Coolpix S8 has longer battery life than Coolpix S7 and it is a bit lighter. The LCD is 5 inch smaller. Another difference, less important, is the fact that the S8 comes with the COOL-STATION MV-14 and the S7c and S7 come with the COOL-STATION MV-15; S8 comes bundled with the Dock Insert PV-10 and the S7c and S7 with Dock Insert PV-11. Otherwise, it has the same wonderful special functions and features: BSS (Best Shot Selector), D-Lighting, Electronic VR (image stabilization), Face-priority, In-Camera Red-Eye Fix, One-touch portrait button, Pictmotion.
Functions:
• Shooting Modes: Auto, 2 modes for vibration reduction (Anti-Shake, High-Sensitivity), 4 modes with Scene assist, 11 Scene modes
• Scene Modes: Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night Portrait, Party/Indoor, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night Landscape, Close Up, Museum, Fireworks Show, Copy, Back Light, Panorama assist, Voice Recording
• Movie Mode: TV movie (640) at 30fps, Small size (320) at 30fps/15fps, Smaller size (160) at 15fps, Pictmotion (320) at 15fps; Without sound: Time-lapse movie at 30fps, Electronic VR (Vibration Reduction) available
• Flash modes: Auto, Auto with Red-eye Reduction (In-Camera Red-Eye Fix), Flash Cancel, Anytime Flash and Slow sync
• White Balance: Direct sunlight, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy, Flash and White Bal. Preset
Technical Data:
• 2.5 inch LCD
• 7.1 effective megapixels
• 3x optical zoom + 4x digital zoom
• Aperture: f/2.8-5.0
• Power on: 1.1 sec
• Focal Length: 35 to 105mm (35mm equivalent)
• Self-timer: 3, 10 sec
• Continuous Shooting: 1.4 fps, Multi-shot 16 – approx. 1.6fps, only available at image size 5M
• Shoot to shoot: 2.1 sec
• Shutter Lag: 0.7 sec
• ISO Range: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
• Flash Range: 0.3-7.5m /1 ft. – 24 ft. 7 in. (Wide), 0.3-4.0m/ 1 ft. – 13 ft. 1 in. (Tele)
• File Format: JPEG
• SD memory card + 14MB internal memory
• EN-EL8 Li-Ion Battery (210 shots)
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My Name is Lau, I'm 23 and I'm from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Nature Photography is my passion, and secondary, Abstract Photography, but other kind of photographic challenges please me as well.
