Ixus 800 IS
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hi all, i've been considering between this ixus 800 and sony's T-30.. and i think i'm quite leaning towards the ixus after reading reviews..
but i've got a question to ask, does the ixus 800 has a battery indicator? if it doesn't have (as stated in previous posts), then how you know if your battery is running flat??
and hopefully you guys with the ixus 800 can post some pics in daylight and night mode with 15 secs of shutter speed. wanna check out the quality of the pics before making the decision to buy it.
thanks!
but i've got a question to ask, does the ixus 800 has a battery indicator? if it doesn't have (as stated in previous posts), then how you know if your battery is running flat??
and hopefully you guys with the ixus 800 can post some pics in daylight and night mode with 15 secs of shutter speed. wanna check out the quality of the pics before making the decision to buy it.
thanks!
eric16 said:hi all, i've been considering between this ixus 800 and sony's T-30.. and i think i'm quite leaning towards the ixus after reading reviews..
but i've got a question to ask, does the ixus 800 has a battery indicator? if it doesn't have (as stated in previous posts), then how you know if your battery is running flat??
and hopefully you guys with the ixus 800 can post some pics in daylight and night mode with 15 secs of shutter speed. wanna check out the quality of the pics before making the decision to buy it.
thanks!
hi, all canon cameras do not have a detailed battery indicator like the sony, meaning it will not indicate exactly indicate how much time is left before the battery is exhausted.
For ixus series, I think no battery indicator, the 'low battery' red warning sign will pop up when ur battery is very weak, and u can at most do a few more shots before the camera can't operate anymore.
thanks for your fast reply. i thought the ixus would have some sort of battery indicator. i'm currently using a 4-yr old sony digicam and am used to having battery bar cos i only charge my digicam only if it's less than half bar before going out.
i'm quite torn between the sony T-30 and the canon ixus 800IS. I'm initially prefering the ixus over the t-30. now if the ixus doesn't have a battery bar, it'll be a big minus point.
any recommendations for a compact digicam other than these 2? i guess i've got to open up my scope of search for a replacement.
i'm quite torn between the sony T-30 and the canon ixus 800IS. I'm initially prefering the ixus over the t-30. now if the ixus doesn't have a battery bar, it'll be a big minus point.
any recommendations for a compact digicam other than these 2? i guess i've got to open up my scope of search for a replacement.
The no battery indicator is really a minus point. I guess the marketing strategy of most cameras in this range is to make the whole picture taking experience fun, and the thing u holding like a no-brainer toy rather than a camera. I dun even know what aperture or shutter is used by the cam when I take pics.
Another downside, with all those scene modes.. Gosh, I wonder who bothers using them.
But otherwise, yes, the Ixus series cams are really fun toys to use!
Another downside, with all those scene modes.. Gosh, I wonder who bothers using them.
But otherwise, yes, the Ixus series cams are really fun toys to use!
Paul_Yeo said:
You can consider the Casio EXslim series. I'm impressed by its slim size and apparently, pro photog Ken Rockwell uses it.
As for S6, I saw some sample pics... The corners are bad when u view them slightly zoomed in. The details seem to "smear out". This also happens to my friend's Sony T-series, cam.
My suspect is, you sacrifice image quality for compactness. I've asked around what's the diff between cams with protruding lenses and those without (eg Nikon S6, and Sony's T series) but no one knows it. My theory again is that such cams don't give good image details away from the centre. Ok if u don't blow up your images too much. But if u want true lightweight and compact portability, they beat the rest.
kiwi2 said:
I used to have a Casio exlim-750... it was not bad... but i didnt manage to get used to it... the images come out different from what I expected when I take under the similar conditions... most probably because I am more used to the Canon algorithm as compared to the Casio one. So... I have already let go my Casio... Will be targeting to get the ixus800 later this june...
ricleo
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Hi guys!
I just got back from my bangkok trip with the Ixus, feel free to view the images here http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=196961 , and judge for yourselves what the camera is capable of
Canew, from my experience, the slowest shutter speed I can get with the help of IS on the Ixus without any bluring is 1/3 of a sec, with about a 50% success rate.
Image noise is pretty clean at ISO 200-400 as well. As for ISO 800, I would say only use it when you must get the shot fast.
I just got back from my bangkok trip with the Ixus, feel free to view the images here http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=196961 , and judge for yourselves what the camera is capable of
Canew, from my experience, the slowest shutter speed I can get with the help of IS on the Ixus without any bluring is 1/3 of a sec, with about a 50% success rate.
Image noise is pretty clean at ISO 200-400 as well. As for ISO 800, I would say only use it when you must get the shot fast.
ricleo said:Hi guys!
I just got back from my bangkok trip with the Ixus, feel free to view the images here http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=196961 , and judge for yourselves what the camera is capable of
Canew, from my experience, the slowest shutter speed I can get with the help of IS on the Ixus without any bluring is 1/3 of a sec, with about a 50% success rate.
Image noise is pretty clean at ISO 200-400 as well. As for ISO 800, I would say only use it when you must get the shot fast.
am i right to say thought that you cant set shutter speed with the IS800? thats what i read somewhere...
ricleo
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jdredd said:
it's a fully automatic camera, set it to "manual" mode, and all you can control is ISO, white balance, and +/-ev. When you set a higher ISO, the camera will automatically compensate with a higher shutter speed/smaller aperture so that the exposure remains optimum.
Thanks ricleo for sharing with us your images. Can I ask u for more info?
1. How's the batt life of the 800IS? I read the Ixus 65 can only take 160 shots. That's very few.
2. Is there a histogram on the 800IS?
3. And when u said ISO 200-400 are ok... Is the noise level at ISO400 as bad as the one below that was taken using the Panasonic FX-01?
I find this unacceptable. It's an image at ISO400. Maybe that's what Daphz said about the "water color" image. At ISO1600, it's almost a joke. Very noisy and very like water color indeed!
Thanks in advance for your comments!
1. How's the batt life of the 800IS? I read the Ixus 65 can only take 160 shots. That's very few.
2. Is there a histogram on the 800IS?
3. And when u said ISO 200-400 are ok... Is the noise level at ISO400 as bad as the one below that was taken using the Panasonic FX-01?
I find this unacceptable. It's an image at ISO400. Maybe that's what Daphz said about the "water color" image. At ISO1600, it's almost a joke. Very noisy and very like water color indeed!
Thanks in advance for your comments!
ricleo
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hi kiwiz,
the iso 400 images are definitely much much better than those of the Fx-01. If you look at my bangkok trip photos, those taken at night in Chinatown and the Bed and Supper Club were all at iso 400. The noise is more fine grain and there is much less colour/chromma noise.
the iso 400 images are definitely much much better than those of the Fx-01. If you look at my bangkok trip photos, those taken at night in Chinatown and the Bed and Supper Club were all at iso 400. The noise is more fine grain and there is much less colour/chromma noise.
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