Hi > Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 22:14:44 -0700 > From: David Thoresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: For you EOS people what Point and Shoot would you choose? > > I have a 30d, but am looking for a pocket size 5mp+ point and > shoot... what would you choose? >
I have a Canon A520 (as well as 2 film EOS's a 20D and 4x5 large format film camera) I really like the A520 for holidays and general snapshots. We just visited China and Korea and I took a 24mm lens on a film EOS (for nice wides) and the A510 for everything else. The A520 produced great images (mainly shot on 100ISO) and some nice AVI movies of things that only a sweeping panorama can show. I was quite surprised to find how well the images compared with the 35mm film scans. Its hard to compare a 2900 dpi scan of a wider angle image on film to a point n shoot, but for my money it worked very well. I've also had a IXUS before, and like the slightly larger size of the A520 better. I like the manual focus ability (bus window reflections are no trap) for detail shots of items and architectual details. I like the AA batterys (oops we forgot to charge it, just buy some, and I get much longer time from them than the people beside me with IXUS cameras simple looking at the mA/H ratings of both battery systems will give that away) I got it quite cheap, and while its 4MP (2272 x 1704) going to 5MP is only a small increase to 2816 x 2112. Keeping in mind that more pixels are squeezed into the same area image capture device. I can't see that the advantage gain in pixels will counter the noise gained by smaller sensor sizes. I also have a coolpix 990 (love that swivel screen and macro) which is 3MP and gives much better signal to noise than the Canon does (http://www.clarkvision.com/imagedetail/does.pixel.size.matter/index.html) hope this helps * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
