I was recently on holiday and was out on the beach shooting some video with one of our HFS10 flash memory HD DV camera.  I had been filming for quite some time and decided I wanted to take some still shots, but I had left my digital compact camera back in my room (or maybe it was my wife who left it there; we still can agree on that).  No worries, I remembered that my trustyHFS10 takes a great still shot, too.

This new DV camera has a large HF CMOS sensor (8.59 megapixels) plus 10x optical zoom which combines for some great still shot opportunities.  So, without my trusty still camera on hand, I had a go at taking a few snaps with my DV.  I had confidence I would get the quality shots I wanted for three reasons: the resulting 8 megapixel images, 32GB of built-in memory to hold all my pics and the fact I was using an Canon made HD lens.  Arguably the most important part of shooting high quality photographs is the lens.  The lens technology used in our DV cameras is the same technology used in our EOS DSLR cameras. 

Considering the fact the weather was not cooperating (very overcast and gray), the colours and the detail were still vibrant and clear.  In this case, the pop-up flash helped.  We kept walking the many trails on the island looking for more photo opps until it started to rain.  We haven't created a mini-umberella accessory for our DV cameras yet, so it was time to call it a day. Before Mother Nature got in the way, I captured a few keepers.  Have a look:

Speaking of EOS, my friend and neighbor at Canon, Chris, has just introduced Australia and New Zealand to the "World of EOS ".  One of the new interactive features found at the World of EOS website is, "Photochains ".  A photochain is a growing chain of photos taken by different people, where each shot inspires the next to keep the chain alive and growing.  You really must see it to experience it.  I took one of my still shots and started my ownphotochain.  Go check it out and add one of your shots to it:  Judd's Photochain.