Heh! This is to me a funny discussion!
I'd say, sure, if you try to juggle around all the various features of modern cameras, and heck, indlude "Smart Phone" cameras in the mix! I myself don't have/use a "Smart Phone", but I've tried to help some folks in figuring out the "stuff", and gosh, I myself get a bit mixed up!
But it can go farther back, I mean, when I've gotten and used P&S cameras or some of the compact cameras when you could throw in features, but think about it: How many P&S users can you recall who just get confused about wanting to get "better shots"?
but for most of us here, we have settled into the more advanced DSLR genre. We typically did this because cameras became available that offered stuff that we really wanted in our photography, so it became "natural" to grab one!
So, as to this thread, well sure, all the featured can add up to more than we can quickly/automatically grasp and use, but hey, we still got/get what we wanted, is that not true? And then, there are some like my daughter -- a bunch of years ago I bought her a Rebel kit. At the time, I was happily shooting manual stuff with my bodies and lenses, but my daughter insisted that she work with the Auto modes with her camera. And, you know what, she has a good "eye" for her images, both with the composition/shot, and also, she has an "eye" for processing her images. She has used Photoshop Elements as well as Lightroom, and you know what? she produces some very interesting results, even some out of shots that I have taken, and she has no complaints about her "cheap little camera"!
But seriously, I think we tend to take some of these subjects Waay Too Seriously"!
