The Nikon Coolpix S230 is a slimline, lightweight digital camera that will slip easily into a pocket. One of the big attractions of the Coolpix S230 is likely to be the fact you can control some of the options through the touch controlled LCD screen. You can also write on the LCD screen with the supplied stylus. There are also paint functions available that let you add borders and stamps to your photos.

More standard features include 10 megapixels and a 3x optical zoom lens. Nikon has also built image stabilisation into the camera. If you turn on the Best Shot Selector the camera will fire off ten sequential shots and then only save the one it considers to be the sharpest. As with other recent Nikon digital cameras there is also motion detection to further increase your chances of producing sharp photos.

If you have taken a shot and it looks darker than you would like it to be the Coolpix S230 includes a feature called D Lighting. This can help to increase the brightness of a photo.