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A digital camera may have been on a holiday gift wish list of a Gen Z in your life this season. If you're wondering why someone between the ages of 12 and 17 would want an outdated piece of technology, you're probably not doomscrolling enough, because digital point-and-shoots are trendy again and Gen Z is driving up their popularity in the same way they have with vinyl and film cameras . "We are seeing more young people looking for things like point-and-shoot cameras, which we literally can't keep on the shelves," said Evelyn Drake, who works at The Camera Store, a Calgary-based business along 11th Avenue S.W. Alongside brand new gear, the shop also sells second-hand cameras. Drake says they've been hearing from a lot of young customers who are gravitating toward a photography experience that's completely off their phones. "Hopefully manufacturers are really going to take note of that and start making more of them, because I think that there's a really big opportunity here," she said. "There's been more of a trend for the young Gen Z generation to look for different ways to express themselves with photography." Digital cameras trend again On TikTok, #digitalcamera has over 287,000 posts. Additionally, searches for the term "digital camera" have been on an upward trend in Canada for the past five years, peaking near the end of this year, according to Google Trends . For comparative purposes, the image on the left was taken with a Nikon Coolpix S33 digital camera, while the image on the right was taken with an iPhone 13 at the same time in December. (Lily Dupuis/CBC) There's been extensive reporting on how Gen Z loves the vibe of so-called retro digital cameras , or how the generation's fascination lies within the nostalgia of a simpler, more affordable technological time , but perhaps the news cycle hasn't dug deep enough. Some say the why behind Gen Z's affinity for yesterday's technology is more profound than just aesthetics. When everything is digital, why we long for media we can hold in our hands Based in Amsterdam, Sofia Lee is the co-founder of @digicam.love — an Instagram account and online community with over 13,000 followers — and the Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute (CARI), an online community that analyzes design and visual culture. Lee believes blaming nostalgia for the surging popularity of digital cameras among Gen Z doesn't tell the full story. "I think it's ironic that Gen Z is stereotyped as being the most logged-on generation, when a lot of their countercultural tech practices indicate the need to break away and create a space that is separate from the internet," said Lee. The aversion to smartphone photography, according to Lee, also comes from the fact that the images have become so HD and highly processed that they no longer feel like true pictures. Using a digital camera means "it's not uploaded instantly to the internet the way a phone image can be," she says. "It also undergoes a significantly more primitive set of algorithmic transformations in order to produce the JPEG image." 'Being intentional with consumption' It's no secret that today's young people are more connected than ever — according to data from Statistics Canada, younger Canadians reported higher-than-average usage rates for various online activities, and in 2022, over 99 per cent of Canadians aged 15 to 24 reported using the internet. But as younger generations become increasingly online, so too does the need to touch grass . Veronica Garcia is a 26-year-old based in Calgary who uses a Nikon Coolpix S4100 — a compact digital camera that launched in early 2011 . "I love this thing.... The way I use it, I feel like it helps me be more in the moment instead of it being like a phone," she said, adding that a phone in 2024 has become so much more than just a device for calls. Garcia says most elder Gen Zs grew up in a time before the smartphone dominated everything, but also have been around for the transition to a new digital age. Is the flip phone back? Why some people are switching to dumbphones Trend Forecast '25 They'd rather have dumbphones than brain rot She says she first had unrestricted access to the internet at 13 years old, and it's been a big part of her life ever since. "It's been over a decade of the worms in my brain," she says, describing how being chronically online contributes to overall brain rot (Oxford's 2024 word of the year ). And Garcia's own tech habits aren't limited to photography. She also uses a little black flip phone as her daily cellphone, which she affectionately calls a "dumbphone," as well as a portable MP3 player to listen to music and a 2001 -era Canon ZR30MC digital camcorder for videos. "It's really just that shift toward being intentional with consumption and just how you spend your time on the screens that suck the soul out of you." Veronica Garcia holds up her nearly 25-year-old camcorder that she inherited from her dad. (Lily Dupuis/CBC) For Garcia, it's not really about being on-trend or conjuring up some nostalgia that romanticizes the past. On its most surface level, she says young people's affinity for digital cameras is a rejection of modernity. "Everything is political," said Garcia, adding that it's a small choice that ultimately helps her disconnect from big internet. Because people in their late 20s have had a front-row seat to the constantly evolving tech landscape, re-embracing these outdated machines might be a commentary on the pace of technology. Like vinyl, but for photos: Why film cameras are back in focus A photographer herself, Lee expects the renaissance of digital point-and-shoot cameras won't be short-lived among this younger generation of photographers, as she's watched the community of digicam users grow over the years. Lee and her other @digicam.love co-founders have organized over 60 meet-ups for point-and-shoot appreciators across the globe since they founded the page in 2018. "On one hand, there is a trend happening, of course. I think that that's undeniable," Lee said. "But I also think that we could say film photography was a trend.... As you can see now, it still exists."
