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Manufacturer: Nikon Inc. Part number: 25528
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- Despite a few flaws, this is a good digital camera for starter snapshooters who crave simplicity and a helping hand but don't want to sacrifice picture quality.
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CNET editors' review
Nikon Coolpix 7600 price range: $499.00
- Reviewed by: Theano Nikitas
- Edited by: Lori Grunin
- Reviewed on: 06/10/2005
- Released on: 03/15/2005
The good: Compact; solid picture quality; helpful features for beginners.
The bad: Lacks some useful basics, such as manual ISO settings; sluggish flash recycle; inconsistent low-light autofocus.
The bottom line: Despite a few flaws, this is a good digital camera for starter snapshooters who crave simplicity and a helping hand but don't want to sacrifice picture quality.
User reviews
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Awesome little camera!
by VtGuy4fun on May 12, 2005
Pros: Bright, clear, accurate colors, great battery life.
Cons: The camera itself is a bit smaller than I like.
Summary: I am amazed at how good all of my pictures come out! In every situation the pictures are always clear, bright and the colors are accurate. I went from a ...
Summary: I am amazed at how good all of my pictures come out! In every situation the pictures are always clear, bright and the colors are accurate. I went from a 5 megapixel to this 7.1 and WOW, I'm shocked by the difference in clarity. I find that Nikon has done something other brands need to think about more, battery life. My batteries seem to last longer on this camera than any of my last four digital cameras. The camera has a setting to that reduces/eliminates red eye,it works great, I've had only a couple of pictures with slight hint of red eye and what bit you can see of red eyes wasn't objectionable. I think once you get all of your settings in line, it's a great point and shoot digital camera, but I also think someone like my Mother would get a bit confused with the the menu and submenus for all of the available settings.(sorry Mom!) For the price and quality I think this little camera packs a punch and is well worth the money! I highly recommend this camera!
12 out of 12 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Fantastic camera!
by sadhu05 on May 25, 2005
Pros: Light, fully featured, 7 megapixels, excellent picture quality
Cons: None found yet, except that they'll come out with a better camera for less in a few months, I'm sure.
Summary: I don't know what camera the reviewers who mentioned poor low light focussing & the inability to portray purple accurately were using, but it couldn't have been the ...
Summary: I don't know what camera the reviewers who mentioned poor low light focussing & the inability to portray purple accurately were using, but it couldn't have been the Nicon Coolpix 7600. I've put my new one through its paces thoroughly, & not only did not encounter either of these problems, I found this camera to be the best I have owned out of 4 digital point & shoot cameras.
This unit is incredibly light & compact, which I find a big plus. There are so many features it takes a week of study to go through them all. You can choose 3,5,7 normal, & 7 highest quality megapixels. There are numerous specific scene choices that really improve your pictures in those situations. The quality & resolution of the photos is absolutely excellent - crisp & clear even with zooming & large prints. It takes regular or NiMH or lithium AA batteries, which I like much better than custom batteries just for the unit. I have Monster batteries & a charger & this works great.
I highly recommend this camera to anyone who wants a point & shoot that takes professional quality pictures & that you don't even notice when you're carrying.
Almsot forgot - the price is right, too.11 out of 11 users found this user opinion helpful.
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```Love this camera ```
by thumbelinasplace on July 1, 2005
Pros: Great pictures
Cons: Slow shutter speed?
Summary: For the price at 350.00 you get a good camera. Great pictures. Easy to use and figure out all the dials on it. This is also a small camera, ...
Summary: For the price at 350.00 you get a good camera. Great pictures. Easy to use and figure out all the dials on it. This is also a small camera, you can fit it into your shirt pocket. Only two things I didn't like about it were because it is so small if you don't watch where your finger is you end up with your finger over the flash, so you have to move your finger out of the way. The other is I think they call it slow shutter speed. When you take the picture it takes a second or so for the camera to flash and take the picture. So, it wouldn't be good for someone who needs pictures of the moment. Which I have lost out on because of that. But otherwise I really don't have a lot of those. Unless you are a professional or need a camera for the moment, this camera is well worth it!
7 out of 7 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Not an SLR but a great versatile little camera
by Digi Man on June 1, 2005
Pros: It has great options... and does take clear shots even in low light
Cons: A bit complex at first... but I wanted options
Summary: I shopped around a lot, visited numerous stores, and websites… This little camera is a good option… I don’t like the USB cable being propriety… but the battery options ...
