About the Nikon Coolpix S7000
Get close when it counts
Get close when it counts
Don't let its sleek, compact design fool you. The Nikon Coolpix S7000 packs a lot of zoom for a camera of any size. Its 20X optical zoom allows you to capture subjects near or far in vivid detail. Zoom right in and catch the expression of an onstage performer or an athlete on the field. Nikon's target-finding autofocus system minimizes image blur, giving you a solid chance at capturing a herd of deer on the move or a bird taking flight.
A pocket-sized powerhouse
Great for portraits, landscapes, action, or whatever you're into, the S7000 is easy to use. It automatically optimizes the settings to suit your environment so you'll be able to capture the moment right then and there. Create smooth high-def videos and edit them right in the camera. Nikon's new time-lapse movie feature makes it easy to combine a series of still images in a video. And you don't have to wait to impress your friends and family — Nikon's snapbridge technology with Wi-Fi and NFC touch pairing lets you share your photos and videos instantly from your compatible phone or tablet.
Highlights:
Specifications:
- 16-megapixel CMOS sensor
- 20X optical zoom (up to 4X digital zoom)
- 35mm equivalent focal length: 25-500mm
- records photos and video onto optional SD, SDHC, or SDXC memory cards
- shutter speed: 1/1500-1 second
- ISO range: 125-1600 (3200, 6400 available in Auto mode)
Special Features:
- Nikon snapbridge technology with Wi-Fi and NFC touch pairing for wireless image transfer to smartphones and tablets (requires free Nikon app for Apple® and Android™)
- 3" LCD screen with anti-glare coating and 5-level brightness adjustment
- high-definition movie mode (up to 1080p resolution) with stereo sound
- continuous shooting lets you take up to 7 shots at a rate of approximately 9 frames per second
- Scene Auto Selector automatically optimizes camera settings for your shooting environment
- Vibration Reduction (VR) reduces image blur and camera shake
- Dynamic Fine Zoom combines optical and precision digital zoom for up to 40X zoom with minimal image degradation
- Best Shot Selector snaps several quick shots with a single press of the shutter button, so you can choose the best photo
- face priority autofocus
- Smart Portrait System uses automatic functions like Smile Mode and Blink Warning to ensure great portraits
- in-camera editing effects for on-the-spot touch-ups
- 18 scene modes including Party/Indoor, Sunset, and Beach use optimal settings for specific shooting environments
- subject tracking and target finding autofocus ensure accurate focus on the intended subject
- built-in flash
Connections and Dimensions:
- USB port for connecting to your computer
- micro HDMI (Type D) output for viewing photos and videos on a TV (cable not included)
- standard 1/4" thread for tripod mounting
- 3-15/16"W x 2-7/16"H x 1-1/8"D
- weight (with battery): 5.7 oz.
Supplied Accessories:
- rechargeable lithium ion battery and charging station
- USB cable
- wrist strap
- warranty: 1 year
- MFR # 26483
What's in the box:
Nikon Coolpix S7000 owner's manual
- Digital camera (black)
- EN-EL19 Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery (3.7V 700mAh 2.6Wh)
- EH-71P AC adapter (DC output: 5V 1A)
- 36" UC-E21 USB cable (Type A USB on one end and Micro USB on other end)
- Wrist strap
- Quick Start Guide
- Warranty Programs sheet
- Important Safety Instructions (for AC adapter)
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Features & specs
General | ||
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LCD Screen Size | 3" | |
Adjustable-angle LCD | No | |
Wi-Fi | Built-in | |
Touchscreen | No | |
Waterproof | No | |
GPS-enabled | No | |
Lens 35mm Equivalent | 25-500mm | |
Optical Zoom | 20x | |
Digital Zoom | 4x | |
Filter Diameter | N/A | |
Manual Focusing | No | |
Manual Exposure | No | |
Built-in Flash | Yes | |
HDMI Output | Micro | |
Memory | ||
Internal Memory | 20MB | |
Memory Stick | No | |
CFexpress Cards | No | |
CompactFlash Cards | No | |
SD Cards | SD, SDHC, SDXC | |
XQD Cards | No | |
Image | ||
Sensor Size | 1/2.3" CMOS | |
Megapixels | 16 | |
Image Stabilization | Optical + Digital | |
Highest Resolution | 4608 x 3456 | |
4K Video | No | |
Video Resolution | 1920 x 1080 | |
Dimensions | ||
Width (inches) | 3-15/16 | |
Height (inches) | 2-7/16 | |
Depth (inches) | 1-1/8 | |
Weight With Battery (ounces) | 5.7 | |
Warranty | ||
Parts Warranty | 1 Year | |
Labor Warranty | 1 Year |
Product Research
Recording Features
Battery Information
Inputs and Outputs Notes
Software
Recording Features
Overview: The Nikon Coolpix S7000 allows you to create beautiful photos and Full HD videos and instantly share them right from your camera using the built-in Wi-Fi. The S7000 has a sharp 20x optical zoom lens and super low-light performance.
