Canon Powershot Black Friday

Canon Sd1200Is – Seems Like The Best Out There For Under $200!

While I have only had my camera a couple of hours, I have logged in many (some may say too many) hours of internet research to find the best small digital camera under $[...] and think I have found it!! I had a Kodak DX7360 and loved it, but it is clunky, and then didn’t survive a night out in the rain on Halloween. Oops! As much as I loved my old Kodak, I have been scared off of purchasing a new Kodak since many many reviews said the pictures were not clear, the shutter time seemed too slow, and that they seemed to just stop working altogether in a matter of months. Seemed like these were similar complaints of Nikon Coolpix, Sony Cybershots, Samsungs and Olympus.

My final options were this Canon SD1200IS, an Olympus Stylus 7010, Casio Ex-S5 and Casio EXZ33. What really sold me on the Canon SD1200IS was the fact that I found awesome reviews from expert websites:

– it made the Dave’s Picks list
– “strong buy” (the highest rating) (Olypus 7010 was only “good buy.”)
– rated the Best Ultra Compact Digital Camera under $200
– rated an A.

Like most people, I didn’t want to buy any camera without actually testing it out. I tested it out at Best Buy, got a few quick pics of my 4 yr old and was totally sold! The camera took crisp pictures immediately. Crisp and quick were my main objectives since I pretty much only take pictures of my 2 and 4 yr old boys who are always on the go! : )

I don’t know about technical details of zoom, digital/optical etc, but was able to shoot a quick, clear image little video of my dog and was able to zoom while recording. A lot of other point and shoot cameras do not have the zoom while recording feature.

I didn’t actually buy this camera from Amazon.com. I still wanted to submit a review though since I’ve pored over the many reviews on this site for this camera and the others I researched. I ended up buying it in person today for the same price at Best Buy(Black Friday)and purchased the Geek Squad Black Tie 2 yr warranty. Although after all the great things I’ve heard about the Canon SD1200IS, the $35 Best Buy protection plan will cover pretty much anything short of actually losing the camera…even if it gets left out in the rain next Halloween. : )

I’ll add to my review in the future if my opinion changes, but so far, this seems like the best quality, easy-to-use, quick and crisp picture taking camera for the money.

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How to use a Canon PowerShot A590 IS ?

I’ve recently bought a Canon PowerShot A590 IS camera and i don’t know how to take awesome pictures with it. I will use it on this friday and need to know how to take black and white pics and beautiful pics at night.
Can you please give me some tips, advices and all??

Hi — I have a Canon S1 IS. It has similar settings as your Powershot. You know, with B/W pics, I would just take everything in color with the camera. Then later in Photoshop Elements or whatever your photo editor is, you can easily change the photo to ‘greyscale’, which is black and white. You can even make it sepia-color, like the old tin types.

For night shots, there should be a night mode on the camera — the icon looks like a moon and/or stars. Try that.

Actually, I wrote a quick “how to” on using the different ‘modes’ on a camera. You could take a look there and see if any of it helps.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4623232_use-digital-camera-modes.html

Thanks!
Bryan

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