Ivoria
New member
6 months ago, I tried the A700 for a couple of days, and I was really impressed by the natural colours and the overall quality of the pictures. I did miss the IS, however. I was therefore greatly pleased when I read that the A710 IS would replace the A700. I bought the A710 on sight and have used it now for 6 weeks. I have tried all sorts of photography and the results are amazing. Crisp-clear images, gorgeously natural colours, a real sense of depth etc. The possibility of "photoshopping" the pictures after beeing taken, works fantastic. The software for pc-use is very good too.
Battery life, with the cheapest 2600 NiMh batteries I could find, is very, very good!
The IS is absolutely unbelievable. I zoomed in to the max, including maximum digital zoom, aimed at a car-plate and started shaking the camera vigorously while taking the picture. The car was a 100 meters away and I could read the number on the picture flawlessly!
If you're planning to shoot film and expect reasonable quality, you will be disappointed.
The standard mode gives you reasonable (but nothing more!) sharpness and colour, but very staccato moves, and the sport-mode gives you more fluid movies, but very poor sharpness. But hey, if you want film to sit back and enjoy, buy a filmcamera.
Some small points to improve on the next model:
1. You can't see the state of the batteries until a warning flashes up and then you have to be very quick.
2. The small rubber lid that covers the usb-port feels solid, but I cannot imagine that it lasts the lifetime of the camera.
Problems:
None
Battery life, with the cheapest 2600 NiMh batteries I could find, is very, very good!
The IS is absolutely unbelievable. I zoomed in to the max, including maximum digital zoom, aimed at a car-plate and started shaking the camera vigorously while taking the picture. The car was a 100 meters away and I could read the number on the picture flawlessly!
If you're planning to shoot film and expect reasonable quality, you will be disappointed.
The standard mode gives you reasonable (but nothing more!) sharpness and colour, but very staccato moves, and the sport-mode gives you more fluid movies, but very poor sharpness. But hey, if you want film to sit back and enjoy, buy a filmcamera.
Some small points to improve on the next model:
1. You can't see the state of the batteries until a warning flashes up and then you have to be very quick.
2. The small rubber lid that covers the usb-port feels solid, but I cannot imagine that it lasts the lifetime of the camera.
Problems:
None