The Road Less Traveled

Friday, November 19, 2010

New Toy: Canon S95

I decided it was time for me to buy a new camera.  No not an DSLR, but a point and shoot.  I figured, I should have one on me so that I don't need to carry around my 30D around if I just want personal photos.  So I went ahead and purchased the Canon S95 from Sears.com.  The camera retails for $399 but I was able to purchase mine for $349 plus shipping and tax.  I know it seems expensive for a point and shoot, and I could have easily bought one for like $100.  But the reason why I wanted this camera was because it allows me to shoot in manual mode as well.  I'm familiar with it since I shoot mostly in manual mode when using my DSLR.  Plus there was a ton of great reviews for this camera, which is Canon's top of the line camera, right below the G12.  The reason why I didn't purchase the G12 was because it costs a bit more, $499 retail, plus I knew that a G12 would not fit in my pocket (whole point of getting a p&s was so I could put it in my pocket).  So the camera came via UPS on Wednesday.  I haven't had the chance to play around with it yet because I ordered a 16GB Sandisk SDHC (for around $100) memory card from BHphoto and it hasn't arrived yet.  From the UPS tracking, it should come in on Friday, which is today!  I can't wait.  I also ordered a 1TB Western Digital external hard drive and a 16GB USB flash drive from kingston.  I spent a good amount of money, but these are all things I needed.  After I receive my memory card later on today, I'll try to post up some pictures from the S95.  I also needed this camera since my father and little brother are going to come visit me around January.  I'm going to be taking my lil bro to Disneyland and I want to be able to take pictures and record videos of us having a wonderful time haha.  I haven't been to Disneyland in years!  And this will be the first time I'm going to meet my brother so it is very exciting for me.  Anyways here are some pictures of the S95.






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