I just purchased a canon A570 to replace my old Casio EX-2 that I use for quick snapshots of family and real trains. Also, I wanted something a little better with more capability for the quickie shots. Here is my first macro photo on aperture priority. It's a little blurred. Maybe this camera won't do any better on macro, but I will be away for about 10 days to read everything and figure it out. I presume the glass will be the limiting factor. [edit] This ISO 200 photo was replaced with a clearer ISO 400 photo on 25 Jan 2008.) That old Casio sure fit nicely into a shirt pocket. I'm hoping I can fake it with this camera and stuff it into clothing somewhere. The real train photos should be better.
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Looks good, did you use a tripod? No criticism of your shot, but a tripod and more light (even a temporary hand-held source) helps stretch the abilities of most any camera. Read that manual and have fun! PS love the beer facility!
Well, I don't know why the picture was fuzzy. I did not use a tripod. Yesterday I was at SAMRA and took some pictures. I think they were pretty good overall. Better than the previous ones. I am taking this camera to a family reunion this next weekend and I want to get some practice. I particularly liked these indoor pictures on "auto." This is a macro shot. Clearer than the one before. Outdoor rail fan shot from about 300 feet away. Grey, cloudy day.
Excellent pictures, Flash! Yep, I see some motion blur in the last one, Can you crank up the ISO to give you a faster shutter speed? I've found that "noise" isn't really a factor until I'm about 4x (two stops) above the default.
I think so. This was on aperture priority, macro with no tripod. I will work on it some more on a trip the next two weeks.
Here is a photo I took this week and just what I wanted it to do. Nice fall colors and a very clear picture. This was an all "Auto" photo taken as I was walking up the train from the rear. 1200 x 1600 pixels though; sort of big.
Flash, 1200 x 1600 pixels for the original? Then reduced on screen to 480 x 640? I shoot everything at maximum resolution--which is 3008 x 2000 in my cameras. In Jpg mode, that's about 3 Mbytes for each shot. Unlike before, memory cards are now cheap. My cameras can't even calculate how many shots are left until it drops below 1,000. I have 4 and 8 Gbyte cards now, and have given my older 256 Mbyte-512 Mbyte-1 Gbyte cards to my daughters. If you're not doing this, shoot everything at maximum resolution. There's no penalty in speed, except for the time for storage if you're shooting a real fast series of shots. And I can't imagine you overloading the buffer in this camera. Max res means--more or less--everything to sharpness! You can always downsize the images later.
Got it, Pete. Thanks. I am slow, but I do respond...eventually. The "auto" ISO was about 200. I moved it up to 400 and the pictures, especially macro, seem better. There was a lot of noise on 1600 and some visible on 800. I should be at the SAMRA train show tomorrow for some more macro photos.
I have had my Canon A570 IS for about three months now and I like it. It takes very good pictures for me and the type of rail fanning that I do. I carry it in my pocket like I did my smaller Casio EX-2. Last Monday the barrel lens (I am not sure I am using the correct terminology.) jammed. It was stuck in an intermediate position. I searched the internet and found that this is a fairly common problem with this camera in the first 18 months of ownership. I contacted Canon and my camera will be replaced or repaired at no cost to me. It takes about 10 days total. Good warranty; good company. In the future I plan to keep the camera in some type of bag or protective compartment, but I am not sure what to get. The A570 IS will just not take abuse like a Casio EX-2 camera with no moving parts. OTOH, maybe that is obvious and also true of all cameras.
