I am not following any of this!
(since I have a 13 Mini and not on 26) and I don’t identify with a ‘Generation’ label either, LOL!
Regarding quick use of the camera though, I set the triple-tap back option to Camera and it works about 2/3 of the time (Maybe the case interferes), so even when locked, a quick wake up button tap, triple tap the back and the camera is there. Allows a bit rougher handling than wake up and press and hold the camera icon (if my finger moves in any direction while pressing down the camera doesn’t open).
I looked for the light touch and customization settings but don’t have them, but saw ‘Prioritize Faster Shooting: Intelligently adapt image quality when rapidly pressing the shutter’ and wondered if that would be useful for @ace ‘s running photos.