Nikon’s COOLPIX S9700 is a pocket super-zoom with a 30x optical reach, taking you from a 25mm wide point to a 750mm super-fax. This 16 Megapixel camera additionally offers 1080p video, full manual control, and particularly among its most recent adversaries, both Wifi and GPS built-in. So let’s discuss the Nikon Coolpix S9700 review.
Nikon Coolpix S9700 Features
The Nikon Coolpix S9700 highlights a 30x optical long-range focal point with a 25-750mm comparable reach, alongside a 16-megapixel back-enlightened CMOS sensor. 5-hub Hybrid VR (Vibration Reduction) empowers sharp photographs, as well as full HD video recording. Pre-AF abbreviates the self-adjust time and obtains fresh outcomes even at full zoom or in low light.
Nikon’s Smart Portrait System (with highlights including Smile Timer, Blink Proof, and Red-Eye Fix) accomplishes wonderful representations, and looking into pictures is kind with the 3-inch 921k dots OLED screen. A repair menu, allows you to add impacts or apply Glamor Retouch.
Inherent Wi-Fi allows you to interface with your savvy gadget to involve it as a controller to accomplish ideal self-representations without having your arm in chance. Or on the other hand, you can utilize the savvy gadget association with transfer and immediately share photographs with loved ones through email or web-based entertainment sites.
GPS and GLONASS capacities imply that detailed area data can be recorded on every photograph. Your movement courses can be logged using the world guide work so you will always remember where you snapped the picture.
Scene Auto Selector improves camera settings, passing on you to zero in on outlining your photographs. On the other hand, you can set manual openness modes (P/S/A/M) and scene modes utilizing the mode dial. The main features are listed below:
- 16-megapixel illuminated CMOS sensor
- Crossbreed VR, optical, and electronic picture adjustment
- 30x optical long-range focal point, identical to 25-750mm
- 3inch 921k dot OLED screen
- P/A/S/M Manual control
- ISO125 – ISO6400
- FullHD video recording
- Wi-Fi and GPS built-in
- 1cm macro mode
- Simple all-encompassing mode
- Available in white, dark, and red
Nikon COOLPIX S9700 Design and Controls
Regarding size and weight, the vast majority of the well-known ongoing conservative super-zooms are firmly coordinated and the COOLPIX S9700 is no exception. It measures 109.6×63.5×34.5mm and weighs 232g including the battery and card. If you need a more modest body you must forfeit zoom range and if you need a more drawn-out zoom you’ll be checking greater, heavier models out. The COOLPIX S9700 will fit in your coat or coat pocket.
With aspects of 113x66x34.8mm, the Canon PowerShot SX700 HS is a smidgen taller and more extensive, however, I figure Canon and Nikon should do their estimating another way since consecutive on the desk before me I can’t see a huge contrast. However, at 269g with battery and card fitted the SX700 HS is somewhat heavier. The Panasonic Lumix TZ60/ZS40 is indistinguishable at 111x64x34.4mm and 240g and the equivalent nearly goes for the Sony Cyber-shot HX50V/HX60V, at 108x64x38.3mm it’s a fair piece thicker giving it a lot chunkier appearance.
The plastic body is done in sparkle paint and is available in dark, red, or white. It feels sufficiently tough and each one of the entryways and folds fit pleasantly, except for the pop-up flash, which sits a little glad for its break in the top board. Inverse, on the opposite side of the slight mound that houses the Wifi ethereal, there’s a recessed on/off button, shutter release with zoom neckline, and the mode dial which is set into the top board with an uncovered back area that can be worked with your thumb.
On the backboard, the control design is similar to the prior COOLPIX S9500 with a marginally bigger thumb cushion. The film record button is a little lower yet advantageously situated for thumb action and the multi-selector wheel beneath it is utilized for menu route as well as one-touch access to flash, concentration, exposure compensation, and self-clock settings. There’s additionally another button that shows a guided view, showing either your ongoing area or the area of reviewed pictures.
The COOLPIX S9700 has a proper 3-inch OLED screen with a 921k dot resolution. Doubtlessly that this is a decent-quality screen, the picture is exceptionally definite and entirely steady. The variety looks exact (however clearly this doesn’t influence picture quality) and the picture is overall quite contrasty, making it simple to find in everything except direct daylight. The OLED screen additionally has a wide point of view, so you can in any case see pretty well even with the camera held at high and low points.
