What setting for the A710?

I havent read the manual yet but dont think even the G7 has a battery charge indicator.
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What sharpness do you use on A710 IS?

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I will play around with it, what sharpness setting do you prefer if you
a) want to post process the pictures, NR and sharpening
b) want no post processing

does a +1 or +2 on b) bring any artefacts or reason not to use it?
For a), does -2 or -1 give less noise or better PP IQ?

stonehill said:

What if I'm downloading photos using the camera and USB cable
and the battery suddenly runs out?

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Yeah, that's why I switched to using a card reader to move images onto my computer. I found that when I used the USB cable I'd turn on the camera, download the images, and then start reviewing them and tweaking them, completely forgetting that the camera was still on.

I agree that a battery charge indicator with more than just a "nearly out" setting would be nice. But what I found on my old Sony camera was that after several recharge cycles the batteries would signal "half discharged" only a few shots before they completely died anyway, so it really didn't end up being all that useful. And I think it's a good idea to have a spare set of batteries on hand anyway - one of the advantages of a camera that takes only 2 standard AA batteries is that the spares are cheap and they're not onerous to carry around.

andreas23 said:

One thing missing on the A710 is a larger focus area. As an example
my current Sony P200 and other Sony´s have a 5 Area Multi-Point AF

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The review for the A710 says it has 9 AiAF areas. The A6x0 models do too. Or are you referring to something different?

What are the best settings for size and compression?
Choices are S, M1, M2, M3, L, and WideSc.
Compression at N, F, SF

For now, I'm using L and F with each pic at about 1.897Mb. Is there an advantage to using something like M1 and SF with each pic at 2.503Mb?

Cf. the table at:

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelTechSpecsAct&fcategoryid=145&modelid=14117
for other combinations and file sizes.
Thanks

Helpful thread as I am trying to learn all the ins and outs of the camera and photography as well.

You can use flexizone to move the focus box anywhere on the screen in P mode I believe. Just hit the EV twice and the box will light up (you have to turn it on in the menu first), then you can move it to where you want to focus. Not sure if evaluative metering works with this or if it's focus and exposure both or if you can pick.

For iso 200 and above noise is very visible on comp screen. I guess this is pretty consistent on these type camera's for a large screen veiwing?

Are indoor shots w/out a flash a reality on lower iso settings? Any suggestions are appreciated

Yes, you can shoot indoor shots without flash, the stabilizer is especially beneficial there. Lower iso settings should be ok for rooms that are reasonably well lit. If you're in a room where some daylight is coming through a couple windows it should be no problem at all.

Darker rooms are going to be trouble. You'll have to push up the iso and maybe process the photos with some noise removal software like Neat Image. It's very easy to use.

Actually some noise grain can look ok, especially in B&W photos. Try some, you may like it.

These two photos were in a rather dark location. If I remember right it was iso 200.

danieljdeal said:

Are indoor shots w/out a flash a reality on lower iso settings?
Any suggestions are appreciated

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