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Should I like my Canon A700?

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Sukhoi

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I was originally looking at the A610, but I managed to get an A700 for $259 tonight and I couldn't pass that up. The only other digicam I've really used is my parents' A70 which seemed rather nice. It was hard buying it when it's too new to have any reviews out, but it seems like it will be a good camera to get into amateur photography with all the manual settings and the filter adapter.
 
Hey, do me a favor - take an ISO 800 pic from your cam and post it uncompressed somewhere and post a link?
 
Originally posted by: episodic
Hey, do me a favor - take an ISO 800 pic from your cam and post it uncompressed somewhere and post a link?
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Did you already buy an A700, or were you just thinking about it? I seem to remember that from an earlier thread.

Also is there an issue with the ISO 800 or something?
 
How did you get it for $259? I was looking at getting this camera but couldnt find it for less than $279
 
Jawo, I got it for $259 through a Dell hot deal. I think it was $349 plus 20% off and then a $35 coupon or something of that nature. Deal isn't going anymore that I'm aware of, but look around.

Syringer just check the Canon site. 🙂 It for the most part replaces the A620. 6 MP with 6X optical zoom.

It was good timing that this thread was bumped today, as I really used the camera for the first time today. Went to a baseball game and took about a hundred pics plus some videos. The 80X memory card I got is ridiculously fast at storing pics. I was doing action shots with a continuous drive and could get probably 4 pics/sec at the highest quality.
 
You should not like it. You should love it. You should buy it frilly evening wear and perhaps take it to the beauty saloon for a message.
 
I'm looking at buying this camera right now actually...

edit: and great f'in timing too... found a coupon for it.... expired yesterday 🙁
 
Hey guys, got my A700 loving it so far...

how would you recommend doing night shots of a city- like lit buildings? I tried the specific "Night shot" mode but it's not coming out too good... it's getting too affected by street lights.

 
Try cranking up the ISO in stages and keep taking pictures until you find a setting you like. No flash. Try to perch the camera on something so it doesn't move - low light situations require the camera to be still longer.
 
Originally posted by: lozina
Hey guys, got my A700 loving it so far...

how would you recommend doing night shots of a city- like lit buildings? I tried the specific "Night shot" mode but it's not coming out too good... it's getting too affected by street lights.
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I usually put my Canon (SD300) in manual, set ISO to 50, bump up the exposure compensation or use the long exposure mode (1.5" works pretty well for lit skylines), and set the timer for 2" and set it down.
 
How big are the 700s? Are they as big as or bigger than the 600s? I was looking at the A series but the 600s are too big for me so I think I'll go with the SD series.
 
Originally posted by: lozina
Hey guys, got my A700 loving it so far...

how would you recommend doing night shots of a city- like lit buildings? I tried the specific "Night shot" mode but it's not coming out too good... it's getting too affected by street lights.
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I really am not good at that sort of thing, but here is my best guess. First off you'll need a tripod to get a decent shot. ISO 80 or 100, try 80 first. Use F8.0 (small aperature gives large depth of field, which means more of the picture is in focus) with a long exposure time. Problem is digital cameras get grainy with long exposure times so you'll need to balance those extreme settings with moving to a larger aperature (like F5.0 or farther), and a higher ISO. Higher ISO also makes it more grainy. Just try a bunch of different pictures and see which combo of the 3 gives you the best settings.

If you don't have a tripod you can try ISO 400 or 800 but your picture quality will be much worse.
 
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