The Digicam Comeback
by Mia Sato from The Verge - All Posts on (#6RGQ1)
On a scorching 100-degree day, I find Henry Dorado's booth at the Brooklyn Flea Market. Above, trains rattle loudly on the Manhattan Bridge. The outdoor market is a small but trendy event that fills this corner every weekend, rain or oppressive shine. Among the typical antique market wares - racks of thrifted clothes, watches behind glass, bins of art - Dorado's booth stands out. People slow down, sometimes chuckle, take photos, and summon friends over to look at all this. A crowd surrounds the modest shop, just a few fold-out tables covered in pink tablecloths.
Dozens of point-and-shoot cameras line the tables in rows, face up and laid flat; the circular lenses on each make it feel like you're browsing whole fish at a seafood market....