Today officially in this district is the second return to school day which is a bit different from the norm because usually we would not go back until the first full week in September but with losing a fair bit of studying due to Covid last term and the Queen's Coronation extra day's holiday, the 2021/2 timetable has been rejigged.
The art dept brings a new thing for this term that bridges the gap for when we are out and about exploring and part of the origins of this blog is photography.
The Canon SX 10 IS is an unusual camera that starts with having a fixed 28 to 560mm (in 35 film terms) zoom lens which is rare even within the so-called Super Zooms speciality companies such as Tamron and Sigma make as extras meaning without changing a lens you can tackle practically any subject you might wish to.
The other thing is not just are the focal lengths marked on the barrel but the mode selector allows both Aperture and Shutter priority auto exposure as well as full manual for more creative control using that lens to say blur out distant objects or waterfalls.
You will note it even has a hotshoe for a Canon Speed-lite flashgun like a DSLR has.
The rear panel isn't especially complicated for all that but it has both an electronic viewfinder like a DSLR with in effect a miniscreen fitted you view through but also a fully tilting screen that helps taking pictures at awkward angles so you can see where the lens really is pointing.
This means you can use it in effect as a mirrorless dslr with no "mirror slam" when taking pictures where you don't want to be heard.
It's a few years old so its resolution is only 10 megapixels but that is more than adequate for printing out to A3 size (and frankly most websites compress the image quality to increase the uploading time) and uses the easily found AA batteries.
It just lends itself to days out when having everything at hand speeds up taking good pictures and weighs less than my Minolta XD7 did with the 75 to 150 F4 zoom fitted.
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