As an early Christmas present to myself, I recently ordered a new camera, a Canon PowerShot S90. My fiancee got a new bicycle, now well outnumbering my own, so I figured a self-present was justified. Before ordering I debated a lot between the S90 and several other options, namely the Canon G11 and Panasonic Lumix LX-3. The full debate and the rationale for that type of camera (high end point-and-shoot, as opposed to a cheaper point-and-shoot, DSLR, or 3/4) will have to be the subject of a longer future post. However, it came today, and—damn—am I impressed already. First of all, it only took two hours to fully charge, is tiny, has an amazing screen, solid looking menu system, and worked right off the bat downloading to my Mac (Linux will be the big test later). But, what about the real deal? How’s it shoot?

In a word: Incredibly.

Freshly armoured Sergeant Titus and battle brother await reinforcements arriving from the background!

Click on the photos for the true glory to show through.

I think those look pretty good, and that’s without doing anything except autocorrecting the white balance afterward. No adjusted shutter speed, timer & stand, lightbox, or anything. By the time I get all that set, I’ll have to have learned to paint much better for the minis to do the photos justice! Expect many more pics to show up in this blog from now on. Awesomesauce!