Sometimes my couples will call me, on the verge of purchasing a pocket cam (industry code for camera that fits in the pocket as opposed to massive thousand dollar cameras and lenses hauled around at weddings/events), and ask what I suggest. So I thought I’d go ahead and do this week’s take a look on that very subject. We’ll get the first part out of the way and say that I always, always recommend Canon cameras. My very first digital camera was a Powershot and I’ve been ever so brand loyal since! I’ve even gotten my family to purchase three or four as well as several friends. Wait, there’s got to be a way that I can start making money off this…. I have several Canon DSLR’s but it’s my Canon Powershot SD880 that is always at arms length! Let’s show off a few images taken with this camera before I do some serious bragging.
This one taken in Mystic Connecticut (thanks for the extra day Jen & Matt)
This one of our little house of love taken during storm 2 of Snowpacolypse 09-10
This one taken to show texture and in celebration of a trip to Georgia to see our family.
Fireworks last 4th of July.
Virginia Tech monument to those who were killed April 2007.
So what are the things I love about this camera? Well, it has facial recognition, image stabilization, 4X optical zoom, video capabilities, 10 megapixels (really anything over 6 on a pocket cam is just silly), selective color shooting (picking only blues to show in color and everything else in gray scale , etc) and a sweet 3 in LCD screen & can go up to ISO3200. Another reason that I love it is that it’s resiliant. I’ve had the camera for 2.5 years and in that time it’s travel all along the eastern coast as well as down to Brazil where it took the photo below.
The battery life on this thing is incredible, if I used it daily, I would only need to recharge it once a month! I don’t use it every day so I recharge it about every 2 to 3 months. Now, for the best reason of all: one day it took a swim inside my purse. Let me explain, I carry water bottles around with me. One particularly sad day my water bottle tipped over. This wouldn’t be a problem except that I’d forgotten to properly screw the top on and it flooded my purse. You can imagine my distress as I fished my wallet, iPod, cell phone and camera out of the bag. Even after being submerged & then left alone to dry for three days in a bag of rice, this little camera just keeps on kicking! We had actually bought a new one and took it back once Frankenshot was resurrected!
I haven’t seen them in Best Buy (which is where I originally purchased mine) but here’s a link to a few you can purchase from Amazon.com! They come in silver or gold, but do yourself a favor and get the silver! It was a graduation gift to myself but was also the camera we took on our honeymoon. I promise you won’t regret it if you go with any of the Powershot cameras.
So, here’s one final picture, taken recently (months after the disaster) of me and our new intern Julie, she’s the cute blonde one, lol!
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