Nikon's 2012 touchscreen compact — 16MP CCD, 6x 26-156mm VR zoom, 3-inch 460k touch LCD, 720p video, EN-EL19.
The Nikon Coolpix S4300 was a touchscreen budget compact that went on sale in February 2012, part of Nikon's Style series aimed at casual photographers. It distinguished itself at its price with a touch-driven interface and a higher-resolution screen than most rivals, sold in several bright colour finishes.
It couples a 16-megapixel 1/2.3-inch CCD with a 6x optical zoom covering 26-156mm equivalent, stabilised by lens-shift optical VR. The 3.0-inch 460,000-dot touchscreen handles both framing and most control input, video records at 720p, and ISO spans 80-3200. Nikon's Smart Portrait System adds smile detection, blink warning and skin smoothing. The 20.8mm-thin body weighs about 139g, stores to SD/SDHC/SDXC cards with 74MB internal memory, and runs on the EN-EL19 battery.
The S4300 suits beginners and buyers who prefer phone-style touch operation to buttons: subject-tracking autofocus, scene modes and automation cover most situations. The small CCD sensor limits low-light results and 720p video lags the 1080p norm that arrived soon after, so it is best treated as a daylight snapshot camera with an unusually pleasant screen for its class.
Touchscreen condition is the key check — confirm touch response across the whole panel and look for scratches, as the screen is the main control surface. The EN-EL19 battery remains cheap and easy to replace thanks to wide Coolpix use; verify in-camera USB charging works. SD/SDHC/SDXC support means modern cards work fine. Test optical VR at full zoom and check the CCD for hot pixels.