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Today I had a valuable reminder that sometimes you do not need to spend heaps of money on that SLR Camera, the expensive lens, the filters and the tripod in order to get a great photo.

I went up to Mt Field National Park again today with a friend – she has not been there before. I went up with every intention to shoot 3 different waterfalls in preparation for a calendar I wanted to publish. I also wanted a couple of portrait pictures for this website & publicity.

I handed her my Canon Powershot G3. This was my first “serious” Camera, and was one of the most expensive Digital point & shoots you could buy before just purchasing a DSLR, and I used it religiously until the purchase of my EOS 400D in 2008.

After taking a photo of the friend to show her the sort of picture I was after, She took a couple of shots and we continued on our journey. We had an enjoyable day exploring the National Park – though I always seem to run out of time to do what I want to do there.

Now at home going through my photos from today, my friends portrait photos are quite easily the best photos taken today in comparison to my batch. Composition was just what I wanted, but more importantly the colour, exposure, white balance and sharpness were just sensational. Also being one of the first Canon cameras supporting RAW image format, It allowed me to do some work in post to make the minor adjustments.

Which all goes to show that the Camera from 2002 can still take just as nice a picture as an DSLR can. It certainly got my attention, and I will most definitely be putting this camera back in my kit bag along with the DSLR for those times  when I don’t really need the DSLR for whatever reason. I just wish it was more than 4 megapixels…

Bottom Line: you may have a great whizz bang DSLR camera, but have a second look at your old point and shoot that you don’t use any more. pick it up, shoot with it. What you may have learned from your new camera may give you some surprises from your old.

Now, I need to get my 1.3 Megapixel Kodak DC215 Point & Shoot back of the parents to see what I can do with that….