I've been having some email conversations with a good, long time friend of mine about cameras. There are lots of large, high end cameras. Lots of phone cameras. But there's a distinct lack of portable, pocketable, photography focused cameras. Mid range things that let you take a decent photo without the investment or back strength required to carry one around town.
The main makers, the Nikons, Canons, even Fujis (though less so than the others) have neglected the pocketable, quality point and shoot camera for about a decade now. I bought one, about a year ago, but even then it was a 3 year old model and it was hard to find a store with one in stock for me to buy.
Cell phones continue to take mediocre photographs. Proper cameras continue to be too big and too expensive. Even the Canon G5X I bought about a year ago doesn't quite fit in a pocket. But I have an old Canon S120. It was first released in August of 2013. It's an antique in every way when it comes to digital photography. Since December 11 of this year, 4 days now, plus today, I've been using this camera daily for this thing, whatever it is. The reflection in that mirrored globe is a giveaway, maybe. No viewfinder. Small. Kind of crap resolution. But maybe our nostalgia for film and its feel is bleeding over to the world of decent but not great point and shoot digital cameras, at least for as long as we can get memory cards for them and they don't give the dreaded Canon Lens Error message. I've had it happen to one of my Canons. I can probably find a picture if I look long enough.
Little cameras are lovely things. They require very little effort and if you can invest in their limitations, you will be happy with the photos they create. But still, it would be nice to have something more....modern.
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