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Till Dad Comes Home!

The December 14th issue of Newsweek happened to by laying on our dining room table tonight – face down. On the back cover was a wonderful ad for the Canon PowerShot S90 titled “Can I Stay Up Till Dad Comes Home Mode” featuring the S90’s f/2.0 lens. It’s a great ad – for a great camera!

I picked up a new Canon PowerShot S90 a couple of weeks ago as a way of dealing with the rotator cuff surgery in my right arm. Today, I ended six weeks of my right arm being in a sling – but, as it turns out, I have another six weeks to wait (allowing the pins to set further) before beginning serious physical therapy to rehab my shoulder muscles.

Meanwhile, I can now just barely deal with the S90 in my right hand – but it’s made much more manageable by last week’s addition of Richard Franiec’s S90 Custom Grip. Highly recommended!

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More on the Canon PowerShot S90

If you’re looking for a couple of great reviews on the new Canon PowerShot S90, be sure to check out these reviews by MIserere (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) on the Enticing the Light blog. I found them very helpful in learning how to use my new S90!

I’m also learning a lot from the Flickr Canon PowerShot S90 group. One of the posts there pointed me to the custom grip for the S90 developed by Richard Franiec. I’ve ordered one – looks exactly like what I need to better grip this very small camera! I will report again once I’ve had some time with it in the field!

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First Time in the Field with a Canon PowerShot S90

Yesterday, I walked with my friend Chris Gulker on the Alpine Trail in Portola Valley. I was sporting my brand new Canon PowerShot S90 camera – trying it out for the first time “in the field”. Chris took a shot of me shooting and posted it over on his blog.

Here’s an example of my initial results – shot using the S90 in basic Auto mode in large JPG and tweaked just a bit in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 (mostly vignetting):

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This camera was designed for the serious photographer – providing almost every control imaginable in a size that’s just about the same size as my iPhone.

I’ll have a lot more to say about the new S90 as I learn more about it – along with some more pictures to share. You can see more of my S90 photos in my Flickr S90 set.

And you can read more about the S90 and (even order one!) on this Amazon.com page (affiliate link).