{"id":1186,"date":"2009-01-28T16:47:18","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T15:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/1186-comparing-digital-snaps-on-a-new-camera-and-one-five-years-old.html"},"modified":"2009-01-28T16:47:18","modified_gmt":"2009-01-28T15:47:18","slug":"comparing-digital-snaps-on-a-new-camera-and-one-five-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/1186-comparing-digital-snaps-on-a-new-camera-and-one-five-years-old.html","title":{"rendered":"Comparing digital snaps on a new camera and one five years old"},"content":{"rendered":"

I purchased a Canon IXUS 400 in November 2003. Good camera (for my purposes); but the battery life has dwindled to the point of nuisance and I figured it was time to replace it. I bought a near-equivalent, the IXUS 80IS, for around half the price the 400 cost 5 years ago. I especially like the idea of image stabilization, since I don\u2019t carry a tripod.<\/p>\n

I thought it would be interesting to compare the image quality, so I took a snap across the study (without a tripod). It\u2019s difficult to compare like with like, as the newer camera supports higher resolutions. In the end I decided to use each one at its best resolution. The books in the image are around 3 metres (10 feet) away. Here\u2019s the IXUS 400, image enlarged to match the size of the other:<\/p>\n

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and here is the IXUS 80IS:<\/p>\n

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Note that this is a very small detail; the old camera is not that bad. Still, a big difference.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, I posted my first picture to Flickr earlier today \u2013 a snap of the Foo Fighters<\/a> at Dreamforce last year. Taken with the old Canon, of course.<\/p>\n

Technorati tags: canon<\/a>, ixus<\/a>, photography<\/a>, flickr<\/a>, foo fighters<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I purchased a Canon IXUS 400 in November 2003. Good camera (for my purposes); but the battery life has dwindled to the point of nuisance and I figured it was time to replace it. I bought a near-equivalent, the IXUS 80IS, for around half the price the 400 cost 5 years ago. I especially like … Continue reading Comparing digital snaps on a new camera and one five years old<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-multimedia","category-salesforcecom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}