Nikon Coolpix S210 Review Analysis | All Features Rated & Tested

image quality

3.5

no image stabilisation
Poor image quality
and the electronic vibration reduction is next to useless
Image quality in low-to-moderate lighting in indoor settings is somewhat posterized and hazy
Photo quality with the flash indoors is not very good, but was good enough for what I wanted

Digital image stabilization
Good image and color quality
Nice video and picture quality at lower ISO
picture quality
size, picture quality

Picture quality is the worst I have ever had
landscape etc to get best photo
to many differnt settings to choose from to take pictures, constantly having to change to different ones for Dusk/dawn, landscape etc to get best photo
Bad picture quality
poor picture quality
Low-Quality Pictures
Poor picture quality, short battery life
can't change review time of picture after you take it
Pictures are unfortunately not that great Restrictive Electronic Vibraition Reduction system

Image Stability
decent-quality images and movies
Picture quality good
The quality of the Nikon brand
Excellent image quality for the size
Excellent image quality for the size, comparable to my much larger Nikon SLR
Image quality in good light is excellent
For this purpose the size and weight and picture quality is perfect
but with fantastic picture quality
Small and light, but with fantastic picture quality
Image quality has been good, although we've tweaked most images for light and colour balance in MS Picture Manager
The picture quality is excellent with many superb features
Grear Image Quality
It's lightweight, a nice color, very amazing picture quality
Nice quality photos
I've been taken pictures more often because I know that I can count on the quality of the pictures
clear and quality pictures
quality excellent
pictures are good, quality excellent
Great quality pictures
tons of picture options to choose from
Picture quality is good

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price

5

great price
It's good to find a metal body at this price
It's good to find a metal body at this price, too
Great features for the money
for a low price

great value
Intuitive, great value
Low price
Small size, Low price, Nice quality photos, very versatile
Low price, small size
This thing is a great value
Price

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performance

4

a little slow at times
Slow lag time
Slow lag time, noise at ISO at 400 or above
speed
Extremely slow performance

fast pictures
Short Lag Time
Fast Shutter Speed
Its quick to start up and once one photo is taken the time to recover is quite good for the purpose its intended for
Good image quality and quick wirte to disk speed

Extremely slow performance, hard to use controls, battery life (30 shots), blurry pictures, poor zoom quality
slow to fire
slow to fire, images "rough around the edges
Long Lag Time
Slow to make order
lag

Fast Everything

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memory

0.5

Connection cover for computer
Most of my pics were corrupted when I transfered them to my computer
don't even bother to load it onto your computer
Had to buy that and a bigger 1GB memory card
Had to buy that and a bigger 1GB memory card, bringing the total cost to just over £150

and the fact that they still use the same memory card as my original 5 year old Nikon coolpix uses
The quality of the Nikon brand, and the fact that they still use the same memory card as my original 5 year old Nikon coolpix uses

Had to buy that and a bigger 1GB memory card, bringing the total cost to just over 150
NO MEMORY CARD SUPPLIED
did not come with a memory card
just the fact that it doesn't come with a very large memory span memory card

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focus

0.5

When there are multiple subjects, photos can be out of focus
Images appear soft focus at times

color

5

Very noticeable color fringing
Massive chromatic aberration issues
color offset

good colour balance
Slim design, good colour balance, simple interface
and the slimline S210 certainly splashes around colour like an Impressionist master
Picking up a Nikon for under £100 is like finding a Van Gogh at car boot sale, and the slimline S210 certainly splashes around colour like an Impressionist master
nice metallic color

Looks great-slim, nice metallic color
Takes clear pictures with good definition and colour
Colour
The color of it aside
The color of it aside, the features are what steps it up

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lens

2

eVR stabilization system is a hybrid
eVR stabilization system is a hybrid, appears more limited than typical Nikon VR
The 3x zoom lens feels and looks cheap
The 3x zoom lens feels and looks cheap, suffering from various fringing and distortion grumbles, and the electronic vibration reduction is next to useless
No optical stabilizer

optical stabilization
Very sleek and thin Good battery capacity Good LCD Good lens for the price Good ISO capablity with little noise up to 400 Great Red Eye fix features Very quick responses

eVR - would have preferred optical VR

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zoom

0.5

No optical zoom during movies
No optical zoom during movies, Still a bit thicker than Casio and others
poor zoom quality
Wish it would zoom in a bit further
Zoom is a bit feeble

