Nikon Coolpix S52c - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The Wi-Fi feature is a good-to-have, but this shooter has lots of room for improvement.

Pros:  Wi-Fi feature; optical image stabilizer; unique body design; 3-inch LCD; full-resolution high ISO capture.

Cons:  Wireless function has limited usage; slow time-to-first shot; poor high ISO performance.

Verdict:  Unless you must have a Wi-Fi-enabled camera, there are better shooters out there that can deliver image quality and operate faster.

Review summary: We've often wondered why cameras don't come equipped with wireless transfer as standard, especially as Bluetooth and, increasingly, Wi-Fi are ubiquitous in mobile phones. The Nikon Coolpix S52c bucks this trend -- it's a 9-megapixel snapper

Pros: Automatic wireless back-up and email queuing; nippy scroll wheel

Cons: Tiny zoom switch; hard to hold one-handed

Verdict: Without Wi-Fi, the Nikon Coolpix S52c would be a stylish if unexciting 9-megapixel point-and-shoot. With Wi-Fi, it becomes a very clever snapper indeed, an automatic wireless back-up feature adding a chunk of points to our score

Review summary: Matt Grayson is always looking for ways to depress himself which is why he's looking at the intelligent and sexy Nikon Coolpix S52c.

Pros: Cool new design, Wi-Fi capability, Different features, Good macro capability

Cons: Wi-Fi feature can take some getting used to, Low ISO starts to lose quality, Poor shutter lag performance

Verdict: This camera appears to have been released for the Wi-Fi capability alone although a model without the feature is also available (Nikon Coolpix S52)

Review summary: Nikon announced the Wi-Fi-enabled Coolpix S52c this week, and while it's the latest and greatest consumer-grade camera with embedded wireless networking--9 megapixels, 3x optical zoom, and image stabilization for $299 in June--the company still hasn't ove

Verdict: To download the highest resolution images, you either connect the camera via USB to a computer, pull out its memory card and plug it into a PC-based card reader, or, transfer images over a local Wi-Fi network to some host software that runs on a computer