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Re: Canon A710 IS - Some pix
Well, not having any other IS to compare it to, I am extremely happy with mine. I like the S2/3 series, but needed something that could fit in my pocket. The 710A is a bit big, but then again so am I, it fits fine in my jacket and jeans pockets.
But of course, it's not perfect, after 3 months, here are the negatives:
1- Charge time for flash is like 4-5 secs. So I always have to tell people after the first picture to stay in place for subsequent ones. It's a minor annoyance.
2- The LCD is large, but relatively low rez: I've had pictures which looked tack sharp on the LCD turn out pretty blurry on the computer. I got burned a few times like that, but now I know. When it's a critical shot, I zoom in the way on playback just to make sure I don't need to take another one.
3- Pictures always turn out a good deal darker than they look on the LCD. The problem is that I often forget this until I am in front of the PC... nothing dialing up the Gamma cannot fix (although I don't do it), but I need to find a way to turn the LCD brightness down (can I even do that? I took a quick look at the menus the other day without success) to better match the actual exposure. I could also just systematically offset every shot, but would rather not have to do that.
Learning to use the histogram might obviously work as well, but I am a week away from another trip so that'll have to wait.
Overall, I am continuously amazed by the quality of this things output, and so are all my friends. Colors just pop so well, purist might say the camera dials up the saturation a bit, which is very possible. I don't mind at all.
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