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PowerShot A75 not as good as I thought?
Well, it was $150, it had manual controls, and most common-folk raved about
the Canon A75. I haven't had many complaints in the week that I've used it, mostly indoors, but I did think the images were a little soft. I am no professional, but even set on a tripod with good lighting, I felt they were not sharp enough. So, then I found a post in this group about the whole Canon A line being junk and Canon's "undersharpening" and I have no problem returning the camera if I decide to while it's still within the return period. Only problem is what do I buy instead? I would go up to $200 (street prices, found on pricegrabber.com or such, not store prices), but I want manual controls, and that's why I bought the A75. I've heard that the A80 is better in picture quality. The Nikon 3100/3200 have no manual controls, so even if people say those take better pics, I really really don't want it to be fully automatic, so that's why I originally chose the A75. Can you advise me, please? BTW, here's a shot I took with the A75 of my cat: http://tinyurl.com/55krd |
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BTW, here's a shot I took with the A75 of my cat: http://tinyurl.com/55krd I don't think you're going to do better, given your budget. |
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OK. What's the next realistic level? $250? $350? I can buy a digital Rebel
for $350 with a little bit of work and selling my film Rebel, so that's why I wanted to stick to lower bracket until I "grew up" into a DSLR. "Psych-O-Delic Voodoo Thunder Pig" wrote in message news:9%Old.31913$V41.20867@attbi_s52... BTW, here's a shot I took with the A75 of my cat: http://tinyurl.com/55krd I don't think you're going to do better, given your budget. |
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"Jeffrey Stetz" wrote in message
... OK. What's the next realistic level? $250? $350? I can buy a digital Rebel for $350 with a little bit of work and selling my film Rebel, so that's why I wanted to stick to lower bracket until I "grew up" into a DSLR. You won't like a DSLR any better, particularly a Canon. Canon takes a very conservative approach to in-camera processing, leaving most of it up to the user. They will 'look' soft when in fact images out of a Canon DSLR respond very favorably to an unsharp mask. Mark |
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"Jeffrey Stetz" wrote in message
... OK. What's the next realistic level? $250? $350? I can buy a digital Rebel for $350 with a little bit of work and selling my film Rebel, so that's why I wanted to stick to lower bracket until I "grew up" into a DSLR. You won't like a DSLR any better, particularly a Canon. Canon takes a very conservative approach to in-camera processing, leaving most of it up to the user. They will 'look' soft when in fact images out of a Canon DSLR respond very favorably to an unsharp mask. Mark |
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Are you suggesting I could improve the images I have now by an unsharp mask?
I will try to play with it in photoshop... What would you suggest as good resources for this information? Thanks "Mark B." wrote in message ... "Jeffrey Stetz" wrote in message ... OK. What's the next realistic level? $250? $350? I can buy a digital Rebel for $350 with a little bit of work and selling my film Rebel, so that's why I wanted to stick to lower bracket until I "grew up" into a DSLR. You won't like a DSLR any better, particularly a Canon. Canon takes a very conservative approach to in-camera processing, leaving most of it up to the user. They will 'look' soft when in fact images out of a Canon DSLR respond very favorably to an unsharp mask. Mark |
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Jeffrey Stetz wrote:
Are you suggesting I could improve the images I have now by an unsharp mask? It's my understanding that *all* digital pictures can be improved by unsharp mask. I know it's true with my A75 and also with its predecessor, an A40. I use Photoshop Elements 2.0. Delighted with results on both cameras. Just got back nine 8 x 10s from the processor, taken on a recent trip to Paris, which my wife will be putting in albums, along with many 4 x 6s. I'm prejudiced, of course, but I think the 8 x 10s are dazzling. Even though I have a good 17 inch monitor, I don't think any monitor can give you a true representation of what can be achieved in a print. -- Ron |
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Jeffrey Stetz wrote:
Are you suggesting I could improve the images I have now by an unsharp mask? It's my understanding that *all* digital pictures can be improved by unsharp mask. I know it's true with my A75 and also with its predecessor, an A40. I use Photoshop Elements 2.0. Delighted with results on both cameras. Just got back nine 8 x 10s from the processor, taken on a recent trip to Paris, which my wife will be putting in albums, along with many 4 x 6s. I'm prejudiced, of course, but I think the 8 x 10s are dazzling. Even though I have a good 17 inch monitor, I don't think any monitor can give you a true representation of what can be achieved in a print. -- Ron |
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Can you advise me, please? BTW, here's a shot I took with the A75 of my cat: http://tinyurl.com/55krd That's a very tidy picture from a cheap digital camera. The A80 would do a better job but at more cost. With such a close up you can expect the depth of field to be limited, where the picture is sharp it is sharp enough to compliment Canon on their economy optics. Sorry - I don't think you have anything to complain about. If you want better snaps, pay a lot more money. John |
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Can you advise me, please? BTW, here's a shot I took with the A75 of my cat: http://tinyurl.com/55krd That's a very tidy picture from a cheap digital camera. The A80 would do a better job but at more cost. With such a close up you can expect the depth of field to be limited, where the picture is sharp it is sharp enough to compliment Canon on their economy optics. Sorry - I don't think you have anything to complain about. If you want better snaps, pay a lot more money. John |
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