The Nikon Coolpix S31 differs from the majority of compact cameras, for the reason that it has four buttons for the left with the screen - they're used to control most options. The zoom control is around the right, with an on/off button around the top and to use shutter release and video start buttons on either side. The menus include large text and bold, colourful icons, with options selected with all the four buttons on the left hand side with the camera.
The life of the battery is rated as 240 shots in accordance with CIPA standards, that is quite good and will mean that it is possible to go a long way without running out of power. The screen carries a fairly low resolution at 230k dots, but is not hard enough to see in varying lighting conditions.
We took a number of shots to try the camera's responsiveness, from activate to first photo, shot to shot, focusing speed etc. We take several shots and after that use the average to make certain accurate and consistent tests, rendering it easy to equate to other cameras.
Nikon Coolpix S31 Features
The Nikon Coolpix S31 carries a 10 megapixel CCD sensor and 3x optical contact, the 35mm equivalent of 29-87mm, with motion blur reduction to assist take sharp shots. It is waterproof to 5m, shockproof one.2m and dustproof. There are also fun filters, including fisheye and selective colour.
Videos are recorded in 720p HD.
Lens Performance - Images have a very decent amount of detail at both ends from the lens for any budget camera, with a good control over purple fringing too. The lens has a minimum focusing distance of 5cm, which does ensure you get close enough for decent macro shots.
ISO Noise Performance - It was more difficult than normal trying to check the camera's noise performance, since the camera doesn't let you find the ISO setting. This meant there were to alter the lighting in the room to force the camera to vary it's ISO setting. Noise is low at ISO 80 and 125, with images remaining fairly sharp at ISO 250. In our test shots, you can see that noise is mainly responsible for the images for being soft, by incorporating detail lost.
White Balance Performance - Similarly the camera lacks any white balance settings, so instead we just changed the sunlight source and left the digital camera on it's automatic settings. The camera performed quite well under the tungsten and incandescent lighting.
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