“With all that’s going on in the world.” I was thinking about this turn of phrase, with all that’s going on in the world, and all that’s going on in my part of the world in particular. So I did what I often do when a thought gets lodged inside my brain: I looked it up.
I know that in this house we love to hate it, but I liked how off-putting yet accurate it sounded, so here is what Google’s AI overview had to say:
“ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴀᴛ’ꜱ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ” ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏɴʟʏ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ, ᴛɪᴍᴇʟʏ ᴘʜʀᴀꜱᴇ ɪɴ 2025–2026 ꜱᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴀ, ᴏꜰᴛᴇɴ ɪɴᴛʀᴏᴅᴜᴄɪɴɢ ᴀ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ, ꜰᴀɪᴛʜ, ᴏʀ ᴀ ꜰɪʀᴍ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴀɢᴀɪɴꜱᴛ ɴᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ. ɪᴛ ꜰʀᴀᴍᴇꜱ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴜꜱꜱɪᴏɴꜱ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛꜱ, ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀꜱ ꜱᴏᴄɪᴇᴛᴀʟ ᴄʜᴀᴏꜱ, ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴛᴜʀᴍᴏɪʟ, ᴏʀ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴᴀʟ ꜱᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇꜱ.
ᴋᴇʏ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇxᴛꜱ & ᴜꜱᴀɢᴇ:
* ꜰᴀɪᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏᴍꜰᴏʀᴛ: ᴏꜰᴛᴇɴ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ɪɴᴛʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏᴜꜱ, ɢᴏꜱᴘᴇʟ, ᴏʀ ᴄᴏᴍꜰᴏʀᴛɪɴɢ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴛʀᴇꜱꜱ.
* ꜱᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʀʏ: ʜɪɢʜʟɪɢʜᴛꜱ ᴀ ᴅᴇꜱɪʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴇꜱᴄᴀᴘᴇ ᴛʜᴇ “ᴍᴀᴅɴᴇꜱꜱ” ᴏꜰ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛꜱ, ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅɪɴɢ, ʙᴜᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ʟɪᴍɪᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ, ʀᴀᴄɪꜱᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴏᴠᴇʀᴛʏ.
* ᴄᴀʟʟ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ: ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴍᴏᴛɪᴠᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴏʀ ꜱᴘɪʀɪᴛᴜᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴇɴᴄᴏᴜʀᴀɢᴇ ꜰᴏᴄᴜꜱɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ ʀᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴇxᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟ ᴄʜᴀᴏꜱ.
* ꜱᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴀ ᴘʜʀᴀꜱᴇꜱ: ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀꜱ ɪɴ ɪɴꜱᴛᴀɢʀᴀᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴀᴄᴇʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴘᴏꜱᴛꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴄᴇɴᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴᴀʟ ʀᴇꜰʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ᴏʀ ᴜʀɢᴇɴᴛ ᴍᴇꜱꜱᴀɢᴇꜱ.
ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʜʀᴀꜱᴇ ɪꜱ ᴏꜰᴛᴇɴ ꜰᴏʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴀ ᴄᴀʟʟ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴇᴋ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ ᴏʀ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴊᴇᴄᴛ ɴᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴡɪᴅᴇꜱᴘʀᴇᴀᴅ, ᴏᴠᴇʀᴡʜᴇʟᴍɪɴɢ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛꜱ.
With all that’s going on in the world, I have no comforting content. Reject negativity? Not sure about that either. But I do relate to that common desire to “escape” the “madness,” a form of mental illness in itself, of course. There’s no escaping this madness. But there is grace in the eye of the storm. The question remains: what is to be done?
I’m not sure if the slight difference in color rendering between these cameras is even noticeable at this size, and though I tried to keep them at similar apertures, I’m not sure if the exposure is consistent either, but this wasn’t a controlled experiment, just a bit of fun—so enjoy.
One reason CCD sensors went away is because they’re energy intensive, draining their batteries ridiculously quickly. So here’s an assortment of standalone SX260 HS shots I took after the A710 IS died (plus one stray from the latter—can you tell which?)