ELPH instead of 5D Mark II

There was a nice article in the June edition of "Outdoor Photographer" about the author, James Kay, who took his ELPH 300HS hiking/climbing. He left his 5D Mark II and pile of gear at home and was pleased with the pictures he got. A few of the scenics were printed in the magazine and look quite nice. I love my ELPH and it has served me well when I didn't have my 60D with me.

I had 2 ELPH's that I really liked. Both died from the mysterious "lens error"... Both were kept in hard-shell cases, and weren't subject to any undue stress or abuse... The electronics just failed...

I use a P&S for work quite a bit as a construction manager, and when the last ELPH died, I was 4 hours away from home, out on a jobsite. It was working one second, and broken the next.... For this reason, I no longer can get myself to buy Canon P&S cameras... I still have a S100, that exhibited a "flash error" within the first 6 weeks of owning it. (Where the flash failed to raise because of an internal gearing problem) And I still have a SX230HS ... It hasn't given me any problems yet...


On topic though, I like it when people take great pictures with a piece of equipment isn't top of the line... the most famous one to come to mind is when Digital Rev had some well known photogs come to town, and they handed them a Lego Camera.

va_rider wrote in post #15930599
On topic though, I like it when people take great pictures with a piece of equipment isn't top of the line... the most famous one to come to mind is when Digital Rev had some well known photogs come to town, and they handed them a Lego Camera.

I agree with this. Sometimes I find myself focusing more on gear than actually taking pictures and getting better as a photographer.

Those digital rev videos are always a joy to watch when they showcase those situations.