Summary: I shopped around a lot, visited numerous stores, and websites… This little camera is a good option… I don’t like the USB cable being propriety… but the battery options are awesome… On vacation if my lithium batteries go dead I can pick up a set of AA anywhere… Also takes better video than my digital video camera. You will need a fairly large SD card if you take super fine shots at 7 mega pixels
4 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.
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SLOW, Old technology!!!!!
by ChxxHawk on December 27, 2005
Pros: Lightweight, easy to use
Cons: Skow, loaded with old technology...
Summary: Not good for people with kids. I was told after I bought this by camera store that the 7600 is loaded with OLD technology. Only because I took it back ...
Summary: Not good for people with kids. I was told after I bought this by camera store that the 7600 is loaded with OLD technology. Only because I took it back on two differetn occasions trying to make it faster. It would take forever and a day to reload after taking a picture, even with Li-ion batteries and a fast 133x SD card, it made no difference. I was conned into this camera due to rebates, if you want a lightweight, slow camera and fairly easy to use, buy this, if you want a fast camera to keep up with kids, buy what I did the Canon A620 for about 20-50 dollars more.
3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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very nice camera
by msb2293 on May 19, 2005
Pros: great macro pics, easy straight foward controls
Cons: dosn't handle purple well.
Summary: nice camera very easy to use. Macro pics are very sharp. The only neg is I took pics of son in navy blue shirt and pics of vivid purle flowers ...
Summary: nice camera very easy to use. Macro pics are very sharp. The only neg is I took pics of son in navy blue shirt and pics of vivid purle flowers and they came out a royal blue. I tried changing settings and they kept coming out blue. My friend just purchased the 7900 and his camera does the same. Other than that it is a great camera for the price.
Updated
Update on purple situation. I adjusted the white balance and everything is corrected. We now give it a 9+.3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great for the price, good daylight/weak in low-light, slow at times
by The CyberPoet on January 16, 2006
Pros: Size Size and Size.Standard AA batteries. Daylight & movie performance.
Cons: Excess menu options, slow flash cycle, poor low-light color saturation
Summary: After living seven years with my 2.1Mb Canon PowerShot S10, it was time to go get something new. I knew from previous experiences that the type of shooting I ...
Summary: After living seven years with my 2.1Mb Canon PowerShot S10, it was time to go get something new. I knew from previous experiences that the type of shooting I do 95% of the time, I wanted something small that could travel easily and would take standard over-the-counter batteries (being in Europe without a recharge sucked!). A bit of reviewing found the 7600 at BeachPhoto for some ludicriously low price brand new, so I ordered it and a 2Gb memory card.
Maybe I was spoiled by the Canon S10, but this seven-year newer Nikon has more menus & choices required to do the same things (and doesn't have many of the same abilities in setting basic ASA rates & exposure times), and also has poorer low-light performance, even when shooting static objects in close flash range (I do a lot of eBay & shoot pics of stuff to list up -- often at night in the den). So, to get the same kind of pic color quality as the S10 means I need to whip out a 500 watt work light for lighting -- standard interior lighting + the built-in flash simply doesn't cut it.
On the other hand, the movie mode in regular daylight & in standard interior light is superb (take 'em for as long as your memory card will not be over-filled; with 2Gb that's about 2 hours). Sound quality is reasonably good, but you need to speak up clearly if you want to be clearly distinguishable from a bunch of background noises (such as party or a TV in the background).
It has some interesting capabilities, such a special night-landscape feature (does a good job of getting lots of depth and detail -- but the shutter will be open for 4 secs at a pop, so it needs to rest on something solid), a scanner-style document shooting mode (to take pictures of pages for OCR purposes - OCR software not included), and even a fireworks mode to take pictures of fireworks (again, a minor bit quirky -- you point, half click to prep it, then wait and right when the firework opens, hit the button for the real shot).
The size is great, readily portable, superlight (hint: case logic makes a case that's just the right size and belt-mountable for about $10). Batteries, even rechargable ones, are cheap and readily available virtually anywhere on the planet (a major reason I choose this camera over the Canon elph/S400/S450/S500/etc). Battery life is quite impressive, and the battery-life meter seems to be highly accurate (as verses to some cameras that simply run til you get a low battery warning).
I'm not really sure why they bothered to put a real viewfinder on it; unless your hands and face are the size of an 6 year old's, you'll probably find it very impractical to look thru the viewfinder (I keep getting cheek smudge-prints on the LCD screen when I try to do so, so I just use the LCD screen instead).
