Mr_Mac
No longer a newbie, moving up!
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Yesterday I made the final payment on the wife's Christmas present, a Canon Powershot SX40 camera. The unit we bought was a return but still carried a full warranty and was priced at $309, not a bad deal. I went and picked it up and brought it home to her and we opened it up and started to go through everything and found out that it was missing the battery charger. I went back to Sears and spoke to our favorite sales guy, Mobeen, and told him of our issue. He immediately went to look to see if the charger was there or find an alternative. While he was in the back I wandered over to the camera aisle and was browsing when I spotted the Sony SLT-A35 sitting there with a $299 price tag. This is the point where the thought process began.
While the Canon is a fine camera, it is limited to the fact that it is, after-all, an enhanced P&S and the Sony is a true DSLR. Since the wife is a novice who has a good eye for what makes a good photograph I figured she would like the versatility of an interchangeable lens camera over a P&S. Add to that the Sony A35 would be a pretty good segue into the world of photography from the old Nikon Coolpix P&S and it was a little cheaper and had a battery charger to boot!
In all, I think I made a good deal on this trade!
Mac
While the Canon is a fine camera, it is limited to the fact that it is, after-all, an enhanced P&S and the Sony is a true DSLR. Since the wife is a novice who has a good eye for what makes a good photograph I figured she would like the versatility of an interchangeable lens camera over a P&S. Add to that the Sony A35 would be a pretty good segue into the world of photography from the old Nikon Coolpix P&S and it was a little cheaper and had a battery charger to boot!
In all, I think I made a good deal on this trade!
Mac
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