Recently my camera was stolen. It was a Canon Rebel XT, one of the best entry DSLRs when I bought it in 2005. Rather than getting the latest Rebel to replace the XT, I decided to get a low end camera and see if that will fit my needs.
The camera I bought was a Sony Cyber-shot T90. It’s one of the smallest cameras around and it can fit into my pocket easily. Its greatest feature is the touch screen panel on the back so there are no physical buttons to navigate anymore. Another great feature is focusing by touching the part you want to be focused. All I have to do is to touch on the screen at wherever I want the camera to focus.
The downside, I realized, is the camera does not have aperture priority or shutter priority mode. That means I can’t control the shutter speed and take those water fall photos where the water runs down like silk. The camera is so automated to do its thing for you but you can’t control it fully.
I also wanted a camera with geotagging but none of the small cameras that I’ve looked at have it.
I would have gotten the Canon T1i instead but if I were to travel in a foreign city, it would definitely be a target for the thieves. Perhaps I have to take my chances when I travel to China later this year. But in the meanwhile I would like to get to know the T90 well and fully use its functions.
Lastly, I would like to say: a perfect camera is a camera in which you know its benifits and its limits.
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