Last week I decided to splurge and buy myself a new camera. I went with the Canon SX120IS point and shoot (I don't want to mess with a DSLR). So far I have been very impressed with the quality of the images it takes. The image stabilization makes the 10x optical zoom useful without needing a tripod. It does eat batteries though (I plan on getting a decent set of rechargables).

I have taken the camera flying a couple of times now, so here are a few shots. These were all taken on the full auto setting..

Pine Mountain, on the KY/VA border:

The same photo run through Photoshop..


Looking down on a B737


A crop from the image above.


Flying the King Air on a short hop to Dayton yesterday.




I really need to learn more about some of the different modes this camera offers. The main weakness I have seen so far apart from the battery requirements) is that it takes a while to transfer a 10mp shot to the SDHC card, so rapid fire shots are not really possible at that resolution.

nice pics, looks like a westjet 737

Very nice pics, Paul. I've got the previous model, the SX110IS, and find it to be a good carry-around camera, but it is a little slow and as you say, eats batteries, especially if you use the flash much (that slows it down more, too).

Fortunately I don't use the flash very often. I bought a set of the more expensive Energizer Lithium AA batteries and they seem to be holding up better. I still need to get some rechargeables though. The IS function really helps when flying..

Not sure if it was Pine Mountain specifically, but that pic reminds me of our flight up to the Dayton Airshow this year in our helo. Of course, we were a tad bit lower...looking up at that ridge line.

Neat pic.

Hello Paul!

nice set of images
I do have a SX10IS as a secondary camera and I am quite happy with it either;
I also used this baby for my first try in astrophotography recently, aiming at the moon;
quite interestingly, you can get decent moon shots with the SX10IS if you know how to use such a compact zoom cam;
keeping the ISO low, the focus set to manual and having turned digital zoom up to the full 2,4x power, the results are quite nice

so if you plan to try your cam for astrophotography, please post the results and the settings you have used

cheers and have fun with the new toy
BL

BL, lets see your Moon shots!

Rubbish Paul!

You never get any external flying shots, just press the S button!

Ah, but I was flying the 737 when I took that shot.