Our quick take

Nikon Coolpix S9500 - 3.5 / 5

Point-and-shoot pleaser

A wobbly performance

Positive push

The megapixel rise: image quality’s fall

To recap

When it comes to point-and-shoot compacts Nikon has got some things right in the S9500: its small yet has a significant 22x optical zoom lens that’s reasonable but couldn’t be considered the best in class. That’s the conclusion allover really: that even while there’s nothing wrong with this camera it’s just not as kitted out as the competition.