After coming to the conclusion that I need my own camera I have come across a camera made by Canon, the PowerShot G9. This camera is currently available for just shy of £300. This would be a fair price for a DSLR, of which this isn’t. This is a standard, “point and shoot” camera, this means that the price is a small fortune for such a camera that you would expect for under £200. This however, is almost as good as a DSLR.
The PowerShot G9 is what professional photographers use when they don’t want to carry around all their kit to take a decent photo. This camera has 12.1MP which is more than enough for almost anyone, a huge 3″ LCD to view the breathtaking images that this camera will produce, image stabilising (great for me as I don’t have the most steadiest hands), 6x optical zoom and surprisingly, can shoot photos in RAW and change the lens to wide angle lenses etc. The amount of features this camera has are incredible, I just hope I can learn them all.
On the pictures it doesn’t appear to be the best looking camera but it looks well made, strong and looks up to the job, I don’t doubt that it will look better when I actually get my hands on it. Now I just need to find out what each mode and setting does so I can attempt some good looking photos
I would go for a DSLR but the fact that you pay the price for the body and a medium end lens then have to pay for the more advanced lenses and so on. Also I go biking and such where a chunky DSLR isn’t ideal to carry around.
I will be purchasing this once I get paid and find out if my College course has been funded yet or if I have to fork out myself for it!
Here, a comment.
Nice camera – there’s one round here somewhere… Startup times are amazingly quick, and face recognition is fun to play with