I purchased my first Nikon S220 at a chain store in the Pacific Northwest. My first impression was it was a handy little digital camera. Nice size, fairly simple to operate. On day three the camera was rendered useless. Somehow the display screen had been crushed. I figured I must have accidently stepped on it. I went ahead and purchased a second one, this time spending a little extra for a sturdy carrying case. I downloaded the images from the first camera and noticed the image quality was substandard. I continued using the second S220 and managed to fix up the images I wanted to use in Photoshop (they were ok for snapshots, not ok for publication). On Christmas Eve I went to visit my son and granddaughter. I pulled the camera out of the carrying case and discovered the display screen was shattered as well. This time I knew I had not stepped on it. Between you and me, the S220 is worthless at best. I wish I'd never wasted my money at that digital.

I bought this camera in Australia, and here it cost me $199,(RIP OFF) and I was expecting a decent camera. My mums 5 mp Kodak easy share camera is 4 years old and takes much better pics than it S220 dose. My friends that have $100 cameras take much better pics & more megapixels. I wish i could take it bake considering $200 is a lot for me to waste on this shit.

I got this camera for christmas and was extremely disapointed! the pictures were blurry and grainy, and the video was awful!!! the only thing i liked was how light weight and easy to hold it was. the color and design was also really pretty:) however, this was not worth my time and money, and i am never going to buy a nikon again. even though canon is more expensive, its quality is worth the price:)

I dropped my trusty Casio Exilim, and destroyed the USB port. So I needed to get another camera to take on a business trip to Egypt. I took many photos in both full daylight and indoors, and when I downloaded them on my return I could not believe how utterly and completely useless the camera was. Blurry, poor contrast, autofocus that seems not to work at all in low light. As reported elsewhere small bright specks on the image. Truly awful.

Easy to use and set up. Easy transfer to computer via USB port with CD program provided. But picture quality is only average. Good camera for the money, but you get what you pay for. Want high quality pictures, buy a more expensive camera.

Unfortunately, I have never purchased such a horrible product in my life. I originally bought this camera at the beginning of the summer (late May). By early August it was already malfunctioning. I tried turning it on and repeatedly zoomed in and out, the lcd screen read "lens error" and the camera could no longer be used. I got it replaced for free and without fail the same thing occurred. Nikon was SO unhelpful and rude
DO NOT BUY!

Hey friends. i bought this camera, but totally disappointed with the picture quality, no sharpness in pics.

I have used SONY cybershot earlier and as it was stolen, we decided to buy Nikon brand this time. But SONY is best. I thought Nikon, a camera-specific company will be superb but this model has irritated me now. Indoor pics are worst, outdoor just 'good.'

I got this as a gift for my birthday about a month ago, I was very excited!!!! I am a picture taking fool so i couldn't wait to try it out... lets just say I wish i would never have taken the 1st pic! It takes okay pics most of the time but the rest of the time the pics are blurry or grainy!! I reay do hate this camera! I have owned SEVERAL point and shoot digital cameras and this is by far my least fav! Wish I never would have broken my olympus stylus 7000 :( bottom line, i would not recommend this camera!

The camera takes really bad pictures indoors but the pictures that is takes
out doors are pretty nice i guess. Over all, I wouldnt suggest this camera but since my grandma got it for me, I have to keep it :/

I've read plenty of bad reviews and some good. A pictures speaks a thousand words. Check out my Nikon S220 group on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/nikon-s220-s230-owners-lovers/

My personal Flickr is http://www.flickr.com/sunlizard4fun - if that doesn't tell you it can take decent photos with some adjustments, what will? ;) Besides, even high end DSLR aren't point and shoot, you need to adjust settings on those too. This generally works well with the scene settings and sometimes you have to manually set ISO to 80 or so, but I mainly use automatic and it works fine.

this was an impulsive buy but i had faith in Nikon. This is the worst camera i've ever owned. The pictures have bad contrast, grainy and the worst thing yet is now i have a lense error! I've never dropped the camera or got sand in it, just turned it on one day and now the lense won't stop going in and out. LAME.

I bought this camera a few days ago. It is really easy to get used to. It features a lot of nice settings. I found that you have to play with it to get the right setting until you get the results you want. Overall it is very good, I really like it. It was a purchase I am happy with. The price is reasonable also.

I recieved this camera as a graduation present from a family friend! I was so excited at the cool and sleek design! Woe unto me, the pictures were blurry, grainy and white speced! Don't buy this camera! No matter how many times i changed the settings it was all the same! I will return it and won't purchase a Nikon again!

We bought the camera to use outdoors and the pictures seem to always be blurry, no matter what. I do not recommend this camera.

The picture quality of this camera is average. Having used many Nikon cameras I am extremely dissatisfied with the results. It is certainly not worth being called 'Nikon'

Don't buy

This camera is so cool. I got this camera 2 months ago for my birthday. I've had 2 camera during my life not counting this one and this is camera beats the others by a long shot.It has great graphics and the pictures look great. It' to use. I love the video recording! You can play and pause between shooting videos and the screen wont get fuzzy. There also is a smile detector that takes pictures when you smile. You don't even have to press the button! I recommend this camera to anyone looking for an affordable high quality camera. The features are AMAZING ad the camera wont let you down. I know from experience. You will not be dissapointed with this camera. Others may have bad things to say about it, but thats because they/re picky and careless with their camera. Iknow this camera is amazing!

