The Camera I've Been Waiting For

I've held off buying a digital camera, getting by with a easy point and fire and a cell telephone. The last time I took a grave look at digital cameras, there were two major kinds--point and fires and DSLR. The point and shoot was alright" for snapshots. The DSLR was the one you'd get for image value and command over all the components of taking photos (thinking back to movie camera days.../old).

The issue and fires were functional, pocketable and simple. The DSLRs were sophisticated, complicated and hefty (lenses...you would want to have lenses....) Oh, and DSLRs were really pricey, especially getting the lenses (the kits? Not such a good idea). I acquired a issue and fire and always felt ..."eh..." about it. Not very stimulating if you desire to chase photography as a hobby (as I utilised to do with my vintage 35mm Canon A-1, which I loved).

So, envisage my surprise looking round here a month ago and finding there has been a sea change in the digital camera world. Not only have the charges gone down for everything--what an array of alternatives there are now in all categories!--but the technology, the capabilities of even so-called issue and fire cameras is now attractive astonishing. And you get so much "still camera" in addition to video, too.

So...I tapered down my alternatives and tried to decide: "Canon T3i...or Canon s100?" Two different notions, both very versatile, but one very simple to slip in a pouch or purse, the other...feeling more like what I still think of as a genuine" camera--interchangeable lenses, warm shoe for the flash, RAW, and...with video..a pleasant capability to have an external mike.

While I was conceiving, I went over to [...] (Canon Talk) forum where they were discussing the identical thing: What to get?

And I glimpsed images from the SX40 (which I'd never heard of --and just came out 2 months before, so no reviews yet). truly incredible! And the zoom! 24mm so nice and broad. 840mm at the telephoto...amazing! All compact and lightweight for what you got. A new genre called a "superzoom" or "bridge" camera approaching between the issue and shoot and the DSLRs. And really costing LESS than the s100!!!

After deliberating for a month between the s100 (which I'd organised, but wasn't in yet) and the T3i, I had discovered "my" camera. In less than 24 hours of finding it, I ordered. And, actually, it was love at first view.

There is so much that's large about this camera and Canon lays it all out well on this sheet. You get the idea--as much (or as little) creative command as you want. If you don't like to fiddle with controls, just put it on "P" and you'll get large pix without doing anything except "point and fire" (well, and aim and stay still). But if you like to augment" with a camera, it has a list button that is very simple to scroll through, settings that are easy to use, a mode dial right on the back that makes everything easy to find, a "record" button for video that is colored red so you can't miss it...couldn't be easier...or more joy!

The only other things you might desire to understand are: it has a warm footwear, but doesn't fire RAW (which I don't care about, but persons who are very strongly into post-processing are). There's no way to adhere an external mike of your own, but the interior mike has two distinct backgrounds and a breeze filter--so, better that most, sound-wise. I put a 67mm lens adapter on to avert vignetting and added a clear filter to defend the lens, that and a good memory business card and a case and....good to proceed! I can't recommend this enough--it is a really joy camera (oh, and has macro as well) and utilising a long zoom like that is just actually stimulating if you like taking photos at all. (Check out the pics of the moon at dpreview. Amazing). Highly recommended.