MetaMaus and The Works, two recent purchases from St. Marks Place Books
MetaMaus and The Works, from St. Marks Place Books
MetaMaus and The Works, two recent purchases from St. Marks Place Books
Dan, looks like you’ve had your Canon Powershot S100 about a year now. What are its pros and cons? I’m a serious amateur, and this seems like the near-perfect ‘go anywhere’ camera that, I think, takes high quality photos with enthusiast features such as RAW format, capability of capturing high dynamic range, and decent video, too.
Your thoughts?
Thanks.
Well, I’ve now sold it to a friend, but it was a solid camera. I loved the S90 and the S100 is a definite improvement on it, but I can’t say it was a big enough improvement over the S90 (or rather, the S95) to warrant the ticket price. I never got the GPS to work.
Low-noise performance and shutter-lag is what I look for most, in order to justify having a pocket camera different than a good camera phone. The S100 was pretty good in these categories, and the extra range is nice. However, I stopped using it because I bought a Sony NEX-7…which, even with the pancake lens, is definitely not as pocketable as the S100. However, between the NEX-7 and an iPhone 4S, I couldn’t justify carrying around a third camera.
However, back when all I had was the Canon 5D2, I was so satisfied with the S90 and its tradeoffs for its size that I almost stopped carrying around the 5D2 for awhile. So the s-series are definitely solid. It’s up to each person to decide between the S100 and the discounted S95