Not just any camera – it’s a Canon, and a crop-frame one, but as a broke loser I can’t really complain. Low dynamic range, so what. Poor low light performance, like, come on. Who even shoots in low light. Terrible jpeg processing, I mean, yeah, it’s about time for me to start shooting raw. Cartoonish colors? My inner child could benefit.

At the end of the day, as a brand and as a product Canon is generally less about photography and more about lifestyle, just as lifestyle photography is, which is why they go together so well. You don’t think art or documentary or wildlife when you think Canon – you think generic stock photos at best. Shaniqua in a business suit leading a corporate meeting, that’s Canon photography.

It was cheap, though, and that’s what matters in life. I just rediscovered enthusiasm after a years-long break, so it’s not like I wouldn’t waste everything good on an actual good camera.