The canon A300 looks like a steal!!

[z0mb13]

Product Highlights
3.2 MP CCD for high image quality
Powerful 5.1x Digital Zoom
Sharp and accurate 5-Point AiAF
DIGIC imaging processor and iSAPS technology
Superior Movie Mode with built-in editing options

price is only $199 !!

whats the drawback of this camera??

 

[yoda291]

no optical zoom?

plus there's a coupon floating around for dell cameras I think...check HD.

now that I think of it, this is the wrong forum I think.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: yoda291
no optical zoom?

plus there's a coupon floating around for dell cameras I think...check HD.

now that I think of it, this is the wrong forum I think.

actually Im asking bout the drawbacks of this camera.... not saying that this is a hot deal whatsoever

 

[Instan00dles]

with the description you gave about the camera, the one drawback would be the lack of optical zoom, like yoda291 said.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: Instan00dles
with the description you gave about the camera, the one drawback would be the lack of optical zoom, like yoda291 said.

so optical zoom is better than digital zoom??

the canon s230 has 2 optical zoom and 3 digital zoom.. so isn't the total also 5??

 

[Zombie]

no I think you take product of optical and digital zoom not the sum.

so 3*2 = 6x from what i understand.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: Instan00dles
with the description you gave about the camera, the one drawback would be the lack of optical zoom, like yoda291 said.

so optical zoom is better than digital zoom??

the canon s230 has 2 optical zoom and 3 digital zoom.. so isn't the total also 5??

No. Just ignore the digital zoom when camera shopping. Pretend like it doesn't exist.

 

[yoda291]

look at it this way...if you own ANY variant of corelpaint, photoshop, paintshop pro, or just any imaging program with a zoom tool...digital zoom is useless. Also, at last check, canon sometimes bundles some sort of imaging program with the camera.

 

[MeanMeosh]

no, the total is 6 (2 * 3)

 

[LordJezo]

Digital zoom is pretty worthless.. sort of like clicking the magnify button in photoshop.

You want optical zoom as it is actually the lens doing the zooming, not a computer chip.


I dont see how a cannon camera could not have optical zoom though.. go check into it some more

 

[mchammer187]

yes digital zoom = ass

it is like trying to blow something up on a TV via software= not good

 

[BigSmooth]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: Instan00dles
with the description you gave about the camera, the one drawback would be the lack of optical zoom, like yoda291 said.

so optical zoom is better than digital zoom??

the canon s230 has 2 optical zoom and 3 digital zoom.. so isn't the total also 5??

Yes, optical zoom is much better. Optical zoom uses a physical lens to zoom, therefore preserving the quality of the image. Digital zoom is akin to blowing something up in Photoshop.
They are not comparable and cannot be "added together" to compare different cameras.

Edit: OK, everyone already said what i just did.

 

[codeyf]

All digital zoom does is crop the pic and enlarge the pixels, thus losing picture quality in the process. Optical zoom is based purely on the lens of the cam and suffers no quality degradation. I don't know a single person on this forum that used the digital zoom with their cams.

 

[MaxDepth]

It looks a plastic, not a steel.

 

[RossMAN]

If you can find it get the Fuji Finepix 2600 or Canon PowerShot A40.

Optical > Digital Zoom