The PowerShot SX700 HS has a 3-inch LCD screen with a similar goal as the COOLPIX S9700 and there truly isn’t a lot to pick between them. Like the COOLPIX S9700, the S700 HS show is splendid, punchy, and detailed. Note the later COOLPIX S9900, refreshes the S9700 with a completely articulated screen, an extraordinary element among its friend bunch. Concerning the most recent Canon SX710 HS, the screen is equivalent to its ancestor.
On the right half of the S9700’s body, there are two little doors above and underneath the focal wrist tie fitting. The lower one is a small-scale HDMI port for connection with an HD TV with a discretionary link. The upper one is a USB port that is utilized to charge the camera as well concerning moving photographs and video from the card or the underlying memory. You can charge the camera through this port utilizing either the provided mains charger or by connecting it to a notepad or other appropriate power source.
I think this is a more adaptable and valuable methodology than that utilized by the PowerShot SX700 HS where the battery must be taken out and set in an outside charger. Having said that the last strategy implies you can in any case utilize the camera while the battery is charging if you have an extra.
The COOLPIX S9700’s EN-EL12 battery gives sufficient power on a full charge for 300 shots – 50 a bigger number than the PowerShot SX700 HS. Yet, if you’re ready to have the SX700 HS faint the screen following two or three seconds and switch off following 3 minutes, the Eco mode will stretch out the battery duration to 360 shots.
The COOLPIX S9700 has an implicit flash that naturally springs up when required. There are four modes chosen from a menu that seems when you press the top situation on the Multi-selector wheel – Off, Standard, Red-eye decrease, and Slow sync. The cited range is 6 meters at the focal point wide point setting, by all accounts more impressive than the PowerShot SX700 HS, however, I suspect the figure for the COOLPIX S9700 is cited at a higher ISO. Neither the COOLPIX S9700 nor the PowerShot SX700 IS has a hot shoe, but the SX700 HS is viable with Canon’s HF-DC2 external flash.
Nikon COOLPIX S9700 Lens and Adjustment
The COOLPIX S9700’s 30x optical zoom has a similar 25-750mm identical reach as the PowerShot SX700 HS, yet the camera’s f3.7 – 6.4 exposure isn’t exactly as brilliant at the wide point end of the reach as the last’s f3.2 – 6.9. The pay is that it’s somewhat more splendid at the telephoto end of the reach. Note the most recent forms of the two cameras share similar focal points as their ancestors.
The 25-750mm identical range is great in a minimal this size, and keeping in mind that there are other 30x reduced zooms, the Lumix TZ60/ZS40 and the Sony HX50V/HX60V being two models, both of those models start at a marginally more extensive 24mm wide point and miss the mark concerning the COOLPIX S9700’s fax reach by 30mm – so that is a 24-720mm territory contrasted and 25-750. By and by the thing that matters is scarcely perceptible, however, if you’re trapped in a sharp corner, the partially more extensive Sony and Panasonic might be more valuable.
All things considered, there’s generally the COOLPIX S9700’s easy display mode for broad perspectives, something the PowerShot SX700 HS needs. Changing the balance, the SX700 HS Framing help button assists you with monitoring subjects when zoomed in, something not exactly so natural on the COOLPIX S9700.
The COOLPIX S9700 has optical picture adjustment which Nikon calls Vibration Reduction or VR. Vibration decrease is set independently for stills and film shooting with Photo VR initiated from the Setup menu. Notwithstanding the On and Off positions, there’s a third choice called Hybrid. This joins the optical adjustment with in-camera present handling to carefully eliminate any obscuring of the remaining parts. The computerized amendment is applied exclusively under specific circumstances, including when the screen speed is slower than 1/30 at the wide point setting or 1/250 at the fax central length and when the responsiveness is 200 ISO or lower.
Notwithstanding Vibration Reduction, Motion location consequently raises the ISO aversion to empower the determination of a quicker shutter speed when either subject development is distinguished or there’s a gamble of camera shake. It’s a seriously helpful element for novices, who may know nothing about the results of taking shots at slow shade speeds, however, it tends to be switched off and manual choice of the ISO responsiveness likewise cripples it.
To test the COOLPIX S9700’s adjustment I put forth it to Shutter boundary exposure mode, zoomed the focal point to its greatest 750mm identical telephoto setting, and went after logically more slow shade speeds, first with Photo VR switched off and afterward with it on. The COOLPIX S9700 can deliver obscure free shots down to 1/50 at the most extreme zoom range, I dealt with an intermittent sharp shot at 1/25 yet for consistency 1/50 is the breaking point, at around four stops slower than the picture taker’s ‘one over the central length’ proclamation proposes is protected, that is amazing by any principles.
