Nikon Coolpix S2

durability, price

image quality

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Stylish and thin camera design ; All-weather body ; Battery level indicator ; Large 2.5 inch LCD ; The 4 features in the paragraph above ; Lots of scene modes ; Camera help ; Constant focusing reduces shutter lag

12 MB internal memory ; Weak flash ; Lack of manual controls ; Very small shutter speed range ; Barrel distortion

While the Nikon Coolpix S2 is a great camera when it comes to continuous shooting, still images and scene modes, it lacks "real" manual controls and it's shutter speeds are too slow/fast.

Snappy performance, stylish design

Blurred pictures, requires a cradle for connection to a PC

Snappy performance, stylish design

Blurred pictures, requires a cradle for connection to a PC

A fairly average camera that has a few things to offer, but suffers from poor picture quality. There are other models in a comparable price range that offer much better images.

Stylish digicam sealed against the elements with good resolution and folded optic 3x optical zoom lens.

Small controls make handling a tad fiddly with some image quality issues.

Given my grumbles you'd be forgiven for thinking I don't like this camera, not so. It's a gem, if a little flawed around the edges. Anyone making standard sized prints from its images will be more than happy with its results and it is so nice to look...

Weatherproof ; D-Lighting function ; In-camera red-eye fix ; Face-priority autofocus

Prone to lingering fingerprints ; Poor performance of D-Lighting function for night pictures

Without any form of image stabiliser, our pictures taken at night turned out to be blurry with ghoulish trails. A blur warning function in the form of a blinking red hand appears on the LCD when the camera is unstable and the unit promptly asks for the...

The S2 has a clever little trick up its sleeve called “D Lighting”. When you take the once-in-a-lifetime picture and it is underexposed the camera can process the shot to bring out lost detail in a selective way so that lightening the shadows, for...

There are no manual controls at all in the S2, apart from ISO sensitivity, white balance and exposure compensation. This level of simplicity will appeal to some but deter a serious photographer

The fashion accessory camera is a crowded sector of the market and the latest generation of cameras has, to some extent, overcome the problems that occur when there is no viewfinder. The quality of images from these little point-and-shoot cameras is...

Essentially identical to the Coolpix S1 model, which was released mid-year, the slightly heavier, 5.1-megapixel Coolpix S2 features a splashproof aluminium alloy body that allows it to be used in challenging weather conditions - but is not actually...