The range of the best compact cameras isn’t what it used to be. Options are increasingly limited as most major camera companies have pulled their last remaining models from store shelves over the past couple of years with seemingly no intention of launching replacements.
Yet, ironically, compacts couldn’t be more popular right now. Like the resurgence of film photography, this is likely down to the world-shaping whims of the internet. Starting a few years ago when every Gen-Zer went tearing through their attics looking for nineties relics with CCD sensors for a sense of grungy "authenticity", it has now more sensibly grown into an understanding that perhaps you don't need a huge DLSR or mirrorless cameras for great images, and instead a camera that slips into a back pocket will do nicely.
