Camera companies "say they think about the consumer. They're liars. They only think about their competitors."

Photographer demonstrating Olympus O-product lens cover and flash.

Once upon a time, we used to get cameras that were bold. Brave. Ballsy, even. And sometimes even bad ideas.

They were cameras that took risks, that did something different. Not because they had to, but because manufacturers wanted to. Because trying new things and pushing boundaries is how innovation happens.