Aubrey Miles and Airsoft! What a nice combination!

Aubrey was kind enough to give us some photo ops.

Aubrey Miles and Troy Montero joined us last Saturday May 19 for some airsoft games.

From Left: Arnel, Erwin, Ian, Aubrey, Fritz, Jan, Kari, Troy

I bought a JVC Video Camera before I left Malaysia. It had a digital photo feature. The problem is that the quality is not that good. So when my family went to Anilao, Batangas last April, I really saw the need for a separate digital camera.

So on the night we went back to Manila, we immediately went to Anson’s Ortigas and got the Canon IXUS 70. It’s a 7.1 megapixel camera.

Here are the features:

• 7.1 Megapixels
• 3.0x Optical Zoom
• 2.5″ LCD Screen
• Powered by the NEW DIGIC III Imaging Processor for:
  • Faster processing computing speed
  • Improved noise reduction signal processing at high speed settings
  • Lower power consumption
  • Higher definition for signal output to LCD monitor
• New High ISO 1600 & Auto ISO Shift reduce camera shake and blurring of fast-moving subjects even in low-light condition. Use Auto ISO shift to automatically increase ISO speed until shutter is fast enough to prevent blurring.
• Incorporates the Face Detection AF, Face Detection AE and Face Detection FE, which work hand-in-hand to capture stunning photos of subjects’ faces with sharpness and right exposure easily.
• Face Detection AF: Detects as many as 9 subjects’ faces in a picture. If no faces are detected the AF system automatically switched to the conventional 9-point AiAF setting.
• Face Detection AE: Focus and exposure are controlled and set correctly for capturing the human face so that the subject’s best expression is not missed.
• Face Detection FE: Flash brightness and exposure automatically adjusted to ideal levels
• Enables Red eye correction during playback
• Shoot movies with sound

I was choosing between IXUS 70 and IXUS 75. The only difference is the LCD size. IXUS 75 had a larger LCD and no manual viewfinder.

A friend of mine who writes for photo magazines advised me to get the IXUS 70 with the manual viewfinder. If I was running out of battery, I could turn-off the LCD and just use the manual viewfinder.

And besides, IXUS 70 is cheaper than IXUS 75. Why would I pay for a more expensive camera if all the features I want are in the cheaper one? I don’t need a large LCD.

By the way, with the free 1GB SD Card, I can shoot to like 1,000+ photos!

I’m very much happy with the Canon IXUS 70!