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What happened to the A series?

Started Sep 17, 2015 | Discussions thread
SnappyChappie Regular Member • Posts: 434
A620

I love my A620. It was my first Canon digital camera and my main camera for longer than i've had my DSLR. For me it was the perfect camera for travelling - I used to holster it in a Lowepro case like a pistol and could quick-draw it smoothly and still have it attached to the case via the wrist strap in such a way as so i couldn't drop it but it also didn't interfere with me operating it.

Just brilliant

I did replace it with the A650IS but couldn't like it as much, yeah it had improvements but it's larger size made it slightly less portable friendly, build quality felt less and it was slower than i felt it should and i preferred the memory card to be in a seperate compartment to the batteries. But looking back at the images it took they were really quite good.

I still have the A620 but it's barely operational, it's so tired! Once on holiday the lens caught my finger when retracting and it made a horrible loud squealing noise and ever since then the lens sounds really rough when extending/retracting, i guess it chewed some gears! Still it worked for three years of constant use after. But the screen is tiny now, although it still feels so good in the hand. It's no surprise that my first DSLR, a Canon 650D, had a vari-angle screen and other features like the A620.

It's true that my smartphone has replaced compacts for me as my 'phone is mostly always out with me but the quality of the photos are nowhere as good as a proper stand-alone camera. It would be nice if they made another one with AA batteries, though i'm wary of having wi-fi on it, useful yes, but most wi-fi gadgets i know of seem to drain the batteries even when switched off and even cause them to leak - which would be annoying as i would like to keep on in the car too.

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