Nikon Coolpix S3100 is a compact digital camera released by Nikon

Nikon

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 in February, 2011. Its image sensor

Image sensor

An image sensor is a device that converts an optical image into an electronic signal. It is used mostly in digital cameras and other imaging devices...

 is a CCD

Charge-coupled device

A charge-coupled device is a device for the movement of electrical charge, usually from within the device to an area where the charge can be manipulated, for example conversion into a digital value. This is achieved by "shifting" the signals between stages within the device one at a time...

 with 14 millions effective pixels and has 7 colors available: black, blue, pink, purple, yellow, red and silver. S3100 has a slimmer body and more scene modes than its predecessor, S3000.

Scene Modes

The S3100 has 19 scene modes which can be accessed on the back of the camera:

• Portrait: useful for photographing faces
• Landscape:
• Sports:
• Night portrait: useful for taking portraits when the background is dark
• Party/indoor:
• Beach:
• Snow:
• sunset:
• Dusk/dawn:
• Night Landscape:
• Close-up: useful for taking detailed images
• Food:
• Macro:
• Museum:
• Fireworks show:
• Black and White Copy:
• Backlighting:
• Panorama
  Panorama
  A panorama is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film/video, or a three-dimensional model....
  
   assist:
• Pet Portrait: When a dog or cat faces the camera, the camera automatically detects the face and then release the shutter
  Shutter (photography)
  In photography, a shutter is a device that allows light to pass for a determined period of time, for the purpose of exposing photographic film or a light-sensitive electronic sensor to light to capture a permanent image of a scene...
  
  , the shutter can change to manual by disabling the pet portrait auto release feature.

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