Megapixel.net has reviewed the relatively new Nikon Coolpix S200 digital camera and lest see how it fared in their eyes. The camera was liked for its image quality, its color rendition, its compactness and its easy to use controls. However they found the wide angle shots soft, images above ISO200 noisy and some distortion at both ends of the zoom.

The Nikon S200 has a 7.1 effective megapixels resolution and has been equipped with a 38-114mm (35mm equivalent) 3x Zoom-Nikkor lens. According to Nikon the lens is versatile enough to capture "panoramic landscapes" and "close-up portraits". . The digicam also includes a 2.5-inch LCD with anti-reflection coating and one also comes across in-camera functions like; Face-priority AF, In-Camera Red-Eye Fix, and D-Lighting. Light sensitivity can be manually set as high as ISO 1000 and in High Sensitivity mode, the ISO setting is automatically adjusted from ISO 50 to as high as ISO 1000. Via D-Lighting one can improve underexposed images or shots taken with too much backlight.

In the end the website concludes "Although very compact, the Coolpix S200 has a very good ergonomic design. Its external controls are easily identifiable, and quickly remembered, making the camera fast to use. The 2.5-inch monitor is sufficiently detailed and remains legible under most lighting conditions unless, of course, the sun is shinning directly on it."