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Cactus Cowboy
Cactus Cowboy
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November 15, 2017
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My latest toys

  • November 15, 2017
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The first camera is a Sony Cybershot W830 20.1 megapixel 8X digital zoom that I got on ebay brand new for a paltry $100 USD. I bought it because my friend had one that he'd bought a year before for about $180 USD so I was able to benefit from seeing it function and the quality of the pictures...I was totally impressed with the images for such a small camera, it fits in the palm of my hand and slips easily into my shirt pocket completely hidden.

The second camera is a Canon PowerShot SX700 HS 16.1 megapixel 30X digital zoom. I got this camera from the same friend as it had stopped working. He'd been keeping it in a dresser in it's original box. The original model he'd purchased was the PS SX280 which was frot with battery issues. To his frustration he returned that model twice to the point that Canon just upgraded him to the SX700 which also took a dump. To this day he hates anything Canon. After haggling with him he finally just gave it to me and wished me luck trying to make it work. I found out of the four battery chargers he'd bought not one worked so again I turned to ebay and found a Kastar Charger for $40 USD and figure it was worth the gamble. Well, the pictures are proof that it worked. It's a great camera and takes beautiful low light photos. The 30 power zoom is incredible for such a small camera. Yea I'm happy. The picture of the Sony was taken with the Canon and etc. I highly recommend either or both cameras; well worth the price.

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Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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November 15, 2017

I had an early model Sony Cybershot (can't remember which one) that took terrific photos in awful lighting conditions.  I was super impressed with it at the time.  The battery compartment latch gave out.  It was too bad 'cuz I liked taking that small camera on outings.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Cactus Cowboy
Cactus CowboyAuthor
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November 16, 2017

You should have had it repaired Nancy. Did you replace it with another one? Please don't tell me, "yea my cell phone" LMAO.

John T Smith
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John T SmithCommunity Expert
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November 15, 2017

I like my Canon SX510 for both pictures and video (replaced early generation, separate still and video cameras)

The built in microphone is "somewhat" sensitive to wind noise, but for family movies it does a good enough job for my needs (most recent was pics and video of my brother's drive thru wedding, on a Harley 3 wheel, to then make a DVD I sent to the new couple)

Not even close to Hollywood standards, but for home use it's all that I need

    Cactus Cowboy
    Cactus CowboyAuthor
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    November 15, 2017

    On a three wheeler huh...I'll bet that was a hoot to be at. Thanks for sharing that memory John. Let me ask you, you haven't had any battery issues like it not charging or the battery loses power or the camera just shuts down for no apparent reason have you? Do the batteries keep their charge or lose power real fast after just a short use?

    After I purchased the Kastar charger it came with two additional batteries that charged up quickly but once I inserted them and the memory card the camera came on for a moment and then went off just as fast. I took a micro philips driver and backed off the two tiny screws on the battery door contact plate a quarter turn and that seems to have corrected the problem. I'll tell ya John, these micro devices are built to such exacting tolerances that if something's off just a hair that's enough to turn it into a paperweight.

    John T Smith
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    John T SmithCommunity Expert
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    November 15, 2017

    No battery problems at all... I have 3, 2 original Canon and another brand I can't look at right now 'cause it is in the camera, and all 3 seem to work equally well

    When we go on vacation I "top up" all the batteries before we go, and take my charger to use when the indicator on the camera screen says the current battery is getting low

    I also bought a 128Gig SD card to replace the (8Gig?) card that came in the camera, so I don't have to worry about filling the card with pics or video while we're away (but I do have a spare 32Gig card in my camera case... which I doubt I'll ever have to use)

    If I was doing a lot of video work, I would find out if there is an external microphone connection and then buy a microphone with some kind of wind filter... but that would, of course, mean having to connect it to some kind of mounting... and keeping track of more batteries... so I haven't done anything about the slight wind sensitivity of the built in mic

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