Last weekend my in laws, my parents, and my wife and I went for sight seeing around the bay. My in law had just bought their very first digital camera (this Canon PowerShot A410) and wanted me to teach them how to use it and transfer images to their computer.

Basically I had the whole weekend with this camera and taught them how to use it in the process. They purchased it from Target for about $150 plus tax.


REASON FOR BEHIND PURCHASE :
The main reason for the purchase of this digital camera was that my in laws old film camera died and they like the digital idea better. They also liked the idea that they could see the images instantly and delete them if needed. I ability to print and share these pictures quickly and easily was also another reason.


THE LCD AND VIEWFINDER :
This camera has a 1.5 inch fixed LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen and an optical viewfinder. The image that you see on the LCD will be what gets captured and saved on to the memory card. The viewfinder is small and does not cover the whole picture that will get captured (it only shows about 80 to 85 percent or the image). I personally like to always use the viewfinder to take pictures and it also saves battery life. The LCD on this camera has 120,000 pixels resolution which is bright and clear at all times; it even increases brightness in low light conditions.


THE POWER :
You can use rechargeable NiMH batteries in this camera which will give you about 400 shots, according to Canon. But for our needs we used two regular alkaline double A sized (AA) batteries. We were able to take about 150 shot with these batteries; this is because I mostly used the viewfinder and turned off the LCD to save some juice. A downside of using these regular batteries is that the camera will not be able to tell you how much battery life you have left. So you just have to shoot while you can and then replace the batteries.

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