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Canon Powershot A490 Digital Camera $65 at Officeworks

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Canon Powershot A490 Digital Camera $65 at Officeworks
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kirt on 11/03/2011 - 00:31 officeworks.com.au (1309 clicks)

From the little I know this is a decent price for a cheapie camera ; )

Had about 20 of them in OW Mandurah WA.

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  • StewBalls on 11/03/2011 - 00:42

    Good deal. DSE has them for $77 but $65 is better & you may even get a PM outta dickies! ;)

    • Josh81 on 11/03/2011 - 22:02
      +1

      What's a PM?

      • tomsco on 12/03/2011 - 08:45
        +1

        Prime minister

        • StewBalls on 12/03/2011 - 10:51
          +2

          Post Meridiem - The only sell it to you after midday! :p

          @Josh, price match bro! ;)

  • mad__llama on 11/03/2011 - 01:16
    +3

    Nice find! They're also clearing out the Canon Eos 1000D with a dual lens kit!

    $549 - Canon Eos 1000D (Digital SLR) with a dual lens kit. Pretty good value for a beginner (but slightly outdated) dSLR:

    http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Dig…

    Review: http://www.cnet.com.au/canon-eos-1000d-339289627.htm

  • Hirokuro on 11/03/2011 - 01:28
    +1

    Nice find and nice camera too :D

    Photo quality is better than that of the IXUS130IS which retails $300 :)

    Seriously it does! Take a look at the thread on whirlpool :)

    • Noblejoker on 11/03/2011 - 11:00

      Hirokuro or all
      Do you recommend the A490 or A495 - seeing they are the same price
      A495 has Digic III processor and A490 doesn't I gather
      Any other differences?

      • Hirokuro on 11/03/2011 - 12:22
        +2

        I have both camera's :)

        TBH the A495 has a few extra features compared with the A490 however it doesn't impact on image quality at all!

        The major difference (I found as a point and shoot camera) are:

        • the A490 has a superior LCD screen whilst the A495 is quite bad :/ - I don't know why though..
        • the A495 is made in Malaysia whilst the A490 is made in China
        • the A495 comes in a variety of colours (I have the blue) whilst the A490 only has the silvery blue colour.
    • Hirokuro on 11/03/2011 - 12:18
      +1

      What's with the neg?

      Don't believe me? Check out the thread on whirlpool below:

      http://whrl.pl/RcyQGR

  • mxyzptik on 11/03/2011 - 01:51

    Link is down :(

    Sold out?

    • tomsco on 11/03/2011 - 01:55
      +2

      Works for me (in Melbourne)

      • mxyzptik on 11/03/2011 - 02:08

        Thanks. was a browser problem:

        Didn't get it in Safari; got it now in Chrome.

        A good buy.

        • Kelstorm on 11/03/2011 - 08:16

          Is this link Chrome only or something… In firefox it redirects you to an error page as well.

  • tmill117 on 11/03/2011 - 07:51

    Think this is out of stock in Sydney. But they have the A495 for the same price http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Dig…

    • ESEMCE on 11/03/2011 - 08:50

      The 495 is the updated version.. takes SDXC cards but offers little other advantages going by the Officeworks spec list anyway.

    • GreatWhiteHunter on 11/03/2011 - 09:30

      Page no longer found - perhaps removed by Officeworks?

      • battler on 11/03/2011 - 10:03
        +3

        must have been ozbargained

        • icywind on 11/03/2011 - 11:27

          +1 for 'ozbargained'! :D

  • ESEMCE on 11/03/2011 - 08:49

    These should be able to run CHDK firmware too… Pro-level features for $65!!

    • BenMHarvey on 11/03/2011 - 10:05
      +1

      The A495 has a really buggy Beta and isn't officially supported doubt it will ever get a full release

      the A490 is not supported by CHDK

      • ESEMCE on 11/03/2011 - 11:18

        strange… they must be one of very few A series models not supported… Can't think why, they use the DIGIC III processor which is what my A720IS has… perhaps just no developer interest to port it across.

        • theguyrules on 11/03/2011 - 15:46

          Cheers for mentioning CHDK, ima try that on my IXUS 80IS

      • ihfree on 11/03/2011 - 17:22

        There is meant to be a slightly better firmware here:

        was mentioned on the thread linked from the wiki.

        http://forum.chdk-treff.de/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2130

  • sukiya on 11/03/2011 - 10:36

    Tried to buy one just then as of 10:35am, online seems to be sold out, can you still get them in stores by ringing up or are they really out of stock lol

    • battler on 11/03/2011 - 11:22

      you don't have a phone to ring them?

  • sukiya on 11/03/2011 - 11:46

    Nope, can't afford one that's why I am on ozbargain!

    Anyway, appears all Melbourne OW stores are out of stock, although some still have the display ones up for grabs.

    • jwh on 11/03/2011 - 12:20

      If you can't afford a phone… well … Harvey Norman have one for $15. No excuse now!

      • sukiya on 11/03/2011 - 12:49
        +1

        But… But… The phone line rental :(

  • neophytte on 11/03/2011 - 14:00

    Sold out in East Perth (WA)

  • gawky on 11/03/2011 - 21:37

    Went to Orange grove office works (nsw). They had the A495 for $69.

  • ilikecheapcrap on 27/03/2011 - 15:39

    Currently available in store: http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Dig…

    How does this compare to the Samsung deal? I realize this has a couple of less mega-pixels.. http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/41500

    Thanks
    Sam

    • retiredfeline on 27/03/2011 - 16:09

      Megapixels above a certain number is not as important as the quality of the lens and other factors. Read some reviews to find out what the picture quality is like.

      • ilikecheapcrap on 27/03/2011 - 16:23

        Thanks, as stated by my post "I realise this is a couple of mega-pixels less", I am more interested in peoples opinions, as I am not a keen photographer, looking for the best camera out of the two cheapies.
        IF anyone has already compared the two, your advice/opinion would be much appreciated
        Thanks
        -Sam

        • retiredfeline on 27/03/2011 - 17:00

          What I can tell you is that my ancient (in Internet time) 5 megapixel Canon prosumer takes visibly better photos than my newer 7 megapixel Nikon idiot camera. So don't get fixated on megapixels.

          If nothing else look at the sample photos in the reviews. I reckon they both will do the job for you if you just want photos for grandma. Anyway in a year or half they will be obsolete so if you make a mistake, which is unlikely, you can get a better one.

  • ilikecheapcrap on 28/03/2011 - 01:29

    I did a quick search: http://www.camera-catalog.com/compares/popular/samsung_es28_…
    Looks to me the Canon has a bit more features, however the samsung has 5 x optical zoom compared to 3.3..
    Much of a muchness I guess!

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