Nikon COOLPIX S9700 Shooting Modes
Compared with the PowerShot SX700 HS, the COOLPIX S9700’s mode dial is somewhat simple with positions for PASM modes, Auto, Scene, Effects, and a smiley face symbol demonstrating smart portrait mode. Program Auto sets the gap and shutter speed naturally, Aperture Priority allows you to set the opening and the screen speed is set consequently, Shutter needs to be the reverse way around and in Manual mode, you set both the gap and shutter speed. If this is a new area for you, the COOLPIX S9700 is the best camera to find out about these manual and self-loader modes practically speaking.
Meanwhile, The green camera symbol on the mode dial places the COOLPIX S9700 into Auto mode. The contrast between this and Program Auto is that there’s less for you to do. You can change the picture size and quality from the shooting menu and change exposure compensation, but you can’t move the openness (change the gap and shutter speed while keeping up with similar exposure esteem), change the ISO responsiveness, white equilibrium, or any of the other choices accessible from the Shooting menu in Program auto mode.
Switch the mode dial to the Scene position and the menu offers 18 scene modes including every one of the typical suspects from Portrait to Party through Landscape, Beach, Sports, Fireworks show, and Backlighting. There are two display modes for shooting 180 and 360 perspectives. You press the shutter once and pan the camera as easily as you can. You can pan with the camera in picture or scene direction – the COOLPIX S9700 works out which, you don’t have to tell it in advance. Picture mode creates the biggest pictures which are 1536 x 4800 pixels for 180 scenes and the 360 ones measure 1536 x 9600.
While it isn’t one of the most outstanding HDR modes around, the COOLPIX S9700 highlights Nikon’s Backlighting scene mode. HDR mode discharges a quick eruption of organized shoots and produces a composite HDR picture from them. The COOLPIX S9700 likewise incorporates a choice of 11 enhancements channels – Soft concentration, Pop, Cross interaction, Super striking, two toy camera impacts, High-contrast monochrome, Nostalgic Sepia, High Key, Low key, and Selective variety.
Other than choosing the variety from an on-screen range for the Selective variety impact and picking one of four cross-cycle tones, not a solitary one of them is adaptable. All can be utilized for films yet note there’s no Miniature impact like on the SX700 HS. Beneath you can see the Nostalgic sepia, High-contrast monochrome, Pop, Cross interaction, Selective variety, and Toy camera impact 2.
The shooting menu likewise offers something many refer to as Quick impacts. With this initiated, you can apply impact channels to a shot soon after you’ve taken it. Impacts incorporate Pop, Super clear, High key, Painting, Photo outline, Toy camera impact, Cross interaction, fish-eye, miniature, and particular tone. To apply the impact you press the OK button in the focal point of the Multi-selector while the image preview is on the screen, however, as a matter of fact, you can apply the impact at any time by pressing the OK button while reviewing pictures in playback mode. The sifted form is saved alongside the first. Speedy impacts can’t be applied to films, so no smaller-than-usual impact for film cuts, unfortunately.
At long last, Smart Portrait mode naturally makes an effort when it detects a grin on the edge. It doesn’t offer the wink-and-face self-clock elements of the SX700 HS, however, you can apply a skin-mellowing channel, shoot in persistent or BSS modes and set blink detection.
Nikon COOLPIX S9700 Movie Modes
The COOLPIX S9700 has the best quality HD film method of 1080p25 which is encoded at a typical piece pace of around 17Mbps. All of the video modes are accessible in PAL and NTSC viable frame rates (for example 25/30 and 50/60fps) contingent upon the edge rate setting in the Movie menu, from here on I’ll utilize the PAL particulars. Next on the menu is a joined 1080i50 mode, trailed by 720p25. That is trailed by one more 720p mode saved in Apple’s altered agreeable iFrame design, and ultimately a VGA mode that records 640×480 goal video at 25fps (or 30fps for NTSC video mode).
That is only the ordinary speed modes; the COOLPIX S9700 likewise has a few HS choices for playback at speeds other than ongoing. HS480/4x shoots 640×480 video at 4x typical speed (100 or 120fps relying upon whether you have PAL or NTSC video mode chosen) which plays back at quarter speed. HS720/2x records 1280×720 at twofold the ordinary edge rate for half-speed playback, and lastly 1080/0.5x records full HD video at a portion of the typical frame rate for twofold speed playback.
