I’ve smashed/dropped/submerged/squashed/killed many cameras and camera lenses in my life, and at one time, I was buying one or two new cameras every year (now it seems to be laptops!).
One of the best climbing cameras I’ve ever owned was a second-hand Nikon FM2 camera built in 1982, fitted with a very compact 20mm lens (F/4). The whole thing was manual, …