Bison1379134007 Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 Hi, So my camera has just fecking disapeared... can't find the fecker anywhere so i need to get me a new one. My only requirements are thats its small, takes good pictures and has a back lit auto focus for those random night time "activity" shots. So i was thinking about the Canon IXUS 400.... anyone got one? anyone got any better recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradeywalker Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 Hi Bison, I bought a Fugi Finepix F410 about 6 months ago. Its a top little camera and has a capability of 6 million mega pixels, with a 3x optical and 4.4x digital zoom. It has movie mode with sound, 1.5 inch screen, continuous shooting, numerous types of flash, etc. It also uses Xd memory cards. I looked at most the small digital cameras (Minolta, Canon,etc) and IMO this one suited me the best, it seemed like it had the greater capabilities and wouldn't be out dated to soon. The only thing it is slightly bigger than some of the other Digital camers. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison1379134007 Posted November 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 walker thanks for that! yeah the one i lost was a fuji finepix 6800 which to be honest, was pretty damn good. Only thing with the fuji's are they aren't true 6mege pixel (some will argue, who cares) and (well the one i had) didn't have a backlit AF. What sites did you use ofr your research? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shao_khan Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 I got one of these: Casio which has been really good with movie fascility and zoom. And also haev one of these Sony ones as well, which takes normal AAA batteries, but has fairly limited functionality, but still takes good enough pictures for my requirements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison1379134007 Posted November 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 wow... they are fecking tiny. If i manged to lose the fuji 6800 i'd have no chance with those feckers! great for nights out stuff though i imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shao_khan Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 thats pretty much all they ever get used for, i think sony now have versions with better quality pix as 2mp isnt much now. I know Casio have a 4mp version now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradeywalker Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 [ QUOTE ] What sites did you use ofr your research? [/ QUOTE ] I bought a few digital camera magazines, luckily they had reviews on the cameras that I was interested in. I also went on internet sites (Fugi, Minolta, Casio, Canon). When I went into shops such as Jessops, etc. I knew more about the cameras than the sales assistants!! Good luck with your decision! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shao_khan Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 Dont forget Nick - find the camera you want on the web for sale, and print the best price you can find out and take the info into Jessops and usually they will price match - even web sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradeywalker Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 I bought my camera from Dixons, paid £250 for the camera and £35 for a 128mb Xd memory card. Dixons had a £50 off deal on if you brought in any old camera (I gave them an out of date throw away camera). The camera didn't come with the docking station, thats why the starting price was £300 (you don't really need it, its an extra £50 if you want one) I've still not seen it cheaper anywhere else! Its worth checking whats on offer in these shops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison1379134007 Posted November 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 cheers for the info. found a great website... www.dpreview.com Looks like the IXUS 400 might have to be the next purchase of joy. Loads of rewviews on amazon.co.uk too with 5 stars.... thanks for the tip on jessops might go buy it today. Do they match prices on media too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shao_khan Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 Dunno _ I only found about about the camera as a guy in the office brought a cannon - £150 cheaper to buy online but he took details in and jessops did the price match - so you get online price with highstreet retailer convenience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison1379134007 Posted November 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 just tried jessops... apperently 299 was under their buy price. I advised they might wanna get a new dealer! so i have to get it online... ahh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 i got the canon Ixus 400 Nick. absolute lovely bit of kit. I upgraded from the ixus 330 before that. heres a site about it in lots of detail.. http://www.canon.co.jp/Imaging/IXUS400/index-e.html for some VERY large high res examples of what it takes look Here... MTM "R"S3 http://www.nogaro.org/RS3/ i took all of these, straight off the camera in fully auto mode. once fully loaded, click the box to veiw ACTUAL size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 £292 (where i got mine) but currently out of stock. Also worth getting extra battery and a case too, as it dont come with one. only comes with 32Mb compact flash card so budget for bigger one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison1379134007 Posted November 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 cheers for that paul! great looking pics... (nice car too ) got it, a second battery and a 256mb cf flash thing. Oh and guess what as soon as i odered it the old camera turned up! always happens to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidicks Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 You won't regret it - I bought the Ixus 400 for our holiday to Aus, and we took over 400 photos, all on the highest quality resolution. On the PC they look superb, I've just got to get them on CD so that I can display them on the plasma screen. I've found the camera is pretty good in auto mode, and rarely change any of the standard settings. If you need extra media cards, www.expansys.co.uk were pretty cheap when I was looking for digital cards a few months ago. Cheers Sidicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 try a few manual settings. ie same pic taken twice if you set it to cloudy, despite what ever the weather.... it will really bring out the colours. Vibrant also works well. simple test is just a pic of grass. take the pic in auto. them manual on cloudy.... you will see a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Automatic at 12.18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Manual on Cloudy at 12.20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 this one (same as above) was a real poser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Hard day. Just wanna Sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcat Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 [ QUOTE ] Hard day. Just wanna Sleep. [/ QUOTE ] That's my kinda day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Very nice photos Paul! How did you avoid the fence/bars btw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Taken with my Canon Ixus 400 lens was just poked through the wire mesh. had a few that were a little bit too close for comfort this one was growling quite well. Tho i missed the full on teeth moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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