I love B&H. Long before information was available online, they were the experts. They expanded their 34th St location a while back and it is HUGE now. I have not been to the store in a decade, but still order random equipment from them.
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We used to go to Abt when we lived in Chicagoland and B&H seems similar. I like that you can send them questions and they answer promptly (except on Shabbat, of course).
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I think the current trend (and CampSnap is part of that especially with young adults) for digital cameras IS nostalgia. The not perfect quality. Not having a phone in your hand and being more present. Nothing wrong with that IMO!
So who is the audience for the new age digital cameras? I’m thinking it’s NOT the 30’s and 40’s who have children and children’s stuff to drag to every outing, kid’s athletic event, family beach vacation - because the camera becomes one more thing to pack and hold - the iPhone is right in your pocket ready to capture your memories.
Not sure where the 50’s and up crowd lays! I’m probably good with my iphone. I don’t know that a digital camera is going to be any more enticing for me to edit or print or put in a photo book. I didn’t get those genes!!! 
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This was featured on the Today Show this morning as a ‘back to college’ gift. Said it was ‘invented’ for kids going to camp who aren’t allowed to take phones.
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I sold my 1980s film camera on eBay for $40 last month. I probably could have gotten more for it but I have no use for it so just wanted it gone. It had been in a box since the 1990s.
Last year I took my old Pentax K1000 and all its lenses (80-200, 28, 2X extender), flash, et al to a local camera shop that was having a walk in evaluation. Learned there was an issue with the mirror and none of it was worth anything. I hate to just throw it away - I spent so many years on so many great vacations taking pictures. I once changed film in under a minute in a helicopter on a tour in Kauai. Photography has been my hobby forever. I once was told by a counter guy at Shutan Photo in Chicago that you could take that camera, swing it at a brick wall, knock it down, then take a picture of the wall.
Our first digital camera I think was a Kodak and I’ve had several different brands over the years. My favorite in the past was an Olympus. The next one didn’t have a viewfinder and trying to see the screen in sunlight or wearing sunglasses was a major issue. The Sony is closest in handling and hand feel to the Olympus- but much lighter and of course far more sophisticated. And instinctive in handling, so very quick and easy to grab photos. I’ve used both it and my iPhone for pictures on vacation - the iPhone for quick posting on social media and sending to family, the Sony to download at home and play with the pictures to get the best image I can.
The Camp Snap sounds like a toy camera for kids, not anything for someone who wants to preserve memories.
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It got a good review. I’m not sure you can win a photo contest with it, but I got the impression it is similar to a phone camera (which is what most people use) since it was to replace the phones the kids can’t bring to camp.
Only if you have a very old phone.
I can print great photos from my iPhone 13 and it’s certainly not the latest or the greatest. For reference my career has been in graphic design/web design, etc, and I used to develop my own film and print my own photos. I am published amateur photographer from back in the day with credits in Spin and other publications. I regularly work in Adobe Photoshop so I am very comfortable editing photos.
I have an older Canon digital camera, but the quality on the phone is excellent, so I rarely feel the need to break out the heavy camera. Where the camera is better is with the faraway zoom. Closeup macro photos are fine on the iPhone, but faraway zooming in on wildlife is better with the big zoom lens. That’s why you see birders with those really long lenses.
If you like to print photos and aren’t satisfied with them it sounds more like a printing issue or maybe you need to upgrade your phone. What kind of phone do you have? Do you print at home or are you sending your photos somewhere?
Certainly fine to buy a digital camera, too, but the good ones are heavy, and the lightweight ones are not better than a good phone IMO. I broke out my Canon the other day to try to do some bird photography on a little walk and I quickly tired of it, so that is something to keep in mind before buying. I’d recommend going to a local camera store (we have a great one in town) and see how heavy they are before you spring for one.
I would not buy a Camp Snap for myself. It’s a trend. My 22 yr old had a similar phase with a trendy Polaroid while in high school. Never gets used now.
It is a trend but what is wrong with an affordable option for younger people - including kids - that is screen free and may turn someone onto photography in the future.
You can edit the photos, print them as you would any other camera photos. Memories aren’t made in perfection they are made in moments.
Sorry I mentioned it for this crowd.
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I really feel less is more when traveling and I tend to have my phone with me nearly all the time. I can’t say I have a camera on me (other than the one on my phone). I know our GI loves taking photos and does haul around a huge camera. I feel I am already encumbered enough with medical equipment and have no interest in hauling around more. We did buy digital cameras awhile back but end up using our phones and have lost track of the cameras.
The Camp Snap was first mentioned as a potential digital camera for presumably CC posters, not as an intro to photography for younger people and kids. So people were commenting on why it not be the best option for adults looking at buying a digital camera. It certainly isn’t any improvement over a phone for adults.
I don’t think the point IS if it’s better than a phone in all cases. The original question seemed to pose “sounds like digital cameras are back in style so says a young person I know…” and wanting to know more about that.
And I don’t think they are just for young people - but sometimes young people experiment and try trends - and sometimes older people do the same. Although some older people get stuck in their ways and can’t see how something that might not benefit them MIGHT benefit someone else.
I think my mom who in her 80s couldn’t learn a smart phone might have had fun with a simple digital camera- maybe never to print but to just enjoy seeing them on a computer screen or uploaded on a digital frame.
This was the OP’s question.
I still would not recommend the 8 MP Camp whatever as a good choice for someone who is interested in getting a digital camera for the quality of the prints.
The question also was not what to get a senior who can’t operate a smart phone camera.
But what do I know - apparently as an old person stuck in my ways who wouldn’t understand young trendy people. Who, as noted upthread, are buying $400-1000 cameras. Not $72 ones.
This is what I was referring to just to clarify. The first paragraph of the first post.
I will agree to disagree. And also refrain from posting any of the pics in one of my photo books that my 29 year old used her Camp Snap (also available in a 16MP) to take photos and print out to preserve some memories for me.
Hence my confusion. Glad your daughter is happy with her Camp Snap.
Yep, I was wrong. I thought she had something different because she has been really happy with it. When she responded and said she did have the Camp Snap (she was an early adopter, maybe 18 months ago) I was surprised. So def stand corrected from that first quote to the second.
My D asked me at Christmas time if we still had our digital cameras. We had one in perfect working order with all the parts. She has been using it since early this year.
I have a iPhone 13 pro and the mojitos have been very subpar compared to older iPhone cameras. This is just but an issue with me. After I bought it and was very unhappy, I researched and was not alone in my opinion.
What happened to your mojitos and why are they affected by your iphone?