Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2843 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Nikon
• Model: S220 - Red
• Released on: 2009-02-20
• Dimensions: 2.19" h x 3.52" w x .71" l, .22 pounds
• Display size: 2.5

Manufacturer's Description
Slim, sophisticated and available in a rich selection of pleasing colours The COOLPIX S220 squeezes sophisticated style, advanced functions and high performance into an 18mm ultra-slim and ultra-light design that will increase your enjoyment of picture-taking even more.

Advanced image stabilizing features that ensure sharper results Compensating for the effects of camera shake to realize sharper results, electronic VR image stabilization lets you enjoy capturing special moments without worrying about slight hand movements. Motion Detection automatically controls shutter speed and the ISO setting compensates for camera shake and subject movement.

Scene Auto Selector Nikon’s Scene Auto Selector provides carefree shooting in a variety of situations by recognizing the setting and automatically selecting the appropriate scene mode.

Beautiful portraits with ease Smile Mode helps you to record precious moments by automatically releasing the shutter when your subject smiles. The new Blink Proof function automatically shoots two sequential frames and saves the shot in which the subject’s eyes are open-wide.

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Customer Reviews

Extremely poor image quality
Having read reviews of this camera on Amazon and also on Which, I wasn't expecting too much - it's a pretty cheap camera, after all - but on viewing the first batch of images, I'm really, really disappointed. What's the point in having a stated 10mp when there are such serious problems with fringing, pixellation and poor colour reproduction, not to mention being unable to handle any kind of contrast in well-lit conditions?
I'd expect as much from a webcam, to be frank. Not even good enough for printing holiday snaps at 6x4, let alone anything larger - which, to be frank, is reasonable to expect for a camera with this stated resolution.
I 'upgraded' to this Nikon from an ageing 5mp Pentax, which had a smaller LCD but vastly superior picture quality (not to mention quicker start-up and save-to-card times).
Yes, this Nikon is compact, cheap-ish and easy to use, but that's no excuse for low image quality. Avoid.

Very portable, very smart
It is a good choice if you want images but cannot, for one or another reason, lug around a beefy slr. It has the perennial problem, of course, that everything is driven from the back screen, and when you can't see the screen because of strong light .. ! But it is a clever and very light device and the results are generally excellent, so far as it goes. Battery life, with frequent usage, seems to be about ten days but would doubtless go longer. Uploading is fine and with an 8gb chip, you are not likely to run out of memory. I tried the video feature and it is obviously okay but I wasn't that interested.

Nikon Coolpix S220
Very good little camera. Extremely light weight and fits easily into your pocket. The picture quality is fine though the zoom is not particularly strong.

You need to play with the settings to get the best out of it but once you master this, you should find it suitable for most occasions where taking along an SLR or larger digital camera isn't practical.

Overall excellent value as you would expect from a Nikon.