There are a few occasions when you just shop on the spur of the moment. I’m no different. I have been looking for a compact camera that I can carry on the bike, the 10d is great, but so damned bulky! Sunday lunchtime I was surfing eBay (dangerous!) when I saw a Canon Digital Ixus 55 for great money. It retails at £299 and needless to say that I paid nothing like that! It’s about the size of a credit card and approximately 1cm thick. A few of the specs for the camera:
- 5.0 MP CCD
- 3x optical zoom with UA lens
- DIGIC II and iSAPS
- 2.5″ LCD with wide viewing angle
- 15 shooting modes
- VGA movies at 30 fps
- PictBridge and Print/Share button
- USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
And oh, man is it sweet! There’s no shutter delay at all, the flash, although not the most powerful is certainly adequate for snap-shotting, and the 2.5″ screen is just superb. Here’s the first three photos I took. Clicking them will bring up a new window:
Left to right: One of the Valentine’s Day roses I bought for my wife, my dog Cooper and Harley on the right.
Bear in mind that compression for the web means you won’t see full quality, but, believe me – they are fantastic quality. Just a shame about the crap photographer. Now, what what’s Donncha’s web site? Oh yeah. Looks like I’ve got some work to do…
Sweet looking camera. I’ve got a 350D (and a 50E) as well as a little Olympus thing for quick use. Definitely the lowest common denominator is me… but the Olympus did a pretty good job in Ireland :)
Photography, biking, ‘puters, smoker, AND you went to Uni down the road from me. Dude! You’re right, the Olympus has done a fine Job!
Nice! My mom has one.. it makes great little movies.
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Sounds a really good camera from your description and the photos you have posted – I look forward to handling it