That's why I can not really understand the criticism on the image quality. I shoot with a Nikon D7000 and the images are miles better. OK, with shoe mount flash and FX zoom lens weighs the camera then nearly 2kg and my daughter could not they probably long enough on the eye hold to shoot a picture, but better photos makes the D7000! On the other hand I also have no desire to push my DSLR and lens and flash off the table - the S32 makes the most uncomplaining with. Also a dive under water my big camera seems to me to be altogether a bad idea - even here the S32 makes fewer worries. And if it then but times should not tolerate the bad treatment, as opposed to the DSLR would not answer the question "New camera or go on vacation?". This holds also true for the comparison then with ner Handy cam, precious compacts etc.
Conclusion: It is in the S32 is not a "serious" camera, but neither is a "toy". Even if the picture quality certainly can not often keep up with other cameras, it is still miles ahead of any ToyCams, KidCams etc partial work only in VGA resolution and where the likely dates "Display" from NEM gum machines. And in unfriendly environment situations, the "fun camera" like (so read at Nikon) even the one or other shoot family portrait where you would take a different camera reluctantly from the water and dirt-tight sealed plastic bag.
As children camera: Clear 5 points
As a "family camera" focusing on Unempflindlichkeit and Price: 3-4 points
