Aldi - 8mp Dig Camera £180! (merged)

speedyjoe · 23 June 2006 at 11:06AM

scottgreenwood wrote:

My camera to advise you to get is a canon s70 - \available here for £210 it is a 7 megapixel camera with blinding quality and features.

http://www.infotechshop.co.uk/products.asp?partno=cam-canon-9514A007AA

S70 £199.98 inc VAT at Ebuyer, brother has one and is very pleased with it.

I want an Ixus 60, will get one when Jessops stop mucking about :-)

scottgreenwood · 23 June 2006 at 11:20AM

Yes! Buy the s70!

Free delivery

Reviews:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons70/
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/s70.html
http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/digitalcameras/0,39030233,39186590,00.htm

Camera photos:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/s70_qtvr.html
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/CanonS70/Images/s70_3q.jpg

Sample pictures taken by camera:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons70/page10.asp
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/s70_samples.html

Reviews here (above)

Do not got for ALDI branded crap

I bought this camera and know it will last a good 5-10 yrs. Its fully manual function options mean you can mess around with shutter speeds and flash modes to get some cool affects.

I will be taking some pics on holiday with this (again!) and will happily post to people who PM me.

In point

Do not buy the aldi camera!

barginunter · 23 June 2006 at 11:21AM

Well I love my Traveler 6.1 mp camera. Ok if I was a professional I'd probably shell out £100s more but the Aldi camera is terrific value and my photos are much admired. The advantage of bigger mps is that you can crop a picture right down and still get fantastic clarity.

scottgreenwood · 23 June 2006 at 11:32AM

Spotted the s70 with spar batteries and memory card on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Canon-Powershot-S70-in-Original-Box-Carry-Case-256MB_W0QQitemZ230000447130QQihZ013QQcategoryZ31388QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Not my item!!

viru.doshi · 23 June 2006 at 12:34PM

I've just bought a Fuji F10, price has dropped as the F11 has been released but the average point and shoot user like me wont see much difference between the two.

I bought the camera and a 1GB mem. card from amazon for £169 (£5 off with my voucher).

I've read a lot of reviews before buying, here's one if anyone is interested:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=1815

Just thought i'd add the F10 was voted the best pocket camera 2005 by ESIA (european sound and vision association).

HankMcSpank · 23 June 2006 at 12:41PM

It always makes me smile when people chase Megapixels as differentiating between a good & bad camera.

Unless you're wanting this for poster size prints it doesn't make much difference once you get over 4-5 MegaPixels

What is important is the glass you're shooting through...ie the lens.

The Vivitar specification mentions nothing about the largest aperture (ie how little light it can be used in) or who make the lens...it's likely to be average at best (else they'd be crowing from the rooftops about it). End result is probably slow shutter speeds (read blurry pictures), purple fringing around high contrasty edges & just general of contrast & averageness wrt prints produced.

Far better to go for less megapixels & a good fast lens than chase ever more & more megapixels.

viru.doshi · 23 June 2006 at 1:33PM

Yes totally agree with hankmcspank. From what i've read 6MP is good enough for A4 prints - doubt i'll print that big but you never know.

Another thing as well which I was specifically looking for was startup time and battery consumption.

I'd be so fustrated if i missed picture opportunities because the camera took ages to turn on! I wouldn't want to keep having to turn my camera on and off just to save the battery either.