I’m rough on camers
Went out offroading this weekend and I seem to have killed another camera while doing so. My last camera met its demise about 1 1/2 years ago on a different offroading adventure. The worst part of killing my old camera was I was saving for a new Digital SLR to compliment my 35mm Nikon F4. I had saved $300 towards a $700 or so camera body. I need the point-and-shoot for most stuff so had to replace it quickly. There went my savings.
The new one is a Canon A710 IS. It’s a lot nicer than the previous Sony I had. Digital camera technology advances so fast. I paid about the same, $300, for this one as the last but the new one kicks the old’s ass in features. A real 6X optical zoom, real manual controls, and a whole lot more. I opted for the extended “oh crap, I ran over another camera with a truck” warranty. I get one replacement no questions asked and 3 repairs up to the value of the camera. So far I’m pretty pleased with the camera. The Image Stabilization is pretty sweet. Here’s a couple example pics of wide-angle and the highest zoom level taken from my office building.
Nice how you can read the highway sign you can’t even see in the first one. The second used the digital zoom. I generally hate digital zooms but wanted to test out its capabilites. It actually does a decent job. I still won’t use it though.
I’ll post again after I’ve had a few weeks to play with my new toy.