Digi Cam for Christmas
I am going to be asking for a digital camera for my christmas present (its good to still be young 
) and I was wondering if for the price of the Canon A40 if there was a better camera for that price.
I am looking for a camera that will take good pictures and has a nice amount of features but I don't really need effects, because I can do that in photoshop. I do need a LCD and optical (or whatever its called, the old school type on film cameras) so that when its bright out I can still see.
Does anyone have any suggestions or is this the best for the price?
) and I was wondering if for the price of the Canon A40 if there was a better camera for that price.I am looking for a camera that will take good pictures and has a nice amount of features but I don't really need effects, because I can do that in photoshop. I do need a LCD and optical (or whatever its called, the old school type on film cameras) so that when its bright out I can still see.
Does anyone have any suggestions or is this the best for the price?
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Escher
It raises your sex apple by approx. 80% it's so cool.
It also takes the best photos of 4.0MP camera I have ever seen.
OH. MY. GOD.
... it is sexy.
<strong>I just bought a Leica Digilux 1.
It raises your sex apple by approx. 80% it's so cool.
It also takes the best photos of 4.0MP camera I have ever seen.
OH. MY. GOD.
... it is sexy.</strong><hr></blockquote>
If any camera raises your sex appeal by 80% then I wonder what your sex appeal started out as. Do you look like Wierd Al or something? And if you really have "sex apple" I do not know what that is nor do I want it.
Seriously though, the Leica Digilux 1 is a cool camera though it is SLIGHTLY of the price range since it cost like 800 dollars! :eek:
If you like the A40 you should also look at the Canon s200 or s230. They have fewer features but are much smaller (and I think cooler) plus the s230 takes at 3.2 megapixels.
I hate those proprietary ones like those on SONY's , Canon's cameras. Expensive. Don't last long....... can you imagine when you are taking shots outdoor and realize the batteries are drained?
At least with those camera that are using regular AA batteries I can grab some from convenient stores.
The S200 and S230 do not
<strong>At least with those camera that are using regular AA batteries I can grab some from convenient stores.</strong><hr></blockquote>
But you really wouldn't want to. Regular alkalines don't output the necessary 1.2 volts continuously as they get used up, so they're useless in digital cameras after a short while. With my old camera with persistent autofocus, alkalines would drain after taking a dozen or so photos with the flash.
On the otherhand, you can shoot a hundred photos on a single charge with the Canon lithium rechargeables. Just buy an extra and get in the habit of recharging them. That's not so hard.
Many Olympus and Fuji cameras use AA batteries too.
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But you really wouldn't want to. Regular alkalines don't output the necessary 1.2 volts continuously as they get used up, so they're useless in digital cameras after a short while. With my old camera with persistent autofocus, alkalines would drain after taking a dozen or so photos with the flash.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Did you read I mentioned NiMH based recharagable batteries? Those 1800mAH ones last for four hours when fully charged (on my Kodak DX4900, use two 'AA' batteries) or two hours on continuous use.
I have 16 of this batteries and they costs me less than 50 bucks CDN vs 80 CDN for ONE Sony/Canon proprietary last-for-one-hour Lithum-ion battery
I never said I use Alkaline batteries. They don't cut it unless in emergency cases
[ 11-27-2002: Message edited by: Leonis ]</p>
<strong>My brother's Sony Cybershot camera (the one with the very long lens) uses the proprietary battery and it last for only 1 hour :eek: </strong><hr></blockquote>
Oh, the F707? The big SLR one? I don't know about what it uses, that is a little higher-end than mine. He must just have the standard/regular battery it comes with, and for the charge to just last 1 hour.. he must be doing a lot of shooting, with flash even. If the Sony F707 only lasts him an hour, I doubt any other comparable digital SLR with the standard battery is going to last him much longer, to tell you the truth.
I'm glad you said what the case really was, that you know someone with the F707 and his battery only lasts him about an hour of use, because that's a little different than condemning all of the Sony batteries. Honestly, Sony makes great digitals, and with adequate battery for your usage patterns, most people have great experiences with them. I probably sound like some Sony-addicted weirdo, but I'm not.. I just know myself and plenty of other people who are satisfied with their Sony digitals. I mean, I sold the things. I'm just trying to say, don't discount all Sonys, just because of one person's secondhand experience with battery life. Same for Canon or Olympus or Fuji or whatever.
[ 11-27-2002: Message edited by: mac's girl ]</p>
Back when I was shopping for a digi-cam I was pretty sure that I'd get a Nikon, but instantly fell in love with the 4700 when someone asked me to teach them to use the one that they'd purchased for themselves.
Fuji has cameras in every price tier, and they use standard rechargeable AA batteries. (I spit on Sony for being so proprietary!). The camera's interface is easy to learn and it fits nicely in one hand.
One note:
I bought my camera as a grey-market product, which means that I bought a camera from a compnay selling products intended for another country. It meant that I saved about $200 over other resellers, but if I'd had to send it for a warranteed repair that the manufacturer would have likely refused to honor the warranty because the serial # would inform them that I'd purchased a camera meant for another market. See, they charge American Consumers a premium to help offset the costs of potential warranteed repairs. So, you can save money buying grey market...but if something goes ka-flooey on the machine you're going to PAY to have it repaired.
Good luck!
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