Thanks to a reputable online gadget seller who sold me my newest toy to date, a Canon S90. Tagged by KenRockwell himself as the World’s Best Pocket Camera. I am one giddy lady! I love that I do not have to lug around with my other heavy weight dslr baby, Nikki. My nature of job calls for a quality camera and with the hundreds, possibly thousands of reviews I browsed through online, this is the winner! I’ll do the giddy dance in this blog post if I can.

These photos were two of the first shots that I took as soon as I got hold of my S90. I haven’t gotten a name for it yet.  It was not just Ken Rockwell who bombarded its Canon s90 page with all the superlatives. But I also found a handful of sites that have sworn to it being even comparable or better than a GF1! An entry level Lumix dslr, no less.

Sure, there can be disadvantages. Like its zoom that starts at f/2 at the wide end, which is great for a point and shoot. But it does get slower at the long end, f/4.9. But then again, it is a point and shoot. A real good one at that. No speedlight attachment. But it does perform great in low light settings.

These shots were both taken using the Auto mode (no post processing). Too new to tinker with the manual settings. I hope to get around to doing that soon.

And did I tell you about Canon S90′s two direct control rings?! No other point and shoot has that and even DSLRs in the market only have one. What are they for, you ask? These are the convenient feature that allows for the user to set the camera instantly. I can program the ring as I want. Like I can program the ring around the lens as exposure compensation and the back ring as ISO or aperture and shutter speed, respectively. Whichever pleases me. It’s just like using a real dslr. It’s just fun that a camera with such features does not have to come in a dorky package.

I think it is safe to say that it just might take Canon quite a while to improve on this model significantly. It’s a plus that I was able to get this for way cheaper than the regular mall price. I saw its mall price ranging from P28,000+ to P32,000+. It is the Best Buy! Got it from DBGadgets.