For ages I have been using Film cameras and it took me more than 5 yrs
to switch over to Digi Cameras. May be during 2000 - 01 Digi cam
prices were too steep and even common man cant afford to buy a
decent digi cam. Being a common man it took me long time to settle
with decent digi cam which can fit in my budget and my priority was
mainly on the image quality, user friendly, durability and better
battery life. Of course the budget bothered me a lot. I researched for
almost 3 months in the net reviewing each model by brand wise and
giving more weightage to user comments than the expert reviews.
I have selected 3 brands to scrutinise further Canon, Nikon, Sony
respectively. Canon and Nikon are the best in giving minute details of
the images and crispness is something which makes one spell bound. Sony
is good but I am not satisfied with the image quality and sometimes I
feel the pictures were over exposed. Finaly my shortlist have come down
to Canon A550, A630 & A640 and Nikons P3, P4 and 7900. Out of all
this I had settled with A630 considering the features like 8 MP, 21
different shooting mode, cost and 2.5’ lcd display.
Lets review Canon A630. This camera is being perfectly designed to suit
all members. Keys were perfectly placed to click and review photos.
2.5’ LCD swivel display plays a perfect role to shoot self images and
for reviewing photos you have shot. If you want to save battery and
take more pictures you can use the option of view finder and click more
than 50 images even after the battery slips down to low level. Macro
Option is one of the best I could say that Canon has given to its
customers. What a clarity and taking minute details, if you have a
steady hand in taking Macro photos you will be scintilated about the
picture quality:)
If you want to learn more on digital photographt I would suggest you to
choose either Programme mode or Mannual mode, dont go for Auto Mode,
its meant only for starters. Explore all the modes in Canon A630 and I
am sure you will not think about going for another digi cam.