While smartphone photography has become the norm for amatuer (and even some professional) photographers, there is still something so tactile and satisfying about classic point and click cameras.
A great entrypoint for the budding enthusiast is the Canon PowerShot SX430IS Digital Camera, currently on sale for A$299 (was $416, save $117) on Amazon.
10-20 years ago, the personal electronics market was littered with cheap and cheerful compact digital cameras that enthusiasts would update every few years as the technology got smaller and the megapixel count got bigger.
These days, the consumer camera market has more or less been split into three different camps: Highly modular professional DSLRs, action cameras like the GoPro with incredible image stabilisation, and the most popular by far: The smartphone camera.
However for newcomers who are not quite ready to make the jump to a beginners DSLR like a Canon EOS Rebel T7i or Nikon D3500, the Canon PowerShot is a perfect bridge between the compact cameras of old, and these feature rich mirrorless cameras.
The 24mm Wide-Angle lens with huge 45x optical zoom allows for extreme versatility between landscapes and portraits, stills and videos, with dynamic image stabilisation to detect and compensate for shift blur. The software is also designed to be pick-up-and-play, and making simple focus and exposure setting changes intuitive and straightforward.
With this deal likely to disappear soon, now is a great time to take that first step with the Canon PowerShot SX430IS Digital Camera.
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