Great camera when your "good" camera should stay at home!
Written: Jan 27 '05
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Pros: - inexpensive
- AA batteries
- crisp shots
Cons: - size
- small zoom
The Bottom Line: 2MP is not a lot these days, but this is great to have for non-printing applications.
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| timdthomas's Full Review: Canon PowerShot A60 Digital Camera |
My 3rd (of 4) Canon.
My first camera was a Canon TX, a basic SLR film camera. I had a lot of fun with it in school (25 years ago!) and it took great pictures. Many years later, I replaced it with a Canon Rebel SLR film camera. Again, I had a lot of fun and it took even better pictures.
Last summer I bought a Canon A60 as my "junk" digital camera to keep ready in the car, mostly for my geocaching addiction.
I have a Canon A95 that I keep at home, for my wife to use on the kids, for vacation, family events, etc ... But I really wanted to have one handy in my car so there is always one available.
I use this camera when I go hiking & geocaching, when kayaking or canoeing, or any other time I don't want to risk my more expensive camera.
I've never made a print from the shots this camera takes. But viewing the pictures on the screen the pictures looked brighter and crisper than my more expensive 4MP Kodak camera.
Most cameras that I looked at in this price range didn't have the number of features and manual control that the Canon A-series has. Having spent a lot of time with manual SLRs, I really wanted some basic abilities to have aperature or shutter priority when taking shots.
Most of the time I use the full auto mode and it does a great job pretty much all the time. Whether indoors or out, both my Canon A60 and A95 seem to make a pretty much perfect job at exposure. My Kodak has problems with exposure, so when I saw my inexpensive A60 doing a better job than my Kodak, I knew I wanted another A-series when the Kodak died.
If I want to get more artistic, or just play around, I really like the manual controls. There isn't a large aperature range, so you are somewhat limited compared to a higher end camera or a basic SLR film camera.
There are a number of shooting modes on the camera, although I haven't found they are any better than just leaving it at auto. Possibly I haven't given the modes a chance, but I don't see the point.
The use of compact flash helps to decrease the price of buying memory cards. As I don't use this camera to take a lot of shots during any period, the small memory card the camera came with is generally ok.
I'm not sure how I feel about the use of AA batteries. It's great that you don't have to worry about a proprietary battery going dead on vacation when you don't have the charger, but the 4 AA batteries make the camera a bit bigger and heaver than others in the same price range. Battery life is very good, however.
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Amount Paid (US$): 100
This Camera is a Good Choice if You Want Something... Easy Enough for Anyone to Use
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Member: Timothy Thomas
Location: Fairport, NY
Reviews written: 18
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