jim o'hara
04-14-2005, 04:11 PM
OK heres the deal – need to replace my broken A70
Liked the quality that my A70 gave me and liked the different shooting modes, although 90% of the time I used full auto.
Now need to replace it, but with what???? My main use will be holiday snaps, kids, parties etc. - I really don’t need full manual control as I will never use it, as I say will mostly shoot in auto or scene modes if available
Most sites are pointing towards the A95 (due to quality of end product and full manual control mainly) But as I say I will never use manual, but I do want quality photos. One thing I didn’t like about the A70, was that in low light situations (using auto), it did struggle to focus at times, which was quite frustrating. Don’t get me wrong, if the A95 is still the total best camera to get, and has the same or similar low light focus issues, then I suppose I can live with it.
So what would the alternatives be, the new Nikon 5900 looks perfect, but seems to suffer from “softness” – the new canon SD range looks good (I don’t need 7MP though), or what about the older small Canons, ie the s400, s410, s500, or Casio Panasonic etc.
So bottom line is, would really like a great point and shoot that performs well in most cases, video mode on my A70 was fine, but if my new purchase had a better video then great (but stills is main priority) What about the A80, A85??? – again as I say if it has to be the A95, then fine but it just seems a waste to have all those controls without using them – is the smaller canons the answer???, or should I consider something else???
Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks jimboger
Liked the quality that my A70 gave me and liked the different shooting modes, although 90% of the time I used full auto.
Now need to replace it, but with what???? My main use will be holiday snaps, kids, parties etc. - I really don’t need full manual control as I will never use it, as I say will mostly shoot in auto or scene modes if available
Most sites are pointing towards the A95 (due to quality of end product and full manual control mainly) But as I say I will never use manual, but I do want quality photos. One thing I didn’t like about the A70, was that in low light situations (using auto), it did struggle to focus at times, which was quite frustrating. Don’t get me wrong, if the A95 is still the total best camera to get, and has the same or similar low light focus issues, then I suppose I can live with it.
So what would the alternatives be, the new Nikon 5900 looks perfect, but seems to suffer from “softness” – the new canon SD range looks good (I don’t need 7MP though), or what about the older small Canons, ie the s400, s410, s500, or Casio Panasonic etc.
So bottom line is, would really like a great point and shoot that performs well in most cases, video mode on my A70 was fine, but if my new purchase had a better video then great (but stills is main priority) What about the A80, A85??? – again as I say if it has to be the A95, then fine but it just seems a waste to have all those controls without using them – is the smaller canons the answer???, or should I consider something else???
Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks jimboger