My current camera has been acting oddly. There seems to be a waterspot "sometimes" near the center of photos, but mostly, it has been showing strange wavy shadows around the edges of pictures. I can usually do some "straightening" (which in this case means "unstraightening") and/or cropping to eliminate most of them. But it was obvious I needed a new camera.
So I went to Consumer Reports website to check the recommended point and click cameras. The cameras are getting expensive $400 and over-featured. I don't need an 83X zoom lens or 16MB pictures (I resize them all down to 100-250 KB for the blog or emails anyway). And when I went to Amazon, people didn't like them! The 1 star ratings were up around 12% and that's getting pretty high.
So it occurred to me that I had liked my previous camera pretty well. It took fine pictures, the menu was easily to navigate and I liked the non-pop-up flash. Its just that I left it outside one night and it rained. So I looked for it refurbished. Those got REALLY bad ratings! But I found a dealer (through Amazon) who had new unopened ones.
It arrived yesterday, the battery was charged this morning, and I took a few pictures. Just got done processing them and they look fine. Its a Canon Powershot ELPH 130 IS.
Hurray!
3 comments:
That was a good find. Smart idea being that you knew you liked it and already knew how to use it.
WOLW, your lucky day. When you have something you really like and know how to operate, why go for brand new!. Well your camera is brand new, but at least it is the same kind you like and know how to use.
Well done. But why not just use a smart phone for your pics?
Megan
Sydney, Australia
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