Nikon S210 pictures always out of focus

repair your play button i think you have problem in your button

Hello dear sir, your camera has autofocus motor lockout.
You may contact the Nikon service in Australia.
http://www.nikon.com.au/
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Hi,af motor or its gears locked for a small particle (sand grain i.e.).Need cleaning.
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The focus motor is not adjusting the lens to focus - the gear may have broken or slipped off the motor or the motor itself is bad. It will need to be taken apart to fix.

try to open the front case and blow compressed air to the lens barrel. It seems that your camera is full of sand inside.

If the flash is on and you can't take photos, it could be that the flash circuit has gone bad. Make sure the camera is focused first though, before you try to take the pictures. Many times if the camera can't focus on something, it wont take a picture.

I'm having the same problem, but I can't review pictures taken, except for old ones.

According to the manual on page 30 (linked below):

• Press the self timer button (to the left of the OK button (marked with a clock symbol).
• Select how many seconds to delay and press OK
• Set the camera on a stable surface and aim and press the shutter half way to focus and then all the way down.
  

http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/noprint/S220S225ENnoprint.pdf

can u try to reset the factory settings of the device....

I was having similar issues. My memory card was ejecting itself unkowingly. So some of your pictures are on camera memory (fills up fast) and some are on the memory card. My card was randomly ejecting with the door closed. So you never know if you are taking shots on camera of disk memory. You also seem to be missing phots when reviewing because the card is out of place. I am sending my camera to Nikon today.