Nikon S4000 vs S8100

differences

Advantages of the Nikon S4000

Significantly smaller

95x57x20 mm

104x60x30 mm

More than 40% smaller

Significantly better wide angle

27 mm

30 mm

10% better wide angle

Has a touch screen

Yes

Fewer buttons to worry about and direct interaction with camera menus

Wider aperture

f/3.2

f/3.5

At its widest zoom, the S4000's lens captures marginally more light (0.3 f-stops)

Much lighter

131 g

209 g

Around 40% lighter

Significantly thinner

0.8"

1.2"

More than 30% thinner

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the Nikon S4000

Advantages of the Nikon S8100

Higher resolution movies

1080p @ 30fps

720p

Shoots higher resolution Full HD (1080p) video

Significantly higher resolution screen

921k dots

460k dots

More than 2x higher resolution screen

More zoom

10x

Around 6.5x more zoom

Records high-speed movies

240 fps

None

Capture events too fast for the naked eye and play them back in super-slow motion

Much better macro capability

1 cm

8 cm

Focus on subjects 8x closer to the lens

Has a CMOS-family sensor

CMOS

CCD

CMOS-family sensors often produce better quality images

Shoots significantly faster

10 fps

0.9 fps

More than 11x faster continuous shooting

Better image stabilization

Lens, Sensor shift

Digital

Less risk of blur

Significantly cheaper

$99.99

$289.24

The best price we've seen is $189 cheaper (2.9x less)

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the Nikon S8100

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

Nikon Coolpix S4000

63	vs	57
Explain scores

Nikon Coolpix S8100

Snapsort recommends the Nikon Coolpix S4000. This recommendation, however, should be taken with a grain of salt since it doesn't always make sense to compare a compact with a travel zoom.

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Compared to recent compacts

Common Strengths

Common Weaknesses

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

	No boost ISO
	Lacks boost light sensitivity

	Neither camera stitches together panoramas
	You could stitch photos in post

	Neither has in-camera HDR
	You could do HDR manually

competitors

Nikon Coolpix S8200

Travel zoom

$229

Has significantly more zoom

Has a slightly wider wide angle lens

Is significantly more expensive

Is thicker

Compare the Coolpix S8200 vs the Coolpix S4000

Compare the Coolpix S8200 vs the Coolpix S8100

Nikon Coolpix S6300

Travel zoom

$180 - $184

Has a slightly wider wide angle lens

Creates panoramas in-camera

Has a slower max shutter speed

Is slightly more expensive

Compare the Coolpix S6300 vs the Coolpix S4000

Compare the Coolpix S6300 vs the Coolpix S8100

Nikon Coolpix L120

Super zoom

$180 - $229

Has way more more zoom

Has a slightly wider wide angle lens

Has a slower max shutter speed

Is slightly more expensive

Compare the Coolpix L120 vs the Coolpix S4000

Compare the Coolpix L120 vs the Coolpix S8100

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Compact

$106 - $189

Has a slightly wider aperture

Records movies in 24p

Has a slower max shutter speed

Slightly worse macro focusing

Compare the ELPH 100 HS vs the Coolpix S4000

Compare the ELPH 100 HS vs the Coolpix S8100

Nikon Coolpix S3000

Compact

$167

Shoots faster

Slightly smaller

Significantly smaller screen

No touch screen

Compare the Coolpix S3000 vs the Coolpix S4000

Nikon Coolpix S3100

Ultra compact

$132

Can create panoramas in-camera

Better wide angle

Significantly smaller screen

No touch screen

Compare the Coolpix S3100 vs the Coolpix S4000

Fujifilm FinePix S4000

Super zoom

$215

Much more zoom

Significantly better wide angle

Much larger

Much thicker

Compare the FinePix S4000 vs the Coolpix S4000

Sony Cybershot DSC-W530

Ultra compact

$171

Wider aperture

Can create panoramas in-camera

Significantly smaller screen

No touch screen

Compare the Cybershot DSC-W530 vs the Coolpix S4000

Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS

Ultra compact

$225

Wider aperture

Better image stabilization

Significantly smaller screen

No touch screen

Compare the PowerShot SD1400 IS vs the Coolpix S4000

Nikon Coolpix S9100

Travel zoom

$237 - $289

Much more zoom

Much better wide angle

Larger

Worse macro capability

Compare the Coolpix S9100 vs the Coolpix S8100

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Compact

$148 - $179

Much better wide angle

Significantly wider aperture

Much lower resolution screen

Significantly smaller screen

Compare the ELPH 300 HS vs the Coolpix S8100

Nikon Coolpix S6200

Travel zoom

$177 - $223

Much better wide angle

Wider aperture

Much lower resolution screen

Lower resolution movies

Compare the Coolpix S6200 vs the Coolpix S8100

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Nikon CoolpixS4000 vs Nikon CoolpixS8100

Nikon Coolpix S4000

Reasons to buy the Nikon Coolpix S4000

Nikon Coolpix S8100

Reasons to buy the Nikon Coolpix S8100

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

differences

Advantages of the Nikon S4000

Advantages of the Nikon S8100

recommendations

Relative to the best recent compacts, and ignoring price

advice

Need help deciding?

similarities

Compared to recent compacts

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Nikon Coolpix S8200

Nikon Coolpix S6300

Nikon Coolpix L120

Canon ELPH 100 HS

Nikon Coolpix S4000 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Nikon Coolpix S3000

Nikon Coolpix S3100

Fujifilm FinePix S4000

Sony Cybershot DSC-W530

Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS

Nikon Coolpix S8100 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Nikon Coolpix S9100

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Nikon Coolpix S6200

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Nikon Coolpix
S4000
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S8100