Guy Meacham
Well-known member
Nothing new here, another on the fence guy who was reading all the posts and could not decide between the S70 and the 505V.
For others still on the fence here are the reasons why I finally decided on the S70 for me.
1) Size, I have lugged my FD90 up 3 mountains in 3 months its size has been a bind, too big to slip in my pocket and who wants to stop and take a camera out or their back pack when they are gasping for air :^)
Looking at the 505V I think that it would have been even more of a problem to carry, keep clean and undamaged on backpacking and climbing trips.
2) I decided that the view finder was worth it for me again because of the outdoor use in Sunny conditions and also as a way to save battery power on long trips without electricity.
3) Faster lense for low light and night shots.
I will probably end up keeping the FD90 just for the 8X optical lens and as a backup. Though those 8X or even 16X photos taken with the Mavica FD90 are never the best they are fun to take and are shots I would not have at all otherwise.
As an aside for all those who are worried about damaging their digital cameras last year I dropped my first digital camera a mavica FD7 into a tide pool!!
It quickly died and the 3V battery in the front half melted. The next day when it had dried out I popped another 3V battery into it and it came back to life and is still working today.
Cheers.
For others still on the fence here are the reasons why I finally decided on the S70 for me.
1) Size, I have lugged my FD90 up 3 mountains in 3 months its size has been a bind, too big to slip in my pocket and who wants to stop and take a camera out or their back pack when they are gasping for air :^)
Looking at the 505V I think that it would have been even more of a problem to carry, keep clean and undamaged on backpacking and climbing trips.
2) I decided that the view finder was worth it for me again because of the outdoor use in Sunny conditions and also as a way to save battery power on long trips without electricity.
3) Faster lense for low light and night shots.
I will probably end up keeping the FD90 just for the 8X optical lens and as a backup. Though those 8X or even 16X photos taken with the Mavica FD90 are never the best they are fun to take and are shots I would not have at all otherwise.
As an aside for all those who are worried about damaging their digital cameras last year I dropped my first digital camera a mavica FD7 into a tide pool!!
It quickly died and the 3V battery in the front half melted. The next day when it had dried out I popped another 3V battery into it and it came back to life and is still working today.
Cheers.
