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PROS: Optical zoom, Startup time, Advanced shooting modes, Macro ability, Small physical dimensions.

CONS: No optical viewfinder, I have seen better red-eye reduction systems.

PROS: take good peactures of landscape

CONS: but not good other pictures

  awesome!

PROS: small & black, sleek & stylish, lovely curves, easy to use.

CONS: shoots rather mediocre pictures, significant number of shots are out-of-focus, frame composition does not match-up precisely with what is shown on the LCD preview screen. it takes 'OK' pictures

OVERALL SCORE:8/10

  in a word... DISAPPOINTING

PROS: small & black, sleek & stylish, lovely curves, easy to use... very sexy camera baby, yeah!

CONS: HOWEVER, it shoots rather mediocre pictures. i was quite let down actually, especially considering it's a Nikon. a significant number of shots are out-of-focus, even though the AF-assist locked-on to the subject, and despite the fact that vibration reduction and motion detection are both enabled. also, what you SEE is NOT always what you GET. that is, frame composition does not match-up precisely with what is shown on the LCD preview screen; the resultant image file is often askew, from what was originally displayed on the preview screen. so framing a 'perfect' shot is hit'n miss with this camera. point... and hope for the best. white balance is not always correct, especially when the flash is activated; there is often a slight greenish hue to flash pictures, kinda like the shot was taken under fluorescent lighting, without WB correction. image quality (resolution) of the LCD preview screen is nothing to rave about either... but hey, i'm picky about those kinda things. most important though - picture quality is not exactly stunning or anything, definitely doesn't live up to Nikon's otherwise high standard for great looking pics. the S630 is absolutely not what i was expecting from a Nikon camera... this Coolpix S630 is nice to look at, but it's beauty is only skin-deep. hard to believe that it's got all those megapixels and a Nikkor lens... yet, it takes 'OK' pictures. i give this camera an overall rating of 3... and i'm being generous. Nikon should be ashamed to put their name on junk like this.

OVERALL SCORE:6/10

PROS: Versatile, Compact, 12mp, and Looks Great.

CONS: Only a 7x zoom and only has the LCD display.

PROS: Versatile, Compact, 12mp, and Looks Great.

CONS: Only a 7x zoom and only has the LCD display.