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S120- An Almost Forgotten Gem

Started 8 months ago | User reviews thread
redtailboas Regular Member • Posts: 420
Re: S120- An Almost Forgotten Gem
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XauMasala wrote:

My wife has an s120 that works perfectly. It is a great camera and very robust. It has received many drops and bumps and still works.
But she believes that the current cameras should improve a lot compared to one of so many years.
I've been looking at the current G9x, G7x and G5x and the specs aren't much better except for the 1-inch sensor and DIGIC processor. I don't know if she will notice a significant improvement with a G9x, G7x or G5x. The question is, is it worth spending the money for a new camera of these having an excellent s120?

Probably not. Honestly except for the optical zoom a modern phone camera will do a similar or better SOOC job in most situations.

If shooting a lot of low light then the 1" can help in comparison to the S120. Even then, the night modes on Pixel cameras are very impressive and if get something like Pixel 6 Pro have a 4x optical.

Of course a phone can't replace that feel of holding a real camera. Not sure how much she values that. I keep my G7X mark 1 just for that even though I use my Pixel 6a for all shooting, I can't seem to let go of my G7X.

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