[pct-l] Digitial Camera..thanks!

[Matt Maxon]

Hey thanks to the list for this....
I've been looking at another camera for a while and this seems to fit 
good with what I want, yeah it bulges but us "real men" are used to that 
;-)

For the price and features it's winner!

Trail90

Paul Magnanti wrote:
> Well, what can I say, I am overwhelmed by the amount of responses I received (about 2 dozen!). 
> I decided to go with the Canon A630.  
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/canon_a630.asp
> http://www.dpreview.com/shop/merchants.asp?id=canon_a640 (a 640 review, but the 630 is basically the 8mp version of this camera)
> http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/powershot_a630_a640-review/
>
> FWIW, I went with this camera because:
>
> -It does use AA batteries
> - Has the optical view finder. (Call me old fashioned, but I frame and compose pics better with the optical view finder. It works better outdoors than an LCD, too).
>   This part was by far the most important to me.
> -As others pointed out to me, SD cards are dirt cheap now.
>
> The A640 is a 10MP model, but was $100 more and the picture quality was not that much higher. I was seriously looking at the A710, but the A630 seems to have many features, is a solid performer, and was less money. I do not take many low light photographs, so the image stabilization feature is not as critical, esp. since I use a mini-tripod anyway. 
>
> It has many manual features, glowing reviews, and is a good step between a consumer grade camera and a professional SLR.  One review called it a camera for the "serious amateur".   I don't know how serious I am...but I am definitely amateur in many things I do. :-)
>
> This type of camera (a P&S for someone into photography) is becoming increasingly scarce. The next step for me would be an SLR...and a big weight penalty. :(  This camera better not break down! 
>
> I have used DPReviews in the past, and find it to be an awesome source for digital camera info.
>
> Thanks again for ALL the suggestions.
>
> Special thanks to Footslogger and Jim Bullard who both steered me in the Canon direction.
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