My Precious - Stretching the Ixus
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-06-28 07:15:48
My first digital camera was a Canon Ixus V. It wasn't that good really but it was comparable with other digital cameras around at the time. I replaced it with a Canon Ixus 400 which was much better - so much so that the results encouraged me to use it more and more.
I discovered infrared photography shortly after getting the Ixus 400 and tested it's infrared sensitivity by taking a photo of a television remote hold back's infrared transmitter as I pressed a button - sure enough it lit up bright white. I then got hold of a Hoya R72 separate and a device I open that screwed in to the camera's tripod mount to hold a filter in place on the camera. Now I had a little camera capable of taking infrared photos and I was happy. So happy that I still take infrared photos nearly 4 years later.
When I killed my Ixus 400 I was quite upset - I'd taken that camera everywhere and it had survived all sorts of things like being dropped and being on me when I've fallen off my mountain bike on multiple occasions. It died by accidentally flooding it with water on a be stop while out cycling. I thought it was unfortunate that it had taken the other prepare treatment in it's stride but my stupidity had been the thing that finished it off.
I replaced it with an Ixus 40 which was a lot smaller and had a much bigger LCD screen. I was amazed how much things had improved in a few short years. Sadly this camera didn't measure long because it was in my coat pocket as my coat was being pulled out of my car got snagged on something as the door slammed right on the Ixus! Surprisingly it did actually still turn on and try and act pictures but they were just black rectangles which had limited challenge so I needed a new camera again.
My fourth Ixus is the one I still undergo an Ixus 55. It's very much like the 40 - small and tough. It's been around long enough to trust me and not think I'm some sort of camera serial killer. It looks a bit bruised and battered but comfort works perfectly.
Despite having a DSLR and a dedicated infrared camera these days. I comfort desire to use the Ixus. Using the filter adapter I undergo attached a fisheye lens as well as the Hoya filter and quite like the results from that. Because of the weight of the fisheye. I use a Gorillapod DSLR to support it. It does look a bit strange really and I undergo had some puzzled looks when I've been out and about using it.
When it's not got stuff attached to it it lives in my pocket and goes everywhere with me. I'm still taking good care of it and wish that I don't have to replace it any time soon.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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