Canon Powershot A630

[Golfer]

Any info or experiences?  8MP w/ a 4x zoom sounds pretty good to me.

Canon Powershot A630

[Nilsen]

I have the A510 and it takes some damned good pictures even if it only has 3.2 MP and 4x zoom.

The one you are looking at should be even better by a good margin..

[Gunslinger]

They arent waterproof just to let you know  

I had a lower version of it and loved it.

[Golfer]

They aren't boat-proof either.  I broke mine fishing offshore from the OBX (Teaches Lair, Hatteras) in 12' seas.

I'm tired of not having a camera so I was looking for a "cheap" camera that will do the job.  Sure am glad it's a good one because it was already ordered from Amazon after I picked it out at Best Buy.  There were some other ones that I just didn't want to let myself believe that were good cameras.  They were rectangular and didn't look the part of a camera.  One was the Elph somethin' or another by Canon which there's a thread about on the board now.

Just me but I couldn't bring myself to buy one so I went with this more traditional 'look' and what I hope will be a better performer with the 8MP and 4X zoom.  Yep I judged the book by the cover

Looking forward to taking photos again.  

This is the old camera in action:

(Good lord I have a lot of crap on PH!)

Maumee River


Day before the camera died:


Yours truly the day before the camera died:



Mountains near Las Vegas:


Same mountain, different time:


Mama and papa duck:


What happens when 3 girls with lots of their parents money want to go to myrtle beach?

[Debonair]

Originally posted by Gunslinger
They arent waterproof just to let you know  

I had a lower version of it and loved it.

I'm not sure it is true for this particular model, but i know Canon makes an underwater housing for some of their P&Ss for a reasonable price (about $400 iirc).  Much better than the throw away jobs or the D50 + $5k housing IMO.  Alternativley a Nikonos V can be had pretty cheap these days

[BlueJ1]

Golfer did you get it? If you did Id like to know your thoughts on it. I'll be purchasing this model tomorrow.

[Golfer]

I made another thread BlueJ.  I'm pleased with it.  I haven't had it but for a couple days but it's easy to use and very capable.

I bought 2 1GB Sandisk memory cards for $17.99 each off of Amazon.com.  Hope to have lots of fun with it!

[xrtoronto]

Originally posted by Golfer
What happens when 3 girls with lots of their parents money want to go to myrtle beach?

ummm...I think I like the one in the red...


btw, nice shots golfer:aok

[RTR]

What happens when 3 girls with lots of their parents money want to go to myrtle beach?

Dangit!

God smote me with being a helicopter Pilot!

Golfer's got beaches and bikinis, and what do I get?

Muskeg and swamp-donkeys!

It ain't fair I tells ya!;)

cheers,
RTR

[MrRiplEy[H]]

One thing to remember when shopping for digital cameras is that the amount of megapixels tells _nothing_ about the picture quality. It's all marketing jargon.

Just as in any camera the optics have a decisive effect to the result. I.e. don't buy a digital camera with 100 megapixels and a lense large as a button expecting you'll get fine pictures.

[Debonair]

if the focal plane is large & the pixels are too, you could get some real beauties from a small diameter lens & 100 megapixel chip.  
my roleiflex w/ 75mm f/3.5 Zeiss lens makes tack sharp 6x6 negatives.

[Fishu]

Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
One thing to remember when shopping for digital cameras is that the amount of megapixels tells _nothing_ about the picture quality. It's all marketing jargon.

Just as in any camera the optics have a decisive effect to the result. I.e. don't buy a digital camera with 100 megapixels and a lense large as a button expecting you'll get fine pictures.

Are you sure about that? Take a look at this camera: Seitz 6x17 Digital

Whopping 160 mpix!
The lens looks like a button on the body...

It's "handheld" too!