Oh, and a big hands-down to Nikon for trying to making the ability to download the documentation from their website require a serial number from the camera -- many people order their camera and then download the documentation to read while they're waiting for the camera to arrive. Ditto on the software...
Minimum picture/shooting size is 3Mb -- you can't take anything smaller except in movie mode.
Thoughts:
If I was just a rich tourist, I'd probably get a Canon S500. If I was just an eBay'er, I'd probably get an older Canon PowerShot used.
If I did more outdoor and high-quality work, I'd look at Nikon's L1 camera which does pretty much what this one does, but offers a much better lens capability (much more zoom) or the D50 which is a pro-level true SLR ($650 body-only)
For the typical user who uses a camera for a bit of everything (family gatherings, xmas, travel, etc), and who mostly takes the types of shots that were the realm of home-user 35mm cameras, this is the bomb. It won't make you Ansel Adams, but it will give you good pics in very large sizes (at least for now -- in five years, 7Mb pics will be small by then-standards).
Finally, optional accessories:
Nikon only offers a few accessories for this camera - an AC adaptor (for running straight of AC), a case (overpriced IMHO), rechargable batteries & battery charger (easily outclassed in both total power and cost by offerings elsewhere -- look for 2800mAh NiMh batteries on eBay, the web, or your local battery store).
The owner's manual also speaks of a remote flash unit that's compatible, but it's not listed on Nikon's accessory list -- the extra flash unit is triggered by the light from the built-in flash, allowing it to be used for added fill-in lighting; a number of firms offer such flash units and you can use multiple ones if it helps you (I've been considering it for the product pictures for eBay).2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great value for the money!
by 196972 on November 26, 2005
Pros: Excellent picture quality
Cons: Eats up regular alkaline batteries rather quickly
Summary: My first exposure (pardon the pun) to digital photography was with a Nikon 4300. I was, and still am, impressed with that camera. When I found out I could get ...
Summary: My first exposure (pardon the pun) to digital photography was with a Nikon 4300. I was, and still am, impressed with that camera. When I found out I could get a Nikon 7600 for $300, I jumped at the chance.
The 7600 has an improved ED lens which is important to me since I take pictures of houses for a real estate company. Nikon's reputation for quality lenses was a major factor im my purchase of this camera. The controls are well laid out and the camera is easy to hold. I also purchased a 512MB memory card since the 128MB cards I had for my 4300 won't last long in this camera. As a minimum, I recommend a 256MB memory card.2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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It just can't auto focus well in-door
by Vlee on May 24, 2005
Pros: D-lighting feature very helpful
Cons: Can't do snapshot!!!
Summary: This 7600 is my 4th DC but I am extremely disappointed with the picture quality. It just can't auto focus in low lighting environment. Over 50% of picture I ...
Summary: This 7600 is my 4th DC but I am extremely disappointed with the picture quality. It just can't auto focus in low lighting environment. Over 50% of picture I have got so far are blur.
3 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
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My camera had a defective lens
by playasanchas on June 7, 2005
Pros: Had a lot of different scene choices
Cons: lens was defective
Summary: Would have been a good camera if not for the lens error we got after five days of use. It also did not focus well in low light.
Summary: Would have been a good camera if not for the lens error we got after five days of use. It also did not focus well in low light.
2 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Nikon Inc.
- Part number: 25528
- Description: Like all other models in the popular COOLPIX series, the COOLPIX 7600 has been designed to make things simple for you and give you greater versatility, without compromising your enjoyment of the moment. Its high-quality 3x optical Zoom-Nikkor ED lens and 7.1 effective megapixel resolution give you great control over how you compose your shots, and greater image quality than most entry-level cameras. The COOLPIX 7600 features 16 handy Scene modes, four of which offer a Scene Assistance function. These user-friendly modes automatically control camera settings, enabling you to achieve high-quality results, simply choose the Scene Mode that best matches the subject. The COOLPIX 7600 stands apart from other cameras in its class with its handy ability to automatically improve the quality of recorded shots with the touch of a button. Nikon's exclusive D-Lighting function, for example, can be selected in Playback mode - automatically compensating for insufficient flash or excessive back lighting in order to obtain balanced exposure throughout the frame. Nikon's proprietary Advanced Red-eye Reduction, on the other hand, has the ability to automatically detect and correct red eyes in-camera in most situations.
General
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Product Type Digital camera - Compact
- Point-and-shoot highlights A panoramic assist function is provided in this camera, making it ideal for vacation pictures. Having video capture capability makes this camera ideal for social functions or vacation shots.
