In 2009, Canon launched a camera that started to change what the public thought of point-and-shoot cameras. It was called the Canon S90 — it was fantastic in so many ways. I wrote about it before starting the Phoblographer for Photography Bay, and it was the first time that a camera this special had been announced. The S90 had a large sensor for a fixed lens digital camera, an f2 aperture, a zoom lens, and a ring around the lens to mimic the feeling of a lens aperture. This little camera changed everything — and most people reporting on cameras these days don’t understand how significant it was.
