Nikon Coolpix S3500 Pro Reviews

We're extremely surprised by the Nikon Coolpix S3500. It's a nice little camera to look at and it fits nicely with the Style series that it's allocated to. The 7x optical zoom will be very useful to anyone wanting to take it on holiday and wanting to explore, not just wanting the typical pool and clubs photos. The quality of the lens is great for a camera at this price point, but the biggest surprise came in the ISO test. Sure, the camera suffers from noise, they all do. It's to be expected. What we weren't expecting was the quality of the images at both low ISO and how the camera handled the noise. We can't decide whether Nikon have reprogrammed the noise reduction software or taken it away and improved the sensor because there's none of that painted smooth look that's normally associated with small sensor noise control.

If you're looking for a cheap camera you can't go far wrong with the Nikon Coolpix S3500, particularly as most budget cameras have at most 5x optical zoom, here you'll find a 7x optical zoom lens for less than £90. It has a fairly limited set of features, but image quality isn't too bad, particularly for sharing on Facebook etc.