I've read through the reviews and think I am down to the a620. This
will be my first digital. I have a Rebel Film SLR and LOVE the
picture quality and zoom ability. I use mostly the auto settings.
I want a digital for convenience, and developing savings. I take
mostly pictures of my toddler indoors. Price is a concern which is
why I don't think I'm ready for DRebel. Video does not matter to me.
I am concerned about shutter speed and the E18 error.
Convince me to buy the A620 or another camera that costs less than
the 620...
I purchased the A610 last December over the A620 for several reasons. These are the opinions given by another review:
"The A610 performs better in low light situations than the A620, so there's less noise and you can use faster shutter speeds or smaller apertures.
Also, because the A620 has more noise, it uses more aggressive noise reduction, which reduces detail somewhat. This becomes noticeable in ISO settings higher than 50.
The higher saturation level of the A610 means a higher dynamic range, in practice highlights shouldn't get clipped as fast on the A610 as they would on the A620. So in bright light situations it should also perform better.
Apart from that the A610 functions a bit faster (shot to shot) because the 5MP images take less time to process than the A620's 7MP ones and of more of those smaller images will fit on a memory card.
In short, the A620 is a good choice if you want to crop or do very large prints (A610 images can be printed somewhat larger than A4 size), the A610 is nice if you want light-sensitivity (or a slight increase in shooting speed)."
Besides these reasons mentioned, the cost difference then was substantial ($100). Now, since it is under $30 the choice would be more difficult since I do print 20X30.
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Regards,
Hank
