September 16, 2009

A new camera!

It is so nice to have a digital camera, and now I finally have one, again!
My first one, the Canon Powershot A70, showed strange purple stripes or nothing at all in the LCD. It couldnot be fixed anymore, so I was forced to look for a new one. I was content with the A70 until now and it would be nice if the seperate bought teleconverter and close-up lens and filters would also fit on the new camera.

Considering the time I had the A70 it was not likely that I would find a camera where the lenses would fit on, and I asked and got some good tips from other quilters about their camera.
Luckily my birthday gifts from last Sunday, gave me the opportunity to buy one faster as I had planned.

After some research by reading reviews I found one and being a bargain with a two years guarantee I have chosen again for a Canon, the Powershot A590 IS

Here are a few of my first pictures with the A590:

blueglass_01

shooting mode macro, manual focused

orange_bear_02

shooting mode portrait, manual focused

As you can see there are a lot of details and when you click on the pictures for a larger version, you can even see more.
My A70 had already a few of the features that my new camera has, although less sophisticated.
The A590 is a nice follow-up to enhance my skills as a hobby photographer.
The nicest thing of this camera is that I also still can use my seperate lenses and filters!
I like these kind of cameras very much, because they have shooting modes that include auto, manual and everything in between. They are reliable and easy to use for making point & shoot photographs.
When ever I feel the need I can go creative by playing with manual focussing, lightning and exposure time, without investing in a more professional and certainly expensive camera.
The possibilities are almost endless when combining creative photography and quilting.

Thank you for joining me today!

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5 comments:

  1. Excellent photos Genie. Looks like you have made a good choice. I have an older Powershot A30 which unfortunately is still working so I feel that I cannot justify an upgrade yet.I will bear this in mind though, just in case.

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  2. Thank you, Maggi!
    Your A30 is a golden oldy.
    Like the A70, it uses 4 AA batteries and CF as storage, while the A590 uses 2 AA batteries and SD as storage.
    I think it is a pity I cannot use the CF memory cards anymore, but luckily the SD cards are not as expensive as the CF's.

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  3. The Canon a590 seems to take some really nice shots. Can you take a long exposure with it? If you can, you take some really interesting shots of water, fire, and other night stuff. You might need a tripod if you don't have one already. If your interested, Cameta
    Camera
    had a bunch of good accessories including tripods on sale the other day. Maybe some of them are still on sale.

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  4. Mike, thanks for the tip!
    It is a nice challenge to try longer exposure times.
    Aperture Value ranges from 2.6 to 8.0
    Shutter speed ranges from 15" to 1/2000.
    It is also possible to use a preprogrammed mode for night scenes and capturing fireworks, to compensate exposure, or use the image stabilizer (IS) function.

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  5. Canon Powershot A70 is a wonderful camera!! I like those beautiful pictures!!

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