No mention of optical zoom? This is much more important than digital zoom, as you lose quality when you use the digital zoom. Obviously, you'll need a much larger card than 16 MB. Now that I think of it, 16 MB seems amazingly small - Are you certain that this is a real camcorder, and not just a digital still camera with a capability of recording short movie clips?onekeano said:PRODUCT FEATURES
12.0 MP (INTERPOLATED)
8X DIGITAL ZOOM
2.0 INCH COLOR LCD SCREEN
270 DEGREES ROTATEABLE SCREEN
WEBCAM FUNCTION
MP3 PLAYER
EARPHONES (INCLUDED)
Li-Ion RECHARGEABLE BATTERY
MOVIE FUNCTION WITH PLAYBACK
BUILD IN 16MB FLASH MEMORY
SD CARD COMPATIBLE
EXPANDABLE MEMORY up to 2GB (SD CARD)
BUILT-IN MICROPHONE
VOICE MEMO / RECORDING
SUPPORTS VIDEO/TV OUT
8 LANGUAGES SUPPORT
IMAGE/VOICE/RECORDING(MPEG4)
OUT/IN PUT (CABLES INCLUDED)
USB PORT(USB CABLES INCLUDED)
MASS STORAGE
1 YEAR FULL WARRANT
BBB said:I have a Canon IXUS 500 purchased a year ago. The auto focus won't work properly now as some dust got into the mechanism, so photos are fuzzy. I've been quoted 250 euros by a camera shop in Tallaght to repair this. Any ideas where else I could try for a cheaper repair? The camera cost me about 350 euros. Worth repairing or just buy a new one??
RainyDay said:No mention of optical zoom? This is much more important than digital zoom, as you lose quality when you use the digital zoom. Obviously, you'll need a much larger card than 16 MB. Now that I think of it, 16 MB seems amazingly small - Are you certain that this is a real camcorder, and not just a digital still camera with a capability of recording short movie clips?
Good points Rainy - thanks for pointing them out. That rules out that particular items, thanks for the advice.
Roy