The S210 is slim, stylish and supposedly very easy to use. But is it?

Digital Camera Review has a look-over of Nikon’s latest point and shoot. Here’s what they had to say about the eight mega-pixel camera:

While it’s the low price leader of the new Nikon S series offerings, the S210 also promised “high performance” and “ease of operation.” It delivers a taste of the former and loads of the latter. The camera makes no pretense of offering manual controls, yet allows a fair number of user inputs in auto mode to set image parameters such as ISO, color, white balance, exposure compensation, and AF area. The layout of the body is simple and direct, and when needed, internal menus are blessedly simple and quickly become intuitive. The camera should offer a quick and easy learning curve to the novice who picks it as their first digital, with the added bonus of being extremely thin (for a camera) as well.

Low price did not equate to low-budget shutter lag – the S210 pops off shots in most modes in .05 seconds, slowing only when flash settings mandate pre-flashes for red-eye reduction. The camera is equipped with automatic in-camera red eye correction that worked well, a flash that was generally recharged and ready to go as soon as the camera could take another shot, and offers decent ISO performance up to the 800 sensitivity level. On paper, the S210 doesn’t wow you with specs – the lens isn’t particularly wide or long, it’s moderately fast only at wide angle, macro focus range is about 4 inches, and maximum shutter speed is 1/1000th of a second. Luckily for the folks who choose the S210, once it gets out of the box and into your hands, this thin little digital delivers some excellent results.

So there you have it, and if that’s no enough, here are the pros and con.

Pros:

• Good image and color quality
• Good flash recycle time
• Simple body layout with intuitive controls
• Metal body seems well built

Cons:

• No viewfinder
• eVR stabilization system is a hybrid, appears more limited than typical Nikon VR
• Occasional high-contrast fringing issues

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