On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 02:53:19PM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 13/05/2010, George Sinos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Tim and Miserere > > > > The S90 is a great little camera. Just a couple of notes. > > You guys are just plain bad. > > I bought one today, got the IXUS S210 IS Touch the other day via the > insurers to replace the Canon P&S that was stolen when my home was > broken into a few weeks back. I can see how it could appeal to the > iPhone crowd et al. but it's just far too clumsy for me and the bells > and whistles have replaced virtually all general photographic > controls. Not a great camera for a hands on photographer IMO, so it's > off to eBay shortly. The S90 looks like it will fit the bill nicely (a > Pentax P&S wasn't even a blip on the radar).
Having just purchased a G11, I can definitely see where the S90 could fit in. It is more of a "pocketable" unit (the G11 is a bit of a brick) and has what appears to be the same sensor and image quality (based on DPReview comparisons). The "aperture ring" is a really nice touch. Lack of an optical viewfinder is a drawback and, like the G11, missing HD video capability seems like a huge oversight for such new cameras. I chose the G11 for the manual, easy-access controls, image quality, the hot shoe and third-party accessories for underwater use (the hot shoe allows TTL flash with units from Ikelite). It's sad that Pentax doesn't offer the same features as the G11 or S90 in a point and shoot. I would have purchased it. -- Christian ------------------------------------- http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
