I was surprised to find that the Nikon Coolpix S6900 was trending on Google this morning, so I decided to do a little digging. It turns out that this long-discontinued compact camera has cultivated something of a cult following over the past couple of years. So much so, a Reddit thread entitled “What is the hype about Nikon S6900?” revealed that prices were, at one time, hitting the $1,000 mark on the US used market. Like the Fujifilm X100 series, it would seem the interest was a byproduct of TikTok. Still, that’s an awful lot of money for what is a rather unremarkable compact camera.
That’s not to say I think the Nikon Coolpix S6900 is a bad camera, but there are plenty of cheaper alternatives out there. However, the S6900 does have two key features that I suspect made it stand out among the TikTok generation: a built-in, vertical and horizontal selfie stand, and a vari-angle screen. I’m no selfie taker, but I do think the stand in particular is kind of neat.
