Review on 📷 Canon PowerShot N2 Black: The Ultimate Compact Camera for Stunning Shots by Tat Lousteau

I have a large Canon DSLR but wanted something tiny that I could easily take with me anywhere without taking up space, especially if it gets stuck in my diaper bag or purse, and I really wanted something that that holds photos better than a regular cellphone, giving me prints to hold on to instead of grainy shots. That's when I came across the Canon PowerShot N2. I first saw the cheaper price of the regular N, but who could resist the N2 with its ability to completely flip the screen for an instant selfie camera? Hello social networks! But I digress. When the camera arrived it was actually smaller than I imagined. I have very small hands and they are literally the size of my palm. It's still a fairly heavy camera, though, which some might find difficult to hold (especially with small knobs, but more on that later). In selfie mode, I could really see how hard it can be to hold. When the box is opened, it contains the camera, instruction manual, USB cable, wall charger, battery and lanyard. You have to buy a microSD card as with any camera and in my opinion you get a pretty big card for storing photos. As for the camera itself, on the front is the lens, the zoom, a ribbed circular area that lines up squarely with the front of the camera, the shutter, a silver ring that sits flush between the lens and the zoom, and the Lightning. On one side of the camera is a power button, a playback button to view your photos/videos, while on the other side is an auto to creative mode toggle, a button to connect the device via Wi-Fi, a Power cord socket (which I find a little tricky to open and is held in place by a thin piece of material that makes me feel like I might break it if I go too far). At the bottom of the camera is a battery cover and a microSD card slot. The back of the camera is just a large touchscreen. There are also strap cutouts on either side of the camera to better protect your chances of accidentally dropping the small camera. Possibility. You must first set up Wi-Fi on your camera and it will ask for a password. After that you need to download the Canon app but note there is a new app! I downloaded the one listed in the user guide and when I opened the app it told me there was a new version of the app so I downloaded it. It's called Canon Camera Connect. Once you do this and open the app, the camera will automatically connect to your phone. If your camera was off by the time the app started, just press the power button again and press the connect button again. This feature has worked flawlessly for me and I use it all the time! I have a newborn and this makes it so easy to send pictures of her to family members without having to connect a camera or memory card to the computer first! I like it! The N2 is also similar to all Powershot cameras and has two modes to switch. The first is the automatic mode, which automatically adapts to the "theme". It automatically finds the subject and focuses on it, causing the camera to automatically change its settings for the right image. For example, if it "sees" a face, it focuses on the face and switches to portrait mode. This works fairly well, but I still get blurry shots, or if someone moves it blurs them out, and that's especially true for indoor shots in low light. I recently took a photo of my niece unwrapping her birthday presents and it was in low light, with a fireplace on one side and a lit Christmas tree on the other. Some of the shots were taken in low light and her movements were blurry, but the fire and tree looked great and other in-car shots found her face, switched to portrait mode and used the flash to brighten everything up. I noticed that at this point when the flash was used, the camera took a second to take a picture, meaning her hands are a bit blurry when opening the presents compared to a still picture. However, you can be in automatic mode and change your settings! Just press the function button below to switch between portrait, low light, fisheye, toy camera, program (where you can choose your own settings), etc. When you switch to creative mode, the camera will automatically take a photo that you just want captured and split into different "creative" images. It quickly shows you everything he's done to the photo like making it lighter, cropping it, putting it in a vinaigrette, making it black and white, etc. It saves all the photos he's creatively taken. in a Paket. So when you come back to watch it, you'll have to double click on the top photo to see all the results. I was attracted by the screen of this device, and most likely everyone will like that you can move it up or down at an angle. This is perfect for photographing flowers from low ground or photographing treetops and more! As I said, what I like the most is the ability to pop up and turn it into a selfie camera. This automatically puts it into selfie portrait mode, and all you have to do is flip the camera to snap a quick photo of you and your friends. I literally had so many people come up to me asking me how I got this camera when they saw me taking selfies with me and my kid or husband. You can also, before I forget, enable the touch shutter option. That's great, but you lose the ability to "focus" on what you want to focus on the first time. Without selecting it, you can touch the screen with your face or whatever you want the camera to focus on. Once you've enabled the touchscreen shutter option (in Settings), touching an object will only take one photo. I actually used the ring shutter to focus and then touched the touchscreen to take a picture. And you might be wondering what that's all about, but until you pick up the camera you won't understand just how tiny this lock ring really is. I found that I could place my tiny finger on the side of the groove in the lock ring and press down slightly to allow the flash to find the subject and focus, but I had a hard time pressing down all the way to take the photo. . Ironically, I can do better in selfie mode, but keeping it in normal mode is a bit tricky. I find my sweet spot to get the camera to take a picture, all the way down, in the dead center of the lock ring. That's why I activated the touchscreen shutter. I'll figure out how to take pictures with the lock ring sooner or later, I guess I just need more practice. But for those of you with big fingers, a screen shutter might work best. Also note that the N2 can take selfies with the touchscreen fully reclined, while the cheaper version of the N can't as the screen doesn't fully emerge. In terms of battery life, I recommend getting an extra battery. However, I find that the battery lasts several shots well. For the first few days I charged it, I used a wall charger I kept in a wall outlet for easy plugging in electronics and left it overnight to fully charge. When I unplug the camera in the morning I find that it was only half charged and died after a few hours of little use. I swapped out my charger with the wall charger that came with it and to my surprise I'm still fully charged on day 5! Again, I didn't use it much in those five days, but I still deleted photos, used it for my niece's birthday party, took selfies, browsed photos, etc., and the battery still held a charge. Again, I recommend getting an extra for longer photo adventures. I've had great shots with it and I'm glad it's portable enough to take with me wherever I go. Just watch your settings and realize it's a dot and don't shoot with a DSLR. So don't expect perfect shots every time you click the shutter button. I only gave four stars because it's so hard to pull the shutter, but other than that it's the perfect camera for camping, traveling, or capturing your child's every move and sending tons of photos to family members who might be tickled or don't... you like because your kid poops like that.