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Nah. Standalone point-and-shoot digital cameras were never a "key member of the squad" specifically because you only brought them with you when you anticipated taking pictures and never had them around when you actually needed them.
I owned a PowerShot SD1000 (technically still do, if my parents haven't gotten rid of it) and I doubt I took more than two digits worth of pictures with the thing just because, unlike my phone these days, it wasn't part of my EDC.
I had friends and we didn’t have cameraphones back then so I always brought mine with me and I have insane amounts of pictures of amazing times with those friends, a few of who are now dead.
So yeah, definitely “key member of the squad” if you were born before 1990 and had friends
yeah my first cameraphone was in 2007. shit that mighta been my first cell now that i think about it i promise i'm not a luddite i'm just poor
oh, i was heavy duty EDC guy. I always had a camera (film before digital), one of those leatherman multitools, flashlight, turn signals, sphygmomanometer, you know, the basics.
I always kind of wanted a horn as a pedestrian. Also ofc, need to be able to check your sphygmos pressure on the go.
Turn signals?? Please elaborate
I’m speechless, excellent sir.
i actually expected to be asked about the sphygmomanometer so i'm kinda cracking up a little over here