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Shchedrin

Canon PowerShot A1400 vs A1300 - advice ?

« on: 04 / July / 2013, 00:13:57 »

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Reading manual its seems almost identical - A1400 optical zoom enable when video recording.

Could you please advice about difference - interesting in NiMh shots q-ty, A1300 say 500 with LCD 1000 viewfinder and i found a report say A1400 about 2000 viewfinder shots...

Hope A1400 CHDK will soon. i can buy A1300 or A1400 (firmware 1.00b available in the shop), please help to choose... Thank you

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waterwingz

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Re: Canon PowerShot A1400 vs A1300 - advice ?

« Reply #1 on: 04 / July / 2013, 00:23:41 »

Quote from: Shchedrin on 04 / July / 2013, 00:13:57

Reading manual its seems almost identical - A1400 optical zoom enable when video recording.

That's normal for this series A1100, A1200, A1300, A1400 - only a few small changes between models. And CHDK enables optical zoom while video recording for the A1100 - A1300 so the fact that the A1400 has it is not a big deal.

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Could you please advice about difference - interesting in NiMh shots q-ty, A1300 say 500 with LCD 1000 viewfinder and i fouund a report say A1400 about 2000 viewfinder shots...

Pretty much normal - I would expect both cameras will have identical battery performance under identical settings. However, this site rates the A1300 higher on battery life : http://snapsort.com/compare/Canon-A1300-vs-Canon-PowerShot-A1400 I would "take that with a grain of salt" frankly.

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Hope A1400 CHDK will soon. i can buy A1300 or A1400, please help to choose... Thank you

Some Canon P&S cameras never get ported to CHDK (although the track record recently has been pretty good).
link>CHDK FAQ : My camera isn't ported yet

Still, you can have CHDK on an A1300 today .. or hope for a A1400 at some point in the future.

If the A1300 saves you money, I suggest you go that way.

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Shchedrin

Re: Canon PowerShot A1400 vs A1300 - advice ?

« Reply #2 on: 04 / July / 2013, 00:31:03 »

many

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Shchedrin

Re: Canon PowerShot A1400 vs A1300 - advice ? or A1100IS ?

« Reply #3 on: 04 / July / 2013, 08:37:34 »

Quote from: waterwingz on 04 / July / 2013, 00:23:41

That's normal for this series A1100, A1200, A1300, A1400 - only a few small changes between models. And CHDK enables optical zoom while video recording for the A1100 - A1300 so the fact that the A1400 has it is not a big deal.

another question, A1100 IS have optical stabilizer... i can buy A1100IS or A1300, which one you will recommend ? can i expect NiMh shots the same ? someone said A1100 consume a lot of power...

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waterwingz

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Re: Canon PowerShot A1400 vs A1300 - advice ? or A1100IS ?

« Reply #4 on: 04 / July / 2013, 08:51:05 »

Quote from: Shchedrin on 04 / July / 2013, 08:37:34

another question, A1100 IS have optical stabilizer... i can buy A1100IS or A1300, which one you will recommend ? can i expect NiMh shots the same ? someone said A1100 consume a lot of power...

To me, image stabilization is an important feature.

But the A1100 lens seems to have less range and a it has a smaller sensor.

As for power, Canon's web page suggest the A1100 only gets 60% of the images of the A1300 (when tested with the same fresh batteries).
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/digital_cameras/powershot_a_series/powershot_a1100_is#Specifications
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/digital_cameras/powershot_a_series/powershot_a1300#Specifications

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dvip

Re: Canon PowerShot A1400 vs A1300 - advice ?

« Reply #5 on: 04 / July / 2013, 09:52:26 »

How about the SX150IS, take a look at the tech specs:

http://www.adorama.com/ICASX150BK.html

Happy 4th of July!

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Shchedrin

Re: Canon PowerShot A1400 vs A1300 - advice ?

« Reply #6 on: 04 / July / 2013, 12:21:42 »

Quote from: dvip on 04 / July / 2013, 09:52:26

Happy 4th of July!

You too

Quote from: dvip on 04 / July / 2013, 09:52:26

How about the SX150IS...

SX150IS advantages are lens and zoom, but actually i need not. SX150IS have not optical viewfinder, so, accums life shorter compare if use viewfinder only. I looking for the Canon camera - AA accum + viewfinder cause max shots + image good quality (need not zoom). This camera for simple tracking, place where been (sometimes with Geo-Data) and to show to friend. Weight is important. So, my choose between A1100IS and A1300 (both CHDK)... A1100IS seems better - the same CCD size but less pixels (12 vs 16), optical stabilizer... so, seems i need to buy additional NiMh (and may be SD card) and this all...

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dvip

Re: Canon PowerShot A1400 vs A1300 - advice ?

« Reply #7 on: 04 / July / 2013, 13:15:58 »

The SX150IS uses AA batteries, CHDK, image stabilization, X12, 35mm equivalent 28-336mm, (M) manual control, PASM... but no optical view finder.
For the price ($119) that would be my choice.
But if an optical view finder is what you're looking for then it isn't for you.

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Shchedrin

Re: Canon PowerShot A1400 vs A1300 - advice ?

« Reply #8 on: 04 / July / 2013, 13:30:57 »

Quote from: dvip on 04 / July / 2013, 13:15:58

The SX150IS uses AA batteries, CHDK, image stabilization, X12, 35mm equivalent 28-336mm, (M) manual control, PASM... but no optical view finder.
For the price ($119) that would be my choice.
But if an optical view finder is what you're looking for then it isn't for you.

SX150IS is great ! but viewfinder able switch off lcd... this is key...

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