Updated (August, 2011): Compare the Nikon Coolpix S3100 vs Nikon Coolpix S6200

Nikon Coolpix S3100

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"The Coolpix S3100 generally produces well exposed images although on occasions the camera underexposed a touch in bright conditions with colours accurately reproduced."
ephotozine.com | talking about the S3100's image-quality

Reasons to buy the Nikon Coolpix S3100

Panorama
In-camera panoramas
Stitches together multiple photos into a panorama
Shutter lag
Barely any delay taking photos
570 ms shutter lag
Thickness
Thin
0.7"
Weight
Light-weight
118 g
Nikon Coolpix S6100

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Reasons to buy the Nikon Coolpix S6100

Screen size
Large screen
3.0"
Screen resolution
High resolution screen
460k dots
Image stabilization
Image stabilization
Lens
Touch screen
Touch screen
Less buttons
Macro focus
Great macro
3 cm

differences

Advantages of the Nikon S3100

Aperture Wider aperture f/3.2 vs f/3.7
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At its widest zoom, the S3100's lens captures marginally more light (0.4 f-stops)
Size Significantly smaller 93x57x18 mm vs 97x58x26 mm
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More than 30% smaller
Wide angle Better wide angle 26 mm vs 28 mm
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Around 10% better wide angle
Panorama Can create panoramas in-camera Yes vs No
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Stitches together multiple photos for a wide perspective
Weight Significantly lighter 118 g vs 175 g
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More than 30% lighter
Thickness Significantly thinner 0.7" vs 1"
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More than 30% thinner
Lowest price Cheaper $131.95 vs $196.95
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The best price we've seen is $65 cheaper (more than 30% less)
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Advantages of the Nikon S6100

Screen size Significantly larger screen 3.0" vs 2.7"
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More than 10% larger screen
Touch screen Has a touch screen Yes vs No
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Fewer buttons to worry about and direct interaction with camera menus
Macro focus Much better macro capability 3 cm vs 10 cm
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Focus on subjects 3.3x closer to the lens
Screen resolution Higher resolution screen 460k dots vs 230k dots
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2x higher resolution screen
Image stabilization Better image stabilization Lens vs Sensor shift
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Less risk of blur
Zoom Slightly more zoom 7x vs 5x
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Around 2x more zoom
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recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Nikon Coolpix S3100 Nikon Coolpix S3100
61 vs 54
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Green arrow Snapsort recommends the Nikon Coolpix S3100. This recommendation, however, should be taken with a grain of salt since it doesn't always make sense to compare a ultra compact with a compact.

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similarities

Compared to recent compacts

Common Strengths Common Weaknesses

Snapsort is not aware of any interesting strengths shared by these two products.

Longest exposure Short max exposure time Help
4 seconds
Sensor type Lower-end sensor types Help
CCD
HDR Neither has in-camera HDR Help
You could do HDR manually
Continuous shooting Slow continuous shooting Help
S3100:0.7 fps
S6100:1.2 fps
Movie format Both shoot high resolution HD movies Help
720p @ 30fps

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Nikon Coolpix S2600

Nikon Coolpix S2600

Compact

$122

Macro focus Much worse macro focusing
Light sensitivity Slightly lower maximum light sensitivity
Nikon Coolpix S3300

Nikon Coolpix S3300

Compact

$120

Macro focus Slightly worse macro focusing
Aperture Has a slightly narrower aperture
Canon ELPH 100 HS

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Compact

$106 - $189

Aperture Has a slightly wider aperture
Movie format Records higher quality movies
Fastest shutter speed Has a slower max shutter speed
Weight Is slightly heavier
Nikon Coolpix S4100

Nikon Coolpix S4100

Compact

Movie format Records higher quality movies
Macro focus Much worse macro focusing
Image stabilization Doesn't have image stabilization
Nikon Coolpix S6200

Nikon Coolpix S6200

Travel zoom

$177 - $223

Zoom Has slightly more zoom
Thickness Is thicker
Weight Is slightly heavier
Canon PowerShot A3300 IS

Canon PowerShot A3300 IS

Compact

$129

Aperture Has a slightly wider aperture
Longest exposure Slightly longer exposures
Fastest shutter speed Has a slower max shutter speed
Thickness Is thicker
Canon ELPH 300 HS

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Compact

$148 - $179

Aperture Has a slightly wider aperture
Movie format Records higher quality movies
Weight Is slightly heavier

Nikon Coolpix S3100 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Canon PowerShot A2200

Canon PowerShot A2200

Compact

$147

Aperture Wider aperture
Macro focus Much better macro capability
Image stabilization No image stabilization
Wide angle Worse wide angle
Canon PowerShot A3200 IS

Canon PowerShot A3200 IS

Compact

$122 - $174

Aperture Wider aperture
Macro focus Much better macro capability
Wide angle Worse wide angle
Panorama Lacks in-camera panoramic stitching

Nikon Coolpix S6100 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Nikon Coolpix S4300

Nikon Coolpix S4300

Compact

$167 - $170

Wide angle Better wide angle
Size Smaller
Touch screen No touch screen
Image stabilization Worse image stabilization

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