- Resolution 7.1 megapixels
- Optical Sensor Type CCD
- Total Pixels 7,410,000 pixels
- Effective Sensor Resolution 7,100,000 pixels
- Optical Sensor Size 1/1.8"
- Optical Zoom 3 x
- Digital Zoom 4 x
- Auto Focus TTL contrast detection
- Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 5
- Digital Video Format QuickTime
- Image Recording Format JPEG
- AV Interfaces Composite video
Exposure & White Balance
- Light Sensitivity ISO auto (50-200)
- Exposure Metering Spot AF area,
Matrix - Exposure Metering Zones 256
- Exposure Modes Program,
Automatic - Shooting Programs Dawn/dusk,
Sports mode,
Night landscape,
Close-up,
Sunset,
Back light,
Beach/snow,
Night portrait,
Fireworks,
Museum,
Party/indoor,
Panorama assist,
Copy,
Portrait mode,
Landscape - Special Effects Black & White,
Sepia,
Cool,
Vivid - White Balance Automatic,
Presets,
Custom - Max Shutter Speed 1/2000 sec
- Min Shutter Speed 4 sec
- Exposure Compensation ±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
- Exposure Range EV 1-16.4 - Wide lens,
EV 2.6-18.1 - Tele lens Lens System
- Type 3 x x Zoom lens - 7.8 mm - 23.4 mm - F/2.8-4.9
- Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 38 - 114 mm
- Focus Adjustment Automatic
- Min Focus Range 11.8 in
- Macro Focus Range 1.6 in
- Zoom Adjustment Motorized drive
- Lens Construction 6 groups / 7 elements
- Features Aspherical lens,
ED glass Camera Flash
- Camera Flash Built-in flash
- Flash Modes Slow synchro,
Fill-in mode,
Auto mode,
Flash OFF mode,
Red-eye reduction - Features AF illuminator
- Effective Flash Range 1.3 ft - 11 ft
Additional Features
- Continuous Shooting Speed 1.3 frames per second
- Self Timer Delay 10 sec
- Additional Features Display brightness control,
DPOF support,
In-camera red-eye removal,
Audio recording,
Auto power save,
Cropping an image,
Digital noise reduction,
PictBridge support,
USB 2.0 compatibility,
Direct print Viewfinder
- Viewfinder Type Optical - Real-image zoom
- Field Coverage 80%
- Magnification 0.31 - 0.77x
Display
- Type 1.8 in LCD display
- Display Features Built-in
Connections
- Connector Type 1 x USB,
1 x Composite video/audio output,
1 x DC power input Software
- Software Drivers & Utilities,
Nikon PictureProject System Requirements for PC Connection
- Operating System Support MS Windows ME,
MS Windows 98 SE,
MS Windows XP,
MS Windows 2000,
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.5 or later - Peripheral Devices USB port,
SVGA monitor,
CD-ROM drive - System Requirements Details MacOS X 10.1.5 or later - 64 MB - 60 MB,
Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP - 64 MB - 60 MB Miscellaneous
- Included Accessories Wrist strap,
USB cable,
Audio / video cable Battery
- Supported Battery AA
- Supported Battery 2 x AA Alkaline battery ( Included )
Memory / Storage
- RAM Installed 14 MB
- Memory Card Slot SD card
- Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card
- Image Storage Hi JPEG 3072 x 2304 : 4 VA - With 14MB built-in memory,
Normal JPEG 3072 x 2304 : 7 VA - With 14MB built-in memory,
Normal JPEG 2592 x 1944 : 10 VA - With 14MB built-in memory,
Normal JPEG 2048 x 1536 : 17 VA - With 14MB built-in memory,
JPEG 1024 x 768,
JPEG 640 x 480 - Video Capture QuickTime - 640 x 480,
QuickTime - 640 x 480,
QuickTime - 320 x 240,
QuickTime - 320 x 240,
QuickTime - 160 x 120 Dimensions & Weight
- Width 3.3 in
- Depth 1.5 in
- Height 2.4 in
- Weight 0.2 lbs
Product series
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Manufacturer: Nikon Inc.
Specs: Compact,
7.1 megapixels,
3 x,
38 - 114mm F/2.8,
1/1.8",
CCD -
Manufacturer: Nikon Inc.
Specs: Compact,
5.1 megapixels,
3 x,
35 - 105mm F/2.9,
1/2.5",
CCD
Accessories
Manufacturer info
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- Manufacturer:Nikon Inc.
- Address:
1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 11747-3064 - Phone: 1-631-547-4200
