Every modern digital camera is the same and far better than you or I ever need

There was a time when cameras were genuinely different. I would set alarms for 6am to watch launch videos before work. Not because anyone was forcing me to, but because the possibility of a new camera felt like news from the future. Mirrorless cameras. Bulk photo editing. Things that seemed faintly impossible.

Before nine o’clock I would have watched four YouTube videos, visited three rumour sites, argued in a forum, and listened to one man speaking directly into a webcam from what appeared to be his spare bedroom.

Back then, cameras had personalities. Some could focus on a human eye whilst others struggled to focus on a person standing perfectly still in broad daylight.

Some could shoot ten frames a second. Others regarded continuous shooting as an optional lifestyle choice.

Metering…