Canon A720, Any good? anyhting better in price range?

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

Martin Riddle - 16 Mar 2008 22:51 GMT

I see good reviews on this camera, with some complaints about noise and the clock battery.
Should I steer clear? I'm just looking for a good performer nothing special, I normally use film.

Cheers

Reply to this Message

homepc - 17 Mar 2008 15:12 GMT

I just purchased a Canon A720IS but have not used it yet. I have read that
there is a longer than average wait time between photos. I paid $188
Canadian for it on sale in Canada, but it's even cheaper in the US.

I have a question about memory media for this camera. I bought a Dane-Elec
2GB SD Memory card for this camera online for $14.95 CDN and am waiting for
it to arrive. I've read a few complaints about this card not working
properly with a card reader to USB2 or with the camera itself. Has anyone
any experience with using this model of memory card?

>I see good reviews on this camera, with some complaints about noise and the
>clock battery.
> Should I steer clear? I'm just looking for a good performer nothing
> special, I normally use film.
>
> Cheers

Reply to this Message

Dudley Hanks - 18 Mar 2008 17:30 GMT

I don't have that particular card, but I did have problems with a 4Gig card.
I did a bit of research, and I found out that, whatever card you put into
the camera, you should format it first in the camra before shooting
pictures.

I've done that with cards subsequent to the one I had trouble with, and
everything has worked fine since.

Good Luck,
Dudley

>I just purchased a Canon A720IS but have not used it yet. I have read that
>there is a longer than average wait time between photos. I paid $188
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>>
>> Cheers

Reply to this Message

homepc - 29 Mar 2008 19:16 GMT

My card finally arrived -- I formatted it in the camera and it works OK.

> I have a question about memory media for this camera. I bought a Dane-Elec
> 2GB SD Memory card for this camera online for $14.95 CDN and am waiting
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>>
>> Cheers

Reply to this Message

Dudley Hanks - 18 Mar 2008 17:27 GMT

I use (and love) an A720.

If you want to compare the image quality to a Canon EOS-1D Mark III or the
Nikon D3, then it's a bit noisy at ISO 400 (maybe even 200). But, if you
compare it to other point-and-shoots in its price range, you'll have a tough
time finding a better deal.

You can easily get 8 x 10 prints up to ISO 400, and 5 x 7 up to ISO 800.
(As long as you aren't going to submit to a gallery's call for submissions.)

So far, I've found the electronics to be stable, build quality quite sturdy,
lens characteristics surprisingly good, and features varied enough to keep
me from missing my old film SLRs too much.

Good Luck,
Dudley

Reply to this Message