Android Camera Nikon S800c
The Nikon S800c is an exotic. It is among the first cameras on the market with the smartphone system Android. Via wifi connects to the Compact with the Internet and can download it from the Google Play Store all possible available apps. Who wants to take pictures is not so, who can play with the S800c also check your email, or just browse for pastime.
The Camera
So unlike their operating system for a camera is so typical, however, are its specifications for a compact camera: Inside the S800c a 1/2, 3 "CMOS sensor has a resolution of lush 16 Megapixels There are a ten times optical zoom. zoom with an aperture of f/3.2 at wide angle and f/5.8 at telephoto. Overall Nikon here includes a KB focal range of 25 mm to 250 mm. a digital zoom extends the focal length up to 1000 mm. Manually freedoms are severely restricted .. - orients the S800c down by the rapid snapping This is in view of the EIAs of about 400 euros (current street price: just over 300 euros) surprising As sensor resolution and lens specifications, comes close to the S800c an S6300, which for now in some online stores nearly 120 euros to acquire. All other technical data of the compact camera is available in our database.
At First Glance
Visually, the camera takes a good impression, although plastic dominates. The build quality is solid. Here there is nothing to complain about in principle, for the price of 400 euros you can partially but already expect a solid metal housing. The light weight is good in the hand, the few buttons, which are left over in the face of the touch controls are easy to reach, easy to read the caption. The touch screen responds smoothly and accurately, the 3.5-inch OLED display with a resolution of 819,000 pixels is pleasant contrast. Positive is also the widest viewing angle.
Android Implementation
In the S800c Android works 2.3. Is the relatively old version named "Gingerbread" has been around since the end of 2010 - an eternity in the industry - and has more followers on the market. However, Nikon has made in implementing clean work.
The link to the Google Play Store and download the apps work fine. The performance of the S800c is basically okay for most apps. Our Android experts have identified benchmarks and came to 1270 points in Quadrant and Browsermark 2 to 1220 points. That is about - at least for Quadrant - the level of the Nexus One, the Android flagship from 2010. For more demanding applications such as games, the S800S comes to its limits, which she acknowledged with stuttering. For example, the well-bonded to the camera ran smoothly Instagram, Angry Birds, however strained the S800c significantly.
Overall, it is striking that Nikon smartphone and camera system rather strictly separated from each other. A better link would be desirable. For example, could the rocker switch for zooming in Android integration - possibly as a volume control. It would make sense even if you could activate the camera in the smartphone operating with pressure on the trigger. In addition, Android sucks - without that many photographers will realize it - neat battery performance. The camera turns off, the Google software remains in standby - recognizable by looking off switch. The problem here is that the battery performance of the S800c weak and the level indicator is rather unclear.
Camera operation. About the typical Android home screen takes you to the recording function. Is navigated via touch here, as the S800c missing almost all buttons. The menu is quite easy and has little in common with a smartphone interface. Photographers have a choice between an Easy Auto Mode and the standard automatic transmission. Modes for greater creative freedom lacking. There are still scene modes for portraits, backlit situations and panoramas, and effects such as sepia or blur. In some scene modes, you can slider on the touchscreen also have to determine the intensity of the effects.
Especially handy is the touch navigation in playback mode, for here can cut - as usual from the smartphone - with a simple gesture is magnified or the index screen are called. It would be desirable to the "Touch Zoom" .Dort If the "Tatsch" after all, choose motives anleiern Subject Tracking and just cause. One should always have a cleaning tissue, than otherwise the display looks greasy quickly.
Before Firmware Update 1.1
Slightly annoying was that the camera has hung over the tests again. It was still the smartphone system controllable, but the recording did not work and even the OFF switch quit his service. Only option: take out battery, cold start (then Android do need quite a while to boot).
Image Review
At the c't test scene is the S800c a more modest idea. At ISO 125, the image impression is good overall, the images seem here on the most contrasty. It is noticeable, however, that faded or even at the lowest ISO level details of its structure and colors look a little brilliant. Fringing on the edges also are visible. Up to ISO 400, the S800c still produces usable images. This is also the limit for the pressure. ISO 800 is just barely on the full screen display in order, but here structures are no longer clearly visible. Just natural materials make the camera to create. ISO 1600 and ISO 3200 are virtually unusable. The noise performance of the S800c starts, the intermediate level, with each level it becomes clear grain.
The sharpness of the camera will significantly decrease with increasing sensor sensitivity. At ISO 125, the S800c in wide angle yet reached a central resolution of nearly 86 percent. At telephoto it is significantly lower. ISO 3200 may photographers only expect about half of the maximum possible resolution. Basically a waste of sharpness towards the corners is noticeable: the telephoto but he is not as strong as in wide angle.
The outdoor shots are consistent with the impressions that we can collect in the laboratory. The photo was partially soft and indistinct. In the photo series we show the different effects of S800c. The best because most contrasty, impress monochrome and low-key.
Conclusion
It is high to offset the camera manufacturer Nikon, that he was one of the first with a hybrid camera market was - even though the smartphone background such as the competitor Samsung missing. Clearly such a camera is great for anyone who wants to share photos on the go - with the social network or the employer. Whether implementation of the S800c but really can bring the ailing compact segment forward again remains to be seen. The S800c affords a camera too many weaknesses. The image quality is not in the 400-euro price range, but is only at the level of a cheap compact. No mistake, however, Nikon has made in the implementation of Android. The Google operating system leaves a positive impression - even if the performance of the S800c is more on current entry-level.
For future generations a better camera, and its full integration into the Android environment is desirable. So far in the S800c two hearts beat with few intersections. All in all, the S800c for what it offers, but too expensive.
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