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Powershot A1400 any good?

Started Dec 30, 2013 | Discussions thread
I2K4
I2K4 Senior Member • Posts: 1,441
Re: Powershot A1400 any good?

My experience was with the A1200 which I broke.  To me the "any good?" question starts with the build quality, since I don't know of any other Canon that would have broken so easily or has the almost toy-like plastic of this line of camera.  Since breaking my A1200 I got an LG smartphone with a mediocre smartphone camera.  It's just about on the plane of A1200 for image quality, though fewer pixels.  I would not buy this line of camera with the money it would take to upgrade a smartphone, except for one single thing:  it has an OVF.  I replaced my broken A1200 with a much better and even smaller Ixus 300 at $130, but it's all LCD.  I do miss the OVF.

Eventually I'll get something in the G15 line of cameras to get an OVF, but would rather spend on a good smartphone than the plasticky A1400 series.

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