"Whipping out the AE-1 was all OMG he's got a camera!" Agree 100%. And that's interesting because I find that to be the case today and why I use an rx100ii (ex

"Whipping out the AE-1 was all OMG he's got a camera!" Agree 100%. And that's interesting because I find that to be the case today and why I use an rx100ii (excellent camera by the way) vs. using a large DSLR. I can do so much more with the rx100ii simply because it doesn't scream "I'm taking a picture". And taking video clips obviously (which rx100 does a great job with) is possible in places you wouldn't even think of taking a larger professional camera regardless of the weight or the size. (That's the "cultural" part.) http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Sony_Cyber-shot_RX100_II/ http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Sony_Cyber-shot_RX100_II/ One thing I will tell you though is that using an iphone to take videos is great on the sly. Most people if you hold the iphone correctly don't even realize you are shooting a video. (Next to your body and if nothing special is going on.) So you can get things that you would never be able to do with something that looked like a camera. What would be even better is if you could somehow disable the display (black it out) while you are shooting.