Compact Body Compact body of Nikon S30 makes it much easier to carry it with you all day.
214g This camera is so light that you can comfortably carry it around all day.
Environmental Sealings For a camera that you carry everywhere with you, being weather proofed is a big advantage. You will have one less thing to worry about.
Body Thickness 40mm With a thickness of 40mm,Nikon S30 is not a pocketable camera for sure.
3.0X Optical Zoom Having a camera with higher zoom ratio would be more practical.
Small 1/3" (4.8 x 3.6 mm) sensor Nikon S30's small sensor struggles in low light situations compared to larger sensor.
No RAW shooting capability RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.