3.0" LCD Monitor: The Coolpix S7000 has a 3.0" TFT LCD monitor, featuring approximately 460,000 dots, and an anti-reflection coating. The monitor has a 99% horizontal and vertical frame coverage for both shooting and playback. You can adjust the brightness of the monitor from -2 to +2.
Image Sensor: The Coolpix S7000 features a 1/2.3" CMOS image sensor with a total pixel count of approximately 16.76-million pixels. The effective pixel count is 16.0-million.
Optics: The Coolpix S7000 uses a 20x NIKKOR glass lens for superb image quality. The 4.5-90mm lens has an angle of view equivalent to that of a 25-500mm lens in 35mm photography. Coupled with the 4x digital zoom, the camera's total zoom capability is 80x. The angle of view is equivalent to that of an approximately 2000mm lens (35mm format).
Built-in Wi-Fi: The camera has built-in Wi-Fi (compliant with 802.11b/g/n) with a range of approximately 33 feet, and a data rate of up to 20 Mbps. The camera's Wi-Fi capability can be used with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad (running iOS 7.1.2, 8.1.2 or later), or smart devices running on the Android operating system (ver.4.0 and up). The camera's built-in NFC (Near-Field Communications) functionality allows you to wirelessly connect with compatible Android devices by simply touching the device on the camera's "N" logo (located on the left edge). The Wireless Mobile Utility application must be installed on the device. While the camera is connected to the smart device, you can take pictures remotely, download pictures as they are taken, view and/or download existing pictures on the camera, and share pictures via email or upload them to photo-sharing sites.
Vibration Reduction: The Nikon Coolpix S7000 offers Vibration Reduction (VR) to reduce blurring caused by camera shake when shooting. The camera uses the lens-shift method of Vibration Reduction when shooting still images, and a combination of lens-shift and electronic Vibration Reduction when recording movies.
Recording Media: The Coolpix S7000 uses SD, SDHC, and SDXC memory cards to record still images and HD movies. In addition, the S7000 has a built-in 20MB internal memory for saving a few test images.
File Formats: The Coolpix S7000 records still images in JPEG format. HD and SD movies are recorded in MOV format (Video: H.264; Audio: LPCM stereo). You have a choice of eight still image size options and six movie options:
- Still Images:
- 16M (high image quality): 4608 x 3456 (1:4 compression)
- 16M: 4608 x 3456 (1:8)
- 8M: 3264 x 2448 (1:8)
- 4M: 2272 x 1704 (1:8)
- 2M: 1600 x 1200 (1:8)
- VGA: 640 x 480 (1:8)
- 16:9 12M: 4608 x 2592 (1:8)
- 1:1: 3456 x 3456 (1:8)
- Movies:
- 1080/30p: 1920 x 1080 (16:9)
- 1080/60i: 1920 x 1080 (16:9)
- 720/30p: 1280 x 720 (16:9)
- 480/30p: 640 x 480 (4:3)
- HS Movies:
- HS 480/4x: 640 x 480; 1/4x speed playback (record up to 10 sec; playback 40 sec)
- HS 1080/0.5x: 1920 x 1080; 2x speed playback (record up to 2 min; playback 1 min)
Shooting Modes: Using the mode dial on top of the camera, you can select from the following shooting modes:
- Auto: Used for general photography; allows you to adjust a variety of settings to suit the conditions.
- Scene Auto Selector: The camera automatically selects the optimum scene mode: Portrait (1-2 people), Portrait (3 or more people), Landscape, Night Portrait (1-2 people), Night Portrait (3 or more people), Night landscape, Close-up, Backlighting (subjects other than people), Backlighting (for portraits), and Other Scenes.
- Scene: You can manually select a scene with settings optimized for that type of scene: Portrait, Landscape, Time-lapse Movie, Sports, Night portrait, Party/indoor, Beach, Snow, Sunset, Dusk/dawn, Close-up, Food, Fireworks show, Easy Panorama, and Pet portrait.
- Night Landscape: Use this mode to shoot night landscapes. You can can set the camera for hand-held or tripod mounted shooting.
- Backlighting: This mode automatically fires the fill flash to prevent backlit subjects from being hidden in shadows, or the HDR function can be used to shoot scenes with high contrast.
- Special Effects: You can apply the following effects to images during shooting: Soft, Nostalgic Sepia, High-contrast monochrome, Selective color, Pop, Cross Process, Toy Camera effect (1 & 2), and Mirror.
- Smart Portrait: Camera detects human faces and automatically releases the shutter when they smile. The Glamour Retouch option makes faces smoother.
- Short Movie Show: The camera creates a short movie up to 30 seconds long by recording and automatically combining multiple movie clips that are several seconds long.
Time-lapse Movies: The camera can automatically capture 300 still images at a specified interval to create time-lapse movies. The photos are shot at 1920 x 1080 and played by at 30 frames per second to create a movie that is approximately 10 seconds long. There are five time-lapse movie types:
- Cityscape: Photos are shot at an interval of 2 seconds for a total of 10 minutes of recording time.
