feedback on Canon A710-IS compared to Sony DSC-N2

Joan wrote:
For me, it was always the other way round.

The other thing I absolutely do not trust to women is to choose a tie
for me.


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"minnesøtti" wrote in message
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: Mmm... I never trust women to buy/choose electronics. That's the
lesson.
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well, well, well, I got lucky...no not that....maybe later...I got lucky
because my dear wife was very open to the exchange. So much so that we went
out to dinner and then swapped it and I didn't even have to put it back
under the tree. And I am so glad I did. What a sweet little camera!

I do have a question though. For those of you who have an A710-IS, I guess.
It records movies in quicktime, right? And if so, do anyone know how to
convert these to mpeg?

Thanks for all the input. And Happy Holidays to All.
"ray" wrote in message
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On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:52:49 -0500, Bill Reece wrote:

Help, I lost a prosumer(kodak) camera to the surf this summer. And I
think
my wife has replaced it this Christmas with a Sony DSC-N2. It's a shiney
new compact with some neat features but only 3x optical zoom and it
doesn't
have IS. For the same money I could have the A710-IS. Which has 10x zoom
but less pixels @ 7.1 as opposed to 10.1. The N2 uses Sony's memory
sticks
which I have none of yet I have a full gig sd and a few assorted other
sd's.

I am buy no means a camera professional, it's not even a full time hobby.
I
just like to be able to take good pictures when the time arises.

I've read the A710 also has a slow recovery on flash, but don't know that
this would bother me.

I hate to hurt her feelings but I think I'd be much happier with the A710
in
the long run. Any feedback would be appreciated. Mainly pros and cons
of
the two cameras. (not stuff about me and my wife, please :-)

Thanks
Bill

FWIW - I'd suggest you look at the Kodak P series. One redeeming value
they have is a decent electronic viewfinder - about twice the pixel count
of the other EVF cameras. I find all the others way 'too blocky' to be
able to tell what I'm shooting. P series has about 237k pixels - most
others run about 110k. Recently I purchased a refurb P850, and I'm quite
happy. Image stabilization, 12x, etc. From the Kodak online store it was
$250 and the (totally optional) printer dock was another $50.

"Bill Reece" writes:
I do have a question though. For those of you who have an A710-IS, I guess.
It records movies in quicktime, right? And if so, do anyone know how to
convert these to mpeg?

I think the movies are motion jpeg.

"Bill Reece" wrote in message
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I do have a question though. For those of you who have an A710-IS, I
guess. It records movies in quicktime, right? And if so, do anyone know
how to convert these to mpeg?

Motion jpeg in an AVI file.

Bruce.

Sonys and now a few canons have a smart zoom feature, The sony set at
7mp should have 5x optical zoom. The sony has nothing to grip, its to
easy to drop, I dropped my w5 many times, Canons have the bulge to grip
onto if the model you are looking at is AA batteries. Sony has no thread
for lenses or filters, sony has a proprietary expensive battery, but it
has a 500 shot album feature at Vga and 3" touch screen. For real use
pick Canon, for a ladys purse and to show off pictures its the sony. I
think the sony is over priced for what you get. And you have to buy
Sonys memory card, what Bs, sony still think they are better than
everone else.

That's just colour and the emotion colour invokes. I don't do
emotion.

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"minnesøtti" wrote in message
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Joan wrote:
For me, it was always the other way round.

The other thing I absolutely do not trust to women is to choose a tie
for me.


--
Joan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joan-in-manly

"minnesøtti" wrote in message
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: Mmm... I never trust women to buy/choose electronics. That's the
lesson.
:

Joan wrote:
That's just colour and the emotion colour invokes. I don't do
emotion.

Clearly.

But you could do netiquette.

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minnesøtti wrote:
Joan wrote:
For me, it was always the other way round.

The other thing I absolutely do not trust to women is to choose a tie
for me.

--
Joan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joan-in-manly

"minnesøtti" wrote in message
ups.com...
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: Mmm... I never trust women to buy/choose electronics. That's the
lesson.
:

Well, some women are great at such things, like my niece who has an EE
degree, but then she uses a Mac, so maybe her off the charts IQ has
faded since college days.... Grin.

Bill Reece wrote:
well, well, well, I got lucky...no not that....maybe later...I got lucky
because my dear wife was very open to the exchange. So much so that we went
out to dinner and then swapped it and I didn't even have to put it back
under the tree. And I am so glad I did. What a sweet little camera!

I do have a question though. For those of you who have an A710-IS, I guess.
It records movies in quicktime, right? And if so, do anyone know how to
convert these to mpeg?


If you buy the Pro version of QT, it will do that conversion. Except
for the compatibility factor, QT .mov files are somewhat better at
maintaining quality of the image with excellent compression.

You, John, are a boring little fart.

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"John McWilliams" wrote in message
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: Clearly.
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: But you could do netiquette.
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