Christmas Gifts

[octothorpe]

I need a point-and-shoot to keep with me all the time. I love my 20D, but it's ginormous, and I don't always have it. I've missed far too many shots because I didn't have my camera with me.

I'm going G9.

It's the only P&S camera that I've seen that has aperture priority. As a bonus, it has a hotshoe, and built-in IS. It's also small enough to fit in a pocket. I'm also pleased that it has a RAW mode, although it doesn't write both RAW and JPEG simultaneously, like my 20D, so I will probably not bother with shooting in RAW with the G9 (all the "RAW worthy" shots will be taken by my 20D).

Comments

[bestbear-icanbe.livejournal.com]

but it's ginormous

Must. Resist. Obvious. Retort.

[gryphons-hole.livejournal.com]

Yeah, right?

enjoy the point and click

[laitechs.livejournal.com]

or point and shoot whichever term you suscribe to. I need to get one as well, but i'm going the cheapie route, because when it comes to point and click pictures i'm not to picky. my other camera is for taking pure quality photo images. though, i did look at the G9 and it did make me drool just a little.

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

Good choice.

[mondragon.livejournal.com]

My Fuji F31d has aperture & shutter priority but no Raw.

It also gets bad marks for anything over ISO 400. That would absolutely drive me crazy.

Do you really _need_ 12MP when they're being squeezed out of a tiny chip?

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

It's not about the pixels, it's about built-in IS, pretty good shutter lag for a non-DSLR, and the size.

[mondragon.livejournal.com]

Most P&S these days don't have the nasty shutter lag their predecessors did - my issue is with the loss of quality that comes from sucking 12MP out of what should be 6MP chips and the resulting loss of detail that comes from the high levels of NR required.

Being limited to ISO400 for usable images would drive me crazy.

You'll be screamin’ like a white lady…

[grandiva1968.livejournal.com]

I’m workin’, workin’ up a black swear…

[gryphons-hole.livejournal.com]

I love the way you say "RAW worthy"...

*swoon*

[bootedintexas.livejournal.com]

i am curious what you think of my photos of the chorus since you are so good at the photos you take.

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

Post a link, and I'll let you know.

[bootedintexas.livejournal.com]

http://flickr.com/photos/bootedtexas/