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Nikon these days is buzzing with activity as its continuously updating and releasing great digital cameras for both serious and amateur photographer. The Nikon CoolPix S6 an extremely appealing and stylish digicam is the latest addition to the ever expanding Nikon series.

The Nikon S6 like all its new products include the Nikon's Exclusive Feature System which includes In-Camera Red-Eye Fix for red eye correction, Face-Priority AF; D-Lighting which adds light and details, Blur Warning and Best Shot Selector (BSS) automatically identifies and saves the sharpest shot from ten sequential shots.

The S6 has a 6MP image sensor with a 3xOptical Zoom-Nikkor ED Glass Lens producing great high quality images upto s large as 16 x 20 inches . The S6 also sports a huge Bright 3.0 inch LCD which is capable of rotation upto 170 degress.The S6 like the S5 also has Nikons Unique Rotary Multi-Selector Button which gives instant and easy access Face Priority AF and In-Camera Red Eye Fix options. In the S6 users have an option to access upto 16 Scene Modes including Party/Indoor, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night landscape, Close up, Museum etc.

The Nikon CoolPix S6 also has a TV Mode Function that records videos at 30fps with sound and small videos at 30fps/15fps.The S6 also has a built in flash and Nikons Pict Motion software to enhance the digital expereicne.The battery lets you take upto 200 pictures on a single charge and there is a built in Wi-fi for wireless transfers and printing. The S6 will hit the markets around March 2006 and will be priced around $449.95.

Type: Compact digital camera Nikon COOLPIX S6

Effective pixels: 6.0 million

CCD : 1/2.5-inch type (6.2 million total pixels)

Image modes: High (2816*), Normal (2816), Normal (2048), PC (1024), TV (640)

Lens: 3x Zoom-Nikkor ED; 5.8-17.4mm (35mm [135] format equivalent to 35-105mm); f/3.0-5.4; 12 elements in 10 groups; Digital zoom: up to 4x

Focus range: 30cm (12 in.) to infinity, 4cm (1.6 in.) to infinity in Macro Mode

LCD monitor: 3.0-inch type, 230,000-dot TFT LCD monitor with brightness adjustment (170-degree wide viewing angle)/

Storage media: Internal memory: approx. 20MB, SD memory card

Shooting modes: Auto, 4 modes with Scene Assist (Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night portrait), 11 Scene Modes (Party/Indoor, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night landscape, Close up, Museum, Fireworks show, Copy, Back light, Panorama assist), Voice Recording, BSS (Best Shot Selector), Exposure BSS, Color Options, Blur Warning, Date Imprint, Self-timer (3, 10 sec.)

Movie: With sound: 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

Pictmotion: 5 styles selectable to playback movies or up to 30 still images, 5 music files pre-installed, max. 3 music files loadable Via Picture Project (Windows only)

Capture modes: 1) Single, 2) Continuous (approx. 2.2fps), 3) Multi-shot 16 (approx 2fps, only available at image size 6M), 4) Interval timer shooting

Built-in flash: Range: 1 ft to 8 ft. 6 in/ 0.3-2.6m (W), 1 ft. to 4 ft. 7 in/0.3-1.4m/. (T); Flash modes: Auto, Auto with Red-eye Reduction (In-Camera Red-Eye Fix), Flash cancel, Anytime flash and Slow sync.

Interface: IEEE 802.11b/g, USB, Audio Video output (via COOL-STATION MV-15)

ireless capability: IEEE 802.11b/g, wireless range up to 20m (depending on environment)

Supported languages: German/English/Spanish/French/Italian/Dutch/Russian/
Swedish/Japanese/Simplified Chinese/TraditionalChinese/Korean/Thai/
Portuguese/Polish/Indonesian/Finnish/Norwegian/Czech selectable in menu display

Power requirements: One EN-EL8 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery (supplied), EH-64 AC Adapter (supplied)

Battery life (approx.): 200 shots with EN-EL8 (based on CIPA standard)

Dimensions (W x H x D): Approx. 3.9 x 2.4 x 0.8 in. (100.5 x 60 x 21mm )

Weight: 4.9 oz. (140g) (without battery and memory card)

Supplied Accessories*: MV-15 COOLSTATION , PV-11 Dock Insert, Strap, UC-E10 USB Cable, EG-E5000 Audio Video Cable, EH-64 AC Adapter, EN-EL8 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery, PictureProject CD-ROM