Author Topic: Canon Powershot series (Read 262 times)

LePaul · « **on:** June 11, 2007, 05:27:06 PM »

BestBuy had a sale so I picked up a Powershot A560 over the weekend Its quite a leap forward from my Sony Mavica FD-71...that stores pictures on a floppy diskette.

So going from 1/10 a megapixel to 7.1mp is pretty significant

I thought starting small would be wise, before jumping into the $300-500 range.

One issue Im running into...the focus isnt always good. Since Im using the camera to document the R2 Project, the shiney aluminum seems to be throwing off the IR Auto Focus

Anyone had similar issues with the Canon Powershots?

Next purchase...rechargeable AA batteries, this thing is a power monster.

Grayeagle · « **Reply #1 on:** June 12, 2007, 02:22:43 AM »

its got a manual mode -evil grin-

..can actually . . you know .. focus it

I know ..its scary how many cool toys they have, just playin with the lil rotary doo-hicky up top and runnin thru the options it can do some really cool things.

I like the video ... with sound ..it will do

-Frank aka GE
(and a 1G card ..sheesh ..does anyone really take 540 hi-res pix?)

eskimo2 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 12, 2007, 06:21:05 AM »

I bought 10 of the A530 models for my school. It’s the same thing only 5 MP and only 10 fps in the 640x480 movie mode, etc. The only times I’ve ever seen them not take a focused picture is when students press the shutter button all the way down in one motion. Remember to press it halfway, wait for the little green focus box to appear on the R2 part that you want in focus, and then press the rest of the way. Low light and camera shake could be an issue too; best solved with more light or a tripod. If you are going to shoot a lot in your work area, install a bunch of cheap lights.

One of my students just bought an A560 on sale for $170; that’s a heck of a lot of camera for that price. Your camera has a great 15 fps 640x480 movie mode. Use it, you will be impressed.

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #3 on:** June 12, 2007, 08:47:00 AM »

I've had the 530 and I was quite happy with it. It was a really easy camera to use. Now I have the D300 which produces slightly better images because of its optics. But the difference with regular optics isn't really that much.

Of course with the D-series you can really invest in optics with great results.