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P&S question.
Hi All,
Earlier today I was shopping for a new P&S. The store had the Cannon A560 at $145 and the Cannon SD1000 at $245. Except for the look and feel of them I couldn't find a reason for the price differance. Is anyone familiar with these? Is the SD1000 really worth the extra 100 bucks? DJ, |
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"Doug Jones" wrote in message
... Hi All, Earlier today I was shopping for a new P&S. The store had the Cannon A560 at $145 and the Cannon SD1000 at $245. Except for the look and feel of them I couldn't find a reason for the price differance. Is anyone familiar with these? Is the SD1000 really worth the extra 100 bucks? DJ, See for yourself: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/spec...canon_a560.asp http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/spec...non_sd1000.asp The SD1000 is more compact, but has a shorter zoom range (3x vs. 4x). Mark |
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Mark B. wrote:
"Doug Jones" wrote in message ... Hi All, Earlier today I was shopping for a new P&S. The store had the Cannon A560 at $145 and the Cannon SD1000 at $245. Except for the look and feel of them I couldn't find a reason for the price differance. Is anyone familiar with these? Is the SD1000 really worth the extra 100 bucks? DJ, See for yourself: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/spec...canon_a560.asp http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/spec...non_sd1000.asp They both have 1.9 micron pixel spacing; that's really small. http://www.clarkvision.com/imagedeta...el.size.matter Roger |
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On Sep 5, 5:20 pm, "Doug Jones" wrote:
Earlier today I was shopping for a new P&S. The store had the Cannon A560 at $145 and the Cannon SD1000 at $245. Except for the look and feel of them I couldn't find a reason for the price differance. Is anyone familiar with these? Is the SD1000 really worth the extra 100 bucks? Well, size matters a lot. Smaller size will cost a lot more. Some other differences: A560 has 4x zoom, the SD1000 has 2x LCD pixels. A560 uses 2AA batteries, which some people prefer since they are cheap, and you can buy alkalines in an emergency. Basically, I'd say if size is not a factor for you, go for the cheaper one. |
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On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 19:20:52 -0500, "Doug Jones"
wrote: Hi All, Earlier today I was shopping for a new P&S. The store had the Cannon A560 at $145 and the Cannon SD1000 at $245. Except for the look and feel of them I couldn't find a reason for the price differance. Is anyone familiar with these? Is the SD1000 really worth the extra 100 bucks? DJ, I just ordered the SD1000 from Buydig.com for $207 with free shipping, ordered yesterday, it is already on the way. It is smaller than the A560, which is what I wanted for an everyday carry around camera. |
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Doug Jones wrote:
Hi All, Earlier today I was shopping for a new P&S. The store had the Cannon A560 at $145 and the Cannon SD1000 at $245. Except for the look and feel of them I couldn't find a reason for the price differance. Is anyone familiar with these? Is the SD1000 really worth the extra 100 bucks? DJ, It depends on your needs. the S1000 is much smaller, and includes a Li-Ion battery and charger. It also has slightly better macro capability. At buydig.com the SD1000 is $209, and the A560 is $169. For $40 difference the SD1000 is worth it, IMVAIO. |
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irwell wrote:
On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 19:20:52 -0500, "Doug Jones" wrote: Hi All, Earlier today I was shopping for a new P&S. The store had the Cannon A560 at $145 and the Cannon SD1000 at $245. Except for the look and feel of them I couldn't find a reason for the price differance. Is anyone familiar with these? Is the SD1000 really worth the extra 100 bucks? DJ, I just ordered the SD1000 from Buydig.com for $207 with free shipping, ordered yesterday, it is already on the way. It is smaller than the A560, which is what I wanted for an everyday carry around camera. Other than looking like it might be VERY easy to drop (USE that wrist strap!), it looks like a very nice camera. Still not sure it is worth the $100 more, though. |
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On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:09:34 -0500, Ron Hunter
wrote: irwell wrote: On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 19:20:52 -0500, "Doug Jones" wrote: Hi All, Earlier today I was shopping for a new P&S. The store had the Cannon A560 at $145 and the Cannon SD1000 at $245. Except for the look and feel of them I couldn't find a reason for the price differance. Is anyone familiar with these? Is the SD1000 really worth the extra 100 bucks? DJ, I just ordered the SD1000 from Buydig.com for $207 with free shipping, ordered yesterday, it is already on the way. It is smaller than the A560, which is what I wanted for an everyday carry around camera. Other than looking like it might be VERY easy to drop (USE that wrist strap!), it looks like a very nice camera. Still not sure it is worth the $100 more, though. Funny thing is that I felt the Nikon P5000 slipping from my hands more than the Sony W100 (similar size to the SD1000), but I agree about the wrist strap. |
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P&S question.
irwell wrote:
On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:09:34 -0500, Ron Hunter wrote: irwell wrote: On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 19:20:52 -0500, "Doug Jones" wrote: Hi All, Earlier today I was shopping for a new P&S. The store had the Cannon A560 at $145 and the Cannon SD1000 at $245. Except for the look and feel of them I couldn't find a reason for the price differance. Is anyone familiar with these? Is the SD1000 really worth the extra 100 bucks? DJ, I just ordered the SD1000 from Buydig.com for $207 with free shipping, ordered yesterday, it is already on the way. It is smaller than the A560, which is what I wanted for an everyday carry around camera. Other than looking like it might be VERY easy to drop (USE that wrist strap!), it looks like a very nice camera. Still not sure it is worth the $100 more, though. Funny thing is that I felt the Nikon P5000 slipping from my hands more than the Sony W100 (similar size to the SD1000), but I agree about the wrist strap. It's not so much the size, or even the weight, as the shape. I have a Motorola RAZR V3 phone, and my only real complaint about the thing is that it is slippery to pick up, and hold as the metal case doesn't have any projections to make it easy to grip. If they would add some rubber grip strips along the sides, the phone would be much less prone to being dropped. My Kodak DX6440 has some rubber grip inserts on it, and is very easy to keep hold of. Nice touch for a cheap camera. |
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On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:31:10 -0700, irwell wrote:
On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:09:34 -0500, Ron Hunter wrote: (snip) Funny thing is that I felt the Nikon P5000 slipping from my hands more than the Sony W100 (similar size to the SD1000), but I agree about the wrist strap. Haven't we reached a point where mini, small, easily pocketable and purse-able cameras are already abundant — and miniaturizing cameras further will only lead to making them impractical for increasingly large segments of the population? I looked at a nice ultracompact Sony a couple of days ago. It looked more like the creation of a jewelry or women's fancy makeup compact designer than something a camera designer came up with. To the good, it even had an optical viewfinder. To the bad, that viewfinder was so small as to be virtually useless for most folks over 30 and all eyeglass wearers. The camera's controls were also tiny, evidently scaled to the finger size and dexterity of Japanese high school and college girls. I was never a big fan of the Argus C3 "brick" and other big, heavy cameras. But to my mind, and hands, anything smaller than an Olympus Pen S is too small. Glitzy styling and dozens of fancy features matter little if a camera is difficult to see, use and hold onto because it's unnecessarily small. Camera designers ought to work closely with the public, not go off in their studios and cubicles doing their own thing. -- sw2U |
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