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Nikon Coolpix S570 (red)

Manufacturer: Nikon Inc. Part number: 26180

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Bottom Line:: The Nikon Coolpix S570 is a respectable ultracompact camera, despite average point-and-shoot performance and some high-ISO overpromising.
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Nikon Coolpix S570 (red)

price range: $146.95 - $159.95

Reviewed by: Joshua Goldman
Reviewed on: 10/08/2009

The good: Good lens specifications; Smart Portrait System works well; nice design, feature set.

The bad: Middle-of-the-road performance; ISO 1,600, 3,200 not worth using.

The bottom line: The Nikon Coolpix S570 is a respectable ultracompact camera, despite average point-and-shoot performance and some high-ISO overpromising.

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The Nikon Coolpix S570 is a solid camera offering at the popular $199.99 price point. Simple and stylish, the camera has a bright, wide-angle lens and 5x zoom helping it standout from the competition; as does its consistently good photo quality below ISO 400. A new specialty mode for portraits and its pedestrian shooting performance make the camera best suited for still subjects and landscapes, though. Also, despite its capability to keep shooting at full resolution in low-light conditions (the sensitivity goes up to ISO 3,200), doesn't mean you'll like the results.

Key specifications	Nikon Coolpix S570
Price (MSRP)	$199.99
Dimensions (WHD)	3.6x2.2x0.8 inches
Weight (with battery and media)	4.8 ounces
Megapixels, image sensor size, type	12 megapixels, 1/2.3-inch CCD
LCD size, resolution/viewfinder	2.7-inch LCD, 230K dots/None
Lens (zoom, aperture, focal length)	5x, f2.7-6.6, 28-140mm (35mm equivalent)
File format (still/video)	JPEG/Motion JPEG (.AVI)
Highest resolution size (still/video)	4,000x3,000 pixels/ 640x480 at 30fps
Image stabilization type	Electronic
Battery type, rated life	Lithium ion rechargeable, 220 shots

Available in pink, red, blue, and black versions, the S570 is a slim, lightweight camera easily slipped into a pants pocket or small bag. The metal body gives it a sturdy, higher-end feel than its price might suggest. Its lens specifications add to that, hitting all the things good to find on an ultracompact camera.

Its controls are fairly standard and easily learned with little effort from the user. On top of the camera are the power and shutter release buttons with a zoom control around the release. In back to the right of the bright LCD and below the thumb rest are buttons for changing shooting modes, playing and editing images, accessing photo, video, and system setting menus, and deleting pictures. There's a directional pad for navigation and setting exposure, flash, timer, and macro. Again, it's all pretty straightforward.

One thing that might be confusing is S570's four-way VR Image Stabilization. The name may lead you to believe it has optical or mechanical stabilization, but it has neither. It's completely electronic, relying on high ISO settings and shutter speed adjustments along with motion detection to help with hand shake and motion blur.

General shooting options	Nikon Coolpix S570
ISO sensitivity (full resolution)	Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1,600, 3,200
White balance	Auto, Manual, Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy, Flash
Recording modes	Auto, Scene Auto, Scene, Smart Portrait, Movie
Focus area modes	Face priority, Auto, Manual, Center
Metering	Multi, Center-weighted, Spot
Color effects	Standard, Vivid, Black & White, Sepia, Cyanotype
Burst mode shot limit (full resolution)	5 photos

Shooting modes on the S570 are aimed squarely at snapshooters. The Auto mode gives you the most control with selections for ISO, white balance, exposure compensation, focus area, light metering, and color effects. You can also pick drive modes: single shot, continuous, Best Shot Selector, and Multi-shot 16. Best Shot Selector fires off up to 10 frames and then saves the sharpest image, while Multi-shot 16 compiles a sequence of 16 shots and puts them all in a grid on one photo. There are 15 scene modes with nothing out of the ordinary as well as Scene Auto Selector, Nikon's automatic scene-recognition mode. What is unique is the Smart Portrait System that gets its own spot in the shooting-mode menu. It combines Nikon's previously available Blink Warning, Smile Shutter, In-Camera Red Eye Fix, D-Lighting, and Face Priority AF features into one mode and adds a new Skin Softening component. This type of mode is available from other manufacturers, but Nikon's implementation is fast and works well.

Performance for the S570 is average for its class teetering on the edge of slow. It takes two seconds to wake up and shoot. Subsequent shots will leave you waiting an average of 2.2 seconds between them, jumping to 3.8 seconds if you use the flash. Shutter lag is noticeable in good lighting conditions at 0.6 second; in dim lighting, it's a bit better at 0.8 second. The S570 has a full-resolution continuous shooting speed of 0.6 frames per second. These numbers really drive home that this camera is better for still subjects than moving targets.

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Nikon Coolpix S570

Overall, the S570 produces very good photo quality. Many cameras in its class suffer a significant dip in quality when they use any sensitivity above ISO 200. The S570 is actually good to ISO 400 and to some extent ISO 800. The camera lets you limit the auto ISO range to either 80-400 or 80-800. If you're in daylight or bright conditions, I recommend locking it down to 80-400. Again, it did perform well up to ISO 800 with minimal color shift and most fine detail intact, but it's at its best below ISO 400. It can shoot at full resolution up to and including a sensitivity of ISO 3,200. However, both it and ISO 1,600 don't look good because of color shifting and yellow blotching. So while you can keep shooting photos in low-light conditions, you probably won't be thrilled by the results.

