[alexashka]

Look into something like a Fujifilm X100V or Leica Q2 (depending on your budget)

A camera should be nice and compact, then it won't be a hassle to have it with you.

The problem with modern cameras is they are heavy, bulky, junk build quality, have awful menu systems and don't play nice with your phone or your computer. What a wombo-combo of pain, just to get a nice photo!

If you can afford a Q2, all of those problems are addressed.

Modern cameras are like writing corporate software in Java. Leica Q2 is like writing short programs in Python. Phones are like using Squarespace to build a website.

[lovehashbrowns]

Hm, I quite like your analogy! I actually just got into photography not too long ago with an R5. Thinking about it now, it really does feel some sorta "corporate." I also considered the fujifilm xt4, all the reviews make me feel as if that'd be a Pythonic kind of camera.

After falling in love with the whole photography universe, I hope one day I can experience the COBOL-like world of film. I did grow up when film was around, in the 90s and all that, but my family was too poor and I only ever messed around with disposable cameras and Polaroids. Polaroids themselves are a whole other insanely awesome universe to explore.