Old camera that feels like a film camera, the Canon Powershot G5.
Hi,
A few months back I set myself a challenge to find a cheap camera that still had a bit of 'personality' about it. After trawling through Flickr I came across the Canon Powershot G5 and bought one from Ebay for £25, still boxed with all the manuals and cd's cables etc.
Well, there's a lot to complain about with this camera, but given how old it is, released in June 2003, a few shortcomings are not surprising. Although, it does have a lot of functionality 'under the hood', such as a built in ND filter, intervalometer and can shoot in RAW. The screen is tiny but fully articulated, there's a top display and a viewfinder too. Mostly what I love about using this camera is that it reminds me of using inexpensive 35mm point and shoot cameras and I think the images it produces do have a film-like quality, albeit from the aforementioned point and shoots.....here's a few shots for you, I have made some light edits using GIMP photo editor.
All the best, and Happy New Year.
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What a neat little camera! I've been wanting a small fixed lens camera I can carry around all the time. A "no excuses, bring it" type of camera. But so many don't have viewfinders, and I just love that part of the process. We have a relatively new Canon Powershot that never gets used for that reason: no viewfinder.
This thing looks fun and those photos are really great! So film like especially in B&W, but even the color shots. 🤩 I'm surprised how much detail you get with 5mp too.
Thanks JBP.
The G5 does have a zoom lens, rather than fixed. Although, interestingly, you can remove the cowling around the lens to attach a Conversion Len Adapter, allowing you to use 58mm thread filters or, I think, a wide angle lens.
I have the adapter, but haven't got around to buying a filter for it yet.
All the best,
Nick.
Very cool. the G series has always intrigued me, but I still have never tried them. I am a fan generally of the powershots though. I have owned several and installed CHDK on them for increased functionality, though it sounds like that G5 already has the three main things I was always after on the cheaper models: Manual controls, RAW and timelapse capability. Great find! Thanks for sharing.
