Alternatives to powershot A70?
SO I am buying a camera for my father and ave settled with te Powershot A70. Seems like the best camera in its price category. But of course there could be something I missed...
Anone have any experience with the camera or wants to recommend something else tha costs about the same as the A70?
Anone have any experience with the camera or wants to recommend something else tha costs about the same as the A70?
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And I have two friends who own this model and they've had nothing but great things to say about it (rich color, ease-of-use, OS X/iPhoto compatibility, good optical zoom, small and comfortable to use, great-looking photos, etc.).
Not to mention, the latest issue of Macworld gives the Canon Powershot A70 (along with a model by Pentax and another one by Panasonic) special notice in a sidebar (in a feature article on digital photography) entitled "Our Favorite Digital Cameras"
From the one-paragraph write-up:
This 3.2 megapixel camera comes with a full suite of manual contals and an autofocus illuminator for focusing in low light. It also supports conversion lenses and an underwater case.
And they proceed to give it a four-and-a-half mice rating.
In short, no...I have no alternatives.
Get the A70 and be done with it.
Also consider the Nikon 3100 and the Olympus stylus 300.
the Nikon just had a $50 CDN price drop, includes rechargeables, and has a two year warranty.
The Olympus is a weather resistant alloy body, very small, and includes a L-ion battery system. It is however about $100 CDN more than the A70.
We definitely have the most traffic in on the A70, but most leave with something else when shown the alternatives.
Originally posted by gorebug
The Olympus is a weather resistant alloy body, very small, and includes a L-ion battery system. It is however about $100 CDN more than the A70.
I'm not a fan of the Olympus cameras. I have the C-3030(I know, old model) and controls are less than good. I have to, when changing the default settings, change them one at a time. By this I mean change a setting, close all the menus, and then change another one.
Also, the mode wheel is very loose. Whenever I want to go to photo mode it slips at goes to A/something/something.
Other than that, it's good. I like the Powershots(Canon) better, though. I plan on getting an S45 soon.
Originally posted by CubeDude
I like the Powershots(Canon) better, though. I plan on getting an S45 soon.
I love Canon cameras. I've had a PowerShot S10 for three years.
I'm getting the Sony V1 in a few weeks.
It's way more camera than I need, but I figure that I'll grow into it.
Edit: Take that scaryscriptthatkeepsmefromstealingyourpics!
Originally posted by Cake
I love Canon cameras. I've had a PowerShot S10 for three years.
I'm getting the Sony V1 in a few weeks.
It's way more camera than I need, but I figure that I'll grow into it.
You need to find another image, or download it and host it somewhere else. You can't use images from that server.
edit* 150 yards seems kind of too far, I guess but it was FAR.
Originally posted by Cake
I love Canon cameras. I've had a PowerShot S10 for three years.
I'm getting the Sony V1 in a few weeks.
It's way more camera than I need, but I figure that I'll grow into it.
That is some SLICK image protection ... how did they do that?
Originally posted by the cool gut
That is some SLICK image protection ... how did they do that?
Probably just uses the referrer field of the standard HTTP request. All HTTP requests include a referrer ie, the page the person was last on. The dpreview script probably just looks at that and if the referrer isn't at dpreview.com it serves up the other image.