Optical zoom

Zoom is a bit feeble, but a trade off with the size & weight being so small
Zoom is slow and jerky
The monitor is grainy before the shots and ISO doesn't function correctly when in digital zoom

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LCD

5

The screen gets messed up with finger prints too easily
maybe a protective screen cover could be provided like the mobiles have when you get them
The screen gets messed up with finger prints too easily, maybe a protective screen cover could be provided like the mobiles have when you get them
Small LCD Screen
The other thing is that the screen is very fingerprint sensitive

big screen
Bright LCD
Good sized screen
good screen size
LCD screen is bright enough to use in sunlight as long as you are not wanting to see too much detail

The Back LCD Moniter before you take a picture is very grainy can't do anything about it
screen is a little grainy but the pics are crystal clear

Good quality images and large screen
Big screen helps
Nice lcd screen

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video

5

Interval shots and time-lapse video
video
voice recording
great colors, big screen, fast pictures, video, voice recording
She loves being able to take video clips & transfering clips/pics to the computer is easy

records great quality video

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design

5

was not as bright blue as it appears on -line but still cool looking

Good-looking
Slim design
Design
Design, features
looks very stylish

Esay to use, looks very stylish, Nice video and picture quality at lower ISO, Flash pictures look nice with lots of natural color
Looks great-slim
Small compact design
good looking
It's neat, light, small, good looking, and easy enough for my 8 and 9 year olds to amster it in an hour or so
cute
nice and handy, cute, love the face recognition mode
Stylish
Great looks

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resolution

5

Subpar resolution for an 8-megapixel camera

Great Resolution
It takes almost life size resolution photos
It takes almost life size resolution photos, records great quality video, and the built in microphone does an excellent job

appearance

5

Face recognition mode
Sleek style
and stylishness of the product its not going to look to outdated
sleek small and handy
love the face recognition mode

sensor

4

The red-eye flash sometimes does not eliminate red-eye
not like a baby blue just a deep metal blue

Metal frame
metal case
Metal body seems well built
built-in red eye reduction

menu

0.5

counter-intuitive menu buttons
Pixelation when you go to the review menu
suppose this cuts down on workings inside keeping it small
Some of the menu functions hard to find but you get use to it
Takes some time to get used to the features, but once you find out how to locate the menu options, is much easier

Menu is clear and easy to understand

battery

0.5

No battery indicator
No battery status
battery cover design
battery cover design, speed
battery life (30 shots)

Good Battery Life
Battery lasted a full week for holiday without recharging it
lasting battery life
User-friendly, lasting battery life

have to remove the battery to charge
Battery life could be better
Battery does not last long
Battery Life
Special battery
Lid of battery housing fragile
short battery life
Battery flip is not sitting properly
The battery has to be removed in order to charge
hard to find an extra battery
Non aa type battery is the only option

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shutter

0.5

Significant shutter lag
Power button too close to shutter button
Shutter release button too small - difficult to use in a rush
Unnecessary and irritating synthetic shutter click
Shutter and on/off buttons a tad small even for my dainty paws

Where it could improve Shutter lag

usability

5

Not enough custom controls
easy to blur pictures
hard to use controls
just use windows for storing photos
Moving between menus - takes some practice unless used all the time

Very simple navigation
Ease of use - small size - colours - brightness of photos
easy to use
Small, metal case, easy to use
Simple body layout with intuitive controls

Best to use fingernail
Not easiest of cameras to use
Unintuitive controls
but it is not creating any problem during its use
I went back to my manual and learned why but I was frustrated

