Finding myself with a bit of bonus money, I recently purchased a new point and shoot camera. My old one is outdated (~6 years) and I don’t always want to whip out my dSLR, so I figured it was time. After doing some research, I opted for the recently released Canon PowerShot SX200IS. Although a bit more than I wanted to spend, it seemed to be the right option for me given its various offerings. I’ll probably post a review after I use it for awhile; in the meantime, here are the reasons I picked it over some of the smaller models.
- Canon. It’s no secret I prefer Nikon for SLR, so this might come as a contradiction. Having done enough research to recommend cameras for others and actually using a bunch of Canon P&S myself, I can comfortable say they make the best ones.
- Zoom. What can I say, I’m a zoom snob. I feel incredibly restricted by 3x and even 5x is a bit short for my taste (I use an 18-200mm [11x] on my dSLR ) so I was immediately attracted to the 12x (28-336mm) this model offers. The camera is not a “super-compact” as a result of all that glass, but with a 3″ LCD to make up for it, I’m okay with that.
- HD Video. I’ve really gotten into the whole making thing and had been thinking about upgrading my dSLR to compensate. With a pocket camera that shoots 720p, video is no longer a requirement when I do eventually upgrade.
- Modes. Again, it might be the photography snob in me but I don’t think I ever want a camera that doesn’t have aperature and shutter priority modes. My 6 y/o P&S was originally purchased because it has them (and I wanted to learn about them) so anything without would be a downgrade.
- Random Goodies. Blink detection, face detection self-timer, red-eye correction, face tracking and pop-up flash… I’ll let you figure out what all those things do/mean.
I’d also like this post to serve as the unofficial release of the blog on DirtyMartiniPhoto.com. I don’t know if I’m going to separate content or just double post here and there in the future, but I figured you’d love yet another RSS feed of mine to follow.
so it was you! thanks.