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| Thread ID: 96415 | 2009-01-09 23:51:00 | Recommend a camera #446772 | Metla (12) | PC World Chat |
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| 736811 | 2009-01-10 07:24:00 | From Consumer Online. Best budget buy Model: Canon PowerShot A470 Price: $220 Good points: Best in test for manual image quality. Very good battery life. Good auto image quality and ease of use. Good versatility and movie quality. But: (No obvious bad points.) Canon PowerShot A470 Model Model Canon PowerShot A470 Price $220 Type Compact Battery type 2x AA Ratings Overall score (%) 60 Auto image quality (/10) 5.1 Manual image quality (/10) 6.5 Ease of use (/10) 6.1 Monitor, viewfinder (/10) 4.2 Versatility (/10) 5.9 Movie quality (/10) 3.7 Flash (/10) 5.6 Battery life (/10) 10.0 Specifications Optical zoom 3.5 Megapixels (MP) 7.1 ISO range 80 - 1600 Aperture range 3 - 5.8 Zoom range 38 - 132 Shutter range 1/2000 - 15 Dimensions Dimensions (cm) 10.5 x 5.5 x 4 Weight (g) 240 Features Image stabiliser Continuous focussing Multifield focussing Spot focussing Manual focus option Time lapse shooting Water resistant Face detection Monitor Size (inches) 2.75 Twistable monitor Brightness adjustable Viewfinder Viewfinder type Video Video with sound Video format AVI Video maximum settings 640 x 480, 30 fps, 6 min Memory Memory cards SD Card Internal memory (MB) Flash Flash type Integrated Flash strength adjustable Connection for external flash Good points Best in test for manual image quality. Very good battery life. Good auto image quality and ease of use. Good versatility and movie quality. But (No obvious bad points.) :) Just bought one a couple of days ago for $A118 on special. So far can't fault it. If you're having battery trouble Metla try Sanyo Eneloop, they're a bit dearer but best by miles. |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 736812 | 2009-01-10 07:52:00 | I am interested in the camera for a child I know Metla is it still available? | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 736813 | 2009-01-10 07:56:00 | Sure is, Send me a PM if you want to discuss it further. | Metla (12) | ||
| 736814 | 2009-01-10 07:56:00 | From Consumer Online. Best budget buy Model: Canon PowerShot A470 Price: $220 Good points: Best in test for manual image quality. Very good battery life. Good auto image quality and ease of use. Good versatility and movie quality. But: (No obvious bad points.) Canon PowerShot A470 Model Model Canon PowerShot A470 Price $220 Type Compact Battery type 2x AA Ratings Overall score (%) 60 Auto image quality (/10) 5.1 Manual image quality (/10) 6.5 Ease of use (/10) 6.1 Monitor, viewfinder (/10) 4.2 Versatility (/10) 5.9 Movie quality (/10) 3.7 Flash (/10) 5.6 Battery life (/10) 10.0 Specifications Optical zoom 3.5 Megapixels (MP) 7.1 ISO range 80 - 1600 Aperture range 3 - 5.8 Zoom range 38 - 132 Shutter range 1/2000 - 15 Dimensions Dimensions (cm) 10.5 x 5.5 x 4 Weight (g) 240 Features Image stabiliser Continuous focussing Multifield focussing Spot focussing Manual focus option Time lapse shooting Water resistant Face detection Monitor Size (inches) 2.75 Twistable monitor Brightness adjustable Viewfinder Viewfinder type Video Video with sound Video format AVI Video maximum settings 640 x 480, 30 fps, 6 min Memory Memory cards SD Card Internal memory (MB) Flash Flash type Integrated Flash strength adjustable Connection for external flash Good points Best in test for manual image quality. Very good battery life. Good auto image quality and ease of use. Good versatility and movie quality. But (No obvious bad points.) :) Very good battery life? OMG i have a A550 and can only have about half an hour standby time till its completely out of battery. i was gonna buy a A450 and i guess thats battery life is better?*sigh* should of got the A450...(i got the A550 a year ago though, must be a very old model( the a A450 was already getting out of date when i was gonna get the A550) |
pcuser7895 (12979) | ||
| 736815 | 2009-01-10 10:37:00 | Looks perfect, The fact she can pick a colour should seal the deal. Cheers. Well if your kids hadn't been attacking me I'd have whipped it out for a quick pic. :D Have they got those handstands perfected yet?? Only afterwards I realised yours was the one place I didn't get a pic of the people I visited. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 736816 | 2009-01-10 11:08:00 | Pity I didn't get a photo of you doing handstands in my lounge......:D I'll send you a couple of the pics i took. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 736817 | 2009-01-10 16:57:00 | Bought the wife a camera a year ago, it doesn't suit so I'm looking to get her a new one. (selling the current one for $70 if anyone is interested, been used about twice, its a pink Samsung S630, 6mp) Whats wrong with the Samsung? I'm curious because two of my friends have the S630's, no problems except that they had to use Eneloop AA's (normal AA rechargeables did not last). The only recommendation I can give is for the Canon IXUS, but its probably over your budget. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 736818 | 2009-01-10 19:28:00 | I wouldn't touch a camera that doesn't take AA's as I spend a fair amount of time in the back blocks and want to be able to swap out batteries from my other devices if I need to like my head torch or my gps there's a lot to be said for having all your devices take the same batty | gary67 (56) | ||
| 736819 | 2009-01-10 20:28:00 | The problem with AA's is unless we managed to get a set that cost 20 odd dollars they ran out within a dozen photo's, the death-knell was when the batteries died halfway though singing the boy happy birthday, didn't even get to the blowing out of the candles. In comparison both my cameras that run on an inbuilt Li-po battery go for months at a time without needing a charge and can quite easily take a couple hundred shots with no indicated battery run down. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 736820 | 2009-01-10 20:29:00 | I usually get between 300-400 shots on my fuji between battery charges and it's not a small camera | gary67 (56) | ||
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