Welcome to a new decade! And what better way to kick it off than with some compact camera loveliness in the shape of a Canon Powershot S90.

Marianne at Busy Making Other Plans has an S90 on trial and loves it. Though it didn’t begin that way,

I must admit that when I received the Canon Powershot S90 for my trial, I was initially a little bit disappointed that it wasn’t, say the 1Ds MkIII, and kind of cursed myself for saying that I’d be happy to trial compacts as well. But funnily enough, within 5 minutes of playing with the S90 on Christmas Eve when I (quite fittingly!) received it, I did a complete 180 and was absolutely blown over.”

As an owner of a G11 Marianne was able to do quite a bit of ‘compare and contrast’, which was favourable to the S90. She was a big fan of the ‘two click-stopped direct control rings,

one of which is at the base of the lens and is SO very satisfying to use – from setting the aperture to any other functions you might want to assign to it.”

When it comes to her conclusion it is all about the joy of a compact with full manual control and RAW ability.

And, in case you were wondering on the possibilities this affords, head to the Canon Digital Photography Forums – Show us your best with an S90.

This is just a selection, plenty more on show in the entire thread.