From the little I know this is a decent price for a cheapie camera ; )
Had about 20 of them in OW Mandurah WA.
Canon Powershot A490 Digital Camera $65 at Officeworks
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Post Meridiem - The only sell it to you after midday! :p
@Josh, price match bro! ;)
Nice find! They're also clearing out the Canon Eos 1000D with a dual lens kit!
$549 - Canon Eos 1000D (Digital SLR) with a dual lens kit. Pretty good value for a beginner (but slightly outdated) dSLR:
http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Dig…
Review: http://www.cnet.com.au/canon-eos-1000d-339289627.htm
Nice find and nice camera too :D
Photo quality is better than that of the IXUS130IS which retails $300 :)
Seriously it does! Take a look at the thread on whirlpool :)
Hirokuro or all
Do you recommend the A490 or A495 - seeing they are the same price
A495 has Digic III processor and A490 doesn't I gather
Any other differences?I have both camera's :)
TBH the A495 has a few extra features compared with the A490 however it doesn't impact on image quality at all!
The major difference (I found as a point and shoot camera) are:
- the A490 has a superior LCD screen whilst the A495 is quite bad :/ - I don't know why though..
- the A495 is made in Malaysia whilst the A490 is made in China
- the A495 comes in a variety of colours (I have the blue) whilst the A490 only has the silvery blue colour.
What's with the neg?
Don't believe me? Check out the thread on whirlpool below:
Link is down :(
Sold out?
Works for me (in Melbourne)
Thanks. was a browser problem:
Didn't get it in Safari; got it now in Chrome.
A good buy.
Is this link Chrome only or something… In firefox it redirects you to an error page as well.
Think this is out of stock in Sydney. But they have the A495 for the same price http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Dig…
The 495 is the updated version.. takes SDXC cards but offers little other advantages going by the Officeworks spec list anyway.
Page no longer found - perhaps removed by Officeworks?
must have been ozbargained
+1 for 'ozbargained'! :D
These should be able to run CHDK firmware too… Pro-level features for $65!!
The A495 has a really buggy Beta and isn't officially supported doubt it will ever get a full release
the A490 is not supported by CHDK
strange… they must be one of very few A series models not supported… Can't think why, they use the DIGIC III processor which is what my A720IS has… perhaps just no developer interest to port it across.
Cheers for mentioning CHDK, ima try that on my IXUS 80IS
There is meant to be a slightly better firmware here:
was mentioned on the thread linked from the wiki.
Tried to buy one just then as of 10:35am, online seems to be sold out, can you still get them in stores by ringing up or are they really out of stock lol
you don't have a phone to ring them?
Nope, can't afford one that's why I am on ozbargain!
Anyway, appears all Melbourne OW stores are out of stock, although some still have the display ones up for grabs.
If you can't afford a phone… well … Harvey Norman have one for $15. No excuse now!
But… But… The phone line rental :(
Sold out in East Perth (WA)
Went to Orange grove office works (nsw). They had the A495 for $69.
Currently available in store: http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Dig…
How does this compare to the Samsung deal? I realize this has a couple of less mega-pixels.. http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/41500
Thanks
SamMegapixels above a certain number is not as important as the quality of the lens and other factors. Read some reviews to find out what the picture quality is like.
Thanks, as stated by my post "I realise this is a couple of mega-pixels less", I am more interested in peoples opinions, as I am not a keen photographer, looking for the best camera out of the two cheapies.
IF anyone has already compared the two, your advice/opinion would be much appreciated
Thanks
-SamWhat I can tell you is that my ancient (in Internet time) 5 megapixel Canon prosumer takes visibly better photos than my newer 7 megapixel Nikon idiot camera. So don't get fixated on megapixels.
If nothing else look at the sample photos in the reviews. I reckon they both will do the job for you if you just want photos for grandma. Anyway in a year or half they will be obsolete so if you make a mistake, which is unlikely, you can get a better one.
I did a quick search: http://www.camera-catalog.com/compares/popular/samsung_es28_…
Looks to me the Canon has a bit more features, however the samsung has 5 x optical zoom compared to 3.3..
Much of a muchness I guess!Ok scrooge here again, OW also has a Sony Cyber-shot DSCS1900 for $65!
Now I will never choose between the 3!!http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Dig…
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/41500
http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Dig…
Good deal. DSE has them for $77 but $65 is better & you may even get a PM outta dickies! ;)