what's the diff in canon models?

[shugar]

what's the difference between IXUS lines and POWERSHOT lines?

does it matter w/c one i get?

Jag

 

[Jamdiver]

Hey shugar,

The IXUS lines in North America go by the 'SD' Moniker, so you'll see Canon Powershot SD400 or SD500 on this side of the world as opposed to IXUS.
Anyway the SD line of camera are more compact, more stylish and I think in comparison to the Powershot cameras are a little more expensive.

Powershot cameras, example the A610/A620, A520, A95, whatever are a bit larger and tend to have more manual controls.

It depends on what you want in a camera, IMO if you're looking to shoot underwater then you'll want a camera with at least some manual controls (i.e. control of shutter speed, aperture opening etc.) and the Powershot cameras seem to offer that in abundance.

Best of luck to you and ask the rest of the PPD guys, they have firsthand experience with all this camera stuff .

Oh check out this link, lots of useful info re preparing an oring for use
http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/co...id=145&modelid=11998&keycode=underwater_photo

 

[shugar]

thanks jamdiver! yup asked the PPD guys too... just heard that there might be this killer deal for an a620 and the wife and i are getting ready to head out to see if it's for-real

Jag

 

[Jamdiver]

Search for long enough on these websites and you're to land a great bargain .
I think shipping though to the Philippines will bring the overall cost up quite a bit.
Best of luck to you .

Found deals for my canon at :
www.justdiscounted.com
www.pricewatch.com
www.shopper.com

 

[shugar]

well the killer deal turned out to be for the 520 not the 620 BUT the wife wanted a 7MP cam so we got it!!! yahoo!!! camera down, housing to go heehehehehe

thanks for all the help!

Jag