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clonmult · 10-31-2003, 10:42 AM

I got a Canon A70 a few weeks back, and it is fantastic - very fast (ie. little lag), and fully manual operation.

Both aperture and shutter priority, manual focusing.

Its got a portrait mode that drops the depth of field as much as possible for that "3d" effect (ie. subject in focus, background out of focus), multi-spot focus/metering. All in all a fantastic purchase.

I'll still use my old 35mm SLR though (Canon AE-1), for those shots where I need some serious detail.

I think that 35mm is normally equivalent to 10 or 20 megpixels. And I had one guy say a few days back that 35mm with a top end SLR, scanned, is equivalent to a 40 (!!!!) megapixel camera.

10-31-2003, 10:42 AM	#9 (permalink)
clonmult Crazy Location: Wherever I lay my hind quarters	I got a Canon A70 a few weeks back, and it is fantastic - very fast (ie. little lag), and fully manual operation. Both aperture and shutter priority, manual focusing. Its got a portrait mode that drops the depth of field as much as possible for that "3d" effect (ie. subject in focus, background out of focus), multi-spot focus/metering. All in all a fantastic purchase. I'll still use my old 35mm SLR though (Canon AE-1), for those shots where I need some serious detail. I think that 35mm is normally equivalent to 10 or 20 megpixels. And I had one guy say a few days back that 35mm with a top end SLR, scanned, is equivalent to a 40 (!!!!) megapixel camera.