New Camera

Finally got around to buying a new camera and what a stunner it is. My old Casio QV51 ( think it is) has seen better days, so I went out Saturday to pick up another Casio, as I'd been so impressed with the one I had. I plumped for the Casio Exilim EX-V7, which on paper had excellent specs, especially the 7x optical zoom. The feature that sold me, was the ability to capture widescreen video, in Quicktime H.264 mode. Whilst the video was excellent, the actual picture quality was really poor. This camera has image stabilisation, but you wouldn't have guessed it by seeing the pictures.

So back to the store I went to get a refund and off I trotted to another store, as the camera I was going to pick up this time, was only available at another store. This time I went for the Canon Powershot A640 and man, the pictures are amazing. I picked this camera, as I've finally decided to experiment more with my photos and this seems to be the camera that will allow me to do that, without burning a huge whole in my pocked. The camera is 10 megapixels, with 4x optical zoom. Not a quantum leap in zoom, over what I already had, but still better. I've taken a tone of pics and some videos, and apart from my ineptitude on some of them, the results have been amazing. Just look at the "New Camera" album, in the Photo Album section of this site.

I've included a pic here of my son Adam. I managed to get this by turning on the burst mode, which allows me to keep taking pictures, by leaving my finger on the trigger. Absolutely priceless.