In all this talk about why even bother with a dedicated camera any more - especially a small point & shoot that doesn't actually take any better pictures than a

In all this talk about why even bother with a dedicated camera any more - especially a small point & shoot that doesn't actually take any better pictures than a smartphone - one item is usually missed: The dedicated camera is made to be comfortably used one-handed. To me this matters a lot. Also, with dedicated cameras being garage sale fodder now, you can inexpensively get another feature that the smart phones just don't have: Zoom! My current "daily driver" is a Canon SX210 with pretty good picture quality at 14x zoom and image stabilization to make it practical. And still pocketable. That said, 50% of my photos are still with the phone these days, just for instant sharing or geotagging.