Hey Everyone! Hope your day is going great! This week I want to talk about little cameras that over time have lost appeal to bigger and better cameras but are starting to get more popular again. Kind of like bell bottom pants , they were in then out and now I see celebrities wearing them again. Point and shoots are kind of the same. When digital first started point and shoots led the way getting people into digital and as more top of the line digital DSLR cameras started getting popular point and shoots started fading and then when cell phones with cameras on them well that all but killed the point and shoot. And for good reason the computational  photography that is available on cell phones is amazing and you get great photo's from them. But there is something about holding a dedicated camera in your hand and making photos with it . There is something to it . It's easy point and shoot! Are they great? Generally speaking point and shoot photo's are not as good as your phone but there are the exceptions. Some camera companies have been making high end point and shoots. Some with fixed lenses like the Fuji x100 series, the Ricoh GR series of cameras. Both have fixed focal lengths and APSC sensors but have become very popular if not cult like. Both run over 1000 dollars for a fixed focal length camera. Mainly made for street photography. But they both are popular. Then there is the Sony cyber-shot RX100 series of cameras and the Canon G7x series of cameras with zoom lenses which both run over 1000 .  They both have 1.0 type sensors (smaller than APSC) but still larger than a phone sensor. There are others by Lumix, Leica, Olympus that have point and shoot cameras also. Let me tell you what I like about these cameras.

There are lots of things  to like. One they are small and portable. Most will fit in your pocket especially a jacket pocket. If your out on the street or just taking photos they are so small they do not intimidate anyone around because they don't look like a quote "Professional Camera" But these cameras can pack quite a punch especially the ones that are high end. I own a Canon G7x mark II an older one of these and it takes great photo's. It can shoot in full manual and all of the other modes like aperture , and shutter priority . It has a built in flash that can be used for fill flash. I have mine set up so it can use filters like a polarizer and ND filters. When I take long trips I use it as my backup camera and on a upcoming trip to South Dakota I will use it as my walking around camera in towns and the like not lugging a full frame camera just for snap shots of the cities. The full frame lens equivalent is 24-100mm f1.8 to f/2.8 which is great. What's not to like. And it's the older model. There is a Mark III out there. I can stick it in my pocket or around my neck with a vintage strap from another point and shoot film camera the Canon Canonet GIII QL 17 a 1972 model. Point and shoots are easy to operate . I can put this little camera in auto and hand it to anyone to take my photo  or a group shot of us if we are on a trip. So I would say don't turn your nose up at point and shoot cameras they are awesome little machines that are really worth the money you put into them.

Until Next week ! Get out and shoot!

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