Canon A50 I-R Review and Performance?

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Two Questions for folks experienced with Canon A50:

1. The Imaging Resource Review says Canon A50 has great picture quality, while a recent PC mag review (11-16-99) says quality of printed images is very poor. Does Imaging Resource evaluate printed images in its reviews? Does anyone here have some first hand experience with the A50 print quality performance?

2. How does the Canon A50 print quality compare with the Olympus 450Z?

-- Sky Chaney (schaney@sonic.net), January 11, 2000

Answers

We typically only look at the images on-screen, there being so much variability between different printer models. You're more than welcome to download our test images from each camera & try printing them on your own printer to see how they compare. You should be able to do this directly from your browser. On the Mac, click on the image and hold down the mouse button, and you'll get a little popup menu asking you what you want to do with the image. Select "save to disk" or whatever your flavor of browser calls that action. On the PC, right-click on the image to get the same menu. - Our images are copyrighted and not for public distribution, but we explicitly allow (even encourage!) individual readers to download and print for their own use.

-- Dave Etchells (web@imaging-resource.com), January 16, 2000.

The print quality I get from my Canon A-50 images using my HP PhotoSmart & DeskJet 712C printers is GREAT. I'm happy that I chose the A-50 over the many other digicams. It's compact & a true point-&- shoot winner. Also, since prices have dropped, it's a terrific value.

-- JOHN R. LAURENCE (jrl67@hotmail.com), January 11, 2000.

I also have an A50 and read the PC Magazine review. I'll start by saying they should stick to reviewing PC's. I also use an HP Photsmart printer and have achieved excellent results up to 8X10. An often overlooked feature of the A50 is its ability to store a raw CCD image with no JPEG compression. This is especially useful for large prints as you get no JPEG artifacts introduced in the final image. At the current prices, I don't think you can get a better value for the money.

-- Dennis Pereira (dpereira@ultranet.com), January 12, 2000.

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