Latest – Review and Sample Photos by DigitalCameraReview (added 01 February’09)
Nikon Coolpix S560 announced on august 7, 2008 is a 10 megapixel optically image stabilized point-and-shoot digital camera that features a 5x optical zoom, 2.7 inch LCD, auto scene selection, smile detection, and an ISO range from 64 to 3200. Camera dimensions are height: 2.1 in. (54.5mm)
width: 3.7 in. (93mm) depth: 0.9 in. (23.5mm)and it weighs 4.6 oz. (130g).
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Reviewer Index – (updated 01 February’09)
DigitalCameraReview
“Continuous shooting rates are disappointing, and the wide angle maximum aperture of f/3.5 lags behind the f/2.8 that seems to show up on many competitors. Removing the memory card is an awkward exercise for my average fingers due to the proximity of the chamber door. However, these are relatively minor annoyances on a camera that does so many other things quite well.”
Cameras.co.uk
“It does have one or two additional features such as the ability to take square photos and time lapse movies. It is mid range when it comes to picture quality. I found very little to dislike about the camera and it does a solid job.”
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GoodGearGuide
“The important new feature to note is the sensor-shift image stabilisation. As this unit has a larger than normal zoom lens for a compact (5x) this is particularly useful, allowing you to make the most of the bigger lens.”
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Trusted Reviews
“Although it isn’t without a couple of niggling faults, the Nikon CoolPIx S560 is a very pleasing camera to use. It has excellent handling, superior build quality, good performance and image quality, and is small, light and robust enough to take anywhere.”
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Press Excerpt
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 7 August 2008 –Nikon Europe is proud to announce the introduction of four new COOLPIX compact cameras: the S610, the S610C, the S710 and the S560. The new cameras cater to everyone’s tastes and needs. Both the S610 and S610C are incredibly fast, with the world’s fastest start-up time in their class*, 10 effective megapixels and a wide-angle 4x zoom. The S610C’s wireless LAN connectivity makes uploading pictures to the internet easy. The S710 has a massive 14.5 effective megapixels, a range of high-performance functions such as a possible 12 fps shooting and, with a sensitivity range up to ISO 12800, delivers sharp and detailed pictures in even the most demanding environments. The S560 is the world’s smallest in its class and with superior portability, a 5x zoom lens and advanced features such as Smile Mode, the S560 is the perfect family choice. All cameras feature Nikon’s proprietary EXPEED image-processing system and high-quality NIKKOR lenses. And all four models are housed in durable metal bodies, in a range of colours, with sleek lines that look good anywhere.
Mark Pekelharing, Product Manager Consumer Products at Nikon Europe B.V: “These four new COOLPIX cameras represent the latest in style, design and quality and offer all superb imaging quality. There’s the friendly pricing of the S560, the S710’s outstanding quality and performance, the connectivity and image sharing options of the S610C and the remarkable speed of the S610. Whatever your preference, there’s a COOLPIX for you.”
COOLPIX S560
The S560 is an attractively-priced yet high-quality compact digital camera with 10 effective megapixels, 5x NIKKOR zoom lens and a large 2.7-inch wide-viewing angle TFT monitor. Designed with ease of use in mind, the camera offers numerous features to make life easier. Thanks to its high sensitivity it can be used in almost any setting. Scene Auto Selector does the work by automatically choosing the appropriate settings whether shooting a portrait, landscape or fast action. And in Smile Mode, the camera detects the subject’s face and focuses, and automatically releases the shutter when the subject smiles. It even includes a blink warning for when a subject has blinked during exposure. The high-quality aluminium body comes in three colours: Warm Silver, Sakura Pink and Black. The S560 will be available for retail as of end-August for a MSRP of €249.
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Nikon needs to give a more accurate retail desscription of where to buy this camera!!! Not available at one single retail store (ie, Best Buy, Circuit City, Staples, Office Depot, Wolf Camera, Ritz Camera, or any other retail store).
I should be able to go into any of my local so called “authorized dealers” and be able to buy the S560 today, it is already the 1st week of November and Nikon said in their own August 8th, 2008 Press Release that it was to be available by early September 2008. Thats Crap! Its over 2 months later, and all I can find is Amazon.com online offering this camera for sale… SO? Any advice from anyone on when the Big Box Retail stores of choice will be truly offering the S560?… Nikon themselves cannot even intelligently give an answer to this!!! So much for brand loyalty! Will have to buy another!!!
I bought mine at Costco a month ago (10/08) I took it to Hawaii, and I just love it!
How does this camera handle in low-light areas? I have read that is is very poor to very good depending on the camera setup.
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I also bought mine at Costco about two days ago…It came with a travel case a 2 gig memory card and a few other things for $200.00, its a really awesome camera for its price. I’ve been playing around with it a lot and i haven’t really had a bad picture yet…if you change the picture and flash settings, low lit areas turn out great! I love it!
I absolutely hate this camera. I got it for Christmas and you can count out being able to use it in doors. The pictures are way too noisy no matter what ISO setting it is on. I had a super cheap camera from Wal Mart that was only an 8 MP and it took pictures a thousand times better than this one and you didn’t have any problems with the noise.
I just got this camera today,it didnt came with a travel case and memory card ;-(,but its ok,i just hope this camera works great,as what i read in the reviews there are positive and negative comments,well,let see how does d picture quality came out when i use this.
Don\’t buy!! My daughter bought this camera 3 monthes ago and it no longer turns on!