canon A80

kater · Jul 22, 2004

I am about to start travelling and need to get a camera. Looking at the A80, it takes AA's which would be good if i cant get to a power source and it sounds as though it is good quality photo with a good blend of manual and automatic settings.

Does this sound like a good camera for the purpose? Also, is it worth spending the extra to get a canon as opposed to a much cheaper brand??

xder345 · Jul 22, 2004

You will absolutely be happy with the Canon. It's great for travelling because it lasts forever (well, about 500 shots or so) with a good set of NiMH batteries, and you can throw in some alkaline AAs in a pinch. The A80 is also very good for travelling because you can be pretty certain that your pictures will turn out well the first time. Nothing worse than going to a once in a lifetime location and finding out that your pictures are garbage when you get home. The Auto white balance is not too bad, but the presets are actually quite good. Use them. Also, the swivel lcd will make sure that you get the shot you want (even if it is over somebody's head).

Make sure you get a large CF card too, because each pic is between 1.5 and 2mb each.

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VegasSil · Jul 22, 2004

Great camera! I've had mine since january and have no complaints. Pictures are excellent when printed, also. I just printed a batch of 4x6 and they look like they were taking with a 35mm camera.

Also, it's a sturdy camera. I accidentally dropped mine on the hard pavement in march and it still works like a charm.

xder345 said:
You will absolutely be happy with the Canon. It's great for
travelling because it lasts forever (well, about 500 shots or so)
with a good set of NiMH batteries, and you can throw in some
alkaline AAs in a pinch. The A80 is also very good for travelling
because you can be pretty certain that your pictures will turn out
well the first time. Nothing worse than going to a once in a
lifetime location and finding out that your pictures are garbage
when you get home. The Auto white balance is not too bad, but the
presets are actually quite good. Use them. Also, the swivel lcd
will make sure that you get the shot you want (even if it is over
somebody's head).
Make sure you get a large CF card too, because each pic is between
1.5 and 2mb each.

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QRTAN · Jul 22, 2004

I think you will be very happy with an A80. I have had mine for almost 8 months now ;-))
My (please note: MY) hints/views on how to start:

use the P mode: it is 'almost' an automatic mode but you'll see what the camera is doing and will have the possibility to make small adjustments and use personal settings
adjust the EV to -1/3 as the camera, according to most people, tends to over-expose a tiny, tiny bit
turn off the AiAF and use only one (central) focusing box; the 9 boxes may choose something you don't want to be at the focus distance
shoot Large/Fine; according to practical tests performed by myself and other forum members the quality difference between Fine and Superfine is very difficult to see in a vast majority of the cases. With Fine you will save card space, typical file size being slightly over 1 MB.
as camera bag the Tamrac 5691 will hold your camera + an extra memory card + a spare battery set.

Please have a look at a macro I shot the other day
http://community.webshots.com/photo/165376545/165377015ThROPB
(post-processing limited to PSE autocontrast and one easy turn of USM).

VegasSil said:
Also, it's a sturdy camera. I accidentally dropped mine on the
hard pavement in march and it still works like a charm.

xder345 said:

You will absolutely be happy with the Canon. It's great for
travelling because it lasts forever (well, about 500 shots or so)
with a good set of NiMH batteries, and you can throw in some
alkaline AAs in a pinch. The A80 is also very good for travelling
because you can be pretty certain that your pictures will turn out
well the first time. Nothing worse than going to a once in a
lifetime location and finding out that your pictures are garbage
when you get home. The Auto white balance is not too bad, but the
presets are actually quite good. Use them. Also, the swivel lcd
will make sure that you get the shot you want (even if it is over
somebody's head).
Make sure you get a large CF card too, because each pic is between
1.5 and 2mb each.

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Mic63382 · Jul 22, 2004

... I also have one and I like it a lot. It should be priced in the low $300s' by now...

kater said:
I am about to start travelling and need to get a camera. Looking at
the A80, it takes AA's which would be good if i cant get to a power
source and it sounds as though it is good quality photo with a good
blend of manual and automatic settings.
Does this sound like a good camera for the purpose? Also, is it
worth spending the extra to get a canon as opposed to a much
cheaper brand??

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Mic

tvr · Jul 22, 2004

Mic said:
kater said:

I am about to start travelling and need to get a camera. Looking at
the A80, it takes AA's which would be good if i cant get to a power
source and it sounds as though it is good quality photo with a good
blend of manual and automatic settings.
Does this sound like a good camera for the purpose? Also, is it
worth spending the extra to get a canon as opposed to a much
cheaper brand??

Click to expand...

