New Camera - Canon PowerShot A610

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• 1. Vinaya HS  |  December 15th, 2005 at 12:55 pm

  Good choice. I have a PowerShot A95 and it’s a real good camera.

• 2. Shesh  |  December 15th, 2005 at 3:21 pm

  You mentioned that you bought it on ebay. Did you buy it on ebay india or ebay US. Where did you take the delivery, in India or US?

• 3. Arjun  |  December 15th, 2005 at 4:04 pm

  Thanks Vinaya. I was infact looking forward to by A95, but A95 has been replaced by A610 now.

  @Shesh : eBay US! My wife would take the delivery in the US. Expecting the delivery today EOD.

• 4. Harsha  |  December 15th, 2005 at 6:07 pm

  Hi Arjun, i accidently happend to come across ur blog ,while i was doing google search. I like visting ur Blog and reading them.
  My self is Harsha , im basically from shimoga and i work for esolutions in delhi.
  I reaaly feel great to hear stories from karnataka

  Cheers
  Keep doing.

• 5. Chitrang Srivastava  |  December 17th, 2005 at 9:49 am (subscribed to comments)

  Its a good camera, i recently purchased a Canon S1 IS which has 10X optical zoom and 3.2 Megapixel, with iamge stablisation and some manual control of exposure…its a mid-way between slr and normal digicam .
  It brought in US about 255 USD…

• 6. Harsha  |  December 23rd, 2005 at 11:00 am

  Hi Chitrang ,I m looing for buying a new digi cam, probably i may go for S1 1s,but it is a 3.2 Mp cam,do u face problems focusing,whcich do ud suugest,shld i go for A610 or the Canon S1 is
  on a budget of less than 300$,but i look forward for more optical zoom as wel.
  I feel for 255$ S1 1s isa best buy,any way plz comment.
  Harsha

• 7. Chitrang  |  December 24th, 2005 at 12:32 am (subscribed to comments)

  Hi Harsha,
  Now u wont find S1 IS in US atleast canon has stopped making.But its a excellent camera,3.2 Mp is ud enough for me …my main concerned was zoom and i got 10x at agud deal on amazon…
  now u wont find 10x zoom camera from canon,nikon,sony atleast under 300$.

  First look what u want zoom or megapixel and decide ur budget may be in india u can find s1 is in gre markey
  http://www.jjmehta.com/

  u can look every cam i detail on
  http://www.dpreview.com this is a very good website it review from every angle and lots of pics of camera compariosn etc…
  S2 Is 450 USD, Panasonic LUMIX for 350 USD

• 8. Harsha  |  December 27th, 2005 at 3:40 pm

  Hi Chitang thanx for the reply . I am ok with the 3.2 MPx but optical zomm must be more than 8 .the budget around 280$ to 300.
  i would try getting it from malasia or singapore. I wil not be getting it in India as its very expensive compared to other markets.

• 9. Chitrang Srivastava  |  December 27th, 2005 at 11:54 pm (subscribed to comments)

  In this configuration look for first Canon S1 IS ..it will fit ur budget and is a excellent camera…if u din’t get it..try panasonic Lumix it is around 350 USD…sony dont have in thjs range …kodak and minolta have around this range .

• 10. Jomy  |  December 28th, 2005 at 2:10 pm (subscribed to comments)

  Hi guys,

  Do anyone know whats the price of a610 in US.

• 11. Chitrang Srivastava  |  December 28th, 2005 at 11:51 pm (subscribed to comments)

  its 255 USD…i think u wont find any better reliable rate than amazon
  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AYKV4G/qid=1135794057/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-9164904-8457405?n=507846&s=electronics&v=glance

• 12. avinash  |  January 27th, 2006 at 3:09 pm (subscribed to comments)

  In US A610 is 14K Indian currency (convert it to US dollor to find the rate in dollar)

  In Bangalore u will get it for 20K (bargain to reduce 300-400rs) in GK Valles MG Road
  256mb mem card, charger, 4 NiMH battery come along with cam…