Sound isn’t recorded with the HS video modes yet I was enjoyably shocked to find that you can utilize the impacts channels. The main limit on this is that the Soft and Nostalgic sepia impacts are just accessible with the HS720/2x mode. I ought to likewise refer to that you can’t utilize the utilization zoom or Full-time AF with the HS modes. Although they’re genuinely even matched as far as video modes, the PowerShot SX700 HS just offers low-goal VGA (640×480) and QVGA (320x 240) modes at 1/4 and 1/8 speed playback separately.
The COOLPIX S9700 doesn’t have a movie position on the mode dial, so the recording is begun by pressing the committed record button in anything mode you’re in. One of the downsides of this approach is that you can’t build out your shot effectively as the screen changes from 4:3 extents to 16:9 (accepting at least for now that you’re shooting in one of the HD modes). The PowerShot SX700 HS mode dial film position makes this a lot more straightforward, but the COOLPIX S9700 does have a showcase mode that superimposes the 16:9 region on the 4:3 screen for you.
The COOLPIX S9700 gives two self-adjust modes to film shooting, Single AF (AF-S), which sets the concentration toward the start of your clasp, and Full-time AF (AF-F) which persistently changes it. AF-S is the default, yet if you need to record whatever’s moving, or on the other hand if you’re panning the camera from close to far subjects, you want to change to Full-time AF. The COOLPIX S9700’s full-time AF mode functions admirably. The main thing that burdened it was zooming, as you can see from my espresso mug test beneath it adapts well, staying fixed regarding the matter even in low light circumstances.
The COOLPIX S9700 doesn’t uphold any of the PASM openness modes for film shooting, no matter what the place of the mode dial and ISO, the responsiveness and exposure are set consequently. In that regard, it’s equivalent to the PowerShot SX700 HS.
Nikon COOLPIX S9700 Handling
The COOLPIX S9700 is somewhat slower than the PowerShot SX700 IS to fire up, it requires several seconds to expand the focal point and prepared itself for shooting, yet all the same that is genuinely normal. It likewise requires two or three seconds for the zoom to travel its full optical reach at the quicker (and noisier) of its two paces, which is quick, however, the fine engine control is a little erratic which in some cases puts forth it somewhat of an attempt to approach your shot unequivocally.
In Auto modes, the menu framework is above and beyond, which is one more approach to saying it’s fine if you don’t utilize it much. In PASM modes when you’re bound to need admittance to ISO awareness, metering, AF modes, and so forth, it very well may be a piece unwieldy. The issue is the absence of a speedy menu or the like. The PowerShot SX700 HS’s Func. The set button makes changing normal settings significantly speedier and more straightforward.
Like the SX700 HS, the COOLPIX S9700 has inherent Wifi. There’s no NFC chip in the COOLPIX S9700 however, so the connection is certainly not clear for those with NFC-prepared cell phones; note the more current S9900 has NFC. All things considered, to associate with the COOLPIX S9700 you should simply empower Wifi from the menu and then, at that point, select the COOLPIX S9700’s SSID on your telephone. Before you do that, it’s prudent to set up security choices on the camera, in any case, you have an open Wifi connection that anybody can take advantage of.
Whenever that is done you have the choice of remote shooting utilizing Nikon’s Wireless Mobile Utility application as well as downloading pictures from the card in the camera. The remote shooting highlights are fundamental. No matter what the mode dial position the camera shoots in Auto mode and there’s no exposure control accessible, not even exposure compensation You can zoom the focal point in reasonably staccato steps and there’s an observable slack between tapping the control on your telephone and the camera answering.
Downloading pictures from the camera’s card to the telephone is clear, You can see the pictures in a matrix, get a full screen take a gander at a low goal see and select it for download at one of three sizes – the first, or a down inspected record at VGA (640×480) or something many refers to as ‘Suggested size’. It required something like eight seconds to download a unique 6MB picture from the COOLPIX S9700 to my iPhone with the two gadgets about a meter separated.
The COOLPIX S9700’s Wifi highlights are essential, however, they finish the work. Wifi on the PowerShot SX700 HS is more cleaned, yet concerning remote shooting and downloading, you don’t get much more. Be that as it may, the SX700 HS permits you to interface with a printer or one more camera over Wifi and you can likewise transfer to online entertainment and photograph-sharing destinations utilizing Canon’s Image Gateway stage.
