Since buying my Canon PowerShot A460 some time ago (see my blog entry from a year ago on digital photography) I have found myself reaching for my diminutive camera almost every time I want to take a picture, for whatever reason (travel, family, art, business).
The Canon Digital Rebel - a much more sophisticated camera (or which I paid roughly 8 times more) has lain neglected in its black case in a corner of my office, losing battery power. Tsk, tsk.
I picked up the Rebel recently to do some simple flash photography, and felt that nasty "uh oh" feeling - the feeling I get when I am unfamiliar with a piece of equipment. You know what I mean. Nothing seems to ring any bells. Panic. Don't know what button to press.
Back to the manual, I guess.
We had been good pals right before I got the PowerShot. I had a little system for taking pictures outdoors, which was to take 3 shots of everything, bracketing 1/2 stop in either direction. What got me using the smaller camera so frequently was that I found the PowerShot was so dead-on in its exposure, it was a huge time saver. Why fiddle with controls when your little automatic camera can do it for me? (I know the answer - because the Rebel gives me more flexibility - but the lazy part of me just wants to take the shot).
And thus the automatic camera conquers...
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