For the first time in quite a while there are a couple of fixed-lens compact cameras featured in the news pages of Australian Camera magazine. Compact cameras, by definition of course, also include models such as Sony’s RX1 III and the Fujifilm X100VI – but here we’re talking about the more traditional idea of a compact camera… truly compact, pocket-sized, point-and-shoot operation if you want it, and comparatively affordable.
In case you’ve missed it, the point-and-shoot camera is back and sales have been steadily on the rise for nearly a year or so now. Nobody is really quite sure what triggered the revival (although social media will undoubtedly be involved somehow), but compacts are cool again and particularly with a demographic that has probably never used one before. For some – notably younger women – the smartphone is now so yesterday and real cameras are being preferred for photography.
