Looking for Answers about Nikon Inc. COOLPIX S800c?

I can verify what diffdude says: The android Camera API only lists image sizes up to 3264x2448 as available sizes for taking pictures. It is currently impossible to develop a custom camera app for this thing which can take 16 MP pictures. To me this invalidates the entire point of putting android on the thing! Nikon desperately needs to provide an SDK addition with some classes android developers can use to get to all the features of this camera (and I checked: going through the SDK signup process does not lead you to any development material for the S800c).

You have to include the "extra" for the output file, then launch the native camera app via intent, then manually select the higher res.

#Nikon - c'mon you need someone with Android expertise to help with this camera. this is a whole new product type, and "read the manual" won't do it#

I am writing my own android app, and the camera returns 8MP as the largest photo capture size.

Plus, optical zoom does not work in 3rd party android photo apps, it only uses digital zoom.

I would have thought they would have an SDK or documentation on how to get access to the optical zoom, which most other android devices do not have.

The camera app that is used to take pictures by default is still an Android app. Ergo, yes, it is possible to take 16MP pictures with an Android App.

Caveat: Most 3rd party apps have their own limitations on image size, which has very little to do with what the sensors are capable of. (Most are aware of the upper limits, if they happen to be lower than the app allows; for example, if the app allows up to 5MP, but the tablet only has a 1.2MP front-facing, the app won't try to take a 5MP picture. But if the phone supports up to 8MP, and the app only goes up to 5MP, 5MP is you limit with that app.)

Most current Android apps were built during the days when even the 8MP sensors in phones were rare enough, and 16MP was unheard of. Ergo, they app developers built their apps to the days common specs.

I've also seen some apps that have image size crippled in the free/ad-supported/demo version, but unrestricted in the full version.

Many of the common image editor apps (Pixlr-o-matic, AfterFocus, Instagram, etc) are capable of either taking a picture or loading one from your Gallery. However, in common use, most people ignore the load one from the Gallery feature and only use the from camera option...

If the apps you want to use will only snap pictures at 8MP, look to see if there's an import feature, also check the options to see if it allows for "save at original size" or something to that effect.

Hope this helps more than "read the manual" that you got from the official Nikon answer guy.

That page in the manual only refers to the normal camera function, not using the camera from within an Android Application. Nothing in the manual says anything about using the camera in an Android App.

no sdk on https://sdk.nikonimaging.com/apply/

You can connect bluetooth headphones to the S800c.

While the camera does not have a headphone jack, you can connect a Bluetooth headset to it to listen to music.

To use Google Maps you need WiFi access to the Internet. There are some navigation apps that include map files and you may be able to run these on the camera, and then you wont need WiFi.

You can now find the manual here: http://support.nikonusa.com/app/ans...

The link to the SDK site does not include an Android ADK for the S800c

It is now available on the web page that links to all manuals: http://support.nikonusa.com/app/ans...

Nope, installed v1.1 and then v1.2 microcode when it arrived, and the cell standby still reports as using most of the power (but from lots of reading on the web about similar devices with no cell hardware and old android versions, this really seems more like a bad statistic being reported than an actual drain on real battery power).

The difference in the maximum aperture between both cameras is less than a quater of a stop, which means both camera will perform the same in low light. They are the same when it comes to just taking pictures.If you are tired of taking pictures with the S6400, all you can do is store it away, but if you are tire of taking pictures with the S800c, you can hit the gogle store directly from the camera and download some fun apps. The real difference here is the Green guy. With WIFI and Android, you can do a whole lot more. Downlad and play games on the S800c. Instant upload pics to social media, facebook, you name it. Using apps like Ustream, you can stream live video recordings anyone anywhere in the world with internet connection can watch live as you record. family, friends, you name it. And by the way,those effect on the S6400, there are free apps that can be dowload from the google store which does the same, No computer needed. you can also upload pics to your ipad, no wire needed. Go for the S800c. I have one and I love it!!!!!!

You can download the 'Connect to S800C' app from google play store. It can be use together with the Upload application on the S800c home screen to view pictures and transfer them wirelessly from the S800c to another android device such as a smart phone or tablet. However, you cannot use the phone to control shooting with the S800c wirelessly.