Nikon Coolpix S50c 7.2 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Vibration Reduction Zoom and Wifi Capable

by Nikon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 0.8 x 2.3 inches ; 12 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000N46VHE
• Item model number: 25557
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,529 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 20, 2007

Product Description

Manufacturer Description

The new Coolpix S50c produces stunning images as large as 16 x 20 inches. Featuring 7.2 megapixels and a 3x optical Zoom-Nikkor glass lens, the Coolpix S50c has a sleek, all-metal design that conveniently fits into a shirt pocket or purse. Optical VR Image Stabilization technology minimizes the effect of camera shake. The huge, bright 3.0-inch LCD offers 170-degree wide angle-of-view, making it simple to compose and share pictures. Built-in wireless allows you to e-mail pictures directly from the camera, and more!

The Coolpix S50c also features 15 specially-programmed modes to automatically handle focus, exposure, white balance and other adjustments that help you take great pictures easily.

Nikon Coolpix S50c Highlights

VR Optical Image Stabilization Stability advanced... images enhanced. You can shoot sharper, clearer and without blur with Nikon’s ingenious VR Optical Image Stabilization technology improves stability by automatically compensating for camera shake.With Nikon Optical VR Image Stabilization you can shoot at shutter speeds up to three stops slower than other wise possible without camera shake blurring your pictures.

3x Optical Zoom-Nikkor glass lens High-quality lenses deliver high-quality pictures. The Zoom-Nikkor glass lens gives you the power of 3x optical zoom lens 38mm-116mm (35mm equivalent), while Macro capability lets you get as close as 1.6 inches. This combination is supported by Nikons’ world-renowned optical technology delivering crisp, clear images.

New 1600 ISO capability See what you’ve been missing. High-light sensitivity up to ISO 1600 opens up a whole new world of photo opportunity. Allowing you to tackle scenes and situations far beyond the capabilities of conventional compacts, high ISO offers you new power to capture fast-moving objects with outstanding clarity and gives you great exposure in significantly lower light.

Wider enjoyment with huge, bright, high-resolution LCD The Coolpix S50c is equipped with a huge, bright 3.0-inch LCD great for viewing images anywhere, anytime. The impressive 170-degree wide viewing angle makes it easier for everyone to see and enjoy images. The larger high-resolution LCD lets you make the most of smooth, sharp movies, great-looking stills and exciting Pictmotion shows.

Nikon In-Camera Innovations

• Rotary multi-selector Swift circular scrolling action allows speedy image browsing at up to 10 images per second. On-screen icon with cursor tracks scrolling for easy feature selection.
• Auto image rotation Detects pictures that have been taken with thecamera held vertically and automatically rotates the image for in-camera LCD playback.
• Anti-shake button overcomes camera shake by activating optical VR image stabilization, High- Sensitivity mode and Best Shot Selector all at once, providing images that are steady and sharp.
• In-camera cropping Allows you to crop out the part of the image you don’t want and keep the part you do.
• Blur warning Alerts you to a burry image.
• Noise Reduction mode Minimizes digital artifacts in long exposures.
• Best Shot selector Enables the camera to take a series of photos and automatically select the one with the sharpest focus.
• Voice Memo function Records up to 5 hours of sound that can be then attached to an image, or played back alone as a wav file.
• Date and time imprinting Available to document the exact time and date that your photo is taken.
• In-Camera Red-Eye Fix This in-camera feature automatically fixes most typical occurrences of red-eye.
• D-Lighting Compensates for underexposed images or insufficient flash by automatically adding light and detail to selected shots where needed -- without affecting properly exposed areas.
• One-Touch Portrait mode Your shortcut to three unique innovations, it offers instant access to Face-priority AF and In-Camera Red-Eye Fix for optimized image capture and lets you transform exposure with Nikon’s powerful D-Lighting advantage.
• Face-Priority AF Automatically finds and focuses on people’s faces to ensure superb portraits with clear, crisp focus.

Pictmotion Reshape the way you share. Pictmotion allows you to select your favorite images and movies, decide on a style, and pick one of five pre-installed music files or add your own. Pictmotion automatically combines your elements in a polished production, with transitions and style synced to your music.

Coolpix Connect 2 See It. Shoot It. Send It. Store It. Wow! Imagine being able to take a picture of your vacation and show it to friends across the world in mere seconds or even store it on a server to download when you return! The new Coolpix S50c with its Coolpix Connect 2 service allows you to both email and store your pictures remotely*. The new Coolpix Connect 2 service lets you choose a photo, select recipients from your in-camera email address list, and send the picture straight from the camera for viewing on a PC anywhere. In addition, this new service allows you to upload up to 2GB of images remotely, store them, and/or retrieve them for download at a later time. The Coolpix S50c with its Coolpix Connect 2 service makes this Nikon’s most advanced picture-sharing service ever!
_{* Compatible with domestic wireless LANs in Europe and Asia and with open public Wi-Fi hot spots across the U.S.A.}

