Dudley Hanks wrote:
> "Rock" <1940@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:47bc970f$0$4471$afc38c87@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking for a good small pocket camera, (not the SLR style)which
will
>> take good crisp reasonably hi resolution stage shots of shows.
>>
>> Naturally good ****trait shots as well.
>>
>> Another concern is battery charging (I like the usb + power idea) good
>> size storage card to hold a few hi res shots)
>>
>> I am in Sydney Australia so will buy here or going to
Singa****e,Europe,US
>> soon so maybe buy there if much cheaper than Sydney.
>>
>> Thanks for the help
>>
>> rock
>
> I like the Canon 'A' series of point-and-shoots. Almost any of the
various
> models fit your requirements, with the exception of the A460 -- stay
away
> from that one.
>
> My favorite is the Powershot A720 IS. It has a 6X image stabilized
optical
> zoom that results in a 35 to 210mm equivalent telephoto, with the added
> boost of a 4X digital zoom that yields quite good results in certain
> cir***stances. Counting the digital zoom you have a whopping 35 - to
840
> telephoto zoom with f-stops of 2.8 to 4.8 -- quite respectable.
>
> Also, you get full manual control in addition to a large number of
automatic
> and scene modes. The VGA video modes work well also.
>
> ISO settings run from 80 to 1600, and noise is quite acceptable up to
the
> 800 range for up to medium sized enlargements (up to ISO 400 for larger
> prints). Even smaller prints at ISO 1600 are not bad.
>
> The LCD gains up for low light situations, which would probably be
> im****tant for stage shots.
>
> The ccd sensor is of high quality and 8Megs in size. It does a good job
of
> rendering colours naturally, and it's auto colour balance works
flawlessly.
> And, just in case you encounter a scenario where the lights are so weird
the
> cameras processor can't figure it out, you can set a custom white
balance to
> ensure accurate colour reproduction.
>
> As for storage, SD cards of up to 4Gigs work, so you can get over 1000
shots
> at large size (roughly 3500 X 2400) with lower compression ratios
> (super-fine detail setting).
>
> Given that I am legally blind, with only about 2% vision, and I'm able
to
> produce some respectable shots in low light conditions, I think that
that
> says something about the versatility of this camera.
>
> Good Luck,
> Dudley
>
>
>
>
Wow Dudley. Thank you for that.
It has helped me a lot and I will go an take a look at the Powershot A720
IS
which sounds good, and other similar models.
Have a great day.
rock
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