That is, I have my father's old camera - which is the usual route for cameras in our family.

There's sugar in the old one. That's not so usual. I carried a package of sugar to my school flat in my backpack, together with many other things, including the camera.
I hadn't realised the package was paper and could get torn. Which it did.

The new-old camera is almost the same as the old-old one. It's only better. So I don't have to be getting used to anything new.

And I'm still alive.