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03 November 2007
Canon PowerShot SX100 IS
76 of 78 found this helpful This is a just under $300 (street price at introduction) 8MP camera with image stabilization and a 10x optical zoom in a less-than 2" thick package. Very nice specs.
Pros:
- Optical image stabilization. This will let you hand-hold shots for longer exposures without a flash and keep them from being blurry due to hand-shake.
- Super telephoto zooming capability - most consumer point and shoot digitals top out at between 100mm and 150mm of equivalent telephoto range, whereas this one goes to 360mm.
- Offers a good basic feature set, including a wide range of shutter speeds, manual, aperture and shutter priority exposure modes, great close focusing capabilities, etc.
- Runs on (2) AA batteries, which is convenient.
- It's a Canon, so the user interface and durability are above average.
Cons:
- Wide angle coverage is nothing special (36mm effective).
- Lacks advanced features such as a hot shoe (for auxillary flash), full definition (non-JPEG) file formatting, and kelvin temperature-set white balance control.
- Battery life will be shorter than for most cameras with specialty batteries.
This is a great camera to get if you like the size of it, don't need more advanced camera features, and don't need better wide angle capabilities. I would consider it a great concert camera; it offers great telephoto range and image stabilization in a medium size that can fit in a reasonably sized pocket.
This camera is a slightly superior picture taker compared to the Canon ELPH cameras, all of which are thinner than 1". It's got a better lens and more features, but it is bigger. Buy an ELPH only if you need the smaller size.
A cheaper IS camera with less telephoto range would be the Canon A570 IS for under $200 or the A720 IS. Both are great cameras with similar feature sets and size to the SX100.
If you'd rather have wide angle coverage than telephoto coverage, consider the Canon SD870, which zooms from 28mm-105mm and is even smaller than this camera.
If you need more features, consider the Canon G7, G9, PowerShot S5 (offers even greater telephoto zoom), and the digital SLR's, all of which will offer a hot shoe and other more advanced features. If you're still unsure of what model has the features you want, check out dpreview dot com. They list specs of virtually all digital cameras in a very nice user interface.
I rate this camera "excellent" because it offers a unique and very handy feature set, takes great pictures, and should prove to be a relatively durable and useful camera.
20 June 2007
Pros and Cons of the Minolta X-370
18 of 18 found this helpful The Minolta X-370 (also known as the X-300, X-7a, X-370n, and the X-370s) was Minolta's lower end offering in the 80's and 90's, priced cheaper than the Minolta X-700 and X-570. It succeeded the XG series cameras and corrected some of their drawbacks.
Here are some pros and cons relative to the other Minolta bodies out there:
Pros:
- Offers Metered manual and aperture priority operation.
- Fewer durability/longevity problems than their predecessor the XG series (similar durability to the X-700's and X-570's).
- Takes a modern, cheap battery (1.5v button cells) with no skewed light meter problems (unlike the SRT series).
- Focusing screen is a very usable split image surrounded by a microprism ring (same as on the X-700 and X-570).
Cons:
- Unlike the X-570 and X-700, the camera offers no through the lens (TTL) flash metering, so you have to manually calculate flash exposures.
- No depth of field (DOF) preview or mirror lockup.
All in all, this is a good camera, but it has some notable drawbacks compared to the higher end Minolta models. TTL flash is an incredibly useful feature for most users and by itself presents a compelling reason to use the X-570 or X-700 bodies.
Alternate models to consider:
- X-700: Additionally offers Program mode, DOF preview and TTL flash metering.
- X-570: Additionally offers DOF preview and TTL flash metering.
- XG series: Less reliable but cheaper with many of the same features.
- XD series: Additionally offering better build quality, DOF preview and Shutter priority mode.
Note that almost any Minolta manual focus SLR you'll find on ebay will need its light seals and mirror bumper foam replaced if it hasn't been already. It's an easy job, but you should plan to do it before you lose your first couple rolls of film to light leaks rather than after.
See my guide on Minolta manual focus cameras and lenses for more information and some helpful links.
08 August 2007
Vivitar Series 1 28-105mm lens
1 of 2 found this helpful This is a very bad lens. Photodo rates its MTF as a 1.9 which is worse than virtually any of its competitors. OEM consumer grade zooms will provide significantly better images. And of course, primes would blow it out of the water. Note that for manual focus systems, the Vivitar 28-90mm f2.8-3.5 Series 1 zoom is regarded as a much better optical performer than this lens, has a much better build quality, and sells for about the same price.