johnnylee
New member
Once I decided I was going to get a digi camera, I for once spent a lot of time working out which one to get. I had 2 friends with cameras at the time, one had a 5mill pentax (well out of my price range) and the other an Optio S which I loved purely for the dinkiness of it. After reading lots of different reviews on dpreview.com, I followed pretty much what everyone else seemed to agree with, and that was that the Ixus V3 was the best 3mill camera around, and after 6 months of owning one I have to say that I think it rocks
I'm by no means an expert nor a professional in this field, but this camera does everything I want and more. I bought it primarily to take photos of friends, to take on days and nights out, and to generally mess about with, for which it's perfect. It fits in my pocket and I rarely even notice that I've got it with me, and it tends to be a bit of a party piece on nights out. The ease of upload to PC is incredible, and my photos are now instantly shareable among all my friends. saying this, I've also had the opportunity to try my hand at a few arty shots, and that's starting to be a lot of fun as well, especially given the range of manual features you can generally mess around with while you find your feet in the world of photography. I use a 128Mb memory card which, on an average resolution setting, can take nearly 400 shots, so I can't complain there. i also bought a small £6 Lowepro case which the camera fits perfectly.
Apart from the novelty of being my first digital camera, I love my Canon and now take it everywhere I go
Problems:
Red eye - the red eye flash may as well not be there
Lack of battery indicator other than a low battery warning
Needs a tripod at high digital zoom settings, although I don't know if this is specific to this camera, or is a problem with all digital zoom
I'm by no means an expert nor a professional in this field, but this camera does everything I want and more. I bought it primarily to take photos of friends, to take on days and nights out, and to generally mess about with, for which it's perfect. It fits in my pocket and I rarely even notice that I've got it with me, and it tends to be a bit of a party piece on nights out. The ease of upload to PC is incredible, and my photos are now instantly shareable among all my friends. saying this, I've also had the opportunity to try my hand at a few arty shots, and that's starting to be a lot of fun as well, especially given the range of manual features you can generally mess around with while you find your feet in the world of photography. I use a 128Mb memory card which, on an average resolution setting, can take nearly 400 shots, so I can't complain there. i also bought a small £6 Lowepro case which the camera fits perfectly.
Apart from the novelty of being my first digital camera, I love my Canon and now take it everywhere I go
Problems:
Red eye - the red eye flash may as well not be there
Lack of battery indicator other than a low battery warning
Needs a tripod at high digital zoom settings, although I don't know if this is specific to this camera, or is a problem with all digital zoom