The COOLPIX S9700 is additionally outfitted with a GPS beneficiary which implies you can naturally tag photographs with geolocation information and show them on a guide. A committed button on the panel initiates a guide show which shows your ongoing area as well as the place of late taken photographs. There’s a POI data set that shows nearby focal points and these can likewise be inserted into the picture metadata.
During shooting the GPS gathering strength is demonstrated on-screen by a three-bar realistic. Overall I observed the COOLPIX S9700 got a sign sensibly rapidly and I disliked gathering, however, I wasn’t frequently in that frame of mind region. There’s additionally a compass heading show and when you playback pictures a little realistic demonstrates where you were confronting when you took them. The most recent S9900 keeps the GPS beneficiary, which causes it exceptional among the 2015 models as both Canon and Panasonic have now unloaded GPS equipment from their 30x models, and Sony is yet to refresh its 2014 model.
The COOLPIX S9700 has two full-resolution modes at 6.9fps and 2.1fps. The quicker of the two shoots a 5-outline burst, spotlight, and exposure are fixed on the principal outline for all nonstop shooting modes. Two quicker settings shoot 1280×960 pictures at 60fps and 640×480 at 120fps.
There’s likewise a smart pre-shooting store mode that starts recording when the shutter is half-pressed; when you completely press the screen the COOLPIX S9700 catches an explosion of 25 1280×960 edges at 20fps including up to 5 reserved outlines from before the shade was completely discouraged. Furthermore, like most Nikon compacts The COOLPIX S9700 incorporates the Best Shot Selector mode which shoots a speedy 10-outline burst and saves the keenest to the card, disposing of the others. At long last, Multi-shot 16 shoots 16 pictures and consolidates them in a 4×4 network.
To test the consistent shooting on the COOLPIX S9700 I fitted it with a newly designed 8GB Sandisk Extreme UHS-1 card evaluated at 45Mb/s. I chose the best quality Large Fine JPEG setting and set the drive mode to the quickest full goal 6.9fps Continuous H mode. The COOLPIX S9700 discharged an explosion of five shots at a slower-than-expected 4.7fps. Decreasing the quality to Normal brought about a slight increment to 5fps. However a short burst catches under a moment of activity, the COOLPIX S9700 in all actuality does essentially give an abundance of quicker lower resolution options for catching longer groupings.
Nikon Coolpix S9700 ISO Noise Performance
ISO125 shows low degrees of commotion, with ISO200 and ISO400 likewise showing low degrees of noise. Noise is still very low at ISO800, but the detail has dropped at this setting. Commotion ends up being more clear at ISO1600, and detail drops once more. ISO3200 shows extra commotion, and detail drops further, but results might in any case give usable if shared on the web or resized pictures. ISO6400 shows the most significant level of clamor, and this setting is best kept away from.
Nikon Coolpix S9700 White Balance Performance
Auto White Balance (AWB) performs well under tungsten light with a somewhat warm outcome. The tungsten preset gives a more precise outcome, and AWB performs well under fluorescent lighting. The fluorescent preset gives a slight fuchsia/orange variety cast.
Nikon Coolpix S9700 Panorama Mode
The camera includes a programmed all-encompassing mode, where you press the shutter release button and pan the camera from one side to the next. Results are sensibly great, and very much sewed together, although the resolution is low.
Nikon Coolpix S9700 Advanced Filters
There are countless various impacts available from the “Effects” choice on the mode dial, with models displayed previously. The impacts are available in playback altering too.
Pros of Nikon Coolpix S9700:
- Good color reproduction
- Full manual controls
- Sharp lens
- Wi-Fi and GPS built-in
- Face Detection Focusing
- Panorama Shooting
- Good value for money
Cons of Nikon Coolpix S9700:
- External charger not included
- No Touch Screen
Final Words on Nikon Coolpix S9700 Review
The Nikon Coolpix S9700 offers a lot of features in a somewhat little, pocketable package. With a 30x optical long-range focal point, a 3-inch screen, high-velocity shooting, full HD video, manual controls, built-in Wi-Fi, and GPS, there’s not significantly more you might need from a compact digital camera.
There are just single other cameras that offer more, as an implicit EVF in the Panasonic Lumix TZ60. The Nikon Coolpix S9700 is accessible at an excellent cost, being valued somewhat not exactly the opposition, and is accessible in various tones, including dark, red, and white. Pictures don’t show as much detail as we would have jumped at the chance to see, yet variety and exposure are both great which ought to make the camera ideal for sharing pictures via virtual entertainment sites like Facebook.