Good to use. But too Fragile.
Best Avoided to be taken on a vacation
Have been tired of the lens error.
Never gets fully repaired.

I am shipping my camera off for the 3rd time for the same problem. Another Lens Error. Camera first purchased 8/23/07, 1st sent for service 11/19/07, 2nd time again for same problem 3/04/08. I am hoping that Nikon will honor their name and offer a replacement model. With similar features. I can't complain about the quality of pictures, just the quality of the camera.

Nice, easy Nikon P&S camera (Point & Shoot), but as a number of other Nikon P&S users will tell you here, the S10, like the other simple Coolpix cameras, will often lock into Lens Error mode if the camera is bumped, dropped, or exposed to less-than-perfect conditions. Add to this the fact that Nikon doesn't make getting replacement copies of the download software easy or cheap, and you may conclude, like me, that the S10, like the L5 and other Coolpix cameras, is not an engineering success. It is far too fragile.

I have had this camera for 2 years and have never had any problems. Its got rained on. Been great on several vacations. And banged around a lot, and has kept going like a champ. I've found it goes a long time on the battery. And the zoom and swivel screen are great. I love taking close-ups and find if you give it a couple tries you can get wonderful detail, try a bit closer or further. I will be sorry to have to replace it when it goes to the electronic store in the sky.

Worst camera ever bought. Lasted 2 days before it had a lens error, never droped. Sent back to manufacturer for fixing. Worked for another 12 months, lens error has returned.

Being an orthopaedic suregron dealing with lots of knee injuries, I always like to use a camera with swivel lens or swivling viewfinder. I loved S 10 becoz of it clarity of pics & ease of handling. It served my purpose well as I could take pics from any angle. Unfornately the recurring cost was for its lens cap. Too fragile. I had to change 3 times.

I've owned 3 models of this camera because i loved the swivel lens feature. the 1st camera was replaced 4 TIMES under warranty & twice more with an independent repair shop. The 2nd one THREE TIMES. The last 1 ONCE before it was sold to a willing victim. All due to a "Lens Error", which never happened for the same reason twice.These cameras have taken great pictures in their time & I have gotten great, though brief, use from them They have a powerful flash in low lighting but can get quite grainy with no flash. I wish I could give it a better review but the fact that it is so fragile has become a punchline to a very bad joke. I was told at the last repair to treat it like an egg. Who packs eggs on vacation? Buy at your own risk!

This is everything I look for in a compact digital camera: lightweight, pocket sized, good quality pictures. Its design allows the camera to easily fit into a pocket, but it has a 10x optical zoom. The imaghe stabilising works well, and I am delighted with the results. The only problem I have had is the lens cap breaks easily.

I have hardly used this camera and it already shows 'lens error'. Would not recommend.

Have returned it twice for "lense error" repair that Nikon can't fix. What a shame - it took great photos while it worked.

I bought the Nikon S10 because I had another small inexpensive Nikon that I really liked and it has never gone wrong. From day one I have had problems. I bought the S10 in the US and now live in the UK. After 6 months I had the first lens error and returned it to the US (unable to have it repaired in the UK because it was purchased in the US). I sent it to the address given on the warranty and only found out when the camera was lost in the post that they had moved from the address given on the warranty18 months before. Three months later the camera arrived back in the UK unopened and, of course, not looked at! Eventually I was allowed to have it repaired in the UK. I have to say they were very good and returned the camera very quickly with a new lens. I took the camera to Mexico and within a week.....yes you have guessed correctly.....I had another lens error. I have a new better padded camera case and I handled it with kid gloves. I lost the opportunity to take photos whilst away. On my return I sent the camera back again to Nikon UK and it came back again very quickly with a new lens (it does state that on the paperwork) and so I took it on a 4 day break to London last week..........Guess what... it has 'lens error' on the screen again.I had it in my new padded case and carefully wrapped in a piece of material as well. I am so upset that this has happened again. I have two other cameras that were very inexpensive and nothing goes wrong with them. Am I just unlucky or are there other people out there who have had the same thing happen?

For a camera to be this small and easy to carry with a real Nikkor 10X Zoom lens is unreal. Swivel design makes shooting high or low very easy, the VR works well - in fact, my only complaint is the shutter response time is slow in low light. Battery life is excellent, and a spare batt fits easily in the belt pouch. I get over 650 full-res pictures with a 2-gig SD card - so I only shoot full-res. Movie function even works well. I'd recommend this camera to anyone who wants something smaller than a D40. A wide-angle lens attachment would make it a more-than-ideal camera for my real estate business - and that's the only real lack.

love it from daylight to night. harly need flash. took great pics of full moon. optical zoom great. digital zoom iffy. but you asking a lot for good 40x zoom. i'd buy it again

This is a very versatile camera. Not only does it have an excellent long zoom lens, but it's also amazing at macro photos! Very low noise compared to the competition! The shape gives the user a lot of shooting flexibility. Image quality is great. True image stabilization! Will fit in larger pockets so unlike most Ultra Zooms it's a good travel and take anywhere camera.

I bought this camera because I liked the zoom, and other features. My main complaint are ...
1. I wish it had a view finder.
2. slow auto focus, action shots are almost impossible.

Otherwise it takes great pictures, the zoom is awesome, it is nice and compact.

this cam comes with v good features but the catch is if you are not using the BSS you need to be very meticulous while selecting the mode / scene for taking the shot. Gives good results on zooming.