Product Description

The CoolPix S50c is equipped with a huge, bright 3.0-inch LCD great for viewing images anywhere, anytime. The larger high resolution LCD lets you make the most of smooth, sharp movies, great-looking stills and exciting Pictmotion shows. The 170 Degree wide viewing angle lets everyone see and enjoy images. The CoolPix S50c features 15 specially programmed modes to automatically handle focus, exposure, white balance and other adjustments that help you take great pictures easily. Pictmotion allows you to select your favorite images and movies, decide on a style, and pick one of five pre-installed music files or add your own. Pictmotion automatically combines a polished production with transitions and style synced to your music. The new CoolPix S50c with its CoolPix Connect 2 service allows you to both email and store your pictures remotely. The new CoolPix Connect 2 service lets you choose a photo, select recipients from your in-camera email address list and send the picture straight from the camera for viewing on a PC anywhere. In addition, this new service allows you to upload up to 2GB of images remotely, store them and/or retrieve them for download at a later time. Digital Zoom - up to 4x (35mm format picture angle - 456mm) Focus range from lens - 1 foot (30cm) to infinity Macro close-up mode - 1.6 inch (4cm) to infinity ISO sensitivity - ISO 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, Auto (auto gain ISO 100-800) Built-in flash - Wide Range 1 to 19 foot 8 inches (0.3 to 6.0m), Tele Range 1 to 13 foot 1 inch (0.3 to 4.0m) High-Speed USB 2.0 & 802.11b/g System Requirements - Macintosh Mac OS X version 10.3.9, 10.4.x, Windows Vista (32bit), Windows XP Home Edition/Professional and Windows 2000 Professional Dimensions - 3.8 x 2.3 x 0.8 inch (97.5 x 59 x 21 mm) excluding projections Weight - 4.4 ounces (125 grams) without battery and SD memory card

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wifi Flickr Setup was painful but worth it, July 25, 2007

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John A. Radi "jradi" (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nikon Coolpix S50c 7.2 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Vibration Reduction Zoom and Wifi Capable (Electronics)

(I gave it 4 stars because it was so hard to setup, otherwise it would have gotten 5)

I called tech support and read through every page of the manual and still couldn't figure it out - and I'm a tech guru! No one at Nikon tech support was very helpful (probably because it's still kind of new), they just kept emailing me the manuals.

Anyway, here's the mystery setup instructions:

(before anything - you need to setup a wifi connection - the nikon instructions are fine for this part. either use a publicly available hotspot or your home wireless router, plug in the password if there is one)

1. In the camera, setup your alias and email address. It's hard to figure out which character is the period (it looks like a comma rather than a dot midway up).

2. Take a photo and send it to anyone - preferably yourself.

3. Not only should you receive a copy of the photo to your email account, but Nikon Connect2 service will send you a series of email messages with the instructions to register for the connect 2 service. Without registering, all the other wifi features won't work

NOTE - if you don't get the series of email instructions but you do get the photo, then you entered the sender's address incorrectly but entered the recipient address correctly.

If you don't get any emails - then both addresses are incorrect.

4. Follow the instruction to setup the connect2 service. Without doing this, you can't link to your flickr account and you can't get access to the other connect2 features.

5. Once you've setup the connect2 account, login and you'll see the photo you just sent. Select it and click the flickr button. A pop-up window will appear and ask you for permission to link to your flickr account.

If you don't have a flickr account - I think you will be prompted to create one. After you've created the flickr account, login to the flickr account in a separate explorer window or firefox tab. Then go back to the connect2 website (in the previous window/tab) and click the flickr button again.

A popup window will ask you for permission to link your connect2 account to flickr. After you authorize it, your camera is now registered with your flickr account.

6. Now, from the camera, take a photo. Upload the photo to the email address "flickr" and it will automatically go to the connect2 website and be transfered to flickr.

Not so hard, right? Yeah right.

Actually, my hang up was that I didn't realize that i had typed in my senders email incorrectly so I never got the further instruction for registering the connect2 website. Nothing in the manual or supplemental manuals (there are 3 total) explained that the last bit of instructions would come via email. Not even the Nikon technical support website or FAQ's explained that there was a huge chunk of instructions missing - pending the receipt of the email notifications...

Anyway, I hope I saved someone some grief. Enjoy your new camera!

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nikon quality with WiFi, July 29, 2007

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Joey D SC "JD So Cal" (So Ca Orange County) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nikon Coolpix S50c 7.2 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Vibration Reduction Zoom and Wifi Capable (Electronics)

Great size and awesome pic quality for the price. The WiFi was a snap to set up and is great. You would be surprised how many places now have free WiFi. I was at a restaurant taking pictures and found they had it. Sent the pics to my girlfriend on the spot. Very nifty feature that alone is worth the price.
Nice large 3" screen is very bright and clear. Controls are easy to use and the camera is so thin and light fits easy in your pocket.
You wont be sorry if you pick one up and Amazon has the best price. Best Buy and CC were sold out.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost perfect!, November 9, 2007

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L. Olson (Cincinnati, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nikon Coolpix S50c 7.2 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Vibration Reduction Zoom and Wifi Capable (Electronics)

I'd love to give this camera a 5-star, but just can't quite yet. So the best I can do is a 4.5. I won't extol on all the great features, because everybody else does such a great job. Instead, let me just point out a couple of minor inconveniences, at least for me.

I would like to see the on/off button recessed a little more. I find myself accidently turning it on whenever I'm handling it (maybe it's just my big hands). Also, in the form fitting Coolpix case designed for it, the case itself is tight against the on/off button, also turning it on. I pulled it out one time just to see the unit already turned on, with an exhausted battery warning on the screen. The camera was quite warm. I've since switched to a generic case.

The camera feels slippery in my hands. I think a finely brushed look would be nice. That would give a little more secure feeling while still keeping it's good looks.

One of the major selling points for me was the WI-FI feature. But then that's my fault for not reading the reviews, or I would have seen that it will not connect to the PC via WI-FI, which is why I bought it. Maybe some day a firmware upgrade will change this.

The battery/SD card cover is very flimsy, at best. Be very careful when opening, and especially closing, as it can close crookedly. It has a high chance of breaking off.

All this being said, I still think this is a great camera, and not once have I thought of returning it.