Customer Rating: 
Summary: Perfectly good camera for the average user!
Comment: This is a great camera for 99% of us who want to point and shoot. It takes great pictures whatever time of the day, or conditions, and you don't have to do much, they always come out great. Off course, if you want to use it's configuration settings, you can get "exceptional" picutres, but I have to say I'm pretty lazy to do that. I've had a 10.1mp sony cybershot before, and it had so many different options, that unless you configured it just right for your settings, the pictures came out horrible... with the nikkon, you just point and shoot!
The 3" screen is great, it makes a BIG difference from the 2.5" (it doesn't sound like much, but trust me, it is). And don't get impressed by the low price - this camera outperforms sonys, kodaks etc that are twice its price.
Menus are very simple to use. You can't go wrong with this one.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nikon S51
Comment: I ordered this camera for my daughter who has 2 other Nikons. She wanted a smaller camera that the lens didn't come outward from the camera. I paid $169.99 with Amazon and got free shipping. When the camera arrived we charged he battery and inserted the sandisc card. My daughter took about 3 pictures and off to Universal Studies for Grad Bash she went. Upon arriving there she took a few more pictures then the camera had a "lens error" and she couldn't take anymore pics. I called and emailed Photoword and had to purchase another camera (same price), so it would arrive in time for the prom that Sat. The new one came in in 3 days and it appears to be working OK. What I dont like about this camera is the lag time between photos. You can never get a quick shot because it takes too long. I tried changing the ISO speed-to no avail. Still slow. But, the camera does have the 3" screen and it does take good pics-if you don't mind the time it uses in between shots-this is a good little point and shoot. Price is reasonable too.
Melanie
Customer Rating:
Summary: Ok camera
Comment: I just got this camera today. I took alot of pictures from it and the pictures showed up to be pretty good better than my friend's canon. The color from this camera is actually alot better than Canon. I also owned Nikon D80.I love my D80 but S51 seems very flimsy. It can break easily. I don't like the light and cheap feeling when holding it. It's not going to be a durable camera. It's stylish but it can fall easiy. I think this thing is going back tomorrow. I also just bought Canon SD750. I betrayed Nikon now. I'm so dissapponit how Nion built there poin and shoot camera, so cheaply built. BUt the DSLR from NIkon is good though.
conclusion: Good pictures but Bad material
Customer Rating:
Summary: Born again
Comment: I LOVE this camera! I got it primarily because it takes great close-ups (and I watch caterpillars turn into butterflies pretty often). I'd had it about 3 months when disaster struck! I took it to the beach one evening and while I was wandering around it accidentally fell out of the camera bag...I looked for it minutes later, saw it, picked it up - and (to my GREAT chagrin) saw a car had driven right over it! Even a Nikon can't survive that, but the battery and memory card were salvageable. The next day I ordered the exact same camera - so I'm back in business!Nikon Coolpix S51 8.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Vibration Reduction Zoom (Matte Black)
Customer Rating:
Summary: I like it.
Comment: The color (magenta) is hot and the small form factor is quite stylish. The 3" screen is beautiful, but just be careful not to touch it. The scroll wheel is actually quite useful. The pictures are good quality and the image stabilization works well, just as you would expect from a Nikon.
Though like some people have noticed, the camera may tend to turn on by itself in the case, on virtue of the slightly protruding on button. Try to store the camera in a not-so-tight space so that this will be less likely.
Anyways the camera works well, and looks slick. As long as you're not expecting an SLR (look at the size and price of it, this is clearly a ridiculous expectation), it works fine.
I will actually be buying a few more to give to family.
Summary: Perfectly good camera for the average user!
Comment: This is a great camera for 99% of us who want to point and shoot. It takes great pictures whatever time of the day, or conditions, and you don't have to do much, they always come out great. Off course, if you want to use it's configuration settings, you can get "exceptional" picutres, but I have to say I'm pretty lazy to do that. I've had a 10.1mp sony cybershot before, and it had so many different options, that unless you configured it just right for your settings, the pictures came out horrible... with the nikkon, you just point and shoot!
The 3" screen is great, it makes a BIG difference from the 2.5" (it doesn't sound like much, but trust me, it is). And don't get impressed by the low price - this camera outperforms sonys, kodaks etc that are twice its price.
Menus are very simple to use. You can't go wrong with this one.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nikon S51
Comment: I ordered this camera for my daughter who has 2 other Nikons. She wanted a smaller camera that the lens didn't come outward from the camera. I paid $169.99 with Amazon and got free shipping. When the camera arrived we charged he battery and inserted the sandisc card. My daughter took about 3 pictures and off to Universal Studies for Grad Bash she went. Upon arriving there she took a few more pictures then the camera had a "lens error" and she couldn't take anymore pics. I called and emailed Photoword and had to purchase another camera (same price), so it would arrive in time for the prom that Sat. The new one came in in 3 days and it appears to be working OK. What I dont like about this camera is the lag time between photos. You can never get a quick shot because it takes too long. I tried changing the ISO speed-to no avail. Still slow. But, the camera does have the 3" screen and it does take good pics-if you don't mind the time it uses in between shots-this is a good little point and shoot. Price is reasonable too.
Melanie
Customer Rating:
Summary: Ok camera
Comment: I just got this camera today. I took alot of pictures from it and the pictures showed up to be pretty good better than my friend's canon. The color from this camera is actually alot better than Canon. I also owned Nikon D80.I love my D80 but S51 seems very flimsy. It can break easily. I don't like the light and cheap feeling when holding it. It's not going to be a durable camera. It's stylish but it can fall easiy. I think this thing is going back tomorrow. I also just bought Canon SD750. I betrayed Nikon now. I'm so dissapponit how Nion built there poin and shoot camera, so cheaply built. BUt the DSLR from NIkon is good though.
conclusion: Good pictures but Bad material
Customer Rating:
Summary: Born again
Comment: I LOVE this camera! I got it primarily because it takes great close-ups (and I watch caterpillars turn into butterflies pretty often). I'd had it about 3 months when disaster struck! I took it to the beach one evening and while I was wandering around it accidentally fell out of the camera bag...I looked for it minutes later, saw it, picked it up - and (to my GREAT chagrin) saw a car had driven right over it! Even a Nikon can't survive that, but the battery and memory card were salvageable. The next day I ordered the exact same camera - so I'm back in business!Nikon Coolpix S51 8.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Vibration Reduction Zoom (Matte Black)
Customer Rating:
Summary: I like it.
Comment: The color (magenta) is hot and the small form factor is quite stylish. The 3" screen is beautiful, but just be careful not to touch it. The scroll wheel is actually quite useful. The pictures are good quality and the image stabilization works well, just as you would expect from a Nikon.
Though like some people have noticed, the camera may tend to turn on by itself in the case, on virtue of the slightly protruding on button. Try to store the camera in a not-so-tight space so that this will be less likely.
Anyways the camera works well, and looks slick. As long as you're not expecting an SLR (look at the size and price of it, this is clearly a ridiculous expectation), it works fine.
I will actually be buying a few more to give to family.
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