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This is an excellent little camera for a bargain price.
Extremely easy to use with a wide range of presets, a decent auto focus system and a reasonable lens.
Unlike a lot of compact cameras you do get some options that are usually only available on 'SLR Style' cameras. Such as differing ISO ratings, shutter speeds and aperture sizes.
Although the latter aren't user controllable it does mean the camera will work in all conditions.
The ISO rating is a bit of a red herring as well, at first you think it's an excellent feature. But quickly realise that unless you leave it locked on ISO80 the picture quality rapidly decays the higher the ISO rating gets.
However, being able to use different modes for photos and a macro function that works well means you can get some fantastic shots and use differing depths of field that you could typically only do on much more expensive cameras.
The batteries last a decent amount of time and I've found it works well on 2000maH rechargeables.
a 1GB SD Card is probably all you'll ever need to store as many photos as you'll ever want to take when you're out and about and although small, the camera is also very sturdy. Proved by the fact that I dropped it on concrete and there's not a mark on it.
An excellent buy if you're looking for a new compact camera.
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by (100%):
19.04.2008 19:00
good review :-)