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Saturday, April 5, 2008
ok, this post is for cheryl! erm here's the comparison between Canon n Casio:
Casio is able to produce sleeker cameras cos they use mainly spherical lens and i think one aspherical lens, in all they use up to 6 lens in your camera. This configuration allows them to make sleeker cameras cos spherical lens allows them to position it such that it is "flatter" overall. Canon's camera bodies are generally larger in size when compared to many of its compettitors cos they use all aspherical lens. aspherical lens do not allow them to place the lens in such a way that it could ever be "flatter" than a mix of spherical lens only or a mix of both aspherical n spherical lens. However, using aspherical lens solely produces better images generally as compared to the other two situations. You will get more realistic colours as well as more vibrant and sharp pictures.
i dunno which Casio model u looking at, so yea. but i guess you shld be looking at either S10 or S880. S880 is a 8megapixel, S10 is a 10mp. Casio's image stabilisation technology uses higher sensitivity n shutter speed. higher shutterspeed makes your pic dimmer, higher sensitivity makes your pic generally brighter, so they compensate each other. but it is mostly the higher sensitivity which does the job of image stabilisation. however, higher sensitivity means your pics wld appear "grainy". then its all up to the processor to process the image alrd to make it look not grainy, but in the process, omitting details. this is not visible when u see the pic as it is, but if you ever intend to zoom in, everything will just show up. as for sensitivity issues, S880 only have up to iso800. while S10 have up to iso1600. higher iso is equals to higher noise, however, in cases which you need to take pics n cannot use flash, it is always good to have that extra sensitivity on hand. note that, if your surroundings do not require such high iso, it is possible to set it to a lower iso to gain back on image quality. as for focal length n things like that, Casio ain't that great at macro shots as they have a further focal dist than many other of their compettitor. u need to be 40cm away from the object in normal mode, n 15 cm away for macro mode in order to auto focus. And if you are thinking of taking videos, casio records it in mov format, a format not recognised by all programmes by microsoft, you can only use apple's quicktime player. Thus this makes editing a chore as you have to do format conversions of your files if you ever wanna edit. And these softwares are not cheap.
As for the Canon Ixus80IS, it is a 8mp. Canon's image stabilisation technology is to shift the lens according to how you shake your camera. so basically, images turn out as if they r mounted on a tripod n there is no movement of the camera at all. they do not use things like higher sensitivity or whatnot. however, this particular camera commands up to iso1600. same as the Casio S10. as for focal length, you need to be at least 3cm away in macro mode, n 30cm away in normal mode. if you r to compare casio n canon in normal mode, note much diff. but if it is on macro mode, 3cm n 15cm makes a big diff! For canon, they record videos in avi(mpeg) format, which windows can recognize. So this makes editing easier as you don't have to worry about format and conversions.
In all, if you love taking macro shots, have a steady pair of hands and don't mind that extra bulk, go for canon, if just going for normal distance shots, value form over substance(yes, canon's slogan is "where form meets substance", but sad to say they don't have the "form" factor)and you have a very steady pair of hands at work go for casio. And, not to forgot, if you have a good file conversion programme or you use a mac book.
And, do not worry about the pixel count as 8mp is already enough to blow your pics up to poster size, so I guess pixel count isn't an important factor anymore..Hopes this helps!
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