The second is indeed our old camera's final gasp before it officially perished. It had been acting funny for a while, sometimes taking pictures of blurry streaks, sometimes just being fuzzy, but it usually behaved itself after the ol' never-fail turn-off-wait-5-mins-turn-on trick. (Of course, we lost lots of precious shots this way.) But when it steadfastly refused to take any more decent pictures, we decided to retire it. Now we've got a brand spankin' new Canon PowerShot SD850, which is really nice for a point-and-click. The old Canon let you do lots of fiddling to get the perfect shot, but since we never learned how to use all that stuff we though simpler was better (not to mention cheaper).
So, to show off the superiority of the new camera, here is a series of professional-quality shots demonstrating a wide variety of artistic effects.
As you can see, the image stabilizer and light-adjustment properties work extremely well in a variety of action shots and light situations.(Another title for this series is: "What Happens When Your Five-Year-Old Gets Her Hands On Your New Camera.")
A couple addendums to my dear wife's post:
ReplyDelete--We purchased a Canon PowerShot SD850 IS. Yes, there is a big difference. Ours has the optical image stabilization. (Not the cruddy "Digital" stabilization. Who wants an ISO at 1600? But I digress.)
--This camera is actually more expensive because of the form factor and demand.
One of the best parts about this camera is that you don't need to wait 6 seconds between each shot, which is a consistent problem with the Canon Powershot A series.
Oh, and just about everyday Miriam will ask to take more pictures with the camera.