Canon Ixus i5 only £129.97

gilbert

Canon Ixus i5 Blue
Save £70 was £199, also available in red
£129.97 inc vat
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=3GKM&SearchTerms=3j2w+3ps7+3GKM+3GKQ+3nll&PageMode=3&SearchKey=P_Quicklinx&SearchMode=any&v=2#infoarea


i just check the price of this camera on amazon,it is around £199,
i think that it is great deal.how do you think ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00065GXDC/qid=1145018124/sr=8-6/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i6_xgl/203-0340354-8556713

gilbert

guys,is that good or not,why do not you write comments??

melekalikimaka

that is amazing value, its a very very good p and s camera

gilbert

honestly,i am gonna buy one later on,:D

smemon

my sister has one, pretty rubbish imo. no optical zoom means it basically has no zoom whatsoever.

the lcd looks small, even though it's probably average. i like a big shiny lcd. size wise it's decent, pretty small and girly- fits in the handbag.

tis a good deal though, dunno wat she paid for hers but i know it was more than that! tink it was round €270. such a waste.

fletch

Its a good price but is gona cost over €200 once you factor in the delivery charges etc....If it were my money I'd go for the newer CANON Digital Ixus i zoom for a few quid more....and it comes with 2.4 optical zoom

Mercury_Tilt

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gilbert

well ,the price is good.;)

merritt

I have one of these. It's a fantastic camera. I got it about a year ago for £250 or so. It comes with only 32MB card, but I updated to 512MB and take pics at the highest size. This means the lack of optical zoom isn't the end of the world.

The fact that I can just pop it in my pocket and take pretty excellent quality photos wherever makes it a great buy.

That said, the new ones look deeeeelicious, and have optical zoom. Hmmmm.

melekalikimaka

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on what grounds is optical zoom important, what a unfounded statement. this is a p and s camera, aimed not at landscape but from its colours and style clearly at the sociable scene, ie nights out etc. optical zoom is prettyy much a waste then. the picture quality on it is amazing i can post some that imo are better than some i take with my dslr, very rich colours and amazing clarity

smemon

melekalikimaka wrote:

on what grounds is optical zoom important, what a unfounded statement. this is a p and s camera, aimed not at landscape but from its colours and style clearly at the sociable scene, ie nights out etc. optical zoom is prettyy much a waste then. the picture quality on it is amazing i can post some that imo are better than some i take with my dslr, very rich colours and amazing clarity

theres nothing worse than a picture taken on a phone camera that has been zoomed in to the max. same thing with a digital camera only there's more pixels.

digital zoom on anything less than a 6mp camera ain't good enough imo, even for the average user. of course you'll want to zoom in at some stage, eg when taking a pic of a plane.

i can tell you now i'd much rather my casio exilim 6mp with 3x optical zoom over my sis's canon ixus i5 with just digital.

if you buy a camera with digital zoom you're really buying a camera with no zoom. why not just get a disposable and scan them in?

melekalikimaka

ah now a dosposable camera isnt gonna have different flash settings, shutter speed etc. for nights out and 130 euro please show me a camera that will take better pictures or have as many features as this. my main point is for the uses intended for this camera(well in my mind), optical zoom is a rarely used feature(its basically the difference of a few steps in all fairness).if zoom is such an issue, why buy a p & s? P&S means point and shoot, its for those quick snaps, not that sailing boat accross the bay.

chump

melekalikimaka wrote:

130 euro please show me a camera that will take better pictures or have as many features as this

It's a 130pounds excluding delivery. Would be about 200euro delivered, before a mem card.

You can get plenty of good cameras with optical zoom for that price.
I'm not saying it's not a good camera or anything of the sort, but it isn't a give-away.

also it was released in Sept. 2004 and we all know technology prices do fall

smemon

my casio exilim ex-s600 with a 1 gig card delivered cost bang on €300.

plus youve got mpeg-4 video, which is crystal clear compared to the average crappy 30sec video you get with most camera's. ideal P&S camcorder aswell imo.

tadhgrrr

i just bought this little baby for €200 including delivery from pixmania, its 5MP, 3xOptical zoom. looks like a nice little piece of kit along the same lines as a canon ixus 50 for about €50 or so cheaper

http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/140599/art/kodak/easyshare-v530-zoom-black.html#

camera reviewed here (its parent version, but theyre more or less the same camera...and it gets on very well)

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/V550/V550A.HTM

chump

smemon wrote:

my casio exilim ex-s600 with a 1 gig card delivered cost bang on €300.

plus youve got mpeg-4 video, which is crystal clear compared to the average crappy 30sec video you get with most camera's. ideal P&S camcorder aswell imo.

where did you get this, it looks kool and a half ?

and reviews for it?

not too good a review here... http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Casio-Exilim-EX-S600-Digital-Camera-Review-/Overall-Impressions.htm
this is meant to be a good alternative... http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/92335/art/fuji/finepix-z1-black.html

smemon

here

review here