Name: Nikon Coolpix S30 10.1 Megapixel Digital Camera, 10.1 MP, 3x Optical Zoom - White - Refurbished by Nikon U.S.A.
Brand: Nikon
SKU: INKCPS30WR
Price: 49.95 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 3.04 (52 reviews)

Nikon Coolpix S30 10.1 Megapixel Digital Camera, 10.1 MP, 3x Optical Zoom - White - Refurbished by Nikon U.S.A.

Nikon S30

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Nikon Coolpix S30 Digital Camera, White - Refurbished by Nikon U.S.A.

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Nikon S30 

Buy: Nikon Coolpix S30 10.1 Megapixel Digital Camera, 10.1 MP, 3x Optical Zoom - White - Refurbished by Nikon U.S.A. Configuration: Camera Only, Media Type: SD, Model: Nikon S30, Resolution: 10 MP

I enjoyed it while it lasted, when I first got it I read through the warranty and manual till I had it pretty much memorised. I really liked the underwater pics, but then one day after I was done using it I noticed that there's was water damage in the battery compartment, I dried it out and didn't think too much of it, but from then on I wrapped it in a plastic baggy, but then my sis decided to use it in water without asking me and didn't wrap it in the bags. The water damage was AWFUL and it took hours to dry. Then we went to Hawaii and I was exited to use it underwater. It fell of a 1 foot high table and hasn't worked since. Not super exited that I didn't get the cool pics and not satisfied with the camera, I don't suggest getting it.

Not so Waterproof and shock proof

parents bought this for a graduation gift and it was the best gift i recieved back in 2012. friends and i have taken countless photographs of underwater and even of slide rock in sedona here in Arizona. best thing ever!

palm full of excitement

I bought this for my son, who likes to take pictures when we are just out and about or traveling.  It seems like it'll hold up to him using it and carrying it around.  It's very easy to use and the menus are quite intuitive.  My one annoyance is that I can't figure out how to permanently turn off the flash - or at least, how to keep it off even when turning the camera off and on.  The flash defaults to being on, which is a pain.  But other than that minor thing, the camera is nice enough - nothing fancy, but solid and inexpensive.

Great basic camera, easy to use

fine camera

I got it to use at the beach, in the waves. I've used it twice now, both times it spent an hour in the water, lots of waves and sand .. no problems.. takes great quality photos and video.. and seems to be very waterproof and tough, I'm very happy with it  :)

Refurbished Nikon s30

I got this camera after reading reviews for a kids camera. It is shockproof waterproof and kid friendly. I love how easy it is to take a picture and navigate the controls. My son is 8 years old and loves his first digital camera.

My son Loved this camera

las fotos son desenfocadas el VR para evitar que queden movidas no funciona, el modo de flash es malisimo de 30 fotos que tome 4 se ven bien el resto mal. no recomendaria nunca esta camara da hasta pesar regalarla por lo mala.

Toma fotos muy mal

Amooo a coolpixs30 tenho 1 rosa e ameií mesmo sempre uso e me divirto

minha ciilpix s30 rosa . minha analise

A good camera for the price, but the battery door is really fragile. We are being very careful each time we open it but I feel like it is one of those "made to be broken" thing.

Flemsy battery door.

This is a great knock around camera. The picture quality is superb. I've gotten it wet, but not submerged, no problem.

It's a little big.

As for the knock around, it takes a beating. This camera has been dropped many times and doesn't show any problems for it. Try dropping a regular P&S, and you will probably not have a camera any more.

The video is a nice added feature. Not jerky like older P&S cams were.

So, its shock-proof feature is what is truly valuable about this camera.

Tough camera, great pics

I love it! Simple to use, don't have to worry about it getting wet and great battery life.

Great outdoor camera

The camera was great until it went in one foot of water, in a pool.  The first time it did it fogged up and stopped working.  Back to the hunt for a durable first camera for my daughter.  This is the second time I've had an issue with Nikon Coolpix, so I may have to switch brands.

