Not one for endless analysis, poring over the fine detail of tech specs, or pixel peeking, I prefer to judge a camera’s worth (and whether I keep it or not) by my response to two simple questions –
1. Does it make me smile when I’m using it?
2. Does it make me smile when I see the final photographs?
A Yes to Q1 but not Q2 and it will likely get another chance to see if I can produce some better final images, or just for the pleasure of using it again.
Yes to Q2 but not Q1, and it will likely be on the way out pretty soon. Life’s too short to waste time and film on cameras I don’t love using.
Yes to both questions of course is the holy grail of the photollector.
For me, there are a small group of cameras that have excelled in these areas, including the three above –
Konica C35 EF3 (the only compact camera I have two examples of, and even think about buying a third)
I plan to use these two simple questions more to weed out the mediocre and the maybes and get my collection down a handful of glistening gems…
How do you judge a camera and whether to keep it or not?
35hunter 
Totally agree.. In 2016, I am cleaning house of the non-used cameras… 🙂
Edward, thanks for your input.
How many cameras do you have that are non-used? How many (and which) do you have in regular use these days?