The Cameras I Used in College are Experiencing a Renaissance. And That’s Awesome

Originally, this article was going to be about how the Canon S5 IS was going through a bit of a moment. Sometime between 2005 and 2009, I was so intimately familiar with that camera that I could tell you so much about it. From my recollection, it had a 12x optical zoom, a swivel LCD screen, could make up to three frames a second, had all manual controls, and boasted optical image stabilization. It's nuts to think that today, this is a bit of a novelty for consumers who mostly use their phone and zoom in digitally. But then I realized something: all those cameras are currently experiencing a moment. And to reiterate what I've said before: long live the digicam.