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Alternatives to the Canon S90 nostalgic mode.

Started Jun 13, 2017 | Discussions thread
Chaplain Mark
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Re: Alternatives to the Canon S90 nostalgic mode.

Nihiruneko wrote:

Hi everyone, sorry for solliciting you for such a nerdy question on my first post !
My Canon S90 point n shoot camera is getting old, it has a big dust spot on the sensor so I guess I'll have to change it and buy another (cheap) pns camera...
The only concern I have, is that I really like that grainy black n white "nostalgic mode" (there are a few topics on the subject on this board, that's how I ended up here, but they are all from around 2010.)
My question is : do you know if any of the new models on the market have a similar scenery mode ? Thanks for reading me, and for your suggestions !

(oh, and one pic taken today with the good old S90 for illustration :

In the current Canon point-and-shoots, there are Toy Camera mode, monochrome and soft-focus modes, etc.

You could try Toy Camera mode,  and crop out (in-camera) the vignetted corners and edges of Toy Camera  mode shots.

Another  way to (sort-of) emulate the grainy black-and-white effect of your trusty  S90, would be to shoot in monochrome mode, at a higher, say, 1200 ISO.

Another possible method could be to shoot in monochrome at a wider angle, then crop in-camera to emulate graininess.

All of this accomplished in-camera, of course, given your desire to avoid post-processing on a computer or smartphone.

You probably will be delighted with the image quality and low-light performance of the current Canon PowerShot cameras,  they are very powerful.

Good luck, and please let us know how it goes..!!

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