NoneJerusalem : Israel’s air defence systems on Wednesday intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, the Israeli military said in a statement. The projectile “was intercepted before crossing into Israeli territory,” the military said.Sirens sounded across central Israel “due to the possibility of falling shrapnel from the interception,” it added. Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency service, said that it had treated at least nine people who were injured on their way to shelters.For the fifth time in a week, millions of Israelis were sent to shelters as Houthi militants in Yemen launched a missile attack, the Israel Defense Forces said in a post on X. 🚨For the 5th time in a week, millions of Israelis were sent to shelter as Houthi terrorists in Yemen launched a missile attack. pic.twitter.com/nsoJb4saxa Houthi forces have launched sporadic missile and drone attacks on Israel since October last year, citing solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Israel has retaliated with several large-scale airstrikes, the most recent of which occurred last Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported. On Tuesday, the Houthi group had said that it had launched a “hypersonic ballistic missile” at Tel Aviv before dawn, an attack that Israel said it had successfully intercepted. “In support of the Palestinian people in Gaza, we launched a hypersonic ballistic missile at Tel Aviv, targeting a military target,” Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. He vowed that his group would launch more attacks against Israel and that the US-led airstrikes on his group’s targets in Yemen would not stop them. “We are fully prepared and ready to confront the Israeli-American-British aggression (on Yemen),” he said.Earlier on Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that it had intercepted a missile launched by Houthis. The missile, which was aimed at Tel Aviv, triggered air-raid sirens across central and southern Israel, forcing millions of residents to seek shelter just before 2 am local time (0000 GMT). “A projectile launched from Yemen was intercepted prior to crossing into Israeli territory,” the IDF said in a statement, adding that the sirens were activated as a precaution due to the possibility of falling shrapnel from the interception. The missile attack came just a day after Houthis launched a drone strike on Israel, which was also intercepted, according to the IDF.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen Keith Kellogg, a highly decorated retired three-star general, to serve as his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia. Kellogg, who is one of the architects of a staunchly conservative policy book that lays out an “America First” national security agenda for the incoming administration, will come into the role as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its third year in February. Trump, making the announcement on his Truth Social account, said, “He was with me right from the beginning! Together, we will secure PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH, and Make America, and the World, SAFE AGAIN!” Kellogg, an 80-year-old retired Army lieutenant general who has long been Trump’s top adviser on defense issues, served as national security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence , was chief of staff of the National Security Council and then stepped in as an acting security adviser for Trump after Michael Flynn resigned. As special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Kellogg will have to navigate an increasingly untenable war between the two nations. The Biden administration has begun urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilization laws to allow for the conscription of those as young as 18. The White House has pushed more than $56 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s February 2022 invasion and expects to send billions more before Biden leaves office in less than two months. The U.S. has recently stepped up weapons shipments and has forgiven billions in loans provided to Kyiv. Trump has criticized the billions the Biden administration has spent in supporting Ukraine and has said he could end the war in 24 hours, comments that appear to suggest he would press Ukraine to surrender territory that Russia now occupies. As a co-chairman of the American First Policy Institute’s Center for American Security, Kellogg wrote several of the chapters in the group’s policy book. The book, like the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025,” is designed to lay out a Trump national security agenda and avoid the mistakes of 2016 when he entered the White House largely unprepared. Kellogg in April wrote that “bringing the Russia-Ukraine war to a close will require strong, America First leadership to deliver a peace deal and immediately end the hostilities between the two warring parties.” Trump's proposed national security adviser , U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz of Florida, tweeted Wednesday that “Keith has dedicated his life to defending our great country and is committed to bringing the war in Ukraine to a peaceful resolution.” Kellogg featured in multiple Trump investigations dating to his first term. He was among the administration officials who listened in on the July 2019 call between Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in which Trump prodded his Ukrainian counterpart to pursue investigations into the Bidens. The call, which Kellogg would later say did not raise any concerns on his end, was at the center of the first of two House impeachment cases against Trump, who was acquitted by the Senate both times. On Jan. 6, 2021, hours before pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, Kellogg, who was then Pence’s national security adviser, listened in on a heated call in which Trump told his vice president to object or delay the certification in Congress of President Joe Biden ’s victory. He later told House investigators that he recalled Trump saying to Pence words to the effect of: “You’re not tough enough to make the call.” Baldor reported from Washington. AP writer Eric Tucker in Washington contributed to this report.
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