Schrei
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Re: A710 IS Focus Problem?
I'm still seariching.I bought a Pentax A20(but in another shop here in my hometown).Not a bad cam(the resolution is very good).But the focus lag was 1 to 2 seconds.I couln't believe it.No chance to take pix of my dog or kids.I read that the focus lag would be ok,but it wasn't.Also the pix of the A20 had much too much contrast at default settings and were often underexposured.I posted a little review in the Pentax forum.
.It seems that I got no luck with these little cams.The performance of the 710 IS is MUCH better than the A20,despite some focus errors of the 710IS(the focus error is not a big deal).I returned the A20.Now I'm running around with my bulky Canon 20D again.
Maybe I will have a look at the Fuji F30 but to be honest:I like an IS(like the very good one in the 710IS) and I don't like xd-cards.Even my PC card reader can't read these expensive cards..haha.
It's hard to get satisfied with the image quality of P&S cameras when you normally use a DSLR.I guess that's one of my biggest problems.
All in all I'm thinking:Maybe I should have kept the 710IS.The camera made some really nice shots(if you stay with iso 100/200...low light pix with iso 400 were really not good)&was not very expensive.The artefact problem that I saw in some of my pix could really be better,but hey..it's a tiny 1/2,5 chip.My wife will beat me black and blue if I will get the 710Is again,because she liked the camera.(She loves 6x zoom with IS in such a small camera).
Also I'm interested in another little cam.The Nikon S10,but I haven't found much reviews and I'm running out of shops where I can buy a camera(and maybe return it..just a joke).
All the best
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