The Digital Camera Reviews

The S610 features a 10 megapixel sensor, 3.0 inch LCD monitor, optical Vibration Reduction (stabilization), a nominal ISO sensitivity range from 100 to 3200 and a 4x optical zoom lens that provides a 28 to 112mm focal range.In addition, there’s also automatic in-camera red-eye correction, face-priority auto focus and Nikon’s post-processing D-Lighting tool. The camera has Nikon’s new EXPEED processor technology and there are approximately 45MB of internal memory – SD/SDHC memory media can also be accepted. Here are before and after shots using D-Lighting.

Nikon includes a USB cable, A/V cable, wrist strap, rechargeable battery and charger, and CD-ROM software with each camera.The S610 is a typical compact digital, sized about the same as a pack of cigarettes or a small deck of cards.The rectangular metal S610 body is a bit more angular than the 600 but generally shares the overall rounded edge shape of the earlier model.Even with the addition of the larger monitor, the camera back is not cluttered and there is ample spacing between the few controls found here.

The S600 offered a mixed bag of results in our performance categories, so I was hoping to see better results with the newer camera. Unfortunately, the hoped-for improvements didn’t materialize across the board.