June, 2014 – Graham Miln

Excessive Zoom

I have been wanting to settle down and write something useful about the Canon PowerShot SX700 camera. My schedule has not allowed it this month. So a few recent photos will have to tide the topic over for a while.

Like most of my photos, these are untouched and straight from the camera.

Apples for sale in our local market in 6ème, Lyon
Apples for sale in our local market in 6ème, Lyon

Entrance to the marie, 6ème Lyon
Entrance to the marie, 6ème Lyon

An insect sits on the edge of a flower in the park

Larger copies of these images are available via my RSS photo feed.

Serious Zoom

The PowerShot SX700 is a point-and-shoot camera with x30 zoom. The zoom is ridiculously capable and has me convinced that x25 is probably enough.

Below are two photos. The first is taken without zoom. The second is zoomed in x30 and then cropped to a 1:1 from an 8 megapixel image; not the highest resolution the camera offers but enough for my general photos.

The camera reveals detail I could not see with my own eyes.

PowerShot SX700 without zoom
PowerShot SX700 without zoom

PowerShot SX700 zoomed x30 - 1:1 crop from 8MP image
PowerShot SX700 zoomed x30 - 1:1 crop from 8MP image