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At its widest point, the camera's lens gives you a decent angle of view for capturing a variety of different scenes. Click here to see a full resolution version.
At times, the camera struggles to focus on close subjects such as this - this required several attempts at focusing to get a good lock. Click here to see a full resolution version.
Colours are nicely saturated straight from the camera. Click here to see a full resolution image.
The camera's articulating screen and button on the front of the camera makes it easy to shoot selfies. Click here to see a full resolution version.
When the focus manages to lock on correctly, and the light is good, detail is resolved well, especially when viewing at normal printing or web sizes. Click here to see a full resolution version.
Generally speaking, the camera does a decent job of producing accurate exposures via its general purpose metering system, sometimes struggling if the subject is particularly dark or high contrast. Click here to see a full resolution version.
The stand on the back of the camera helps when you want to take selfies hands-free as the camera can stand up unaided. Click here to see a full resolution version.
The S6900's zoom is decent, and is the area where it beats the competition from smartphones. Click here to see a full resolution version.
Special Effects
A number of different special effects can be applied from a specific exposure mode.
No effect. Click here to see a full resolution version.
Soft. Click here to see a full resolution version.
Sepia. Click here to see a full resolution version.
High-contrast monochrome. Click here to see a full resolution version.
High Key. Click here to see a full resolution version.
Low Key. Click here for a full resolution image.
Selective Colour. Click here for a full resolution image.
Pop. Click here for a full-resolution image.
Super Vivid. Click here for a full resolution image.
Toy Camera Effect 1. Click here for a full resolution image.
Toy Camera Effect 2. Click here to see a full resolution image.
Cross process. Click here to see a full resolution image.
Mirror. Click here to see a full resolution image.
Zoom range
An image taken at the widest point of the S9600's 12x optical zoom. Click here to see a full resolution image.
At the furthest end of the telephoto optic. Click here for a full resolution image.
Even with digital zoom, the image quality doesn't drop too badly. Click here to see a full resolution image.
Using the extended digital zoom isn't really recommended unless you desperately need it. Click here to see a full resolution version.
