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Old 06-29-2005, 07:20 PM   #1
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Default New digital camera! my first!!

At last, after years and years wanting a digital camera I bought one today

it's a Canon powershot SD500

7.1 megapixels
Optical zoom 3 x
6 oz
and 2in display


it might not be the monster that must of you guys have, but I looked for a small camera with more than 5Mpixels and could do more than just take the candid shot
and because I can take it inside my jeans

now I'll start taking some serious pics to reach TT's quality
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Old 06-29-2005, 08:03 PM   #2
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sweet! now antonio can join in on the attack on imageshack's servers Great new camera antonio, i'm sure you'll have fun with it
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Old 06-29-2005, 08:07 PM   #3
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We don't need pics of inside your jeans though mate :shock:

Seriously though, great camera, go out and take some pics for us Antonio!
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Old 06-29-2005, 08:17 PM   #4
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Congratulations! We need to see some test shots.
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Old 06-29-2005, 08:56 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by TransAm2001
We don't need pics of inside your jeans though mate :shock:
sorry, me bad english.

I'm testing it, but I don't like the pics... and I've been testing for the last couple hours
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Old 06-29-2005, 10:43 PM   #6
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welcome to the canon family
enjoy taking new pics.
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Old 06-29-2005, 11:25 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by antonioledesma

sorry, me bad english.
No, Antonio, your English is fine. It is my bad jokes
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Old 06-30-2005, 12:02 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by TransAm2001
Originally Posted by antonioledesma

sorry, me bad english.
No, Antonio, your English is fine. It is my bad jokes
bad bad boy. You should change your comedy routine

@mojo... yes, it seems to be the same. At cnet.com they had labeled Canon powershot SD500/Ixus.
nowI'm getting better looking pics, but I don't like the shutter speed it has programes
I'll practice more
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Old 06-30-2005, 04:03 AM   #9
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Nice one, don't forget to always put it inside your jeans

Now, what about posting a couple of pictures to let us see the quality?
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Old 06-30-2005, 04:14 AM   #10
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congrats mate, nice camera,take nice shoots and be happy with your new toy =)
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Old 06-30-2005, 06:51 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by TT
Nice one, don't forget to always put it inside your jeans

Now, what about posting a couple of pictures to let us see the quality?
of course, it's very rare when I forget something, like my cellphone, wallet, etc

and here are the first shots
this was testing the continuous shooting with long shutter (I hate this, the fastest speed available is 1 second, not 1/32, nor 1/25, etc)


testing how the autofocus behaved with some reflections


photo of my GM chevy, in europe known as corsa. The first was with the long shutter mode. It looks kinda grainy. Used 1" and ISO400


and with the normal autofocus


my faithful and very disobedient dog, with my father's leg



and the house that's being built behind mine. Checking how the camera managed the different contrasts


please have in mind that I have only taken 20 pics and I never was a good photographer (never had the money to experiment, yes I had it, but I liked more to date a chick 8) ).

My opinion so far... it's a good camera for anyone that has his casual shots. Easy to use, but I don't doubt that in a year I'll buy another one, maybe an SLR
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Old 06-30-2005, 07:21 PM   #12
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Nice quality shots imo... from one amateur to another 7pixels sound very good Congrats Tony
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Old 06-30-2005, 07:28 PM   #13
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Nice camera - Beats the hell out of my 3.2 megapixel Fujifilm!

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Old 06-30-2005, 07:44 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by ARMAN
Nice quality shots imo... from one amateur to another 7pixels sound very good Congrats Tony
I'll take your word. Now to wait for the "pic king" to say my pics are crap

and I was going to buy a 3.2 megapixel camera, but the store where I bought it had the option to pay the camera in 12 months without interests. So imagine paying 40 uds per month or 50usd.
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Old 08-10-2005, 04:36 PM   #15
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I don't understad why they would give such a camera such high-res (7 MP) when the lenses in it would produce a shitty image anyway. At full res you'd just get one big blurry, distorted image.
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