Colors are not accurate from the S570, but the results are pleasing. Everything turned out nice, bright, and reasonably natural-looking. Typical of compact cameras, highlights tend to blow out, but at least Nikon's D-Lighting system helps bring up shadow detail. For a 28mm-equivalent wide-angle lens, the S570 has little in the way of barrel distortion and has no discernible pincushion distortion when the lens is fully extended. In high-contrast areas of photos there is some purple fringing, but the amounts are below average for its class. Lastly, photos generally looked a tad soft. The softness was consistent from edge to edge, though, unlike models we've tested that soft off to the sides or in the corners.

There are a lot of cameras competing in the $100 to $200 price range. Some cameras compensate for their mediocre photo quality and performance by loading up on features. The Coolpix S570 comes close to falling in that category, but it seems that Nikon put more effort than usual into the results. It's not excellent, but for someone looking for a reasonably priced ultracompact camera for portrait and landscape shots where speedy performance is less of an issue, the S570 should work nicely.

Shooting speed (in seconds)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)

Time to first shot

Typical shot-to-shot time (flash)

Typical shot-to-shot time

Shutter lag (dim)

Shutter lag (typical)

Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS

1.4

3.2

2.1

0.7

0.5

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W220

1.6

2.7

1.7

0.7

0.5

Nikon Coolpix S570

3.8

2.2

0.8

0.6

Kodak EasyShare M1093 IS

2.8

1.4

1.2

0.5

Pentax Optio P70

2.5

3.9

0.5

Typical continuous-shooting speed (in frames per second)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)

Kodak EasyShare M1093 IS

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W220

1.7

Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS

1.4

Pentax Optio P70

0.9

Nikon Coolpix S570

0.6

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Specifications

Manufacturer: Nikon Inc.
Part number: 26180
Description: Chic and convenient 12 megapixel camera offers outstanding value for money. Amazingly easy-to-use, Scene Auto Selector automatically optimizes all camera settings according to the subject you are shooting and the Nikkor 5x zoom lens with wide-angle capability can capture group portraits or expansive landscapes with ease. Nikon's Smart Portrait System ensures perfect portraits and includes a skin softening function that makes your subject's skin tone appear instantly smoother. The Coolpix S570 - looks stylish and performs brilliantly.

General
Product Type Digital camera - Compact
Width 3.6 in
Depth 0.9 in
Height 2.2 in
Weight 4.2 oz
Enclosure Color Red
Body Material Metal
Main Features
Resolution 12 megapixels
Color Support Color
Optical Sensor Type CCD
Total Pixels 12,390,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 12,000,000 pixels
Light Sensitivity ISO 80, ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800, ISO 1600, ISO 3200, ISO auto (80-400), ISO auto (80-800), ISO auto (80-1600)
Digital Zoom 4 x
Shooting Modes Frame movie mode
Image Stabilizer Electronic
Exposure Modes Program, Automatic
Face Detection Yes
White Balance Presets, Automatic
White Balance Presets Flash, Cloudy, Daylight, Fluorescent, Incandescent
Still Image Format JPEG
TV Tuner None
Memory / Storage
Supported Flash Memory SD Memory Card
Integrated Memory 47 MB
Floppy Drive None
Image Storage JPEG 4000 x 3000, JPEG 3264 x 2448, JPEG 2592 x 1944, JPEG 3968 x 2232, JPEG 2048 x 1536, JPEG 1024 x 768, JPEG 640 x 480
Camera Flash
Camera Flash Built-in flash
Flash Modes Auto mode, Fill-in mode, Slow synchro, Flash OFF mode, Red-eye reduction
Red Eye Reduction Yes
Features AF illuminator
Lens System
Type Zoom lens - 5 mm - 25 mm - F/2.7-6.6
Focal Length 5 mm - 25 mm
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 28 - 140 mm
Focus Adjustment Automatic
Auto Focus TTL contrast detection
Min Focus Range 17.7 in
Macro Focus Range 3cm
Lens Aperture F/2.7-6.6
Optical Zoom 5 x
Zoom Adjustment Motorized drive
Features Built-in lens shield
Additional Features
Self Timer Yes
Additional Features Face detection, Audio recording, Date/time stamp, Built-in speaker, Exif Print support, PictBridge support, D-Lighting technology, In-camera red-eye fix, USB 2.0 compatibility, Face-priority AF function, Blink Detection technology, Display brightness control, Scene Detection Technology, Smile Detection technology, Motion Detection Technology
Viewfinder
Viewfinder Type None
Display
Type LCD display - TFT active matrix - 2.7 in - Color
Display Form Factor Built-in
Display Format 230,000 pixels

Digital Player (Recorder)
Type None
Microphone
Type Microphone - Built-in
Microphone Technology Electret condenser
Microphone Operation Mode Mono
Connections
Connector Type 1 x USB, 1 x Composite video/audio output
Expansion Slot(s) 1 x SD Memory Card
Software
Software Drivers & Utilities
System Requirements for PC Connection
Peripheral Devices USB port, CD-ROM drive
Miscellaneous
Carrying Case None
Included Accessories Carrying strap
Cables Included USB cable, A/V cable
Power
Power Device Battery charger - External
Battery
Supported Battery Nikon EN-EL10
Supported Battery 1 x Li-ion rechargeable battery ( Included )

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