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Mic

Haven't had mine for long but I love it. Great shots and fun to use. It is a great camera

andysaj · Jul 22, 2004

I am also thinking about picking one up. They are on sale here for $276, and might be able to get it even cheaper with the price matching some places will do.

I bought a Nikon D70 a few months ago, but now I am seeing the need for a smaller, less expensive camera. My wife likes to take the kids on little field trips, and I am always nervous that somthing will happen to our $1300+ investment at the local sawmill, farm, picnic, etc. The A80 might be just the ticket for these outings, and it will be less to lug around as well.

Mic said:
kater said:

I am about to start travelling and need to get a camera. Looking at
the A80, it takes AA's which would be good if i cant get to a power
source and it sounds as though it is good quality photo with a good
blend of manual and automatic settings.
Does this sound like a good camera for the purpose? Also, is it
worth spending the extra to get a canon as opposed to a much
cheaper brand??

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Mic

Forbes · Jul 22, 2004

Instead of the Tamrac 5691 I use the 5692 which affords just a little extra space for the accessories and it's nearly as small (but not quite).

Take particular note of QRTAN's advice re: shooting resolutions.

Don F.

QRTAN said:
use the P mode: it is 'almost' an automatic mode but you'll see

what the camera is doing and will have the possibility to make
small adjustments and use personal settings

adjust the EV to -1/3 as the camera, according to most people,

tends to over-expose a tiny, tiny bit

turn off the AiAF and use only one (central) focusing box; the 9

boxes may choose something you don't want to be at the focus
distance

shoot Large/Fine; according to practical tests performed by

myself and other forum members the quality difference between Fine
and Superfine is very difficult to see in a vast majority of the
cases. With Fine you will save card space, typical file size being
slightly over 1 MB.

as camera bag the Tamrac 5691 will hold your camera + an extra

memory card + a spare battery set.
Please have a look at a macro I shot the other day
http://community.webshots.com/photo/165376545/165377015ThROPB
(post-processing limited to PSE autocontrast and one easy turn of
USM).

VegasSil said:

Also, it's a sturdy camera. I accidentally dropped mine on the
hard pavement in march and it still works like a charm.

xder345 said:

You will absolutely be happy with the Canon. It's great for
travelling because it lasts forever (well, about 500 shots or so)
with a good set of NiMH batteries, and you can throw in some
alkaline AAs in a pinch. The A80 is also very good for travelling
because you can be pretty certain that your pictures will turn out
well the first time. Nothing worse than going to a once in a
lifetime location and finding out that your pictures are garbage
when you get home. The Auto white balance is not too bad, but the
presets are actually quite good. Use them. Also, the swivel lcd
will make sure that you get the shot you want (even if it is over
somebody's head).
Make sure you get a large CF card too, because each pic is between
1.5 and 2mb each.

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Ay-eighty

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krazyolycamguydennis d · Jul 22, 2004

andysaj said:
I bought a Nikon D70 a few months ago, but now I am seeing the need
for a smaller, less expensive camera. My wife likes to take the
kids on little field trips, and I am always nervous that somthing
will happen to our $1300+ investment at the local sawmill, farm,
picnic, etc. The A80 might be just the ticket for these outings,
and it will be less to lug around as well.

Mic said:

kater said:

I am about to start travelling and need to get a camera. Looking at
the A80, it takes AA's which would be good if i cant get to a power
source and it sounds as though it is good quality photo with a good
blend of manual and automatic settings.
Does this sound like a good camera for the purpose? Also, is it
worth spending the extra to get a canon as opposed to a much
cheaper brand??

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One h@ll of a little camera,i find more excuses to leave behind my bigger prosumers.
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Andras Andrasi · Jul 22, 2004

I'm a happy A80 owner too.
But buy a HOODMAN's H180 hood to view the lcd at bright light.
(cca 10$)

Kind regards,

Andras
(D7i and A80)

kater said:
I am about to start travelling and need to get a camera. Looking at
the A80, it takes AA's which would be good if i cant get to a power
source and it sounds as though it is good quality photo with a good
blend of manual and automatic settings.
Does this sound like a good camera for the purpose? Also, is it
worth spending the extra to get a canon as opposed to a much
cheaper brand??

Mowgli_RO · Jul 23, 2004

He, he, he, you are perfectly right, Andy... I am laughing because I am in the same position that you are (except kids...)... these words seems to be written be my...

