Nikon Coolpix S9400 was announced in January
2013 and had an 18x optical zoom lens, 18.1 megapixel sensor and Full HD video
recording. It’s available in silver, black, red and white with the price of
about $283.
Features
Nikon Coolpix S9400
has a 18.1
megapixel CMOS sensor and an 18x optical zoom lens, 35mm equivalent to 25 - 450mm. To help maintaining the sharpness of the images, the camera has
lens-sift VR (vibration reduction) and Tracking AF to capture the moving objects.
Nikon
Coolpix S9400
There’s a series of shooting modes
including auto shooting mode, which can adjust the auto camera settings, or you
can choose from 19 shooting modes.
HDR automatically combines 2
images in different orientation just with a pressing manipulation of the
shutter to create an image with high dynamic range. Panoramic mode allows you
to make a panoramic shot in both 360 ° and 180 ° by pressing
the shutter button and move the screen vertically or horizontally.
Product
images
Smart portrait shooting system has a smile
timer to shoot when your object smiles, winking to warn you when somebody’s
eyes are close and edit. When you’ve finished shooting you can edit the images
by using the editing menu, with the effects such as selective color and
horizontal screen.
Video is fully
recorded with 1080p HD, stereo sound and available optical zoom. You
can pause or continue recording, the camera can be connected to a HD TV through HDMI cable.
Nikon
Coolpix S9400 has a 18.1 megapixel CMOS
sensor and an 18x optical
zoom lens, 35mm equivalent
to 25 - 450mm.
Main
feature
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18.1 megapixel CMOS sensor
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18x optical zoom lens (35mm equivalent 35-450mm)
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Lens shift VR (vibration reduction)
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3.0 inch
614k dot OLED
screen
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Smart portrait shooting system
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full HD 1080p filming
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ISO 125-3200
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5cm min focusing distance
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HDR auto mode
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Panorama 3600 / 1800
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7.5 fps high speed continuous shooting
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Available in silver, red, white and black
Processing manipulation
Camera
screen
Nikon Coolpix S9400 has
compact metal structure and can be put into your pocket despite having an 18x optical zoom lens. To help grasping the camera easily, there’s a plastic band on the
front of the camera and a rubber pad on the back to put your right hand thumb.
There’s a dial mode on top of the camera,
which is placed next to the on/off button, shutter button and zoom button. The buttons on the back include recording, playback, menu and erase
buttons as well as a rotating ring to adjust through the camera menus. This
also helps you set up flash, timer, light compensation and macroscopic modes.
The 3 inch OLED screen has good res of 614k, which is easy to watch in most of light conditions. Menu system is
also set up for easy controlling. Battery has the evaluation at 230 shots of CIPA, which is relative if you travel far away
on a weekend, you may consider bringing it with you.
We have taken some images to test the response
of the camera, switching from the first shots, shot by shot, with focusing
speed etc. we take some images and use the average to make sure that the test
is accurate and consistent, making it easier to compare with other cameras.
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Shutter Response: 0.125 secs
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Wide - Focus / Shutter Response: 0.3 secs
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Full zoom - Focus / Shutter Response: 0.4 secs
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Switch on Time to Taking a Photo: 1.6 secs
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Shot to Shot without Flash: 1.4 secs
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Shot to Shot with Flash: 2.5 secs
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Continuous Shooting H: 6.7 fps
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Continuous Shooting L: 2.0 fps
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Continuous Shooting H 120 fps: 122.5 fps
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Continuous Shooting L 60 fps: 60 fps
H continuous shooting
modes are limited within 5 shots, L continuous shooting is unlimited, both record full 18.1 megapixel res. 120 fps is
limited in VGA-sized images and 60 fps images is limited for 1 megapixel.
Camera
battery
