Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

Oh my. Who would’ve guessed it?

Canon has just sponsored this COOL point and shoot camera, Canon Powershot S90!

And I’m SO loving it! Can’t be more grateful!

*THANKS Canon!*

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you would’ve known that I almost always have a pocket camera in my bag.

And it’s always been Canon.

My first pocket camera was Canon Ixus 850 IS.

It’s compact and light. It took great shots and I especially liked its relatively wide-angle lens!

I was VERY happy with it!

But.

Early last year the lens got half-broken after a bad fall (face down!) onto hard gravels. I couldn’t zoom in and out AND in each shot, all the sides of the frame were always ‘out of focus’, heh).

It still faithfully traveled with me UNTIL I was told that I won a Canon Ixus 970 IS last January!

(Read about how I got it HERE)

I was SUPER happy to have won a camera! (Another Canon Ixus too, which I’m familiar with!)

[Left: Canon Ixus 850 IS ; Right: Canon Ixus 970 IS]

Now.

I do get asked about what I think of these two cameras since I’ve used both models, and so here’s my honest opinion:

… between two, I think my earlier Canon Ixus 850 IS is better (before it’s broken, that is!)

And here’s why:

– with Canon Ixus 970 IS, I can really feel the ‘shutter lag‘ (ie. when I shoot indoors or in a less bright environment). So when I turn off the flash (like I usually did with my earlier Canon), the shot will mostly be blurry.

– Canon Ixus 970 IS comes with a less wide-angled lens.

I mean, when I extend my arm, turn the camera around and take a self-portrait of myself and the kids, for example, our faces will ‘fill the frame’, and not much of the background / surrounding can be seen (see samples below)

[Left: Me, Nichol and Will, taken with Canon Ixus 970 IS; Right: At East Coast Park, taken with Canon Ixus 850 IS]

And what do I have to say about Canon Powershot S90?

It’s SO SO SO much better than the other two!

Since I’m not a techie, here’s a good LINK to read more about it and its cool features!

And here’re some things about this point-and-shoot camera which I personally love:

– The shots and colours come out ‘crispier’ (great photo quality!)
– Wide-angle lens!
– Compact and light
– Minimum ‘shutter lag’ in low light condition! (read: it has a cool ‘low light’ function and when you do shoot in such an environment, there’s hardly any ‘shutter lag’ too!)

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[View from an overhead bridge near Four Seasons Hotel, Orchard]

Here are two test shots (read: NO colour enhancement/ photoshop works done on these two below, well, except for the watermark)

The photo above:
I tested out its black and white function last night when I was at Orchard. It’s not set under its ‘low light’ setting, yet it came out great!

The photo below:
This one was taken at around 8pm, at a food court, using its ‘low light’ function.

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Finally, I’d like to ‘partially’ announce two great news (The FULL story is coming up next Monday!)

First, YOU will have a chance to WIN this Canon Powershot S90 too!

Second, there’ll be a photography workshop early next month where I’ll be sharing photography tips on how to better capture moments (especially of those little ones who’re constantly on the move!) using YOUR OWN camera, amongst many others! (And oh, it’s FREE!)

Be sure you don’t miss out on this yeah!

I’ll share all the details next Monday!

Have a GREAT weekend, everyone …