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canon A95 vs. Sony DSC T33
Which one is better for a first purchase of a digital camera ?
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I love my A95 like I did my a40 when I first got that, But I should think
that the Sony will be just as good and I would doubt you could go wrong with either. clem -- |
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Well, I am a little biased, my first digital camera was an A40 and I bought
an A95 as soon as they came out and am very happy with it. Supposedly the Sony's weakness is noisy indoor pictures but it does have the advantage of being very compact and it delivers overall good picture quality. I looked at a number of the small and thin type cameras but to me the many advantages of a more regular sized camera were compelling, a big plus is that a camera like the A95 uses AA batteries, pick up a charger and 8 AA NiMH rechargeable and you are good to go all day or more for very little money. The A95 also uses CF card memory which tends to be cheaper than other types. Both the Sony and the Canon are very easy to use for a beginner, just set on Auto and click the button but the Canon has many more user adjustable modes and is far more flexible if you want to expand your skills, I love the Canon and am using it as a very enjoyable stepping stone on my path to getting a decent SLR one of these days but for now the A95 is simply great. The Sony has a better movie mode but you need to buy a not-cheap special Memory Stick Pro DUO card for full movie quality with the Sony, the Canon takes okay little movies but it is not the A95's strong suit. The Sony will run you an average of a 100.00 more than the A95 and memory and replacement batteries will also cost more but it is a nifty extremely compact camera that would be great for someone that wants to take a camera most anywhere. I love the Canon Software, once the software is installed all you need do is plug your camera into the PC and turn it on in Play mode, the software automatically loads and asks you what to do, it creates folders for each day you use the camera. To me it is so wonderful that from the day I got my first digital camera I have a photo record of my life on my PC sorted by year, month and day. I imagine most digi-cams come with similar software. I was probably the worlds worst film photographer, the type that bought disposables to take on vacation, a decent digital cam changed all that, well, I am still a lousy photographer but with a 512MB memory card and all the capabilities of Digital, anyone is bound to get at least a few memorable shots. ;-) Welcome to the world of digital photography, it is great fun. Couple of reviews: http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/sony/dsc_t33-review/ http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/ca...ot_a95-review/ Sample shot of mine taken with A95 native 2592x1944 resolution: http://home.comcast.net/~luckylobo/IMG_0425.JPG Fun with Photoshop CS. 3 images combined and a bit of tweaking: http://home.comcast.net/~christsi/dusksit.psd.jpg Warning! Big file sizes almost seven hundred K for one and a MB for the other. One thing I would highly recommend for a new digi-cam user is Adobe Elements 3, a great tool and lots of fun, 1/6th the price of PhotoShop CS but does most of the same things you would want for digital camera use with a nice, easy to learn interface and a great beginner mode. "lupoalberto" wrote in message ... Which one is better for a first purchase of a digital camera ? |
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I don't want to give the impression that the A95 uses 8 AA's, it uses 4,
eight is just good to have so you always have a fresh set ready to go, I actually have 16 and two chargers. '-) |
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