My Amateur Art & Photo Blog

Although the   Canon PowerShot SX 230HS   has been out for few months I still see from my Google stats that a lot of people are wanting to know how good the zoom on this little P&S really is. Well I had the opportunity in downtown Boston the other day to try and hopefully answer that. Zoom - Custom House While passing by the Marriott Custom House Hotel I thought a wide angle shot of this towering building would best capture the vastness of it's height with the overcast skies behind adding some interest. However, having the option to zoom in on the face of the buildings clock using the x14 zoom of the SX 230HS was a option that I can also very much appreciate. Of course I'm sure any DSLR with a half decent zoom lens would have this shot beaten hands down with less noise but as most photographers can appreciate I don't like lugging a large DSLR body and 300mm lens everywhere I go. So in conclusion, I think there will always be a place fo...

Spuggie The sparrows were attacking our bird feeder this morning, this little spuggie took prime position before he fought off the competition. Taken with the Pentax K200d, handheld with MF using my Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG APO Macro Telephoto Zoom Lens , cropped for square and contrast adjusted in post processing.

Black Helicopter If you thought black helicopters were following around Boston today, relax you're not in a Martin Scorsese movie it isn't the government after you. This helicopter is part of Tall Ships week in Boston and I was lucky to catch this on overhead at lunch today. Taken with the Canon PowerShot SX230HS at a fully extended x14 zoom and cropped in post processing to fill the frame.

Inflight Zoom I'm stretching the limits of my Canon P&S with today's photo of a American Airlines flight out of Boston's Logan Airport. This is shot from the ground in Medford, Ma which is apparently in Logan's flight path. Pretty impressive for a handheld P&S shooter don't you think? Taken with the Canon PowerShot SX230HS at 14X zoom cropped for aspect, no other post processing.