>>4067709I would take a modern iPhone over most older compacts, assuming you mean point & shoot and not a small mirrorless.
The most worthwhile older compacts for me would be like Sony's RX100 line, Ricoh's GR line, Canon's G7/9 line, and a few odds and ends like Nikon's Coolpix A, Fuji's X10/X70, and Canon's S90 line. Nothing else really makes sense over a contemporary smartphone unless you need +20x zoom. Even then, I just prefer smartphone for convenience, and smaller mirrorless and up if I truly need more.
>you still have control over shutter time aperture size and isoMost older compacts, you actually don't. You get auto modes and scene modes and that's often it.
>Not even that I just feel like the phone photos, at least ones that I've seen are a bit lackluster but don't know about the newest ones.Honestly, best thing is just looking at sample pics. These are all phone pics I pulled from a variety of places online, but should give you an idea of what's capable now. I think all are iPhone 12 + 13, and Pixel 4 + 6. Only you'll know if the performance is good enough.
