7/3/2023 0 Comments Nikon w100 power on time![]() ![]() Quality suffers when zoomed all the way in, dropping to 1,077 lines. The very center is crisp, but edges lag behind, which is typical of a point-and-shoot. Imatest shows that the lens resolves 1,700 lines per picture height at its widest angle on a center-weighted sharpness test, which is a bit less than the 1,800 lines we look. Image quality is on par with a smartphone. There is some recovery time needed after a full burst, about 30 seconds to write all of the images to a card. You can keep shooting longer, but the camera slows to about 1 shot every 2.5 seconds. And if you enable the continuous shooting Scene mode you can fire off images at 4.8fps for up to 12 shots. Autofocus locks on in about 0.2-second, not the fastest we've tested, but also not slow. It starts, focuses, and fires in about 1.6 seconds, a fine figure for a compact. CIPA rates the battery for 220 shots per charge, but using SnapBridge will cut into that figure. The camera must be recharged via micro USB, there's no external charger included. Inside you'll see the removable battery, an SD card slot, and micro USB and micro HDMI ports. You'll need to pull the lock back toward the rear while sliding the door outward to the side in order to open it. The W100 has one access door, at the bottom, with a single-locking design. Full quality files are saved to the W100's memory card. When connected via Wi-Fi you have the choice of sending full-resolution or downsized 2MP images to your phone as you shoot. You'll get a live feed from the W100 on your phone's screen and you can use it to adjust the zoom or fire an image. To do so you'll need to connect via Wi-Fi-don't fret, the app walks you through the simple process. Still, that's plenty of resolution for social media, and you can use a phone app to filter or edit images, as I did with the black-and-white shot above. Photos are downsized to 2MP before transfer, so you won't fill up your phone's memory. This makes it easy to share images shot with the W100 on Facebook or Instagram. This all happens in the background, without you having to do anything. If you're using the W100 for the occasional snapshot or event, you can set it up to automatically transfer photos to your phone via Bluetooth. It connects the W100 and your phone via Bluetooth, which also means the W100 will automatically add GPS data to images and set clocks via information gathered by your smartphone. If your phone supports NFC, you can just tap it to the camera to pair, but if you have an iPhone you'll need to pair using the SnapBridge app. Nikon's Wi-Fi system is called SnapBridge. The camera is also rated to survive drops from 5.9 feet, is resistant to dust, and can work in temperatures as low as 14 degrees Fahrenheit. I didn't take it that deep, but I did submerge it in a bowl of water, and it continued to work without issue. Viewing angles are fine from the left or right, but if you hold the camera above your head or at your waist, you'll have a hard time viewing the screen. It's a little small at 2.7 inches, and not that sharp at 230k dots. As such, there are only a couple of shooting controls-a four-way pad on the rear adjusts zoom using its up and down positions, and there are buttons on the top to snap images or start and stop videos. ![]() But that won't bother most casual users, who want the camera to capture pleasing photos without any fiddling. If you're serious about photography, you'll miss the ability to set the shutter speed, aperture, or ISO manually. You can change basic options, like set a self-timer, suppress the flash, adjust color output, add decorative borders to images, and connect the W100 to your smartphone. An overlay menu runs next to them, and if you dive deeper into the menu their functions change. You can access the Scene options, and other settings, using the four buttons that run in a column on the left side of the rear LCD. You can turn the flash on or off, and select a Scene mode to fine-tune settings for specific shots-cityscapes at night, fireworks, underwater photography, fast action, macro, and other common options are included. The lens covers a 30-90mm field of view in full-frame terms, with an f/3.3-5.9 variable aperture-you're going to want to use the flash for low-light photography. It's roughly the same sensor size you get in an iPhone, but the W100 has slightly more pixels, 12.9MP. The lens is a modest 3x zoom, matched to a 1/3.1-inch CMOS image sensor. ![]()
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