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Is this camera any good?

cheechfcheechf Registered Users Posts: 2 Beginner grinner
edited March 8, 2004 in Cameras
I was looking around on ebay and found these. Just wondering what your opinions these are.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3800758957&category=30018

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3800619145&category=30018

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    cmr164cmr164 Registered Users Posts: 1,542 Major grins
    edited March 5, 2004
    cheechf wrote:
    I was looking around on ebay and found these. Just wondering what your opinions these are.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3800758957&category=30018

    http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3800619145&category=30018
    No optical zoom, 4mp is "interpolated" the real resolution is much lower

    Junk.
    Charles Richmond IT & Security Consultant
    Operating System Design, Drivers, Software
    Villa Del Rio II, Talamban, Pit-os, Cebu, Ph
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    gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited March 5, 2004
    Any good by what benchmark...thats the problem mate...bit of an open question. Sure it will take a photo but its all relative. Unknown brand to me here.

    I would buy a 2nd hand A60 canon (people upgrade & sell good cameras) way way before buying this camera, but that is my opinion, i assume they would be around the same price.
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    wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2004
    wave.gif cheechf, welcome to the site!

    I wouldn't buy either one. Here's why.

    1/ Neither camera specializes. Both try to be everything to everyone. Those devices usually end up being worth nothing to anyone.

    2/ Neither has an optical zoom. That's a huge limitation.

    3/ Neither is a brand name. Why does that matter? Many of the big brand names have good lenses. Good lenses make a big difference to the image quality. I wouldn't trust the lens on either of these cameras.

    4/ They lie. Neither is 4 megapixel. Looks like they're both 2mp. I wouldn't buy anything from someone who lied to me. Can't trust them.

    You get the idea. To be avoided.
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
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    fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2004
    cheechf wrote:
    Just wondering what your opinions these are.

    They're crap. :D
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
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    cmr164cmr164 Registered Users Posts: 1,542 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2004
    cheechf wrote:
    I was looking around on ebay and found these. Just wondering what your opinions these are.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3800758957&category=30018

    http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3800619145&category=30018
    Search on ebay for the Canon s20 or the Minolta DimageX and you will get a much better camera at a cheaper price.
    Charles Richmond IT & Security Consultant
    Operating System Design, Drivers, Software
    Villa Del Rio II, Talamban, Pit-os, Cebu, Ph
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    cheechfcheechf Registered Users Posts: 2 Beginner grinner
    edited March 6, 2004
    thanks for your help. im looking to spend upward of $200 on a camera and the Canon s20 looks pretty good.
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    wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 8, 2004
    Cheech, don't forget to come back and post some shots.
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
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