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[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Canon > Oly

Best place to buy a Canon PowerShot A60 or A70 would be Dell.com during one of their promo's.

If you buy the Oly C-720 get it from OfficeMax.com they have a $50 off $250 coupon.

Have you tried the A60/A70? Why do you say Canon >> Olympus?
I hope it is not based on reviews.
I have tried both and the C720 >> A60/A70.

Yes it uses SM but just get more cards then. The C730 and up uses their new xD (??) card.

 

[RossMAN]

No I haven't tried the A60, A70 or C-720 .... just talking out of my ass.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
No I haven't tried the A60, A70 or C-720 .... just talking out of my ass.

LOL!


Keep up the good work anyway.

 

[Spikesoldier]

what is the differential in price of the a40/a60/a70?

 

[FrustratedUser]

Maybe RossMAN can shed some light on this.

 

Canon A70

 

[RossMAN]

A40 - old discontinued model
A60 - newer model replaces the A40
A70 - same as A60 but 3.2MP and some other minor changes

Get the A40 or A60

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
A40 - old discontinued model
A60 - newer model replaces the A40
A70 - same as A60 but 3.2MP and some other minor changes

Get the A40 or A60

why would you recommend a60 over a70? is the difference in price/features not worth it?

 

[pennylane]

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker

Originally posted by: RossMAN
A40 - old discontinued model
A60 - newer model replaces the A40
A70 - same as A60 but 3.2MP and some other minor changes

Get the A40 or A60

why would you recommend a60 over a70? is the difference in price/features not worth it?

I say if you can get the a70 for $250 or less, then get that. Of course I could be wrong.

 

[Jmmsbnd007]

Canon... smart media = sux0r.

 

[jw791]

I'm very interested in an olympus C-720/C-730. I take a lot of pix that require zoom and my DC280 ain't cutting the mustard.

I was ready to buy one, but I hear there are some concerns with the picture quality?

Can some of you with C-720/730 post some pics?

 

[Banana]

This is the first macro-ish shot I took with the Oly C720 without even reading the manual: hibiscus Note that the pic has been reduced in size for bandwidth consideration.

 

[imported_Mike]

I just got the Sony s85, not on your list, but very nice. Between those, get teh a70

 

[jw791]

Originally posted by: 1YellowPeril
This is the first macro-ish shot I took with the Oly C720 without even reading the manual: hibiscus Note that the pic has been reduced in size for bandwidth consideration.

Thanks! That is a great pic. I heard rumblings of purplish accents from the C-720, but evidently this is not the case!

Gots ta get me one now! :

 

[Banana]

The purplish fringing tends to occur in high optical zoom digicams when you have a dark subject on a bright background (For example, a building against a sunny sky). The Oly C720 does have this problem, but I can live with it

 

[Anubis]

you can check out some of my c720 pics here http://pichosting.pcthike.com/TheEvil1

the ones that start with P are from teh C 720. the other are from a old Fujifilm.

most are night pics ive meen messin with the exposure times

if you want more LMK ill get more up i gots tons

 

[RossMAN]

OD has the Canon A60 on sale this week for $249 I think, you get a FREE 64MB CF and OD has COUPONS you can use online.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: jw791
I'm very interested in an olympus C-720/C-730. I take a lot of pix that require zoom and my DC280 ain't cutting the mustard.

I was ready to buy one, but I hear there are some concerns with the picture quality?

Can some of you with C-720/730 post some pics?

Those who say the picture quality is bad are just crappy photografers.
Here are some pics taken with 5 - 8x zoom holding the camera in my hand. Note that a Top-Fuel / Funny Car reaches 100+ mph in about a second or two.


Funny Car burnout
Top Fuel start
Top Fuel start. See the green light?

Those pictures were taken with 1/640 to 1/800 shutter time. The key to good pictures with long zoom and no tripod.
Are those pics of bad quality?

 

[FrustratedUser]

wfbberzerker

Which one did you get?