NIKON ANNOUNCES THE NEW S80, THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE COOLPIX RANGE

08/09/10

The S80 combines ultra-slim, elegant design with easy-to-use touch-screen functionality and HD movie for the stylish photographer

RRP: £329.99 / €391
Sales start date: 7th October 2010

Nikon UK today unveils the latest compact camera to join the COOLPIX line-up. With an innovative, multi-touch, Organic LED (OLED) screen, 14.1 megapixels, 5x zoom NIKKOR lens and HD movie capability, the stylish COOLPIX S80 combines ease of use and great performance to guarantee stunning results and individual style.

Mark Pekelharing, Product Manager Consumer Products at Nikon Europe: “The S80 demonstrates Nikon’s commitment to lead the touch screen camera category. The chic, slim style and high-quality screen allows you to interact with your images with ease whilst its high-speed performance captures the perfect shot quickly and in clear definition. Providing substance as well as a unique sense of style, the S80 is the perfect camera for the fashionable photographer.”

Touch screen

The S80’s Touch Shutter function allows you to focus and take a picture or video simply by touching the relevant area on the screen, making framing your shots quick and easy; whilst the high resolution (819K dots) OLED touch screen allows you to scroll through the images you have already taken and share them easily with friends and family. The magic of the touch screen is that it makes on-camera retouching simple. With built-in filters such as a fisheye lens, selective colour and a miniature effect you can get creative on the go without having to use a computer.

HD movies made easy

Providing HD movie with stereo sound recording on the go, the COOLPIX S80 is the camera of choice for those looking for the latest in multi-format technology. It allows you to capture the moment as it happens – even zooming in and out while recording. If the large 8.7cm (3.5 inch) OLED screen is not large enough to share your memories, the HDMi connector enables you to instantly access your high-definition pictures and movies on a compatible TV.

Style and substance

Alongside the stylish, dual-coloured design, the S80’s surprisingly thin size makes it conveniently portable while Easy Auto Mode ensures you can take great shots without having to worry about the technicalities. Behind the scenes, technologies such as 5 built-in anti-blur functions (including lens-VR (Vibration Reduction) and Motion Detection) will ensure you capture images exactly as you see them.

To further ensure consistently great results the camera processing engine is based on EXPEED C2, Nikon’s improved digital image processing engine. EXPEED C2 helps expand the possibilities of photography, offering improved levels of high image quality, fine detail and processing speed. Custom-optimized for the COOLPIX S80, the EXPEED C2 engine helps ensure beautiful photographs and videos of every scene you shoot.

ViewNX 2

ViewNX 2 is an all-in-one software package that enables users to quickly and easily import, browse, edit and share still images and movies. Building on the highly successful ViewNX software, ViewNX 2 is a user-friendly suite that offers a huge range of features, going well beyond those supplied as part of a PC’s operating system. Newly-incorporated advanced movie-editing functions have been taken directly from Nikon’s award-winning DSLR range, enabling users to create stunning movie footage. ViewNX 2 is included with all Nikon digital cameras and is also available as a free download.

The COOLPIX S80 comes in two colours; black and red

Specifications
COOLPIX S80

Effective pixels
14.1 megapixels

Image sensor
1/2.3-in. RGB CCD, 14.48 total megapixels

Lens
Optical 5x zoom, NIKKOR lens

Focal length
6.3 to 31.5mm (35mm format equivalent to 35-175mm)

Aperture
f/3.6-4.8

Lens construction
13 elements in 10 groups (with ED glass element)

Digital zoom
Maximum 4x (35mm format equivalent to approx. 700mm)

Focus range (from lens)
Approx. 80 cm (2 ft. 7 in.) to infinity

Macro mode: approx. 7 cm (2.8 in.) to infinity (at wide-angle setting)

Vibration Reduction (VR)
Lens-shift type + electronic type

Other blur-reduction functions
Motion Detection (conventional type), BSS (Best Shot Selector)

ISO sensitivity (Standard output sensitivity)
ISO 80,100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200 (pixel addition), 6400 (pixel addition), Auto (ISO 80 to 800), Fixed range auto (ISO 80 to 200, ISO 80 to 400)

LCD monitor
8.7 cm (3.5-in.), approx. 819k-dot, wide screen, organic LED monitor (Full Wide VGA) [Electrostatic-type touch panel], with Clear Color Display, anti-reflection coating, and brightness adjustment

Storage media
Internal memory (approx. 79 MB), SD/SDHC memory card*1

Smart Portrait System
Face-priority AF/ max. number of faces to be detected
12
Face priority, Face-priority AE, Face Zoom-in

Skin Softening
Yes
During shooting/playback

Smile Timer
Yes
Up to three smiling faces can be detected, can be switched on/off

Blink Proof
Yes
Takes two sequential shots, can be switched on/off

Blink Warning
Yes
Can be switched on/off

In-Camera Red-Eye Fix
Yes
Automatically corrects red eye digitally, no pre-flashes

Subject Tracking*2
Yes
Auto lock-on not available; AF activation and Tracking Restart are available

Scene modes
17 scene modes (Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night Portrait, Party/indoor, Beach, Snow, Sunset, Dusk/dawn, Night landscape, Close-up, Food, Museum, Fireworks show, Copy, Backlight, Panorama assist)

Scene Auto Selector
6 scene modes + Auto mode

(Portrait, Landscape, Night portrait, Night landscape, Close-up, Backlight)

Movie
HD 720p: 1280 x 720/30 fps,

VGA: 640 x 480/30 fps,

QVGA: 320 x 240/30 fps.

D-Lighting
Yes

Color Options
4 Color Options (Vivid color, Black-and-white, Sepia, Cyanotype), Filter Effects menu option

Quick Retouch
Yes

Slide show with music
1 internal music, 1 to 2 image effects

File-sorting functions
Rating mode, Auto Sort mode, Favorite Pictures playback, List by date mode

USB charging
●With supplied charging AC Adapter: approx. 3 hour charging time
●When camera is connected with powered on PC*3 via supplied USB cable: approx. 3 hour charging time

Interface/Direct print compatibility
Hi-Speed USB/PictBridge

Supported languages
24 languages (Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

Power sources
Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL10 (740 mAh), EH-68P USB charging adapter (included),

AC Adapter EH-62D (option)

Number of shots per charge (battery life)*4
Approx. 150 frames with EN-EL10 battery

Dimensions (width x height x depth)
Approx. 98.8 x 62.6 x 16.5 mm/3.9 x 2.5 x 0.7 in. (excluding projections)

Weight*5
Approx. 133 g/4.7 oz. (including battery and SD memory card), approx. 116g/4.1 oz. (camera body only)

Included accessories
EN-EL10 battery, EH-68P USB charging adapter, UC-E6 USB Cable, EG-CP16 Audio/Video cable, Software Suite CD, Wrist Strap.

Optional accessories
MH-63 Battery charger, EH-62D AC Adapter, Leather cases (CS-S23, CS-S24).

*1 Not compatible with Multi Media Card (MMC)
*2 Tracks a touched subject automatically
*3 Depends on power supply from PC
*4 Based on CIPA Standards for measuring life of batteries
*5 Based on CIPA Guidelines, DCG-005-2009

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