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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