Worth switching from Canon S330 to A70/A80?

[screw3d]

What do you think? I think the S330 kinda suck in taking low-light pics and focusing takes way too long.

Is it worth the switch? If yes, A70 or A80? It's just for general pic taking.

 

[Ornery]

Gee, you'd think a $300.00 camera would work just fine "for general pic taking", wouldn't you? I had the Canon S50, which had the exact same problem in low light. It could focus quickly, if there was enough light, but wouldn't lock focus in low light. I doubt the A70/A80 would fare any better.

My solution was to cough up more money for Sony's hologram autofocus system. That works 100%, everytime in low light, and even NO light at all. There may be other cameras that can do it with a different system, but I don't know which ones. I only know the one I got really does work. $455.00 for the DSC-V1 is about 50% more than you probably paid for the S330, but gets the job done "for general pic taking".

 

[screw3d]

Originally posted by: Ornery
Gee, you'd think a $300.00 camera would work just fine "for general pic taking", wouldn't you? I had the Canon S50, which had the exact same problem in low light. It could focus quickly, if there was enough light, but wouldn't lock focus in low light. I doubt the A70/A80 would fare any better.

My solution was to cough up more money for Sony's hologram autofocus system. That works 100%, everytime in low light, and even NO light at all. There may be other cameras that can do it with a different system, but I don't know which ones. I only know the one I got really does work. $455.00 for the DSC-V1 is about 50% more than you probably paid for the S330, but gets the job done "for general pic taking".

Ouch! I am hoping that I would not spend more than $50 for a switch (A70).. the A70 is just as bad in low-light situations?

 

[Conky]

My A70 is pretty good in low light situations. Much better than my friends older Minolta DiMAGE 3.3mp camera.

Got this camera for Christmas and I have been quite pleased with the overall performance so far. :camera:

 

[screw3d]

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[screw3d]

Hey?

 

[Ornery]

Originally posted by: screw3d

Originally posted by: Ornery
Gee, you'd think a $300.00 camera would work just fine "for general pic taking", wouldn't you? I had the Canon S50, which had the exact same problem in low light. It could focus quickly, if there was enough light, but wouldn't lock focus in low light. I doubt the A70/A80 would fare any better.

My solution was to cough up more money for Sony's hologram autofocus system. That works 100%, everytime in low light, and even NO light at all. There may be other cameras that can do it with a different system, but I don't know which ones. I only know the one I got really does work. $455.00 for the DSC-V1 is about 50% more than you probably paid for the S330, but gets the job done "for general pic taking".

Ouch! I am hoping that I would not spend more than $50 for a switch (A70).. the A70 is just as bad in low-light situations?

I can only speak for the S50. OUCH is right! Pissed me off that spending over $300.00 still wasn't enough. Well, I'll get over spending the extra money, but that low light shooting issue would have pissed me off for as long as we owned that camera.

 

[screw3d]

Boy this thread gets a lot less replies that a typical A70 thread :frown: