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Nikon Coolpix S70 user reviews and ratings

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Nikon Coolpix S70 user reviews Date: 2009-12-18 - 13:00:26 Author: Michael Dennis Rating:    Notices Because the 1st review is so good, complete and accurate I'll agree with most of it :-) However here are a few additional points: The ability to charge while connected to the computer (an option you have to turn on because it's off by default) is simply great. Many, times I've connected other cameras to the computer started the download and then forgot about it, when I get back the battery is dead! Now, with the S70 that can't happen :-) When connecting to a PC (no expereince with a MAC) via the USB cable the "date taken" EXIF data (and probably other EXIF data) is not shown in any software - like Windows Explorer and Lightroom 2 and several others. This means that if you use software that uses that date to create seperate file folders (or anything else) based on the date taken it will fail. I use this to keep all pictures on disk in a date named folder. What does work is removing the SD card and importing the files that way. This means that the S70 actualy records the data in the file, but the USB interface fails to make it avalable to the software on the PC. The one exception is the Nikon Transfer software that comes with the camera and is free to download. Nikon support says since that software works and they don't support any other that there is no issue - bollocks I say! It's a bug and I sure hope they get their heads out of their... and fix this in an update to the firmware. It's serious enough for me that despite how great the camera is, I'll probably return it and go with something else. Quite a shame as I have a D3 and love it and gravitated to the Nikon brand because of my great experience with it when looking for this type of camera. If you rely on this feature with you import software then look for a different camera, otherwise this is a good choice... Date: 2010-04-15 - 12:55:18 Author: Bernard Rating:    I was intrigued by the Nikon S70's advertized automation features and iPhone-like interface. Of course, I first checked Amazon's reviews to see if thre were any gotchas. Several reviews told me to beware of fuzzy picture quality. Therefore, when I went to the local high-end camera store, I took along my old Nikon P5100 for comparison purposes. I took full-wide-angle pictures of the interior of the store with both cameras. Using playback mode on both cameras' display screens, I expanded the resulting pictures so that the printing on a store display filled the screen. The S70 showed intolerably fuzzy printing, while my old camera showed perfectly sharp printing. Without Amazon's reviews, I would have trusted Nikon's name, purchased the S70, and had to go to the trouble of returning it. Date: 2010-04-20 - 08:41:52 Author: Sandy Rating:    this one is the worst camera The features are great, the design of the touch screen is clever, but if you default to the touch screen, it is way too easy to mistakenly touch the screen and take photos you don't want. But, most importantly, I'm surprised by the other reviewers who say the photos are great as I think the photo quality is very poor. I've tried various auto options and have tested all the manual settings and cannot get a really good photo. I'm not new to Nikon - I've had other Nikon Coolpix cameras that I loved and I also have the Nikon D300 SLR and have been a Nikon owner for 40 years but this one is the worst...sorry to say!

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