My First Camera - Canon Powershot G15

I got my wish-list item! As an Anniversary gift, Meimei bought me my very first camera! We had deliberated close to 2 weeks on which model to get. And we finally went for the Canon Powershot G15. It had been a close fight between the Sony RX100, Canon S110, Fujifilm X10 and Canon G15. 

The RX100 & S110 were your higher end traditional point and shoot. Small and compact but with adequate figures and picture quality to justify their larger price tags. In fact, the RX100 is considered by many to be the best in class camera and cost around SGD800, which is somewhat close to the low end DSLRs. One of the primary reasons why we were thinking of this 2 models was for the portability. They are slim enough to go into my pocket, lightweight so Meimei can put this into a handbag and still provide good quality pictures. But this tick on the pro checklist was quickly shelved when Sis gave her evaluation ... "If you want portability, just use the iPhone." Makes sense hahaha. We'll look at the RX100 again when Mark II comes out.

As for the Fujifilm X10, the on-off turn dial switch at the camera lens bugs me. You are forced to have both hands free to turn on the camera. To be fair the colours look more realistic on the X10 vs the G15. But then again so does the RX100. Canon has this warmth tone to it's pics which makes some colours distort. But hey, I guess that's why pics of people on the Canon fair better than others.

I think the big plus for the G15 was it's ruggedness. And it's not overly complicated for a novice trying his first camera. It's packed with most of the functions and filters like miniature, fish eye, toy camera, etc. So it fits nicely to what I'm looking for. A point and shoot camera with wide enough grip for my big hands, low fuss on the gadgetry and lightweight enough so I don't dread having to cart it around.

Thank you Meimei *kiss maybe with this we'll start to go on photo-taking trips hehe.