Guest steggyD Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 I looked up an old post. Go, you got your camera from this place? [url="http://www.amphotoworld.com/default.asp"]http://www.amphotoworld.com/default.asp[/url] Service any good there? I'm looking at the canon powershot A610, and they have a hell of a cheap price there. Only $236. Anyone know if that camera is any good? [url="http://www.amphotoworld.com/product.asp?id=cnpsa610"]http://www.amphotoworld.com/product.asp?id=cnpsa610[/url] Any personal experience with it? All of the reviews I read are pretty good. I just need something like this that can go from fully automatic to manual. I'm an experienced photographer on a pre-digital era camera, so I don't like cameras doing all of the work for me. However, my wife is not so experienced. But I can't afford those nice $1000 cameras. So, I was thinking of getting something like this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85fanwilkes Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 If you want something with good quality pictures but a cheap camera the Kodak easy share is fun and easy to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 FUCK THAT PLACE dont but it there i did order it there... they then sent me an email saying "we need to confirm something about your order, please call us" then they try to sell you a $20 baterry for like $90, when you turn down all of thier overpriced bullshit... they say "oh, were sorry, your item is on back order, it will be 4-6 weeks before it arrives.." and appearently thats there scam.. according to the feedback i have seen.. dont but there.. they ahve two sites, both offer sick ass prices, that one is blue layout the other is a green layout... both located in new york.. butterfly phot is cool, b & h photo world is great.. new egg is cool.. just avoid that place... you will never get the camera.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notorious Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Ya, be aware of to good to be true prices.. always a catch. I read an article not to long ago (will try to dig it up) about someone doing research on all these online camera sellers and most were like GB described.. Basically any camera shop in NY or even IL, be careful. They try to sell you on accessories/warranties/etc.. if you dont buy, then they dont care. Places were open for business one month, gone the next. Selling refurbs, returns, open boxes.. as new in the box cameras. My g/f is looking into buying a cam also.. she wants a small compact camera so it can fit nicely in her purse. So if there is a "kodak" moment, we'll have a camera handy.. rather than wishing we brought the cam but didnt because it's so damn big. We've narrowed it down to one of these... (leaning towards the casio) [url="http://www.fujifilm.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/digitalZ1Overview.jsp?item=I833663&dbid=833663&urltype=overview&NavBarId=I833663"]http://www.fujifilm.com/JSP/fuji/epartners...avBarId=I833663[/url] [url="http://www.dpreview.com/news/0506/05060901casio_exs500.asp"]http://www.dpreview.com/news/0506/05060901casio_exs500.asp[/url] [url="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml;jsessionid=UWTTC3HA4O3OLFW4FBBHWEMW1YUEK4L4?pq-path=7113&pq-locale=en_US&_requestid=14897"]http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jht...requestid=14897[/url] Dont think you can go wrong with canon though, always hear good things about them.. seems to be a popular camera; [url="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/read_opinions.asp?prodkey=canon_a610"]http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/read_opini...dkey=canon_a610[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAYCAT Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 I have a casio exilim 3.2 mega pixel 3x zoom. Comes with cradle to charge,and has usb hookup. Small enough you can put it in your shirt pocket. Been happy with it so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steggyD Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Ok, gobengals. Thanks so much for the warning. The price was too unbelievable. I have bought from B&H. I used to buy film, paper and all my other photo supplies there. I actually can stop by their store one day and pick up the camera if I choose. Save delivery fees. Since I can't save the money, I may drop down to the A520. I'll have to wait and see how all the money gets allocated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MULLY Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 I've got this.....in the Japanese version. [url="http://tinyurl.com/3wctn"]http://tinyurl.com/3wctn[/url] 7.1 Megapixels and it fits right in you pocket. Takes great photos. The photo of my and my wife in my sig was taken with it. MULLY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scales Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 5.1 mega pixels and it's 13/16th's of an inch thick. [url="http://www.laptops4me.com/product_info.php/products_id/10959"]clicky[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 [quote name='steggyD' post='218678' date='Feb 15 2006, 09:48 AM']I looked up an old post. Go, you got your camera from this place? [url="http://www.amphotoworld.com/default.asp"]http://www.amphotoworld.com/default.asp[/url] Service any good there? I'm looking at the canon powershot A610, and they have a hell of a cheap price there. Only $236. Anyone know if that camera is any good? [url="http://www.amphotoworld.com/product.asp?id=cnpsa610"]http://www.amphotoworld.com/product.asp?id=cnpsa610[/url] Any personal experience with it? All of the reviews I read are pretty good. I just need something like this that can go from fully automatic to manual. I'm an experienced photographer on a pre-digital era camera, so I don't like cameras doing all of the work for me. However, my wife is not so experienced. But I can't afford those nice $1000 cameras. So, I was thinking of getting something like this one.[/quote] the main thing i always look at is OPTICAL zoom, the digital zoom is essentially photoshop and just blows the image up. optical is the only real zoom, that one only had 4x, but depending what your taking photos of that might be plenty if they are mostly close up... if you are doing any landscape or distance shots, i would go to 10-12x optical... kodak and canon seem to be the best for auto/manual options.. ive got a kodak DX7590, its got all the manual settings in the worl as well as an auto setting, they just launched a new version of my camera made it a bit smaller and added 2x optical for 12x total... The Kodak P850 and P880 seem to be the ones, the 880 runs $600 from kodak so probably $500 online or ebay..its only 5.8x optical but its 8MP.... but the 850 was the first one i found.. its a 5.1 MP and a 12x optical zoom, [url="http://kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml;jsessionid=WXIMQZMNACFORFW4FBCXWEMW1YUEQ4L4?pq-path=7391&pq-locale=en_US&_requestid=592"]http://kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml;j...&_requestid=592[/url] there is also the Z7590, which was the re-launch of my exact camera with new firmware on it... kodak is also great about firmware upgrades, they email you if they update the firmware on your camera, you can download it to a SD card pop it in camera and it updates for you. P850 - $449 list price, buydig.com has it for $357, my parents just got a camera from buydig, showed up in 2 days...standard shipping.. the Z7590 you can get for about $250 beachcamera is also a great store i would shop: buydig.com beachcamera.com bhphotovideo.com or any other large name outlet, bestbuy,etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steggyD Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Ahh, so the Kodaks have full manual options also? I was reading that the Canons do, so I've been looking at those. Maybe I'll take a look at some of the Kodaks also now. I don't know how much I'll be needing a higher zoom, but can't you get telephoto lenses for the cameras? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 [quote name='steggyD' post='219178' date='Feb 16 2006, 12:27 PM']Ahh, so the Kodaks have full manual options also? I was reading that the Canons do, so I've been looking at those. Maybe I'll take a look at some of the Kodaks also now. I don't know how much I'll be needing a higher zoom, but can't you get telephoto lenses for the cameras?[/quote] yes, you can get a lens, a REAL good lens, equal to the built in zoom will run you $100-200, ebay-$100... so its typically worth it to just get it in the camera you want, some of the compact cameras cant use a zoom lens, but most can, you also would need a lens adapter for the zoom lens which is cheap but another cost.. plus a case for the lens if your camera case doesnt have one, etc... it looks like the difference between the kodak z7590 and the P850 is two sweet things..(now i want a new one) 1. image stabalization - so if your shaky the photo wont be. great for cold football games damnit! 2. RAW file types, the 7590 converts the images to jpeg and essentially compresses them, the P850 leaves them as RAW tiff files, so they are in thier original form, color, etc.. much larger files, but worth it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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