Remember when a SuperThin was a cigarette?

The NY Times recently published an article in their excellent "Circuits" section (every Thursday in the business section) on the new wave of superthin digital cameras.  March, 2005 introduced six of these to the digitally inclined masses — ranging from Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-T7 (0.6" thin) to a slightly heavier Canon PowerShot SD400 and all featuring some very nifty features. My favorite? 5 megapixels of beautiful, rich color. That's it, in the picture above.

Why the Nikon? And why not the Canon? Two reasons: I've been using a Nikon Coolpix 2100 and was completely happy with it and all the other Nikons I've ever used and 2, the color comparisons shown on the NYT website  put the Nikon out in front of even the Canon.

Not a problem for me but no viewfinder on the S1 and there's no direct hook-up to my computer. Other than that,  it's really fast on startup (2 seconds) and in continous shooting mode (1.8 fps). But really, for me it all comes down to color and clarity. Ok, and looks. I love the way this camera looks.