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Nikon Coolpix S500

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Performance
A painfully slow shutter capped off the S500's consistently poor performance in our lab tests. The shutter lagged a slow 1.1 seconds with our high-contrast target and a full two seconds under low-contrast conditions.

After a 2.9-second time to first shot, the camera could snap off only one shot every 2.8 seconds without flash, and once every 3.1 seconds with the flash enabled. The burst mode was quite fast at least, taking three full-resolution photos in 1.1 seconds for a rate of 2.8 frames per second. Still, it fires off only three shots at a time, so the burst mode isn't nearly as useful as some other cameras' continuous modes that can take many more pictures in one burst.

Shooting speed
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Typical shot-to-shot
Time to first shot
Shutter lag

Nikon Coolpix S500
2.8
2.9
1.1
Fujifilm FinePix S5700
3.3
1.3
0.6
Canon IXUS 70
1.5
1
0.5


Typical continuous-shooting speed (frames per second)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
Nikon Coolpix S500
2.8
Fujifilm FinePix S5700
0.5
Canon IXUS 70
1.7

 
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