Anyone own a Canon Powershot A95?

[Cinder & Smoke]

Originally posted by DogLover9501

Yes on Auto Mode the exposure stays on 0,
but it's still very bright,
Tigger looked yellow!

So I keep moving it down to -2, which is less bright.

You shouldn't have to be doing that manually!

Unless you're shooting in some extreme lighting situation,
the CAMERA is "supposed" to be able to calculate a good exposure.

I'd call the Tech Support Gang and have a chat with them!

/s/ Phred

[DogLover9501]

Originally posted by Cinder & Smoke


You shouldn't have to be doing that manually!

Unless you're shooting in some extreme lighting situation,
the CAMERA is "supposed" to be able to calculate a good exposure.

I'd call the Tech Support Gang and have a chat with them!

/s/ Phred

I thought it was strange that I had to keep changing it! I'll definatly call them.

Thanks again!

[binka_nugget]

Are you absolutely positive it's in auto mode? Both of my Canons (A75 & A60) don't even have the option of changing the exposure in that mode.

[DogLover9501]

I e-mailed tech support, and I got this:

"Thank you for writing to us. We value you as a Canon customer and appreciate the opportunity to assist you. We are sorry to hear about the brightness issues you have run into with your A95.

If this issue occurs while in the automatic mode on a regular basis, the camera will require inspection at our service center."

And then information about sending it.

However, my mom thinks it's a better idea to exchange it, since they give you 30 days, just incase it takes a while to fix/get sent back, or incase I have more trouble with it.

What do you think?

[DogLover9501]

Originally posted by binka_nugget
Are you absolutely positive it's in auto mode? Both of my Canons (A75 & A60) don't even have the option of changing the exposure in that mode.

Yeah I think that's one of the different things about it? Alot of things are manual.

Some of the pictures I took with lower exposure looked okay on the play-back, but were dark on the computer. So I thought if they look too bright on the play-back, they might be normal on the computer, but they weren't.

*Edit* Just checked, can't change the exposure on auto mode, but it's way too bright.

[Iilo]

I bought the A95 with my birthday money... and golly was it a hit in the pocket, but it was well worth it.
With finals coming up soon, I haven't been able to take many pictures, but I've found the INDOOR mode to really help reduce brightness when taking pictures inside. Of course, I try to stick to outdoor photos because they're usually just prettier.
The indoor mode is under SCN and then just use the arrows to get to indoor.

[DogLover9501]

Originally posted by Iilo
I bought the A95 with my birthday money... and golly was it a hit in the pocket, but it was well worth it.
With finals coming up soon, I haven't been able to take many pictures, but I've found the INDOOR mode to really help reduce brightness when taking pictures inside. Of course, I try to stick to outdoor photos because they're usually just prettier.
The indoor mode is under SCN and then just use the arrows to get to indoor.

Thanks! I just played with that a little, still had to lower the exposure though, it looked best at about -1.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Originally posted by DogLover9501

Alot of things are manual.

Some of the pictures I took with lower exposure looked okay
on the play-back, but were dark on the computer.

So I thought if they look too bright on the play-back,
they might be normal on the computer, but they weren't.

1) the camera has settings for EVERYTHING being "automatic" -
the only thing You have to do is pushe the button!

You ARE "holding" the button at "half-push" LONG enough for the
camera to signal it's ready to take the photo, aren't you!?

2) You wrote conflicting statements about look good / not good
on the computer monitor...
I would judge the quality of a photo on its appearance on the
computer monitor, NOT the LCD camera screen!

*Edit* Just checked, can't change the exposure on auto mode, but it's way too bright.

Have you actually sat down and READ the full Instruction Manual??

I think you "can" change the exposure +/- 2 in "Auto" - but if you don't
"do" anything, "Auto" SHOULD take a good picture.

As for your e-mail and their answer -
WHY bother with an e-mail when you can TALK to a Tech for free??


I suspect you've changed an important setting,
that the camera has "remembered" ....
and the fix will be to return the camera to it's Factory Default settings.

CALL a Tech and let him explain how to take a basic picture
AND talk you through checking the settings that matter.

/s/ Phred

[tikeyas_mom]

I will be getting the A90 when the price is lowered, maybe around christmas.. But if i were you i wuold just exchange it.. it can take up to three weeks to get the camera back from the company that manufactures them.. pluse shipping fees you have to pay...

[DogLover9501]

Phred-Yes I read everything before trying it out, and it was very bright before I changed anything. Also I do hold the button down half-way first, it doesn't really make a difference.

*Edit*

Originally posted by Cinder & Smoke
2) You wrote conflicting statements about look good / not good
on the computer monitor...
I would judge the quality of a photo on its appearance on the
computer monitor, NOT the LCD camera screen!

Yeah that's why I left it alone at first, as I thought they just looked bright on the LCD screen, but they were the same on the computer.

[wolfsoul]

I don't believe there is anything wrong with the camera -- everyone I know who has the A95 complains that it's much too bright, atleast when trying to take pictures of white things. I'd be fine with the camera if I didn't have two white pets!

[DogLover9501]

Ack-I brang it back today and got my money back

Alot of the older Canon models have all the same things I'm looking for, and are much cheaper, so I'm just going to look around for a bit more.

I do hate going back to the old one for now though