Lord_Odin
10-30-2005, 02:31 AM
I went to a local retailer, London Drugs, to test the A610 today. I was actually going to buy it today as well if everything turned out right, but I did come across some problems:
Everyone already knows that the I/O ports cover is extremely flimsy and on the cheap side, but I have found another interesting problem. On some of the A610 cameras the I/O ports cover does not close properly with the edge of the plastic cover towards the top refusing to close. You have to force it down for it to actually close properly. The sales clerk went to check the stock of the A610's for one with an I/O ports cover that didn't have this problem and found one. Their stock consisted of 4 cameras (one on display). Only 2 out of the 4 actually had I/O port covers that did close properly (one being the display model). I don't know if this is just a bad shipment to this retailer, but this problem did strike me as odd.
The clerk brought me the only other camera besides the display model that had a proper closing I/O port cover, but to my dismay, the zoom controller (wrapped around the shutter release) of this camera was covered in some sort of residue that would not come off with cleaner. This is just a minor problem since the other cameras in their stock didnt have this problem. Unfortunately for me, I have to get to another London Drugs location to purchase one of these cameras without either of these problems I've noticed. The clerk tracked down one at a different location of London Drugs that does not have these problems. I will purchase it there tomorrow and will update if I find any other problems.
I encourage you to leave a post if you have experience either of these problems or if you have never even seen any of these problems before. Thanks!
Everyone already knows that the I/O ports cover is extremely flimsy and on the cheap side, but I have found another interesting problem. On some of the A610 cameras the I/O ports cover does not close properly with the edge of the plastic cover towards the top refusing to close. You have to force it down for it to actually close properly. The sales clerk went to check the stock of the A610's for one with an I/O ports cover that didn't have this problem and found one. Their stock consisted of 4 cameras (one on display). Only 2 out of the 4 actually had I/O port covers that did close properly (one being the display model). I don't know if this is just a bad shipment to this retailer, but this problem did strike me as odd.
The clerk brought me the only other camera besides the display model that had a proper closing I/O port cover, but to my dismay, the zoom controller (wrapped around the shutter release) of this camera was covered in some sort of residue that would not come off with cleaner. This is just a minor problem since the other cameras in their stock didnt have this problem. Unfortunately for me, I have to get to another London Drugs location to purchase one of these cameras without either of these problems I've noticed. The clerk tracked down one at a different location of London Drugs that does not have these problems. I will purchase it there tomorrow and will update if I find any other problems.
I encourage you to leave a post if you have experience either of these problems or if you have never even seen any of these problems before. Thanks!