Customer Rating: 
Summary: Look some where else
Comment: I got this little guy a day before a vacation. I didn't have much time to look for cameras so I got this because I heard Nikons are pretty good.
Pros:
-SD card - My laptop has a built in SD slot so I loved this
-easy to use with one hand
-Big screen
-pretty fast picture storage (between shots)
-3X optical zoom (pretty good)
-good battery life (at least 2 days of picture taking, 80 shots, on one charge)
-good Mega pixels (after awhile mega pixels don't mean much)
-good price as a clearance item at Target (~$160)
Cons-
-The lack of manual adjustment is a real pain. you have to trick the camera into focusing on the right thing (center the object to focus on then half press the span button so it focuses then re-center on the scene you want). The auto focus is pretty decent. You have a few modes to play with but using these modes is almost as complicated as adjusting stuff yourself.
- The flash is too bright at night (washes out people's faces) and it's to dark in half light situations. This is the biggest problem. There is an option to use D-lighting once the picture is taken however this produces some bad color distortions.
Basically I would suggest not getting this guy even at $160 there are much better options
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Swindle
Comment: The people at the camera shop told my mother this would be a perfect camera for "a girl who likes to take pictures." I think they meant "for a person who doesn't care how horrible these pictures look," because this camera absolutely mutilates images. If my friends, with their Kodaks and Canons, and I take a photo of the exact same scene, their pictures will come out sharper, with more accurate colors, nearly every time.
Every single time I take a picture the "white balance" needs to be measured and changed. The daylight setting makes everything nauseatingly yellow, the flourescent and nightime settings make everything blue.
The flash is too powerful; it wipes out all the colors and makes everyone look ugly. Most point-and-shoot flashes aren't great but this is the worst I've seen.
Its advantage is how slim and cute it is. Several people have called this camera sexy. If only they knew the pain and suffering it has caused me!!!
I used to take beautiful pictures of my family and friends and now this camera ruins everything. It has made me absolutely lose my taste for photography.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I hate this camera
Comment: I have owned this camera for ~6 months and have finally deciced to replace it. I bought this camera to replace another Nikon CoolPix that was stolen from my house. But this one does not have a view finder to begin with and is way more complicated to use. I have always liked Nikon cameras but the S9 just doesn't make it. I can not use it outside because I can not see the LCD screen. Sorry Nikon but you blew it on this camera!!
So I replaced it with a Canon PowerShot A710. What a difference in ease of use and... it has a view finder. also my 1G memory card from the Nikon fits in the new Canon.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nikon...NOT FOR ME!
Comment: I purchased a Nikon for my first camera, I just loved how you can take it anywhere, fits handy in your pocket and perfect size. I couldn't wait to take pictures but soon realized that the picture quality was great but as soon as the battery hit low the camera refused to hold my photo's. For my birthday I took over 100 photo's with a fresh battery but as soon as the battery was low all of them were lost. I was so devistated. The video feature is a nice thing too but the quality is very grainy and distorts people's faces. My friend has the identical camera to mine and his camera can have a low battery and maintain all its photo's. So maybe I just got the short end of the stick...but this was my first camera so its okay for starters...but if you love to take photo's be full aware that on a LOW BATTERY that it just might not want to hold them. A major plus I do give this camera is the capasity of capturing a close up image! That I'll give 5 stars to...everything else I'd have to say 2 stars!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Incredible!
Comment: Fantastic camera! The Nikon legend lives on! Great bright screen, great pictures, video, and so much more. Amazon had the cheapest price anywhere.
Summary: Look some where else
Comment: I got this little guy a day before a vacation. I didn't have much time to look for cameras so I got this because I heard Nikons are pretty good.
Pros:
-SD card - My laptop has a built in SD slot so I loved this
-easy to use with one hand
-Big screen
-pretty fast picture storage (between shots)
-3X optical zoom (pretty good)
-good battery life (at least 2 days of picture taking, 80 shots, on one charge)
-good Mega pixels (after awhile mega pixels don't mean much)
-good price as a clearance item at Target (~$160)
Cons-
-The lack of manual adjustment is a real pain. you have to trick the camera into focusing on the right thing (center the object to focus on then half press the span button so it focuses then re-center on the scene you want). The auto focus is pretty decent. You have a few modes to play with but using these modes is almost as complicated as adjusting stuff yourself.
- The flash is too bright at night (washes out people's faces) and it's to dark in half light situations. This is the biggest problem. There is an option to use D-lighting once the picture is taken however this produces some bad color distortions.
Basically I would suggest not getting this guy even at $160 there are much better options
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Swindle
Comment: The people at the camera shop told my mother this would be a perfect camera for "a girl who likes to take pictures." I think they meant "for a person who doesn't care how horrible these pictures look," because this camera absolutely mutilates images. If my friends, with their Kodaks and Canons, and I take a photo of the exact same scene, their pictures will come out sharper, with more accurate colors, nearly every time.
Every single time I take a picture the "white balance" needs to be measured and changed. The daylight setting makes everything nauseatingly yellow, the flourescent and nightime settings make everything blue.
The flash is too powerful; it wipes out all the colors and makes everyone look ugly. Most point-and-shoot flashes aren't great but this is the worst I've seen.
Its advantage is how slim and cute it is. Several people have called this camera sexy. If only they knew the pain and suffering it has caused me!!!
I used to take beautiful pictures of my family and friends and now this camera ruins everything. It has made me absolutely lose my taste for photography.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I hate this camera
Comment: I have owned this camera for ~6 months and have finally deciced to replace it. I bought this camera to replace another Nikon CoolPix that was stolen from my house. But this one does not have a view finder to begin with and is way more complicated to use. I have always liked Nikon cameras but the S9 just doesn't make it. I can not use it outside because I can not see the LCD screen. Sorry Nikon but you blew it on this camera!!
So I replaced it with a Canon PowerShot A710. What a difference in ease of use and... it has a view finder. also my 1G memory card from the Nikon fits in the new Canon.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nikon...NOT FOR ME!
Comment: I purchased a Nikon for my first camera, I just loved how you can take it anywhere, fits handy in your pocket and perfect size. I couldn't wait to take pictures but soon realized that the picture quality was great but as soon as the battery hit low the camera refused to hold my photo's. For my birthday I took over 100 photo's with a fresh battery but as soon as the battery was low all of them were lost. I was so devistated. The video feature is a nice thing too but the quality is very grainy and distorts people's faces. My friend has the identical camera to mine and his camera can have a low battery and maintain all its photo's. So maybe I just got the short end of the stick...but this was my first camera so its okay for starters...but if you love to take photo's be full aware that on a LOW BATTERY that it just might not want to hold them. A major plus I do give this camera is the capasity of capturing a close up image! That I'll give 5 stars to...everything else I'd have to say 2 stars!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Incredible!
Comment: Fantastic camera! The Nikon legend lives on! Great bright screen, great pictures, video, and so much more. Amazon had the cheapest price anywhere.