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I have two Canon G9s. Awesome. Get the underwater housing for fun pool shots as well!
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Two stories about P&S cameras:
1) The owner of what was once my favorite camera shop (now closed as are most) hung huge enlargements of her work around the shop. Frameless and borderless, she had them done by a local photo lab. Every single one of these gorgeous, and they were gorgeous prints, big poster-size prints, were shot with a P&S. She told me that whenever she traveled, she hated lugging all her gear, so she shoved a Yashica 35mm P&S in her bag and off she went. The results were startling.
2) Ten or so years ago, my wife and I went in search of the ultimate fall foliage shot. We found theeee location. I had two 35mm SLRs along with a medium format TLR, plus a tripod, a bag full of lenses, filters, and several different films. Wifey was equipped with a similar Yashica P&S as mentioned above. Who got theeee shot? My wife, of course. A shot that first won a county competition, then went on to take a second place in a statewide juried competition.
Make of it what you will...
especially since my F100 was $75My F100 is my point and shoot, I keep it in my car all the time with the 24-120VR on it. When I don't have the F100, my cell phone is ok. It's got AF with macro and makes pretty ok 3MP images.
One man's point and shoot is another man's primary body huh?
Many high quality 35mm film P&S have become collector items simply because of the quality of their design and build. Two such examples are the Nikon 35Ti and Nikon 28Ti (drool!)
Two stories about P&S cameras:
1) The owner of what was once my favorite camera shop (now closed as are most) hung huge enlargements of her work around the shop. Frameless and borderless, she had them done by a local photo lab. Every single one of these gorgeous, and they were gorgeous prints, big poster-size prints, were shot with a P&S. She told me that whenever she traveled, she hated lugging all her gear, so she shoved a Yashica 35mm P&S in her bag and off she went. The results were startling.
2) Ten or so years ago, my wife and I went in search of the ultimate fall foliage shot. We found theeee location. I had two 35mm SLRs along with a medium format TLR, plus a tripod, a bag full of lenses, filters, and several different films. Wifey was equipped with a similar Yashica P&S as mentioned above. Who got theeee shot? My wife, of course. A shot that first won a county competition, then went on to take a second place in a statewide juried competition.
Make of it what you will...
Two stories about P&S cameras:
1) The owner of what was once my favorite camera shop (now closed as are most) hung huge enlargements of her work around the shop. Frameless and borderless, she had them done by a local photo lab. Every single one of these gorgeous, and they were gorgeous prints, big poster-size prints, were shot with a P&S. She told me that whenever she traveled, she hated lugging all her gear, so she shoved a Yashica 35mm P&S in her bag and off she went. The results were startling.
2) Ten or so years ago, my wife and I went in search of the ultimate fall foliage shot. We found theeee location. I had two 35mm SLRs along with a medium format TLR, plus a tripod, a bag full of lenses, filters, and several different films. Wifey was equipped with a similar Yashica P&S as mentioned above. Who got theeee shot? My wife, of course. A shot that first won a county competition, then went on to take a second place in a statewide juried competition.
Make of it what you will...
I recently traded a G9 for a 350D, I wanted a backup body and wasn't as impressed with the G9's quality compared to the 350D with a decent lens on it. Call me crazy but I'm really happy with the move. I probably could have held out for a 400D but well whatever.