Nikon connects its new S51c camera to the net with Wi-Fi capability, but are its photos worth uploading? Nikon connects its new S51c camera to the net with Wi-Fi capability, but are its photos worth uploading?
Nikon connects its new S51c camera to the net with Wi-Fi capability, but are its photos worth uploading?
infoSync World, Norway
The Wi-Fi functionality in Nikon’s Coolpix S51c just might be an evolutionary step for point-and-shoot (perhaps all) cameras, but it isn’t quite intuitive yet. Too bad, because it’s otherwise the camera’s best feature: for a $250 MRSP, the image-quality is average at best and the video-quality outright mediocre, and curiously Nikon’s software bundle includes a multi-image panorama utility but no basic editing-software. For users who crave the immediacy of Wi-Fi uploading, the S51c may fit the bill, but others could do better for less money. Release: September 2007. Price: $250.
Pros: Wi-Fi connectivity, panorama-assist utility, external charger, film-grainy noise
Cons: Unwieldy ergonomics, Wi-Fi can be flaky over WEP and troublesome to setup for WPA/WPA-2, no editing software, average image-quality, terrible video-quality
Add comment March 18th, 2008