The least technically capable camera I carried in Australia was the one built into my cell phone, the Moto Razr. And when I say 'least technically capable' about the imaging quality, what I mean is that it is pretty atrocious. The shutter is remarkably slow, the color calibration is bland, the orientation and ergonomics are awkward and unpleasant. That said, although it was less capable than my other 'real' cameras, in non-traditional ways, it was the most capable.With all its limitations I was able to do some interesting things. The panorama feature was slightly redeeming - I could wave the phone in a circle, and it would stitch together a wobbly but coherent frame. I could instantly share pictures by uploading to
Instagram. I could take "selfies." Most importantly, I was able to use pictures as a surrogate notepad, for 'mentally bookmarking' things I needed to remember later - like an interesting newspaper article, the name of a beer I tried, or a rental listing in a property office's window.I was able to take pictures less pretentiously, of things that I didn't particularly need a great photograph of, but did want a great memory of. And when I did want a great photograph, I was usually carrying another camera for that, and if I felt that impulse we now have to instantly 'share' the scene with the world, I could snap the same (less technically sound) frame with my phone, and upload it right away.