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Started Jan 31, 2016 | Discussions thread
rpm40
rpm40 Senior Member • Posts: 2,411
Re: Chill Folks

seeblue wrote:

I'm just playing along with the OP's nonsense.

I understand his sentiment is a tough sell on a site where most users have a serious case of gas, but sometimes using the old gear can be fun too!

I picked up a pair of Canon A520s for my nephews on craigslist for $20 each so they could have a camera to play with that would not be a loss when they inevitably broke them. In the meantime, they took plenty of shots, and printed out on 4x6 they look pretty close to what you would get from a new compact. I played with them a few times and they were indeed fun- small but still had a grip, OVF, lots of manual controls, etc. AAs were a plus for the parents, and output was lightyears ahead of the crappy plastic kids cams they sell in the toy stores.

I wouldn't trade my current camera for one of these guys, but they had their appeal- and with the price, flexibility and batteries, but I could see how something like this or the OP's W5 would make a nice toss around glovebox backup.

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