topic Re: SWING WITH CONFIDENCE - POWERSHOT GOLF in Point & Shoot Digital Cameras

SWING WITH CONFIDENCE - POWERSHOT GOLF

ccanada — Tue, 21 May 2024 14:45:09 GMT

Let Canon Senior Innovation Designer Jon Lorentz take you through the features of the PowerShot GOLF as Canon jumps into the golf space with the power of Canon optics and image stabilization.

Re: SWING WITH CONFIDENCE - POWERSHOT GOLF

shadowsports — Tue, 21 May 2024 15:10:17 GMT

Greetings,

This looks like a really cool device. I don't play golf myself. Photo and video. Water and dust rating, 12MP, IS, range finder out to 800 yrds. This might be useful for hunters too.

Re: SWING WITH CONFIDENCE - POWERSHOT GOLF

dpsaiz — Sat, 25 May 2024 22:49:36 GMT

A buddy of mine uses the Leupold GX-2C for roughly the same price. My guess is that Canon branded a rangefinder from an established company. Rangefinders are way out of Canon's typical product line.

Re: SWING WITH CONFIDENCE - POWERSHOT GOLF

Tintype_18 — Wed, 29 May 2024 12:20:33 GMT

Takes the fun and challenge out of estimating the distance to the pin. Many courses have distances marked in some way: shrubs at a certain distance, sprinkler heads marked with the distance, etc. I pace 2-1/2 feet per 100 yards. Used that for years.

Local golf course has carts with GPS to show the needed distances.

Re: SWING WITH CONFIDENCE - POWERSHOT GOLF

kpcasey — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 01:16:47 GMT

Not sure if canon is monitoring/watching, but after using it, I have some feedback for the next firmware update if you can...
1) Have option to remove "2x" overlay on the zoomed in image. This shouldn't even be on the photo in the 1st place, almost seems like it was left over in testing or beta for QC to be sure it was zoomed in....
2) If you can, have 3 zoom levels. Keep the existing 2, but can one be added around 205mm (I think current is 410 and 820) for a few occasional close up shots of your friends teeing off on your own box?
3) In photo mode, add a horizon line (or grid via option in menu?) to quickly align the shot?

All in all, not a bad 1st shot at a new product. I'm happy I bought one. (also great for the wildlife shots while on the course) Thanks!

Been using this on my friday league the past few weeks and plan to have the laptop spewing pics in a slideshow at year end on the tv in the banquet room. 🙂

I think that's it for me right now.

Re: SWING WITH CONFIDENCE - POWERSHOT GOLF

BentleyCollins — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:18:27 GMT

Ok, thanks.