Is this your next Camera

by editor@text4price.com @ 15 June 2006 - 11:38:51

This is a compact camera with a basket full of functionality and it's oh so slim and elegant. It packs an eye opening three-inch LCD and it lets you fly through the great looking snaps you've just taken using a small iPod style menu wheel.

To cap it all, you can send your pics to your PC or printer wirelessly - what more could you ask for?

Whilst Nikon's last WI-FI compact, the P2 really opened up a new chapter in wireless photography, it looked less than chic. In fact you could say it looked more like an overweight SLR. This camera, in contrast, is as thin as any lifestyle snapper currently on the market. The three-inch screen offers the clarity and colour that the HD-TV adverts are promising.

One on the best features is the menu wheel. It manoeuvres through the menus like Michael Schumacher through Monaco, allowing you to view your images at up to 10 a second.

We think it's the most intuitive camera control mechanism we have experienced at Text4price, plus it can even work as a traditional four-way selector -you just press it up , down left or right to use in the standard way.

A dedicated button for 'face priority' auto focus adds to the user friendliness and there are plenty more scene modes available via the clear menus to keep any digital camera guru happy. If there is one disappointment, it's the zoom lever which is just a tad too fiddly, but hey, we can forgive it this minor blemish.

At Text4price we are expecting that, just as wireless is creeping into more and more mobile phones, the same will be true for all portable devices with cameras being no exception.

Once you have set the S6 up via its USB cable, you can simply disconnect and beam your crisp 6 mega pixel images direct to your PC or its printer. Uploading a single shot typically takes about 7 seconds.

It looks great, shoots straight and with WI-Fi functionality, it's sure to be a winner.

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