which canon powershot a600 series, to maybe replace my a610?

hi all.



oh Dear!

my wonderful a610 powershot died, a few days ago! died in the middle
of shooting, now it is a "brick"!

[I got it to power down by taking batteries out, then doing a few
"things' to it, but then i cannot power it back up again. no sign of
life anywheres, even with new batteries, and i did get it to power up,
then i could not get the power to shut off! so now it sits with the
lens open, the only way to shut it off was to remove the batteries!]



should I try the "shipping back to canon", or should I just buy the
now cheaper a620..a630..a640?!



two months left of warrentry.

a "cult" camera for sure, but I notice that in the Amazon reviews that
there are a *LOT* of people who have had this camera die long long
before even six months have gone by, of use! And not all from the
"e18 error" either!

I note that the a 620...a630..a640 have practically NO people saying
that they had problems with their models. Even though there are a few
less people reviewing, a new series of camera, the ratio is
astonishing: maybe the a610 was the "beta release' of the a600
series!!

The prices have gone down down down, on the 20s...30s..40s, even.



so.

what to do, should i confront the shipping "slot machine" and pay the
$20..30 for shipping back to canon warrentry center, and see if they
will fix this under warrentry, and maybe wait the month, only to maybe
have this happen again; or should I just buy one of the newer
versions of the 600 series from a local store and then get a
Protection plan to go with this? Is the upgrade to the
a620..a630..a640, thus, worth it?! And...*which* model should I then
buy, if i go that route?

I will use this camera for pictures, of course, but also for video
clips. www.blip.tv has a very good site with real good resolutions on
the videos, makes my a610 have near-professional looking video
quality.

I have read that the a620 should not be bought, as the sensor is the
same size for a larger megapixel-field. but that the 630 and the 640
have a larger sensor.

I see, now, sales of $200, or so, for the 30s and 40s.



So please, someone comment on my small delemma, and give their advice.



thank you.....freestone wilson

freestonew wrote:



hi all.



oh Dear!

my wonderful a610 powershot died, a few days ago! died in the middle
of shooting, now it is a "brick"!

[I got it to power down by taking batteries out, then doing a few
"things' to it, but then i cannot power it back up again. no sign of
life anywheres, even with new batteries, and i did get it to power up,
then i could not get the power to shut off! so now it sits with the
lens open, the only way to shut it off was to remove the batteries!]



should I try the "shipping back to canon", or should I just buy the
now cheaper a620..a630..a640?!



two months left of warrentry.

a "cult" camera for sure, but I notice that in the Amazon reviews that
there are a *LOT* of people who have had this camera die long long
before even six months have gone by, of use! And not all from the
"e18 error" either!

I note that the a 620...a630..a640 have practically NO people saying
that they had problems with their models. Even though there are a few
less people reviewing, a new series of camera, the ratio is
astonishing: maybe the a610 was the "beta release' of the a600
series!!

The prices have gone down down down, on the 20s...30s..40s, even.



so.

what to do, should i confront the shipping "slot machine" and pay the
$20..30 for shipping back to canon warrentry center, and see if they
will fix this under warrentry, and maybe wait the month, only to maybe
have this happen again; or should I just buy one of the newer
versions of the 600 series from a local store and then get a
Protection plan to go with this? Is the upgrade to the
a620..a630..a640, thus, worth it?! And...*which* model should I then
buy, if i go that route?

I will use this camera for pictures, of course, but also for video
clips. www.blip.tv has a very good site with real good resolutions on
the videos, makes my a610 have near-professional looking video
quality.

I have read that the a620 should not be bought, as the sensor is the
same size for a larger megapixel-field. but that the 630 and the 640
have a larger sensor.

I see, now, sales of $200, or so, for the 30s and 40s.



So please, someone comment on my small delemma, and give their advice.



thank you.....freestone wilson

If it's under warranty, that's worth a try, but the new A650 has a 6x
zoom with IS - too many pixels but should give good pics. Sensor is
largest A series at 1.7.
Dave Cohen