Returned

Me compre la Nikon s30 para probar una camara sumergible, con el paso del tiempo tenia pensado comprarme una mas cara que seria de mejor calidad, pero no esta camara me gusto tanto que prefiero no cambiarla. Tampoco se crean que es una camara para hacer increibles videos de submarinismo... pero para padres con hij@s... es perfecta.

De facil uso e increible resolucion en fotos-videos bajo el agua.

It is horrible!I had nothing but trouble since i had.I would not recommond it.

I would buy this product again

I bought this to take photos snorkeling and while sailing. It's a very unassuming little camera that doesn't pretend to be anything more than a point and shoot. I was really excited about the intervalometer, but unfortunately it will only click photos for an hour (this is a software limit, not a storage or battery limit. So far there are no hacks I've found to remove this limit) and the fastest interval is 30 sec, which really isn't quick enough. The flash is not very powerful, so underwater photography is really limited to bright clear water like in the pool or carribean. Murky shots of the bottom of my boat in the Puget Sound were not so great. It would be great for kids too. One button operation. 
I have had no issues with the refurbished product. It arrived in fantastic condition, just not in the manufacturer's box.
I have since bought a Hero 3 black edition and will most likely send this camera (the Nikon S30) to my dad so he can snorkle in Belize and take photos. Or I may keep it to have with as my walking around camera when I don't have my D300s with me.
Battery life is decent. I'd recommend rechargeable lithiums.

Fun and flexable point and shoot

We bought this camera to take snorkeling with us on a recent trip. The photos on land and of the fish and the reef were great. I would never take my Nikon DSLR on a small boat, so I was quite pleased with the waterproof feature of this camera. It was inexpensive too!

Great little camera

LOST MY PURCHASE RECIEPT SO MY WARRANTY IS WORTHLESS. THIS IS MY SECOND COOLPIX. FIRST ONE SCREEN WENT BAD AFTER 2 YEARS, WELL GOT 2 YEARS NOT BAD! THIS UNDERWATER ONE DIDN'T LAST 2 MINUTES UNDERWATER. DON'T BUY IT AND IF YOU HAVE ONE "DO NOT" TAKE UNDERWATER. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER COOLPIX AGAIN GARBAGE!!!!!!!

GARBAGE !!!

Really disappointed with this camera. I bought it for my six year old to use but when shooting indoors the images are always blurred. The flash can be set to 'Auto' or 'Off' but when on Auto there is no logic as to whether it decides to fire the flash or not. Most times it doesn't fire the flash, even with 1/4 o 1/2 second exposures so the results are obviously terrible.

I sent the camera back under guarantee and they said they replaced some contacts and flash sync but it's behaving exactly as it was before. No good at all Nikon.

I imagine this is a firmware problem rather than hardware but I don't think there is anyway of updating firmware on this camera so unless Nikon offer a recall I can't see much hope of the problem being solved.

There is a way to 'force' the flash a little more but it's a bit of a pain and certainly no use for a six year old: First set your shooting style to 'Close-up (this will actually switch off the flash) then set your flash mode to 'auto'. Now the flash will fire much more willingly. The problem is that when you switch the camera off and then on again it will remain in 'close-up' mode but will switch the flash back to 'off' so you'll need to go back into the menu every time to set the flash back to 'auto'.

Child's play, no?!

So if you're hoping to use this as a point and shoot in any situation I suggest DO NOT BUY this camera.

Flash doesn't work

I do property inspections and take over 500 pictures a day. Eats up a lot of batteries. I have to carry at least 6 extra rechargeable batteries. My Nikon Coolpix S3500 uses one battery to do the same job. Sometimes I have to imprint the date/time on the pictures. Not with this camera. You set the date and time and you can only print the date on the pictures. Hence, the S3500. I now only use this camera for a backup.

