On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 06:11:14PM +0100, Doofus wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > >On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 03:31:51PM +0200, Mitja Podreka wrote: > > > > > >>Katipo wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for > >>>recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and > >>>models they'd be prepared to recommend. > >>> > >>> > >>I have long and pleasing experience with Canon PowerShot A60/70/80 > >> > >> > > > >I have been very happy with my powershot A80 as well. Nice little > >camera with some great pro features and some little tricks that > >really can help. I'm not at my machine right now so I can't send it, > >but there is a great review tutorial by a die-hard canon hater. I'll > >send later. > > > >A > > > > > I also have a Canon A80 and concur with Mitja and Andrew. I suspect it > may be out of production now(?) I've seen an A95 in the shops though. > The point is you'll be pressed to find anything better than the > PowerShot series in the same price bracket. Reading a few online reviews > should confirm that for you. I've had over a year of flawless digital > photography now (that's the equipment I'm talking about, not the > photographer ;O)
To follow up my previous comments, here is the link I mentioned: http://albert.achtung.com/cameras/A80/ pretty good review and information. here are some of my general ideas about cameras: 1. go for a camera that uses standard batteries. The A80 uses 4 AAA batteries. This is great because if you don't have a charger along or whatever, you can find them just about anywhere in a pinch. 2. avoid proprietary formats... this is obvious, though I don't think there are many out there... Nikon? maybe 3. I think most camera's do this, but a standard memory card is great because they're easy to find, cheap etc. Oh, and its definitely worth it to buy a couple of memory cards right off the bat. get some big ones. they're great. 4. There's more to a camera than just its megapixel's different chips handle different sizes in different ways. the above link goes into this in some detail. 5. IMO, you've gotta have a fully manual setting, even if you never think you'll use it, I find that the cost of bad shots in a digital camera (free!) really encourage experimentation... the A80 does all this... that's it for my fanboy A80 comments. cheers A > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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