Canon PowerShot S90 Choosing!
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Finally a 6+ MP P&S Camera I can Accept
By R. N. Wolf
I’m an amateur photographer, but am picky about image quality. Digitally I started with a 5 MP Canon in 2000, went to 6, and though I can’t remember the model number – maybe simply an S6 – I remember the image quality as being superb – without any image stablization mumbo. Later I came to conclude that the nature shots of the SD600, which was a gift to my girlfriend, to be the best I’d ever seen from a Point & Shoot camaera – yes, maybe the image stablization really works.
Wanting my own camera, I bought a Canon SD1100 which was stolen though with few regrets – the image quality wan’t there. Next I tried the Canon 1200, but I just wasn’t satified with the crispness. So I switched brands; I bought a Panasonic DMC-ZS3 with great expectations, but again I was disappointed in the sharpness of the image and in low light performance. I ended up giving that one away.
I had read great things about Fujifilm, so I bought the 200 EXR. The colors and contrast were excellent, and I considered it acceptable, but it was stolen from my car. Sold on a longer zoom, I bought the 70 EXR, but even though it shares the same processor with the 200 model, I just wasn’t quite happy with image clarity nor with white balance, nor with the graininess of low light shots. I have to agree with the many opinions I’ve read – that the 200 and 70 models on EXR mode or Auto jack up the ISO too fast, and the result is noise. As for the 70 EXR, I recently gave it away.
Enter the Canon PowerShot S90, and I must say that it is by far the best digital camera I’ve owned. The colors are the truest that I have seen in a long time, the images are more than acceptably sharp, and the low light performance is truly impressive. Finally I have found a P&S camera (which I want for portability) that I am happy with in every aspect. Reading through the tons of camera reviews, I’ve come to realize a couple things: 1) a huge number of 5-star ratings doesn’t mean squat – individual preferences, refined or not, rule the day; and 2) I had been duped by the propaganda that more pixels are better.
In looking at the images from the 10 MP Canon PowerShot S90, I realize that the MP war is misguided, and what should be better disclosed is not only MP’s but also the size (area) of the processor. Then there’s the quality of the lense. The Canon PowerShot S90 has a bigger processor than most P&S cameras, not to mention a brighter lense. The combination gives me just the results that I have been looking for. This one’s a keeper – finally.
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