88lx5oh Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 anyone have any experience with this camera ill be looking for a new camera here in the future. i have had several cameras.. and i havent found one yet that has fit my needs. i had a nikon d40 great camera just too big to lug around everywhere Canon SX20is again another great camera, smaller, and not a DSLR though, but big enough where sometimes i didnt feel like taking it out of the saddlebag for a photo, sometimes i pull over to get one shot and then take off. need something my wife can carry on the back of the bike, not be huge an obstrusive. i have an older samsung point and shoot that she usually snaps pics with, but its so damaged now from being beating around and thrown in the saddlebag and what not, it was kind of the beater camera that we didnt care if it got broke (still took decent pics though) so anyway.. im looking for a small pocketable camera, that has some high end features. the Canon S95 kind of struck me as that camera.. with all of its manual functions, the ability to shoot in raw, HD video, and its superior low light capabilities. i have watched some reviews, but am interested in anyone who has had some first hand experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 I convinced my father in law to get this camera for thier trip to Italy, he always had a crappy little Kodak insta-share that took ok pictures but was slow and bulky. He bought the S95 and cant stop talking about it. He loves it. Lightweight, takes GREAT pictures. In Shutterbug Magazine, February of this year, they went through all the NON full size cameras that Photographers carry. (*edit- yay i foudn the article online!) http://www.shutterbug.com/content/serious-compacts-%E2%80%9Csecond-cameras%E2%80%9D-even-pros-can-love List went as this. Canon S95 Canon G12 Nikon Coolpix P7000 Olympus E-P2 Panasonic Lumix Gf2 Basicly they love dthem all, the Canon was top pick though. Wade your way through that list and see what you come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88lx5oh Posted November 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 the cameras i started to narrow down to were.. canon g12 nikon S8200 canon s95 nikon p7000 the g12 and p7000 are a little bigger than i wanted.. i need somethign compact the s8200 just doesnt stack up against the s95, and the s95 is essentially the same camera as the g12, or so i have read... but its more compact. so all signs point to the s95 price is good, its compact, great pictures, shoots in raw, has HD video, manual focus and other manual features. only issue i have, which isnt that big of a deal really is no optical zoom for video, but i think i can overlook that for what im getting for the price and the compactness of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Well, the pictures he took with it were pretty impressive. When they got home, we put the sd card in my 50" tv and they looked spectacular SOOC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Haven't used that one personally but based on what I know, I'd own it. I'm partial to how Canon renders colors too. Skin tones and greens especially. Here's another good read for you. Includes some alternatives. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/q311travelzoomgrouptest/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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