Prices of A2 anyone?..

[nickpower]

Hi, i'm planning to buy A2... but not sure of the prices.. can anyone share how much is A2 now? If not convient to reply u can PM me..thanx.....

 

[synapseman]

S$1250. Call MS Color, see if they can help.

But I think it's almost impossible to find it in the shops now. There are some shops in Chinatown region that do carry it, but they won't let go for less than $1.6k. Best Denki at Ngee Ann City does have one at approx $1.4+k.

 

[KMkeatz]

Saw one at Best Denki, Plaza Singapura. I think it was $1.4+k, but cheaper than A200 at the same place. Dpreview postings have many pple who bought refurbished A2 from camera shops in NY or on ebay.

 

[Firefox]

S$1250. Call MS Color, see if they can help.

Hrmm.. So they can order at about that price? Quite interested to get the A2. So far, the only camera under $2k that would handle well for me.

 

[Caras]

I think the handling of the A2 is EXCELLENT. Almost everything is on the outside (not in the menus, but physically accessible) - best handling for a digital camera ever for me. The ability to change focusing screens was also a very pleasant surprise. Too bad they removed one dial for the A200.

But... I traded that in for a 300D some time back. I think some of the batch that made it to Singapore had sensor problems - lots of 'hot' pixels (like in hundreds) in night shots, even with noise reduction on - the one I had had that (no way I could live with that), and there is a review on Hardwarezone.com.sg that showed the same problem (check out http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=15&id=1056 page 10, Night scenes at the bottom - click on the picture to get a bigger one - can't miss the lots of little blue dots in the dark areas). Checked reviews on US websites and they didn't have this problem.

You may want to take a few test shots with the lens cap on or pictures with heavy shadow to check that, but take a really good look because it shows up better with longer exposures.

Good luck.

 

[Firefox]

I think the handling of the A2 is EXCELLENT. Almost everything is on the outside (not in the menus, but physically accessible) - best handling for a digital camera ever for me. The ability to change focusing screens was also a very pleasant surprise. Too bad they removed one dial for the A200.

But... I traded that in for a 300D some time back. I think some of the batch that made it to Singapore had sensor problems - lots of 'hot' pixels (like in hundreds) in night shots, even with noise reduction on - the one I had had that (no way I could live with that), and there is a review on Hardwarezone.com.sg that showed the same problem (check out http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=15&id=1056 page 10, Night scenes at the bottom - click on the picture to get a bigger one - can't miss the lots of little blue dots in the dark areas). Checked reviews on US websites and they didn't have this problem.

You may want to take a few test shots with the lens cap on or pictures with heavy shadow to check that, but take a really good look because it shows up better with longer exposures.

Good luck.

Yeah, I'll definitely be doing that... Checking exposures etc.. Anyway.. I think they really neutered tha A200 too much once they removed the 2nd dial and used a cheapy EVF.
The EVF-LCD seems to be worse than even the 114,000 pixel EVF-LCD in my previous camera (Panasonic FZ-10). There was no way I could perform a manual focus on the camera.
The removal of the 2nd dial meant changing settings in manual mode placed my fingers and thumbs in awkward positions.