Nikon S3

Pros: Highly portable, good quality, takes good photos, has interesting and effective advanced modes..

Cons: None. It is about as good as it can be for its size category.

The Bottom Line: I recommend the S3 as a solid quality camera that you will keep with you and will therefore will likely be the one that takes those special shots of opportunity.

Review: This review will cover what the typical consumer will need to know about the Nikon S3. Lists of features and statistics are available on technical testing sites. The S3 is a very small camera, much smaller in your hand than it appears on paper. My ...

Pros: Simple to use and top quality photos. Compact size fits anywhere.

Cons: Nothing really comes to mind!

Review: We bought this camera right before Christmas 2005 and haven't been able to stop taking photos! We have over four GBs of photos stored on our laptop. The camera replaced our well-used Coolpix, which we bought in 2002 and traveled to every ...

Pros: good picture quality, easy to use, several pre-adjusted scene modes, small size.

Cons: Limited options to manually tune exposure, small buttons for big fingers.

The Bottom Line: Good choice for an easy to use and SMALL point and shoot. You must learn and use the appropriate 'scene' mode to get the best results for your pictures.

Review: We bought a Nikon S3 in May 2006 with a 512 Mb Ultra II SanDisk SD card installed. In the past we've had Olympus 4MP and Casio 5MP Exilim digital point and shoots. My wife and I used the S3 quite a bit over the past 6 months (taking pictures of our ...