For any photo gurus here in the GTA and surrounding areas, there is a photography show this weekend at the international centre on airport road: http://www.henrys.com/webapp/wcs/stores ... reId=10001
I'm gonna try to go on saturday.
Personal computing discussed
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lex-ington wrote:If she has no special requirements the SD1200 IS would be the cheapest to get. I would like to suggest to see if you can find the SD880 IS (it seems to have been discontinued I can't seem to find them anymore), the 28mm wide angle is well worth it IMO. In fact I have almost swore that I am never going to use anything higher than 30mm at wide again.I need to get a new camera for my wife. She gave away the A580 to her little brother, so I'll hit the Canon booth too. She likes the SD890, SD990, and the SD780. I have some time to pick one up too, till mid-december.
Flying Fox wrote:lex-ington wrote:If she has no special requirements the SD1200 IS would be the cheapest to get. I would like to suggest to see if you can find the SD880 IS (it seems to have been discontinued I can't seem to find them anymore), the 28mm wide angle is well worth it IMO. In fact I have almost swore that I am never going to use anything higher than 30mm at wide again.I need to get a new camera for my wife. She gave away the A580 to her little brother, so I'll hit the Canon booth too. She likes the SD890, SD990, and the SD780. I have some time to pick one up too, till mid-december.
Remember though now that you are looking at the SD series, you are into ultracompact category which means prices are generally higher than the "vanilla" compact A series.
lex-ington wrote:43 MP/cm² pixel density for the SD780 ouch. I would take the SD1200IS instead if I were you.I'm gonna see what Canada Computers have left. I rather like the SD780. I know I started this discussion before and ou had recommended the SD880 for the 28mm angle. Back then I didn't have the money for it. This time I actually have some time to save up the money.
lex-ington wrote:In the talks those are being referred to as "Uncle Harry" and "Uncle Fred".the targeted audience will still never learn how to TAKE a picture.
lex-ington wrote:I had to wait after 6:30pm (all the sessions are done) and then I got some quality time with the S90.Canon just had too many people.
lex-ington wrote:To me panoramic sweep is a gimmick. Handheld twilight mode is the real thing to try. It seems to work and the samples floating on the web look fantastic coming out of a ultracompact P&S. If you are already invested in Sony's system with a bunch of memory stick, definitely wait for the price to drop and get it. The size is pretty small but I do feel it is a bit more cheaply built as it is so light (may be good with the ladies though). Another issue is whether you wife would want to stick with so-called "Canon colour". I used a lot of Panny's and I like the features, but I can't ever quite get used to Panny colour. So while the WX1 may be good the wife may not like it.I did take a look at the Sony WX1 P&S camera with the 220 degree panoramic sweep option . . . . .really nice . . . but at $400, pure madness.
lex-ington wrote:I have been hearing that if you take relatively good RAW, Lightroom is simpler and better for the task? Of course if you need to paste someone's head (dude didn't show up for the picture) in a scene, then you pretty much need to learn PS.I'll be going back next year though. Specifically for the software seminars, as I now see that I must learn Photoshop
taking out the parts that make SLR's what they are.
Flying Fox wrote:lex-ington wrote:43 MP/cm² pixel density for the SD780 ouch. I would take the SD1200IS instead if I were you.I'm gonna see what Canada Computers have left. I rather like the SD780. I know I started this discussion before and ou had recommended the SD880 for the 28mm angle. Back then I didn't have the money for it. This time I actually have some time to save up the money.