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hey I'm Josh Goldman senior editor for CNET and this is a look at the Nikon Coolpix s 30 now the S 30 is a very simple and basic point and shoot with a 3x optical zoom 2.7 inch LCD on back and it's waterproof and shockproof it's also pretty inexpensive at about 120 dollars and since it takes double-a batteries can be ready to shoot at a moment's notice making the S 30 a nice secondary camera to have around controls are very simple though they are different than what you might be used to on top you get these big buttons for shutter release and movie recording it can record 720p video at 30 frames per second and then on back there's this directional pad that also controls the zoom and these buttons for making setting changes again the whole thing is very simple and there's not a lot of shooting options so if you want much more than automatic snapshots you'll need to spend more money photo quality and shooting performance is about what you'd expected it's price it's good outdoors with a lot of light but it's pretty slow so basically you'll need luck and good timing to get action shots but if you're looking for an expensive family-friendly camera to keep around the pool it's a decent choice I'm Josh Goldman and that's the Nikon Coolpix S 30