon offers the accessory Wireless Printer Adapter PD-10.
The system includes:
• In-Camera Red-Eye Fix(TM): automatically detects & corrects red eye, a common condition that occurs in flash photography.
• Face-Priority AF: automatically finds & focuses on a persons face within the frame, providing sharp focus to produce clear, crisp portraits wherever the subject is positioned in the frame.
• D-Lighting: selects & creates a copy of images with excessive backlight or insufficient flash illumination, adding light & detail where necessary.
• Blur Warning: alerts the user that a shot is blurry
• Best Shot Selector automatically saves your best shots.