Cheers!

andysaj said:
I bought a Nikon D70 a few months ago, but now I am seeing the need
for a smaller, less expensive camera. My wife likes to take the
kids on little field trips, and I am always nervous that somthing
will happen to our $1300+ investment at the local sawmill, farm,
picnic, etc. The A80 might be just the ticket for these outings,
and it will be less to lug around as well.

Mic said:

kater said:

I am about to start travelling and need to get a camera. Looking at
the A80, it takes AA's which would be good if i cant get to a power
source and it sounds as though it is good quality photo with a good
blend of manual and automatic settings.
Does this sound like a good camera for the purpose? Also, is it
worth spending the extra to get a canon as opposed to a much
cheaper brand??

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kater · Jul 23, 2004

Thanks for advice everyone, it seems noone has anything negative to say about it.

Andras Andrasi said:
Kind regards,

Andras
(D7i and A80)

kater said:

I am about to start travelling and need to get a camera. Looking at
the A80, it takes AA's which would be good if i cant get to a power
source and it sounds as though it is good quality photo with a good
blend of manual and automatic settings.
Does this sound like a good camera for the purpose? Also, is it
worth spending the extra to get a canon as opposed to a much
cheaper brand??

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Allan Jordan · Jul 23, 2004

Only one additional point to add: if you want one, I would be tempted to get one soon. Stock in the UK is drying up very quickly and the speculation is that there will be no more coming in. A colleague here has managed to lay his hands on one from a smaller retailer, but only after contacting several of the larger chains to be told they had none in stock, and did not expect to receive any more, getting the A85 on the shelves instead.

Great camera, though......................be a real shame if they do discontinue it.

kater said:
Thanks for advice everyone, it seems noone has anything negative to
say about it.

andysaj · Jul 23, 2004

Well, went in to get the A80 today and ended up with the A75 instead. It was on sale for $235, while the A80 was $299. Since my wife is going to be the one using it, and she just wants it for snapshots, which will never be printed at any more than a 5x7, I figured the A75 would be the better bet, for the money. If I didn't already have almost $2k sunk into a D70, and this was going to be my only camera, I'd have gone with the A80 to get the extra mp. But for us, the A75 should suffice.

Just wanted to provide an update.

Getting ready to take it on a little test run right now...

Thanks,
Andy

andysaj said:
I bought a Nikon D70 a few months ago, but now I am seeing the need
for a smaller, less expensive camera. My wife likes to take the
kids on little field trips, and I am always nervous that somthing
will happen to our $1300+ investment at the local sawmill, farm,
picnic, etc. The A80 might be just the ticket for these outings,
and it will be less to lug around as well.

Mic said:

kater said:

I am about to start travelling and need to get a camera. Looking at
the A80, it takes AA's which would be good if i cant get to a power
source and it sounds as though it is good quality photo with a good
blend of manual and automatic settings.
Does this sound like a good camera for the purpose? Also, is it
worth spending the extra to get a canon as opposed to a much
cheaper brand??

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Mowgli_RO · Jul 25, 2004

Hello Andy, I just bought A80, for my wife

. Happy shooting for you and for your wife, too

Cheers!

andysaj said:
Just wanted to provide an update.

Getting ready to take it on a little test run right now...

Thanks,
Andy

andysaj said:

I bought a Nikon D70 a few months ago, but now I am seeing the need
for a smaller, less expensive camera. My wife likes to take the
kids on little field trips, and I am always nervous that somthing
will happen to our $1300+ investment at the local sawmill, farm,
picnic, etc. The A80 might be just the ticket for these outings,
and it will be less to lug around as well.

Mic said:

kater said:

I am about to start travelling and need to get a camera. Looking at
the A80, it takes AA's which would be good if i cant get to a power
source and it sounds as though it is good quality photo with a good
blend of manual and automatic settings.
Does this sound like a good camera for the purpose? Also, is it
worth spending the extra to get a canon as opposed to a much
cheaper brand??

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Russell Holmes · Jul 26, 2004

I never put much thought into this until reading your thread, but consider a Power Inverter. This can be picked up at many different locations such as Big Lots, WalMart, Kmart, and automotive stores. These devices change 12 volts DC into 110/120 volts AC. I use mine on a regular basis to recharge batteries for my A80 when on the road. I was in the Navy for 9 years but never checked into possible variations on vehicle power. Check with the area you are going.

http://www.focusingonflorida.com

Russ

kater said:
I am about to start travelling and need to get a camera. Looking at
the A80, it takes AA's which would be good if i cant get to a power
source and it sounds as though it is good quality photo with a good
blend of manual and automatic settings.
Does this sound like a good camera for the purpose? Also, is it
worth spending the extra to get a canon as opposed to a much
cheaper brand??

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