Canon A620 Question

On 3 Dec 2006 13:36:10 -0800, reneejj RemoveThis @gmail.com wrote:

> Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has purchased the adapters and lens
> attachments? I was considering it, but I've read that they can block
> the viewfinder and the flash. The 52mm does a bit, but I was looking
> at a 72mm tokina wide angle and telephoto lens which each come with the
> adapter for the camera at a decent price. How much of a problem are
> the lens attachments when using the viewfinder and more importantly the
> flash?

The only WA adapter I have is Fuji's, for their S5100. High
quality, but it does interfere with the built-in flash a bit. There
shouldn't be any problem using the viewfinder with the wide angle
adapter due to parallax problems, but with the telephoto adapter it
might be best to use the LCD display instead, or at least use it to
spot check the accuracy of the viewfinder's framing. If either of
the lens adapters blocks part of the viewfinder, it would be more of
an annoyance rather than a fatal defect, since it wouldn't block
part of the image on the sensor, only what you see through the
viewfinder, and that can be dealt with by using the LCD instead if
too much of the viewfinder's image is blocked. Even without a lens
adapter, the 620's framing through the viewfinder can be pretty
inaccurate with close subjects.

Yesterday I copied parts of a couple of messages from dpreview's
Canon forum that may be informative. I think that they were posted
about 3 months ago.

> =========================================
> You do have the specifications right, however I do not recommend the
> Canon lens adapter. It is made of plastic and I don't think it will hold up
> very well long term. I have it and when I purchased it I didn't know it was
> plastic, I recommend the lensmate adaptor, made of aluminum. See it at:
http://www.lensmateonline.com/newsite/A620A610.html
>
> They show pictures with the various lenses that are available for the A620,
> this is probably your best bet.
> ============================
> I own an A620 and a Raynox 6600 wide angle converter. When used for full
> wide, the image comes out with all corners slightly shaded. Besides, there is
> some limitations on the zoom range, not sharp throughout the whole zoom
> range. Apart from this, the converter works well with the lens adapter from
> Lensemate.
> =========================================
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On 3 Dec 2006 18:45:36 -0800, reneejj.RemoveThis@gmail.com wrote:

> I've been to the site you linked, that was where I was planning on
> buying the adapter anyway. Thanks again for your help.

You're welcome. Got a new A620 myself yesterday, and I'll
probably soon be checking out lens adapters for it too.
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> On 3 Dec 2006 18:45:36 -0800, reneejj.DeleteThis@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I've been to the site you linked, that was where I was planning on
>> buying the adapter anyway. Thanks again for your help.
>
> You're welcome. Got a new A620 myself yesterday, and I'll
> probably soon be checking out lens adapters for it too.
>
You both should like the A620. I have the similar A610 (5mp ver). Noise is
minimal at low ISOs. The newer high megapixel cameras have to use noise
reduction at low ISOs resulting in some NR artifacts. The lens is one of the
best ever used on a P&S digicam and battery life is amazing. Use the low
sharpening mode to reduce the annoying sharpening halos if it bothers you
(I'm allergic to fake sharpness. It makes me want to puke!).

Check ebay for the converter lenses. I found the good performing Tiffen
Megaplus lens (discontinued) for $10 from a reliable seller.

-S
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On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 07:35:07 -0500, SimonLW wrote:

> You both should like the A620. I have the similar A610 (5mp ver). Noise is
> minimal at low ISOs. The newer high megapixel cameras have to use noise
> reduction at low ISOs resulting in some NR artifacts. The lens is one of the
> best ever used on a P&S digicam and battery life is amazing.

I know. My Fuji S5100 has amazing battery life. But the A610 and
A620 have even more amazing battery life. When I first discovered
this, virtually everyone commenting on battery life said either that
only Li-Ion provided reasonable battery life, or that if AA cells
were used, alkalines couldn't be used, only NiMH could provide
decent battery life. Maybe the reason why this misinformation
continued so long is that the camera review websites were the last
to recognize the much greater efficiencies of newer cameras finally
make the use of alkalines practical. Then one by one, people using
an A610 or A620 would post messages say nearly the same thing,
something like "I've been using my first set of alkaline AA
batteries for 4 months and haven't had a low battery warning yet".

Also nice is that focusing is quick and accurate even if shooting
when there's very little available light. I recall reading that in
reviews, but it's still nice to experience it first hand.


> Use the low sharpening mode to reduce the annoying sharpening halos
> if it bothers you (I'm allergic to fake sharpness. It makes me want to puke!).

Sounds like a good idea. The A620 already has many more pixels
than my older camera (which has been sharp enough for me), so I
don't need to artificially simulate sharpness with the A620.
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On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:49:04 -0500, THO wrote:

>> On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 07:35:07 -0500, SimonLW wrote:
>>> Use the low sharpening mode to reduce the annoying sharpening halos
>>> if it bothers you (I'm allergic to fake sharpness. It makes me want to
>>> puke!).
>>
>> Sounds like a good idea. The A620 already has many more pixels
>> than my older camera (which has been sharp enough for me), so I
>> don't need to artificially simulate sharpness with the A620.
>
> How do you adjust the sharpening mode to low?

I knew that I had seen it mentioned somewhere in the manual but
didn't know where. I found it in seconds by searching the PDF
manual looking for "sharpen". It's on page 58, where it says that
the setting is in the Func Menu's "Photo Effect Settings". Choices
there, and you can only choose one, are:

1. Effect Off
2. Vivid (color contrast and saturation)
3. Neutral (tones down contrast and color saturation)
4. Low Sharpening
5. Sepia
6. B/W
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