This is the camera that lived in everyone's school bag for one specific year. Tiny metal body, surprisingly sharp little 5x zoom, the kind of CCD colour that made every party photo look like it belonged in a 2012 Tumblr post. Three units came through Craig's shop in three different colours — two purple, one blue — like a Pop Mart drop you didn't ask for. Slip one in a coat pocket, hand the other one to a friend, switch it to Easy Mode and stop overthinking. Charges via mini-USB, takes any SD card, ready in 1.5 seconds. Made for hands without a camera bag.

Part of Nikon's 2012 slim-compact wave alongside Canon's IXUS and Sony's Cyber-shot W-series. Same generation as the S2700 (its direct successor), Coolpix L26, and the dying years of the CCD pocket-camera class. The S2600 was the budget pick when smartphone cameras were almost-but-not-quite-good-enough — it's now what people buy when they want photos that don't look like a phone took them.

Tested and confirmed working. CCD sensor clean. Lens extends and retracts smoothly. LCD bright. Buttons responsive. Batteries hold a charge through a full afternoon shoot. Cosmetics are honest used: faint micro-marks on the body if you look close, but nothing you'd notice in the photos. Two purple units have small wear marks at the strap eyelet; the blue is the cleanest of the three. Comes with battery, USB cable, no SD card, no box, no original wrist strap — bring your own SD.