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Is the Nikon S33 good for Sports Photography?

Nikon Coolpix S33
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Nikon S33 Sports Photography Score

POOR
Nikon S33 has a score of 15 for Sports Photography which makes it a POOR candidate for this type of photography. If Sports Photography is important for you, we strongly recommend you to consider the Alternative cameras listed at the bottom of this page.
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Nikon S33 Sports Photography Detailed Analysis
Environmental Sealings

Most outdoor sports games are held in all-weather, so your camera has to be ready for difficult conditions such as rain and snow. Exposure to dust and water splashes are also very common in sports.

Average Continuous Shooting: 4.7fps

In the world of sports photography, faster is always better.

Average Max shutter speed: 1/2000s

Nikon S33's max shutter speed of 1/2000s is not the best in class but it will be enough to freeze the moment. A potential problem may be when you use a fast aperture at very strong light, your camera may overexpose because of slow max shutter speed

Focus Points

In sports photography , you keep continuous autofocus (AFC) mode on for tracking the subject and more focus means better tracking.

Poor Battery Life: 220 shots

In most sports events, you shoot at high speed for a long time and this drains the battery pretty quick. With a battery life of only 220 shots per charge, you may need to change batteries very frequently in the middle of an event.

Not so good Ergonomics&Handling

Nikon S33\s compact body is not very ideal for sports photography as it lacks the external dials and knobs to change the camera settings fast and the ergonomics doesn't help you to have the most stable shooting position.

No Manual Exposure Mode

Even though modern digital cameras features advanced algorithms to calculate the right exposure, they still may fail some difficult conditions. Lack of manual exposure mode in these conditions means lot of shadow and highlight clipping.

No Manual Focus Mode

Compact cameras are not great at focusing moving objects especially at low light and your camera may not even fire bacause of not locking the focus, so manual focus mode is very useful at these times.

No Built-in Viewfinder

In the lack of a a viewfinder, holding the camera away from the body while using live view is not very stable, especial with heavy camera bodies and lenses. Besides, LCD screens are very hard to read under bright sunlight.

No External Flash Shoe

When shooting indoor sports or outdoor sports at low light, an external flash may become very helpful.

No Image Stabilization

Lack of Image stabilization may result in blurry photos especially at long focal lengths.

90 mm Tele Lens

90 mm reach will not be adequate in many sports events.

Slow Lens at Tele: f5.90

You will have hard time getting fast enough shutter speeds with a lens that is slow at tele.

No RAW shooting capability

RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.

You may also be interested in these reviews:

Nikon S33 for Portrait Photography
Nikon S33 for Street Photography
Nikon S33 for Carrying Everywhere
Nikon S33 for Landscape Photography

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