Nikon has announced quite a few new cameras today. The S230 is one of them and I’ll tell you from the beginning that this baby is touch-friendly. You’ll find it much easier to control it and therefore you should expect to take better pictures.

The Nikon S230 comes with a 3-inch touchscreen LCD with a brand new graphic interface which will let you switch modes, view and edit images and even change camera settings by touch.

Bill Giordano, General Manager Marketing, COOLPIX for Nikon Inc says:

Touch technology is one of the hottest things in consumer electronics today and our new S230 is no different. With the S230, our touch screen brings a new level of sophistication and interaction to consumers, by putting the power of the camera right at their fingertips.

A stylus is available and you will be able to use it for drawing on your photos. Functions like Draw or Paint are available. You’ll be able to play with any photo but you’ll also have the original safely stored. Other smart features include the NIKKOR lens and the EXPEEDTM digital image processing concept.

And here’s a complete list of all the new shooting modes this camera will allow:

• Scene Auto Selector, which automatically recognizes the scene in your camera and adjusts the camera settings:
o The camera will select between six common scene modes: Close-up, Portrait, Landscape, Backlight, Night Portrait, and Night Landscape.
• Smart Portrait System, which integrates the following to make it a snap to capture stunning portrait photos of friends and family:
o In-Camera Red-Eye FixTM, which automatically fixes most instances of red-eye.
o Enhanced Face-Priority AF, which can detect up to 12 faces from a variety of angles, including straight on, from the side, or even in a multitude of three-quarter positions.
o Smile Mode, which automatically detects when your subject smiles and releases the shutter.
o Blink Proof, which automatically takes two shots and saves the one in which the subject’s eyes are open.
• 4-Way Vibration Reduction (VR) Image Stabilization, which helps enable blur-free pictures, even in low light or unsteady conditions with the following features:
o Electronic VR, which compensates for camera shake within the image processing, which minimizes blurriness in photos and helps ensure crisp, clear images.
o Motion Detection, which automatically sets a faster shutter speed and higher ISO if the camera detects movement from camera shake or if the subject moves.
o ISO 2000 Capability, which makes it easy to take sharper, more natural-looking photos in lower light conditions.
o Best Shot Selector (BSS), which takes a maximum of 10 sequential shots while the shutter button is pressed, and saves the sharpest image, making sure photos are crisp, clear, and detailed.

The camera will be available starting this month and it will only cost you $229.95.

via Press

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