As well as being compared against other compacts, the Nikon Coolpix S2600 is also often compared to super zooms, travel zooms and ultra compacts. The Nikon Coolpix S2600's top rivals come from Nikon (such as the Coolpix L31 and the Coolpix L310) and Canon (such as the PowerShot ELPH 160 and the PowerShot A495)
Generally, some of the advantages of the Nikon S2600 compared to other compact competitors include: it has a much wider wide angle lens (26 mm vs 36 mm), is slightly smaller (super compact (94×58×20 mm) vs compact (96×59×29 mm)), has better image stabilization (digital vs none), is newer (february 2012 vs march 2010) and is thinner (0.8" vs 1.1").
However, on average it has a CCD-family sensor (CCD vs CMOS) and has a slightly shorter battery life (220 shots vs 380 shots).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Nikon S2600 compared to super zoom competitors include: it is slightly smaller (super compact (94×58×20 mm) vs prosumer size (110×77×78 mm)), is newer (february 2012 vs july 2010), is thinner (0.8" vs 3.2") and is slightly lighter (121 g vs 437 g).
However, on average it has a slightly smaller screen (2.7" vs 3"), has worse image stabilization (digital vs sensor shift), has a much shorter battery life (220 shots vs 420 shots), doesn't have a viewfinder (none vs digital) and has a slower max shutter speed (1/2000 of a second vs 1/4000 of a second).
Generally, some of the advantages of the Nikon S2600 compared to travel zoom competitors include: it has a slightly wider wide angle lens (26 mm vs 28 mm).
However, on average it is older (february 2012 vs january 2015) and slightly shorter exposures (4 seconds vs 15 seconds).
Generally, compared to ultra compact competitors the Nikon S2600 has a slightly narrower wide angle lens (26 mm vs 24 mm), has worse image stabilization (digital vs lens), has a slightly shorter battery life (220 shots vs 260 shots) and significantly shorter exposures (4 seconds vs 60 seconds).
