my dad decided it was time to get a digital so he got me to order him a brand new canon powershot a85 today. i know it's not the highest model for canon, but it looks like a pretty good camera. does anyone have one of these?

i have the G5 and it freaking rocks. it take very good pictures and increadible macro shots.

this ones an a85, but yes the g5 does rock. i've used many canons before and i think the g5 was my favourite. then again, i have never had a slr rebel in my fingers!

i have a70 and its really good. since a85 have 1 more mp and and some minor features, plus it looks cooler....i believe its worth it!

Yeah I have A85 in recent purchase. I must say it's an excellent camera
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I'm a Kodak man myself, but my friend has a PowerShot G5 and he absolutely loves it, the picture quality on a Canon is definately better than a Kodak.

i had the a30, or was it a40? friend of mine had the a80. kickass cameras.

wow, i'm pumped for this camera. my dad is pretty tech illiterate so he will hand it to me to figure out and show him. he just wants it to take pictures of his recent birthday present. a pure bred black lab puppy named cain.

I'm currently looking to get the A85 after reading some reviews on it

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A85 have received many excellent reviews. I have read the reviews before getting my A85. Go get it

I have the g5 Canon Powershot 8 Mega pixels IT FREAKIN OWNS!!!!

PS: With...*Cough* 512 MB of ram *Cough*

according to canon's site, the g5 only comes in 5 megapixels. but i could be mistaken. where did you get your g5 at?

G5 is 5mp

A85 is a great camera. I bought the S400 when it was on it's last legs and being replaced by the S410 and S500...I have moments of thought that I should have waited for the A85 for the swivel LCD screen and a few extras more. Oh well.

Maybe it will be my next camera purchase

soloredd, are you saying the a85 has a swivel screen or that you would like to see that feature added to it? i know the g5 does and i love the feature to death, its very handy.

to the people who said they had a powershot a85, i was wondering if possible you could take pictures of all sides of the camera somehow...mabye with a webcam or another digital if you have one. i'm very curious to see what the rest of the camera looks like. every site i've checked has basically the same picture (the one i posted).

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/a85.html

A85 is supposedly really great camera, however the A95 has the swivel screen and one more megapixel up, and a slightly larger screen as well I believe. I dont remember too well all the specifics, I was doing research on them because I thought I might ask for one for christmas.

that's exactly what i needed, thanks!

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Wow 512MB of RAM in a camera... And what would a camera need that for?

You mean 512MB of Flash Memory ?

I just got the A85 and it is probably the best camera for the best price out there... great manual controls and really good looking point and shoot - it practically does the work for you. Also a very good quality movie mode i'm very impressed by it...

This is how Canon did it though - The Powershot A80 is the model with the metal body and flip out LCD screen. This model costs more... so the A85 is like a cheaper version without the metal body and flip out screen but with practically all the same features other than that. The Powershot A95 has the metal body and flip out LCD screen... but costs a lot more for the extra megapixel than the A85 or A80 so that is why I went with the A85 over the A95 and A75. It was definately the best value and I'm sure it will last a long time

Battery life is awful though... I went through 8 batteries already in two days I got some rechargable NiMH batteries now for a really good price 25 bucks CAD for 4 and a charger (Energizer...) so those are supposed to last 3 times as long as Alkaline.

Cheers!