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- Feb 25, 2001
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- Iowa
So my trusty old Canon A40 is finally ready for a willing replacement. I'm going on a college trip in a month, to California, a cruise, and then a Mexican Resort, and I want to take ALOT of pictures.
Problem is, I don't have the steadiest of hands, or time to manually set up all the correct settings on alot of pictures (you know alot of the best pictures are just spur of the moment afterall!). The ability for some manual control would also be good as well though, if I ever get back into photography. But a great "point and click" mode would be a major plus.
I've noticed this with my Canon, when taking in auto-mode, alot of the pictures lose quality/are blurry because of my not-so-steady hands. I believe this to be possibly due to a longer shutter-delay?
Also, there is a delay from the time I press the button, to the time the actual picture gets taken, I believe this is present on all digital cameras (at least at the time I bought my A40) - and I really haven't researched much yet, but do current generation camera's still have this annoying delay?
As for zoom, any amount of optical would be OK, but the added ability to later buy an attatchment lens would be a big plus as well, but it's not totally necessary.
I already own a 128MB CF card, but with cards so cheap I'm not going to limit my selection to a CF camera. I also have 4 rechargable AA NimH batteries, it would be nice to be able to use them in the new camera as well, or at least have a camera with it's own rechargable battery pack.
I'll be doing some research obviously, but just thought I'd see what you guys had to say about any particular cameras. My price range would be anywhere from $150-$300, give or take - I just want better quality shots than the A40 can give.
Problem is, I don't have the steadiest of hands, or time to manually set up all the correct settings on alot of pictures (you know alot of the best pictures are just spur of the moment afterall!). The ability for some manual control would also be good as well though, if I ever get back into photography. But a great "point and click" mode would be a major plus.
I've noticed this with my Canon, when taking in auto-mode, alot of the pictures lose quality/are blurry because of my not-so-steady hands. I believe this to be possibly due to a longer shutter-delay?
Also, there is a delay from the time I press the button, to the time the actual picture gets taken, I believe this is present on all digital cameras (at least at the time I bought my A40) - and I really haven't researched much yet, but do current generation camera's still have this annoying delay?
As for zoom, any amount of optical would be OK, but the added ability to later buy an attatchment lens would be a big plus as well, but it's not totally necessary.
I already own a 128MB CF card, but with cards so cheap I'm not going to limit my selection to a CF camera. I also have 4 rechargable AA NimH batteries, it would be nice to be able to use them in the new camera as well, or at least have a camera with it's own rechargable battery pack.
I'll be doing some research obviously, but just thought I'd see what you guys had to say about any particular cameras. My price range would be anywhere from $150-$300, give or take - I just want better quality shots than the A40 can give.
