replaced my 9100 with this 9300. a bit more focal range and great quality pics for weddings

Rubber Thumb Rest Added

Prefer Flip Up On 9100

This camera takes very good quality pictures in almost any light condition. Small size and versatility makes it a must have for a ski trip, hiking in the mountains, New York sightseeing and when going to a club.

The Nikon Coolpix S9300 is one of the cheapest travel zooms with GPS and lots of zoom making it good value for money. It's available in a number of colours, with the red looking particularly stylish.

Available in bright colours; Good rubber grip on the back; Good colour reproduction; Fast continuous shooting; Full 1080p HD video; Good GPS options; 2 year warranty

Slow focus at the telephoto end; Video quality not great; High noise after ISO400; Poor tripod socket position

Nikon's travel zoom range was late to the fold compared to the competition and it has been a slower upturn for the company's S9000-series. Yet the latest Coolpix S9300 has a specification that more closely resembles much of the competition.

Big zoom range; build quality; decent LCD screen

No manual modes; shorter zoom than competitors; limited battery life; poorer image quality than its predecessor; shutter lag

The Nikon S9300 is Nikon's flagship travel compact as as such its highlights include: a 18x optical zoom with built in Vibration Reduction image stabilisation technology; a 16MP backside-illuminated sensor; a sensitivity range of ISO range of ISO 125-3200; Full 1080p HD movie recording at 30fps; a...

Stylish; well-built and easy to use; 18x optical zoom offers plenty of flexibility; Useful/fun high-speed shooting modes; Excellent screen quality

Telephoto reach not quite up there with its rivals; No Raw recording; Image quality not up to that of its rivals

The Nikon Coolpix S9300 is a slim 18x optical zoom digital compact camera aimed at the photographer who wants all the latest technologically advanced gadgets in an easy to use package.

For years we've moaned and groaned about camera manufacturers raising the megapixel ratings of cameras, something that gives extra detail that we don't particularly need and extra noise that we definitely don't want.

THIS CAMERA IS WORTH EVERY PENNY, i had it for 2/3 hours and i already know how to use it, unlike my panasonic FZ45 the slow motion video is ace, the pictures are crystal clear and i also like the panorama feature on it as you dont have to stitch together just pan the view you want and it plays back

Good Sized Screen; Rugged; Nice Features and Settings; Excellent In Low Light; Great Resolution; Fast Shutter Speed; Easy To Use; Good Battery Life

Excellent picture quality, but extremely hard to keep still when trying to take a telephoto picture, wavers a lot. Disappointed too that the flash does not retract automatically.

I've been a street photographer for most of my adult life so I really like compact P&S digicams – they are small enough to drop in a shirt pocket, tough enough to go just about anywhere, they generally produce first-rate images with little effort on the part of the shooter, and they are...

Compact 18x zoom; Nice 1080 HD video; Large; hi-res LCD

Expensive; No manual exposure modes; Stability issues at telephoto