- Landscape: Photos are shot at an interval of 5 seconds for a total of 25 minutes of recording time.
- Sunset: Photos are shot at an interval of 10 seconds for a total of 50 minutes of recording time.
- Night Sky: Photos are shot at an interval of 30 seconds for a total of 2.5 hours of recording time. This mode is suitable for recording the movement of stars.
- Star Trails: Photos are shot at an interval of 30 seconds for a total of 2.5 hours of recording time. Star movement appears as lines of light due to image processing.
Continuous Shooting: You can take photos one image at a time, or multiple images in a continuous fashion while the shutter button is pressed and held. There are several options for continuous shooting:
- Continuous H: Records a maximum of 7 full resolution images at a rate of about 7.9 frames per second.
- Continuous L: Records a maximum of 7 full resolution images at a rate of about 2 frames per second.
- Pre-shooting Cache: To help avoid missing the shot, a series of photos are recorded at 15 fps while the shutter release is pressed halfway. When the button is pressed the rest of the way, the camera saves a maximum of 25 images, including the current image and four frames captured in the pre-shooting cache. Image size is fixed at 2M 1600 x 1200.
- Continuous H 120: Each time the shutter release is pressed, images are captured at a high rate of speed (about 120 fps). A maximum of 50 VGA-sized images (640 x 480) are saved.
- Continuous H 60: Each time the shutter release is pressed, images are captured at a high rate of speed (about 60 fps). A maximum of 25 images (1280 x 960) are saved.
Self-timer: The camera is equipped with a 10-second self-timer for self-portraits or a 2-second to prevent camera shake caused by pressing the shutter release button.
Flash: The built-in flash has a range of 1'-8" to 9.2' (Wide angle) and 6'-6" (Telephoto). You can choose from the following flash modes: Auto, Auto (with Red-eye reduction), Fill Flash, Slow Sync, and Off.
Playback Menu: You can view photos one at a time in full frame, or in a Thumbnail Playback of 4, 9, or 16 images. You can also zoom in to magnify a single image up to 10x. When playing back movies, you can pause/resume, rewind/advance, and adjust volume. Other playback menu options include: Mark for Wi-Fi Upload, Quick Retouch, D-Lighting, Red-eye Correction, Glamour Retouch, Slide Show, Protect, Rotate Image, Small Picture, Copy (between internal memory and memory card), and Sequence Display Options.
Battery Information
Power Requirements: The Coolpix S7000 is powered by the supplied EN-EL19 rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery (3.7V, 700mAh, 2.6Wh). The battery is charged in the camera using the supplied EH-71P AC adapter and UC-E21 USB cable. The supplied rechargeable battery will last up to approximately 210 shots or 40 minutes of HD movie recording on one charge. A fully-exhausted battery charges in about 1 hour 50 minutes, using the AC adapter and 3 hours when charging while connected to a computer.
Power Saving Function: When the camera is operated on battery power, after several minutes of no operations, the monitor turns off and the camera enters the Standby mode. The Auto Off mode can be set to 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, or 30 minutes.
Inputs and Outputs Notes
HDMI: The Coolpix S7000 has a micro-HDMI (Type D) output for connecting the camera to an HDTV for still image and movie playback. The image resolution of the HDMI output can be set to Auto, 480p, 720p, or 1080i.
Micro USB: The camera features a Micro USB connector for connecting the supplied UC-E21 USB cable. The Micro USB port is USB 2.0 Hi-Speed compatible, and is used for downloading your photos to your computer or connecting to a PictBridge-compatible printer. It is also used for charging the battery inside the camera using the supplied EH-71P AC adapter.
Software
ViewNX2: The Nikon S7000 comes with no software in the package. Nikon ViewNX 2 can be downloaded from the Internet. It contains the following applications:
- Nikon Transfer 2: to transfer pictures from the camera to the computer
- ViewNX 2: for viewing, editing and printing your images
System Requirements: Nikon ViewNX 2 software will work with the following Windows and Macintosh Operating Systems:
- Windows: Windows 8.1, Windows 7 (SP1), Windows Vista (SP2), Windows XP (SP3)
- MAC: OS X 10.7.5, 10.8.5, 10.9
The Nikon Coolpix S7000 replaces these items
Nikon Coolpix A
- Nikon DX-format (APS-C-size) CMOS image sensor for uncompromised image quality
- fixed 28mm-equivalent f/2.8 Nikkor lens
- expandable with optional Wi-Fi® adapter, flashes and optical viewfinder
Nikon Coolpix A
- Nikon DX-format (APS-C-size) CMOS image sensor for uncompromised image quality
- fixed 28mm-equivalent f/2.8 Nikkor lens
- expandable with optional Wi-Fi® adapter, flashes and optical viewfinder
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I love everything about this camera, the size, the zoom, easy to operate and it takes beautiful pictures. It's more than I expected and it's a steal at your selling price. I am very happy with it.
Efrain M from Northern Marianas