easy compact easy looks good
& so easy
small, easy compact easy looks good, & so easy
very easy to use
Sleek style, very easy to use
Esay to use
Easy to use controls
Easy to use menus
Easy to use menus, built-in red eye reduction
Lovely little camera and easy to use
I'm no photographer but I found this easy to use and simple to understand and I'm happy with what it does
Nice small compact, easy to use
Comfortable Controls
Ease of use
Easy Setup
Easy to Keep Clean
all good small compact easy to use
Well built, easy to use, nice convenient size to carry everywhere
camera is compact easy to use with a strong case and good lense has many features on it and takes excellent quality pictures
Easy to use with a quick start uop function to get you snapping
Compact, easy to use and great quality for the price
Very easy to use with most used features readily available
Nice and compact and really easy to use
Very easy to use and picture quality excellent
Looks great and image quality fabulous and easy to use
Great pictures, easy to use and a really great price
Generally OK and easy to use, even for the Luddette in the house, for whom it was purchased as a gift
Very compact and easy to use
Very compact and easy to use, but still has the quaility
and easy enough for my 8 and 9 year olds to amster it in an hour or so
quite easy to use straight out of the box and quite a fast start up time from switching on to taking pictures
Small and compact, good build quality and easy to use
easy to use and very cute
The camera is small, light, easy to use and very cute
Light easy to use
easy to use out of the box
Looks good - easy to use
so easy to use very well laid out
Its ease of use
small and easy to use looks good too
Easy to use .Sleek style fits anywhere

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build quality

5

After using an Ixus the Coolpix felt really tinny and of not the same build quality
Weak Construction

Strong Construction
The build quality is superb

flash

1

it is surprising that the flash is too bright
Not good for night time images - uses the flash which only brightens the foreground or need very long exposure - which is not brilliant qulaity wise
Flash
it takes too long to adjust lighting and flash in between shots
exposure metering with flash

Good flash recycle time
Flash pictures look nice with lots of natural color
good flash
good battery life, awesome features, clear and quality pictures, small, good flash, and comes with a lot of things

Noise in high-ISO settings, exposure metering with flash
I had some difficulty with wanting to turn my flash on but despite pressing the flash button to turn it on it stayed off
The flash seems difficult to get it to work properly and the screen shows a bright pic then after you take the pic it looks very dark

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interface

5

simple interface
user-friendly interface
user-friendly interface, small and light, decent-quality images and movies
and easy user interface to different modes
Picture quality good, and easy user interface to different modes

User-friendly

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exposure

0.5

The exposure button is rather small and needs considerable pressure to operate

viewfinder

0.5

No viewfinder
The UI is also lacking and in bright light it could do with a viewfinder
No viewfinder (although this seems a current feature with modern compacts

contrast

0.5

Occasional high-contrast fringing issues

reception

5

Face Detection

portability

5

You’d have to be a sensitive artistic soul for the S210’s dodgy autofocus and grainy low-light pictures to drive you to DIY ear surgery
You’d have to be a sensitive artistic soul for the S210’s dodgy autofocus and grainy low-light pictures to drive you to DIY ear surgery, but they're certainly worse than most Nikon cameras
Poor Operation in Low Light
but a trade off with the size & weight being so small
Not Good In Low Light

Thin
Light
light weight
easy to use, light weight
Very light and portable size even in the pocket

Small lightweight
small and light
Nice small compact
Excellent in Low Light
compact and well built
Its very small and light
Genuinely pocket sized
Compact - good image results
Very slim which makes it really pocket sized
It's so tiny so easily slips into your pocket
Great size and very light
COMPACT AND ERGONOMICALLY PLEASEING
Small and compact
Ultra small and slim but solidly made
Ideal for slipping in your pocket
Very compact and light
Very Compact
compact
small, light, compact, easy to use
I keep it in my purse but it fits in the back pocket of my jeans too
small and slim
and also has a nice weight to it but isn't too heavy
Great quality pictures, easy to use, tons of picture options to choose from, small and slim, and also has a nice weight to it but isn't too heavy
small compact
Very small and light - great in terms of portability

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size

5

shutter release bit too small and because the overall size of camera is small it can be a little difficult to hold
On switch a little fiddly

size
Size (which makes it easy to lose..and that's a positive!)
The size
The size, fits into most pockets, and stylishness of the product its not going to look to outdated
Small size

Small size, good screen size
its size
Size, simplicity, optical stabilization

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screen

3

Display screen smudges too easily

Hi-res 2.5 inch screen wide-angle display with anti-reflective coating
Hi-res 2.5 inch screen wide-angle display with anti-reflective coating, Elegant, slender Aluminum body, Digital image stabilization, Face recognition mode, Full speed VGA movies with sound

sound

5