The Death of the Point-and-Shoot Camera
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Living without a mobile phone, I've been missing having a camera in my pocket. It looks like point-and-shoots that fit in the pocket are becoming extinct, and they expect you to just buy a smartphone for that type of camera.
What am I supposed to do?
I'm looking for a camera that has no internet "features" and no firmware to update.
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Caleb
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Em Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:34:54 -0800 (PST)
Caleb Herbert <name at domain> escreveu:
> Living without a mobile phone, I've been missing having a camera in
> my pocket. It looks like point-and-shoots that fit in the pocket are
> becoming extinct, and they expect you to just buy a smartphone for
> that type of camera.
>
> What am I supposed to do?
>
> I'm looking for a camera that has no internet "features" and no
> firmware to update.
>
Hi Caleb,
It's great that you were able to get rid of your phone. I will be
needing one for the foreseeable future, sadly.
About the camera, my parents used to have a small Sony CyberShot, no
anti-features I could find.
I found a listing for this one from Canon, don't know if it fits in a
pocket, maybe a small bag:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235921714876?_skw=camera+digital&itmmeta=01JJ1MFHYT6CRG4675WNX5DJW8&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKltCxHbB0MHRxmMQG%2BRs4k51NMsYE6FaG...
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Bernardo Krzysczak
name at domain
There is a free firmware for many Canon cameras: http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK
Lots of Canon Powershot cameras should fit in the pocket I would think. It appears that many of the different Powershot models are on that CHDK wiki, appears that some of them work with the free firmware.
I am a translator!
Any compact digital camera from 15 years ago should be fine. I have a Canon PowerShot G10, it is by far not the most compact camera and it has a lot of settings, but it can be used in a fully automatic manner. I never did any firmware update and it has no internet feature at all.
Besides, Android phone vendors may add something requiring an internet connection at first, but if you have a device on which you can install LineageOS, it should work without any connection and without doing any udate ever.