{"id":11153,"date":"2019-11-02T13:06:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T13:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/?p=11153"},"modified":"2019-11-02T13:06:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T13:06:04","slug":"trying-out-a-canon-sx-540-blogvember-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/trying-out-a-canon-sx-540-blogvember-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Trying out a Canon SX 540 – #blogvember 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over a year ago I started looking for a new camera<\/a>. A few weeks ago I finally bought one. The compromise was the lack of a view finder.<\/p>\n

I used the camera for a week then sent it back. The first time I’ve every done that!<\/p>\n

There was a lot to like about it. It was the same size as my old PowerShot SX10 IS. Fitted in its case but was lighter.<\/p>\n

Some of the photos I took were as good as I<\/strong> could hope for. I don’t really think or know much about photography. The idea was to have a zoom for when things were to far away for my phone.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately the lack of a view finder made taking photos completely hit or miss. Even in fairly dull days I couldn’t see through the screen. When the zoom was out this got worse. I pointed half-depressed the shutter to hopefully focus and clicked! This was too auto even for me.<\/p>\n

So back it went. I am now trying to make my mind up about an alternative that suits my budget. I’ve not had much luck reading reviews which seem to be aimed at a more technical reader and not really opinionated. If there was a SX 540 with a view finder I’d get that.<\/p>\n

This post was inspired by Andrew Canion’s Blogvember Prompt List<\/a>. <\/em>This arrived in micro.blog at he same time as #mbnov, microblogvember<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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