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Need help picking a camera with action feature
by stonehenged - 6/2/08 5:36 AMI own a Canon Powershot 950 which was great for taking pictures of my active children. But the camera is now taking 'red' and blurry pictures... the shutter is not closing/opening properly. I am not impressed with it's Canon quality. I have had the camera for aobut 3 yrs. It's time for a new one.
Doing research on this site, I see Canon still is the preferred choice for cameras that take good quality pictures. Does anybody have an other recommendations? i'd like to take pictures of my 'active' children in action... and my flowers... I am considering the Powershot A590 since it has a sports feature. But it would be like my original PowershotA950. my camera is taking horrible pictures right now.
Thanks for looking at this thread... i welcome suggestions. i am looking for an easy camera that i don't have to learn all the bells & whistles but i don't want to sacrifice quality & features...
Canon A950
by snapshot2
- 6/2/08 5:59 AM
In reply to: Need help picking a camera with action feature by stonehenged
I don't believe that Canon ever made an A950 camera.
I don't find one on any of my sources.
Canon did make an A95 camera.
If you have an A95 camera, I have good news for you.
From your description of the problem, you likely have a CCD sensor that is going bad.
If that is true, Canon will fix the camera for free.
Here is a link ... start reading there and it will take you to another link with the details:
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7593_102-0.html?forumID=58&threadID=241840&messageID=2469246#2469246
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need to replace my PSA95
by stonehenged - 6/2/08 8:55 AM In reply to: Canon A950 by snapshot2
Thank you, snapshot2! That is the exact problem. I contacted Canon & they will fix my camera.... but i need one for my trip in a couple of days.... since the A95 is only 4 or 5 megpixels. i am looking for at least 8 w/higher zoom.
anyone recommendations???
Thank you for looking here.
Well
by kalel33 - 6/2/08 10:26 AM In reply to: need to replace my PSA95 by stonehengedCanon may be chosen most, but other camera manufacturers have caught up to Canon. If you want to stay with the same size then you could look at the A720IS. It would give you a larger zoom and image stabilization.
Action camera
by mrobzo - 6/2/08 6:59 PM In reply to: Need help picking a camera with action feature by stonehengedTake a sludge hammer to a Cannon
Most over rated product in history
They keep breaking and c-net keeps pushing them
research
by kalel33 - 6/2/08 7:22 PM In reply to: Action camera by mrobzoI've only met one person, including the time selling cameras, that had a problem with their Canon. Most of my family and friends have bought Canon(a few others with Fuji and my Mom with Kodak due to the ease of use) and not have a problem. This is from consumer reports.
"Overall, digital cameras have been among the most reliable products in our subscriber surveys. Only about 5 percent of those purchased between 2004 and 2007 have been repaired or had a serious problem. Yet in our latest electronics-buying survey, more than 70 percent of digital camera buyers were pitched an extended warranty in stores and 15 percent bought one. We don’t think it pays to buy an extended warranty for a digital camera."
I looked at consumer reports brand reliability section and they list Panasonic as the #1 followed by Sony, Olympus, Kodak, and Canon all tied for #2 as the best in the brand repair history (based on a bunch of research). You have to remember first that there are always lemons; products that only one or two have issues out of the millions made.
So please bring relevant information instead of the small personal sample of yourself or the few threads you have read compared to the millions of cameras sold each year by Canon and others.
The only manufacturer in notable names that I would stay away from would be Polaroid, due to seeing so many of them coming back as defective.
Nikon??
by davidp1234 - 6/19/08 10:24 PM In reply to: research by kalel33I noticed Nikon was left of the list of cameras. Are they that bad? I can't believe so, as they have always seemed to be a player in years gone by. How would a Nikon rate nowadays? I am thinking of the Nikon S210....,
Dave
weren't left off
by kalel33 - 6/19/08 11:42 PM In reply to: Nikon?? by davidp1234They sit at 8% failure rate while the second place companies were at 5%. Panasonic seems to always be at the top in all the things they make in regards to reliability.
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