On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 15:45:36 GMT, "Butch Davis"
wrote:


Now, I have no interest in anything fancy. Easy is the goal but I'd still
like decent results. I'm talking about memory shots here not art.

That's what I thought when I bought a Canon PowerShot A530.
The problem for me is the lag when taking shots.
Since all my previous shooting was done with a film SRL (Minolta 102)
I was disappointed at how slow this digital camera is, even with new
batteries, and it gets worse as the batteries age.
Yeah, it's cheap ($150) and does what it's supposed to do, but if
you're accustomed to a quick camera, this digital at least is
irritating, like you frame a cute dog face looking at you, and by the
time the camera focuses, shoots and records, you have a picture
of a dogs ass.
Might just be this camera, not digital itself, but I was spoiled by my
Minolta SLR.
Try the camera you're buying by shooting a couple dogs, and see if you
can shoot what you're seeing NOW. If I had done that, I would have
bought a faster camera even if I had to pay much more.
And I'm using dogs as an example, but it goes for any candid shot.
It just happens that my pooches were the only ones around when the
camera came in the mail. Had the same issue with wildlife shots
later.
You want a camera you enjoy using, otherwise you won't even
want to use it when those "memory" shots beg to be taken.

--Vic