Nikon 3700 or Canon A75

that seems a very long way to say "Yes"

Arty

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is the A80 much the same?

Arty

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Hello, I am choosing a 3mp camera and these two are being
considered.
Nikon has a $100 mail-in rebated which dropped the 3700 to below
the
A75 price. Seems to me the 3700 is a slightly superior camera
than
A75, with a smaller body and the use of the lithium ion battery.
What
do you guys think?

Thanks in advance.

James

Best Buy offers the Canon A80 for $249.- (I saw it in one shop - in
another shop it was still $298.- and I had to tell them that I saw
the
other price before they matched it). This is a 4MP camera with a
vari-angle LCD screen and it has a bigger sensor than the A75.
You can find some good information on the A80 at:
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/onlinesharing/A80/review/

Markus

Hey,

Don't get the A75. For more information, read my post at



http://forums.powershot-a.com/showth... threadid=8933
where A75 users on CANON'S WEBSITE are complaining that the Auto mode
uses bad apertures and focusing when taking pictures. The result is
that the pictures are out of focus, and tons of purple fringing with
auto mode setting apertures at 2.8 most of the time.



Hi there just my 2p worth, but having used the A75 (and its little brother
the a60) its a pretty fantastic camera for the price, and if you read
through the forum mentioned above many of the posters there seem to like
it
too and do not notice those problems

Let's see if I have this right:

A name takes a better photo
The difference between AA and LiON is not clear

Oh OK

Arty

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Thanks for the replies.

Chris, the 3700 is only 264 from comp-u-plus, with $100 off, it's
$164. Compu-u-plus is a reputable place -- I've bought from them
before.

Agreed A75 is more intuitive in controls.

I failed to understand why AA batteries are superior to Lithium Ion.
True, you can get AA anywhere, but the Li-Ion battery can last couple
of hundreds shots.

James

I'm not familiar with the 3700 (just popped over to the Fuji site to
check the specs), but I do have an A75 so my opinion is probably
skewed towards the Canon.

The A75 has much more robust set of manual controls than the Fuji -
it's something I specifically looked for when I was shopping around
for a digicam. This might not be as important to you, but having the
option to manually set the F-ratio, shutter speed, focus, ISO, etc...
was something I wanted in a camera.

I found the 9-point autofocus in the Canon to be unreliable, so I
simply turned off that feature and use the single/centre point focus.

Other than wishing for a high model Canon digicam (which I would get
if I had the money), I'm pretty happy with my A75.

Terrence, thanks for the advice, however, I was looking at a Nikon
3700, not the Fuji.

I tried out both cameras and decided on the Nikon 3700 for my own
personal use. The main reason is that I need a digital camera with
good macro capabilities to take close up shots of products I sell.
The Nikon 3700 produced STUNNING macro shots under flash conditions in
my test. The 3700 was so smart in macro mode that it not only
autofocused accurately, but also knew to throttle down the flash so
that the object was not flooded in light. I was pleasantly surprised
since not much was written about this aspect in most digital camera
reviews.

A75, nevertheless, is a very good camera too and has a good
reputation. Nikon 3700, since it's a new model, has less name
recogniztion than the A75.
James

Let's see if I have this right:

A name takes a better photo
The difference between AA and LiON is not clear

Oh OK

Arty

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Thanks for the replies.

Chris, the 3700 is only 264 from comp-u-plus, with $100 off, it's
$164. Compu-u-plus is a reputable place -- I've bought from them
before.

Agreed A75 is more intuitive in controls.

I failed to understand why AA batteries are superior to Lithium Ion.
True, you can get AA anywhere, but the Li-Ion battery can last couple
of hundreds shots.

James

I'm not familiar with the 3700 (just popped over to the Fuji site to
check the specs), but I do have an A75 so my opinion is probably
skewed towards the Canon.

The A75 has much more robust set of manual controls than the Fuji -
it's something I specifically looked for when I was shopping around
for a digicam. This might not be as important to you, but having the
option to manually set the F-ratio, shutter speed, focus, ISO, etc...
was something I wanted in a camera.

I found the 9-point autofocus in the Canon to be unreliable, so I
simply turned off that feature and use the single/centre point focus.

Other than wishing for a high model Canon digicam (which I would get
if I had the money), I'm pretty happy with my A75.

Terrence, thanks for the advice, however, I was looking at a Nikon
3700, not the Fuji.

I tried out both cameras and decided on the Nikon 3700 for my own
personal use. The main reason is that I need a digital camera with
good macro capabilities to take close up shots of products I sell.
The Nikon 3700 produced STUNNING macro shots under flash conditions in
my test. The 3700 was so smart in macro mode that it not only
autofocused accurately, but also knew to throttle down the flash so
that the object was not flooded in light. I was pleasantly surprised
since not much was written about this aspect in most digital camera
reviews.

A75, nevertheless, is a very good camera too and has a good
reputation. Nikon 3700, since it's a new model, has less name
recogniztion than the A75.
James

I got my A75 from Buydig.com for $204.95. It arrived 2 days after I
placed the order, remarkable(no tax & free shipping). It seems to be
ok, several websites gave it a good rating. I do get an annoying
prompt to change the batteries, even though I just put batteries in
that were included w/camera. Maybe they're bad, I'll have to try some
duracells or buy the NiMH rechargables.