• 13. sainath K M  |  February 9th, 2006 at 2:59 pm (subscribed to comments)

  hi, congratulations for your new camera.. if you can help me out in selecting the best camera among this:
  Sony Cybershot DSCH1 5.1MP with 12x zoom
  Canon Powershot s2 IS with 12x Zoom
  Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom

• 14. vipul  |  March 10th, 2006 at 5:42 pm (subscribed to comments)

  hi…. two questions :
  1. for a non-professional, wht shud be the minimum MP in a digital camera….and,
  2. i like compactness in a camera and more optical zoom…….wht r ur suggestions….nikon L1? plz state others…..

• 15. Arjun  |  March 10th, 2006 at 6:48 pm

  I would suggest you go for :
  Canon S2 IS :
  http://www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05042201canons2is.asp

  Its compact, and has 12x optical zoom with image stabilizer.

  They have released S3 too recently. But it would be priced higher!

  Hope this helps.

• 16. vipul  |  March 13th, 2006 at 3:30 pm (subscribed to comments)

  hi….me again….

  i find s2 IS a bit bulky to carry while travelling ………. show some light on nikon S4, plz…….

• 17. Hi  |  June 22nd, 2006 at 6:59 am (subscribed to comments)

  I am thinking to buy a slim digi canemra.My budget is around Rs10000/-.I am hanging on Nikon S4,S5 or S3 and the one more option is Sony DSC T9.Which one is better you feel.

  Regards
  Yashpal

• 18. russell  |  July 7th, 2006 at 6:31 am (subscribed to comments)

  hi,

  does any1 know the rate of cannon S3 IS in India…

• 19. Arjun  |  July 7th, 2006 at 11:16 am

  @Russel : its around 23k for the camera.

  You can check JJMehta’s website for some pricing info…
  http://www.jjmehta.com/pricelist/canon_digial_pricing.htm

• 20. saurabh  |  July 20th, 2006 at 4:26 am

  But is JJ Mehta reliable to buy from?

• 21. sanjay  |  August 30th, 2006 at 6:01 am (subscribed to comments)

  i am looking to purchase a canon handy cam in mangalore. any info please e mail

• 22. balu  |  November 8th, 2006 at 1:38 am (subscribed to comments)

  hi i bought a Canon 540 , i cant take good pictures in night mode coz of 4x digital zoon …, can anyone plz help me how to take gud pics in the night ( any specific configurations ?? ISO ,, white balance …)

• 23. Arjun  |  November 10th, 2006 at 12:06 pm

  @Balu : Try to increase your ISO settings to 400 or 800 while taking night shots. That should help!

• 24. Check the fact  |  January 7th, 2007 at 6:39 am (subscribed to comments)

  http://ercancem.wordpress.com/2006/11/18/dont-fall-for-megapixels/

• 25. Veena  |  March 14th, 2007 at 7:11 am (subscribed to comments)

  I wanna buy a canon a530 camera in Mangalore..can anyone suggest me a good dealer in Mangalore from whom i can purchase one! (And i dont want to buy it online, as it’ll take atleast a few days to come, and i cant wait!!!!!). Please mail me ASAP @ veenakamathv@gmail.com. Thanx a lot.

• 26. Arjun  |  March 14th, 2007 at 8:30 am

  @Veena: You can try at Harsha - … not sure if that model would be available there.. but i know they have canon cameras. Not sure about the pricing too.

• 27. Veena  |  March 15th, 2007 at 5:58 am (subscribed to comments)

  Thanx Arjun..I a planning to buy canon a540..as a530 isnt available it seems..compared to nikon L6, will canon a540 be a good buy? (i have to decide betwen nikon l6 and canon a540) :(

• 28. Veena  |  March 19th, 2007 at 7:44 am (subscribed to comments)

  Well,..bought canon a540 at last :)

• 29. sai charan  |  April 22nd, 2008 at 11:38 am (subscribed to comments)

  im havng canon a 610 but lens got stucked hw much it wld cost or is there any othere alternative

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