Canon S90

Few weeks back I got my new Canon S90 digital compact camera. I was looking for a new camera to suit my needs and aspirations for a long time and was very excited when Canon announced the S90 IS in August. And when I finally got it, I was surprised at how much flexibility the camera has. What I really-really love about this camera is the f2 lens, fully manual controls, the ability to set flash exposure compensation, shutter speeds from 1/1600 to 15″, ability to set self-timer to any value between 1 and 30 seconds and to take up to 10 consecutive photos at a time. And it’s small. I believe that in this form factor it is truly the best camera in the world am really happy to own one, I take it with me pretty much everywhere and have captured some great shots, despite my lack of photographic training or extensive experience. It has an automatic mode for low-light photos, and it does an awesome job in capturing really dark scenes, but the lack of manual control over the ISO and other settings in this mode means that you will get a fair bit of noise in your pictures due to the ridiculously high ISO settings (up to 12800).

After the jump a few pictures with stories to them.

Moon rising over Bondi Beach. 4s, f2.5, ISO 100

Izabela. 1/25, f2, ISO 500

Mari. 1/2, f2, ISO 500

Martin. 1/8, f4.5, ISO 400

Beach Volleyball at Bondi Beach. 1/1600, f7.1, ISO 160. The camera is absolutely awesome for taking these beach action shots. In Shutter Priority mode (Tv) set the shutter to the fastest (1/1600), and adjust the ISO so that the aperture will be around maximum (f8 or slightly below), don’t worry about composition 10mpx will give you enough room to crop later and keeping it half pressed will give you quickly some awesome results.

Palm Beach. 1/60, f2.8, ISO 80.

Seaplane escaping a thunderstorm in Palm Beach. 1/125, f4, ISO 80. I saw the plane taking off and quickly pulled my camera out and, in P mode got this shot.

The Colombian. 1/250, f4, iso 640 from the first evening I got this camera

Best place to buy one is from Amazon it’s retailing there for $399 US.