I would've picked the Nikon Coolpix 3700, but I don't have time to
wait for the $100 rebate. I noticed a few online vendors had it
priced around $170, which included the rebate, but with shipping
charges it would have been closer to 185 or 190. Plus if you look at
the rebate form it says only cameras purchased from an authorized
"Nikon" vendors will get the rebate. I didnt have time to follow up
with Nikon to see whether or not "Compu-plus", or any of the others
were "authorized" dealers. Many sites knocked the Nikon's overall
image quality too, but the macro mode is supposedly pretty sweet for
close-up shots. The movie mode is exceptional, at least as far as the
spex are concerned, you get 640x480 @ 30fps, which is astounding.
Although, I've read people complaining that the video/audio is out of
sync. I didnt buy a digital camera for its movie potential, I bought
it for it's image quality.

so the quicker it arrives in the post the better it is?

Oh OK

Arty


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I got my A75 from Buydig.com for $204.95. It arrived 2 days after I
placed the order, remarkable(no tax & free shipping). It seems to be
snipped

so the quicker it arrives in the post the better it is?

Oh OK

Arty


"Brian Mahan" wrote in message
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I got my A75 from Buydig.com for $204.95. It arrived 2 days after I
placed the order, remarkable(no tax & free shipping). It seems to be
snipped

tell me that that is not all you got from brian's clear and articulate post.
i would summarize his post as buyer beware, or you get what you pay for...
i had his very thought about the camera dealer that i never heard of with a
low price on the camera... namely, what are their shipping fees, restocking
fees, and if they are indeed authorized dealers which is a requirement for
the rebate to be honored... sometimes what seems like a bargain is not a
bargain at all... i also can't help but wonder why nikon has decided that
it must offer a rebate that represents over 30% of the price of the product.
that is extremely large. was is just a marketing screw up that had them
price the camera well above what the competitors were offering or is there
some sort of problem with it that it simply isn't selling. does anyone
know?

"Arty Phacting" wrote in message
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so the quicker it arrives in the post the better it is?

Oh OK

Arty


"Brian Mahan" wrote in message
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I got my A75 from Buydig.com for $204.95. It arrived 2 days after I
placed the order, remarkable(no tax & free shipping). It seems to be
snipped

tell me that that is not all you got from brian's clear and articulate post.
i would summarize his post as buyer beware, or you get what you pay for...
i had his very thought about the camera dealer that i never heard of with a
low price on the camera... namely, what are their shipping fees, restocking
fees, and if they are indeed authorized dealers which is a requirement for
the rebate to be honored... sometimes what seems like a bargain is not a
bargain at all... i also can't help but wonder why nikon has decided that
it must offer a rebate that represents over 30% of the price of the product.
that is extremely large. was is just a marketing screw up that had them
price the camera well above what the competitors were offering or is there
some sort of problem with it that it simply isn't selling. does anyone
know?

"Arty Phacting" wrote in message
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so the quicker it arrives in the post the better it is?

Oh OK

Arty


"Brian Mahan" wrote in message
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I got my A75 from Buydig.com for $204.95. It arrived 2 days after I
placed the order, remarkable(no tax & free shipping). It seems to be
snipped

Get the canon

These shots were all taken by the A75. It would probably look better
on a mac screen however since it is pretty much optimized for my
powerbook.

http://www.rishio.com/photos_infire/index.html

Rishi O'

"Christopher Muto" wrote in message news:_KfNc.7369$zf3.2971@trndny03...
i think that the canon is a better product... and that your pricing is not
accurate...
the nikon 3700 is at bhphotovideo for $399.95 less $100 rebate for a final
cost of $299.95.
the canon a75 is at bhphotovideo for $219.95 and not rebate nonsense.
so, even after the rebate, the nikon is over 35% more costly than the canon.
the a75 uses regular 'aa' alkaline batteries so you will not be far from a
fresh set if in a pinch. of course you can also use lithium or nimh type
batteries in it (comes with alkaline). the canon has a much better user
interface with menus that are more intuitive. the autofocus assist on the
canon is superior. the canon comes with better software. the canon comes
with a 32mb compact flash card and compact flash cards are relatively cheap
to the secure digital cards that the nikon uses (despite that fact that sd
cards have recently dropped in price). the nikon comes with a 16mb secure
digital memory card. 256mb sd/cf are about $65/45 respectively. the nikon
is smaller, but the canon feels better in your hand because of its grip.
read the reviews at http://www.steves-digicams.com/ and decide for yourself,
but i say go with the canon.



"James Cloud" wrote in message
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Hello, I am choosing a 3mp camera and these two are being considered.
Nikon has a $100 mail-in rebated which dropped the 3700 to below the
A75 price. Seems to me the 3700 is a slightly superior camera than
A75, with a smaller body and the use of the lithium ion battery. What
do you guys think?

Thanks in advance.

James