I have some sony 3M and a Nikon D70 cameras that were used the same day and place they were so much better I will be returning it. This is not a good buy from Nikon stay away.

I must give accent to this review: "This is one of the cheaper pocket sized cameras from a known brand. It takes a decent snapshot, without really hitting the highest quality levels. It is one of the smallest digital cameras and it is extremely lightweight too." from http://cameras.co.uk/
So, if you wanna the smallest camera(smallest dimensions and weight) don't doubt to buy this camera.
If you are looking for some kind of replacement of old camera or the pictures quality is your first criteria for new camera, don't buy.
Come on people, you can't compare this camera with another one(another decent manufacturer) because there isn't.
I can only add a wish, in future to see Nikon, if possible, to focus little bit on image quality, so this series of cameras will be complete "...WOW..." on the market.

I have had this product for a year. The picture quality from this camara brand new was much poorer than that of my 4 megapixel Sony I bought in 2004.
Recently I have had a Lens Error I have been unable to repair, caused by some sort of 'impact.' This camara is always kept in a protective case and strapped to my wrist when out of the case.
I will never again own a Nikon product!

This is an awesome camera with an affordable price and sleek look! It comes with lots of nice features; I definitely recommend this camera.

I loved the size of this camera. I purchased one & notice right away the grainy pictures. I thought they would look better once I had them printed at a photo center. I was very wrong. I then figured that I just had gotten a lemon so I exchanged it for a new one & went on vacation. All of my vacation photos are really really bad. Grainy to say the least. I am very disappointed & will return the second S220 camera never to purchase a Nikon product again. A company as large as Nikon really shouldn't allow cameras that work as poor as this one to have their name on it. Don't waste your hard earned cash! Disposable cameras take better photos than this, Really.

Normally i don't like point and shoot cameras, but i had to buy one in order to have something to take pictures because i blew my other cam. (sad) Anyways, the camera takes good pictures during the day, at night if you are close to the subject it's better to use the flash so you get les blurry images. the scene modes are a bit confusing becuase in some you have flash in other you don't, some you can disable some not.

But the as i said the picture quality is very good.

I didnt buy the nikon S220 camera yet but ive read some reviews and some people say its a good camera, like others the opisite. Im 12 year old and i think that its a very good camera for people my age. My friend has one and its very simple and also, very good looking.

I have a Nikon D40 DSLR and love it, but wanted a small camera to be able to carry in my pocket to use whenever I didn't want to carry my big camera with me. I decided to pick out another Nikon, since I love my D40. From the moment I first took the Coolpix S220 camera out of the box, I was disappointed. Every single picture I have taken has been blurry and grainy, even pictures I took of stationary objects. I plan to return it to the store and exchange it for something better.

If you purchase this camera - you will be disappointed. 90% of the pictures taken have been grainy with little bright specs. You have to have the flash on for every picture to even remotely take a decent shot. The Auto lighting has never worked properly and you will need to change the setting every time you enter a different room.

The image stabilization and digital resolution went out after had this camera for 2 months. It was a good camera while i had it, but it is very high maintainence. This camera has no durability.

My Nikon L18 display died after 4 months of use so I purchased a new S220. I am so disappointed in the lack of clarity, and already impaired display screen. I'm taking it back today. The S220 is supposed to be clearer and better than the L18. I see no comparison. I caught a couple "better than professional" quality shots with the L18. The S220 does not even shoot acceptable snapshot quality photos.

I was in love with my Coolpix L4, an older 4 megapixel version of the coolpix 220, and it took perfect photos every time, but I wanted something new, smaller and faster, so I bought the 220. I completely agree with the above review- I was SO disappointed in this camera- grainy, awful pictures in even the best lighting. I will be returning it tomorrow and going back to using my beautiful albeit older L4. What a negative experience!!!!

I have used this camera the last few weeks and have loved every picture I have taken. It has a lot of features that I had to figure out but once I did I was happily taking pictures in black and white color and more.It is so easy to switch back and forth from video to camera. Perfect size to take everywhere.

I was looking for a small camera to carry with me in my purse for those moments when you just need to take a picture and don't want to lug a big camera bag, etc. This little Nikon is perfect. It's very simple to operate and takes great snapshots. I use my photos for scrapbooking and don't plan on blowing any up to poster size. I like that the flash works automatically when needed (it can also be turned off). So far I'm a very happy owner.

I bought this camera to take some pix of my son's birthday party and for pictures of Ebay items.
In a nutshell, more often then not, this camera takes very undefined blurry pictures. It seems to be very sensitive to lighting. Even in a well lit room in Auto Flash mode the camera seems to need the Flash to get even half way decent results. Forget about turning the flash off though. It would take you all day to get any definition in the pictures. I had previously used an older 5 Megapixel Kodak camer which took pictures that were twice as defined as this Nikon at 10 Megapixels. Needless to say I returned this camera and I'm definitely dissatisfied with its performance especially for my simple needs. The only points I can give it is for the macro mode. Even then, it still has the over sensitivity to the room lighting. None of my past camera's had this problem.
Lots of bells and whistles but no real performance. I guess 10 MP doesnt mean much in this case..I was shocked.