Lets be fancy.
I’ve never been a fan of camera worship and will tell anyone starting out, the camera is a tool. But of course there are exceptions. The Leica for instance not only looks different, but it feels different. Even so, doing a picture of my camera felt awkward and something that belongs on Instagram. I am not one for bragging rights and the status that comes with owning an expensive camera. All one has to do is look at my large format film cameras to see that..
In the past few years I have noticed a spike in camera worship, especially with mirror-less cameras. They are smaller, have less parts, and perhaps more affordable, but they are certainly no better than an SLR, and have, in my opinion many undesirable features, such as a digital viewer rather than actually looking through the lens.
The camera will always be a box with a lens. Everything else is just an add on.