Why ‘standalone’ digital camera? Perhaps if your goal is to maximize your photography, to get a device which is optimized *ONLY* for photography (making photos, shooting photos) is best.
Why?
I believe one of the biggest distractions in photography nowadays is this:
Trying to buy ‘one device to rule them all’.
For example, getting an iPhone which is the best phone *and* the best productivity device *and* the best camera, *and* the best photo processing device, *and* the best innovative device for … well, everything.
However, how is this notion misguided? The reason why this notion is misguided is this:
By trying to create a device or purchase a device which does *everything?* perfectly, you end up compromising.
Why?
For example, one big problem of shooting with an iPhone is that you have to do a lot of post-processing to make the photos look good. The benefit of standalone digital cameras like Ricoh GR IIIX is that the photos look great ‘out of camera’ (shooting extra small JPEG, high contrast black and white JPEG).
The benefit is that you spend less time post processing, more time flagging and selecting (editing your best photos), and going out, living, experiencing, shooting more photos!
Ergonomics
For example nowadays I spend a lot of time playing with Seneca. In playing with him, I need the camera which is maximally optimize to do a ‘quick draw’ (quickly draw my camera out of my pocket, and quickly shoot and capture personally meaningful and significant moments).