Not a bad camera for the price

I bought this camera as a last minute purchase the day before leaving for our family vacation. I knew we would be spending a lot of time around water, and I thought having a waterproof camera would be great. Wrong! This camera started to malfunction shortly after taking some pictures while we were swimming in the ocean. It started when the camera lens and LCD screen fogged up. The camera was not used in deep water, nor dropped or abused in anyway. It was dried off after we used it, and put back in a camera bag. Later in our room I thought maybe the batteries were dying, so I replaced them. The camera worked for another short period of time; used out of water, but would not scroll through my pictures when I tried. A couple of the option buttons also stopped working such as the delete button, and the button for selecting the underwater option. Eventually on about the third day of our vacation it quit working entirely! When I examined the camera, I could see that water had actually seeped into in, and was floating around inside the LCD viewing screen. Never at any time had the camera been opened while it was wet, or in or around water. I was so upset as this was the only camera I'd taken with me. Needless to say, I missed out on many, many photos of our vacation, especially ones of our first time snorkeling. Such a disappointment. As we were vacationing with extended family members, I was able to copy some of their photos (none of which were taken underwater) , but it does not make up for not being able to take my own photos. Thankfully I had removed my memory card as soon as I realized the camera had leaked, so was able to salvage the few pictures I had taken. When I got home I returned the camera to the store where it was purchased; luckily they gave me a full refund. I did not even consider returning it to Nikon for repair. Not after such a disappointing performance. All I wanted was to be rid of it. I may consider purchasing another waterproof camera, but I doubt it will be made by Nikon. And I will be doing my research first to see customer reviews on the product.

Huge disappointment!!

In this price range there's no better waterproof camera than this little nikon!

Great waterproof camera for little buck

great little waterproof, shockproof 10mp kids camera.  Both my 7 and 11 year-olds have one.  I love how easy the S30 is to use, and that it is water and shock proof, well, with kids, you gotta love that.

Best little 10MP waterproof camera

I bought it before going on a big holiday for 3 weeks... it turned out that it's lens was bad by factory so all the 2000+ picture was blurry, especially in the corners. I was very sad. :( The warranty replaced my camera, now I cannot download the pictures... No way to stick to this camera after all. Useless!!

I attached a sample picture. Most of the picture was blurry, and with very faint colors. (it's taken at ISO 80, 1/60s, F3.3) All the 2000+ picture was the same. :(

Second time using Warranty, I will try to get back it's price... :/

Since it's winter in the mid-Atlantic states, the camera has yet to see water, but it was given to me to use on hikes to waterfalls, canoe trips, pool outings, the beach, etc. Places where an expensive SLR might be in danger. Its compact size means I can always have it available for photos of opportunity. So far, so good, but it hasn't really been put to the test yet.

where no expensive camera wants to go...

It's shock proof. Waterproof. My 6 yr old can drop it clean it with spray bottle and I'm not worried about it.  Very happy with camera and purchase from adorama

Great birthday gift

gIVEN TO MY 2 YEAR OLD CHILD AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT.  SHE LOVES TO TAKE PICTURES.  WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS CAMERA IS THAT IS SHOCK PROOF!!!

GREAT CAMERA FOR A LITTLE KID

Good camera, takes good pictures, great to take around the pool and the beach, has good features, etc. etc. That's all during the day. Why did I only give this three starts?

THE ONLY DOWNFALL IS THE FLASH. When I try to take photos during the evening at parties and the like, the flash is temperamental! It doesn't come on very frequently (with 'auto-flash' set to on. The only other option is 'off', there is no 'always flash' option). Sometimes you can get it to go off after playing around with the settings some more and covering the flash sensor (which produces low quality images anyway) but then even after such drastic measures sometimes it doesn't go off anyway...plus having to mess around in settings all the time is a burden.

Great, but the flash is rather mischievous

The camera has very good optics and takes great pictures. But when light conditions are low, the flash doesn't work. There should be an option to force the flash on.

Please put an extra option on the flash options: FLASH ON and not just AUTO & OFF

Upgrade firmware needed

Rough camera, Good Pics but: FORCE FLASH MISSING

You can only turn the flash on auto-flash or off. No in between. The other reviews about blurry, overexposed and poor photos are all spot on. Terrible camera. So sad I lost my kodak. I will be returning this one for a kodak again.