Digital Cameras
About a month ago I bought a digital camera. It was the Canon Powershot A520 and it is a great camera. I was a little nervous for this change from film to megs at first because my Dad is old-school and is pretty determined to stand by his SLR camera that is about a hundred years old. Well, just to let you know what he is thinking now, I have over heard talked of him getting a SLR digital camera.
The reason that i like the Canon Powershot A520 is because of two simple things: it takes good pictures and it has about a million useful features that can help you in about every single way possible. It really is amazing. Usually when I buy a product I have certain expectations for my purchase and I am pleased if those expectations are at least somewhat met. In this case however, my expectations were totally blown away. It was also listed as a best buy by Consumer Reports. Some of the features I like are:
- It’s digital and so much easier to manage than physical pictures
- It allows you the flexibility to just point and shoot or to make specific changes to the aperture size, exposure time, and yady da
- It provides a date stamp that is not directly on the picture but in the information about the file
- You can adjust the megapixels of the camera to conserve space
- I have a 1G card in my camera and that can fit a lot of pictures and video
- Oh, yea, it takes video too
- Has a feature that takes pictures up close. We’re talking an inch away from the camera
- You can adjust all of the sounds on the camera and even mute everything when you start it up
- Like is said before, it has a million feature that makes documenting your experiences easier
Things I don’t like:
- The small screen makes it tough to see if the picture is clear enough or if you should re take it
- You can’t zoom while using video
- The video light settings don’t adjust while you film. These means that if you are videoing inside and then you go to a bright outside, everything will look white
- I can’t believe that I am even making a “don’t like list” because these are features that weren’t available on a film camera
Add comment May 22nd, 2006