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Nikon Coolpix S4 comparison

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Product name	Nikon Coolpix S4	Nikon Coolpix S10	Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 (silver)	Nikon CoolPix S220 (warm silver)	Pentax Optio 30
Price	$599.95	Check Prices	$277.95 to $349.97	$126.95 to $199.95	$167.99
CNET editors' rating	3.0 stars Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)	3.0 stars Overall score: 6.8 (3.0 stars)	stars Overall score: ( stars)
Average user rating	3.5 stars	3.5 stars	3.5 stars	0.5 stars
Release date	September 14, 2005		April 20, 2009
The Bottom Line	The Nikon Coolpix S4 resurrects the company's classic swivel-lens design with modern touches, including lots of scene modes and in-camera fixes for common problems. Image quality and performance seem a bit old-fashioned, however.	Nikon's S10 has some decent features, including a really nice lens, but it doesn't live up to its potential and can't compete with similarly priced superzooms.	As long as you don't want much in the way of manual features, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 is a very nice camera that can handle a variety of shooting situations.	The Nikon Coolpix S220 is an adequate, inexpensive choice for social-network-loving photographers.
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Lens aperture	F/3.5	F/3.5	F/3.3-4.9	F/3.1-5.9	F/2.9-5.0
Equivalent 35mm focal length	38 - 380 mm	38 - 380 mm	25 - 300 mm	35 - 105 mm	38 - 114 mm
Optical zoom	10 x	10 x	12 x	3 x	3 x
Light sensitivity	Info unavailable	Info unavailable	ISO 80 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO auto ISO auto (1600-6400)	ISO 80 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 2000 ISO auto (80-800) ISO auto (80-1600)	ISO 50 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400
Display (projector) technology	TFT active matrix	TFT active matrix	TFT active matrix	TFT active matrix	TFT active matrix
Video input type	Digital camera	Digital camera	Digital camera	Digital camera	Digital camera
Digital zoom	4 x	4 x	4 x	Info unavailable	4 x
Battery technology	Alkaline	Info unavailable	Info unavailable	Info unavailable	Info unavailable
Weight	0.4 lbs	7.8 oz	7.2 oz	3.5 oz	0.2 lbs
Effective sensor resolution	6,000,000 pixels	6,000,000 pixels	10,100,000 pixels	10,000,000 pixels	3,200,000 pixels
Still image format	JPEG	JPEG	JPEG	JPEG	JPEG
Display (projector) diagonal size	2.5 in	2.5 in	3 in	2.5 in	1.6 in
Manual focus	Automatic	Automatic	Automatic	Automatic	Manual Automatic
Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications
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