Keen photographers will travel with a system camera plus a couple of lenses and when it’s not practical to have versatile kit to hand, many will turn to the camera phone. However, while smartphones are incredible devices there’s something much more satisfying about using a ‘proper’ camera and that’s where compacts come into play.
Largely thanks to the almost universal popularity of camera phones, there are fewer compacts to choose from and new models tend to be niche products targeted at specific types of user.
However, there are many excellent options in the pre-owned market and even those from a few years ago are powerhouses of imaging tech that make shooting unforgettable images an absolute breeze. You don’t have to worry about focusing, exposure or white balance because it’s all automated – freeing you to concentrate on the subject.
Of course, as with any imaging tool, a
