{"id":418,"date":"2010-12-31T10:47:46","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T16:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/gazette\/2010\/12\/31\/101231_canons95\/"},"modified":"2023-10-10T12:26:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T17:26:26","slug":"101231_canons95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2010\/12\/31\/101231_canons95\/","title":{"rendered":"New Camera: Canon S95"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wired<\/i> has published its 10 Most Significant Gadgets of 2010<\/a><\/i>, and there aren’t many surprises. Apple landed three devices on the list: its iPhone 4, the MacBook Air, and the iPad (Wired’s #1 pick), which seems to annoy some of Wired’s<\/i> readers to no end.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoBut what really caught my eye was the inclusion of a point-and-shoot camera, Canon’s PowerShot S95<\/a>. Wired’s<\/i> editors raved about the little camera’s features and especially its fast and long-zoom lens. I was excited to see it on the list because I got one for Christmas*, courtesy of My Lovely Bride.<\/p>\n

I’m still learning how to use the camera, but first impressions are that it’s a very serviceable replacement for an entry-level SLR, and for many people may be the only camera they need.<\/p>\n

Canon has packed an amazing array of features into the pocket-sized device: 10 megapixel stills, 720p HD video, 28-105mm (equivalent) zoom lens, high speed image processor, and image stabilization. It has the ability to capture images in RAW format as well as JPG+RAW, and provides multi-aspect image mode options. The camera also accommodates Canon’s HF-DC1<\/a> external flash for more control over flash photography (the link is to Canon’s site, but you can get it for $100 via Amazon.com).<\/p>\n

The S95 allows full manual control of shooting modes, but it also has a myriad of preprogrammed modes and special effects, including the in-camera ability to replace colors in a scene, to lighten or darken skin tone, to create HDR<\/acronym> photos, and to apply a tilt-shift effect<\/a> to the image. It can even snap a photo in self-timer mode when someone in the scene winks at the camera. (Is there a big demand for that?)<\/p>\n

One of the minor miracles of the camera is how quickly it’s ready to shoot when you turn it on. I tried to measure the interval between pressing the “on” button and completion of the ready mode, but it was only about one second.<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for a carry-everywhere camera that provides the flexibility of an SLR, the ease of a point-and-shoot, throws in HD video, and is less than $400, I can’t imagine a better alternative than the S95.<\/p>\n

*Funny story about this. I opened the gift and apparently had a puzzled look, because Debbie said, “well, you put it on your wish list!” I didn’t remember doing that, and she claimed that I had blogged about it just a few months earlier. I knew my memory was spotty, but didn’t realize it was that bad. A day or so later she said she went back on the Gazette and found the post where I mentioned I’d like to have one…and it was from October, 2009<\/a> (and just a brief mention in a Random Thursday post at that). I felt a bit better.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wired has published its 10 Most Significant Gadgets of 2010, and there aren’t many surprises. Apple landed three devices on the list: its iPhone 4, the MacBook Air, and the iPad (Wired’s #1 pick), which seems to annoy some of Wired’s readers to no end. But what really caught my eye was the inclusion of… Continue reading New Camera: Canon S95<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-technology","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12582,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions\/12582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}