So have Nikon put style over functionality? Well, despite such a slim body, the S2500 has a 4x optical zoom lens fitted to it. Interestingly, even though it has an ED lens element fitted, Nikon ...

The elegance of COOLPIX S2500's ultra-slim styling makes it a pleasure ... and the processing speed and quality of Nikon's EXPEED C2 Image Processing Engine. * 35 mm format equivalent.

Considering the Nikon S2500 price tag, we weren't expecting flawless results but actually what we did get was a cluster of well exposed, colour correct pictures exuding good detail definition.