Canon PowerShot A630 with 8.0 megapixels!

I just bought this camera from CircuitCity.com! ..it was on sale & i've been wanting this camera for a long, long time. Jeff's dad has the same camera and i've been borrowing his to capture some of my best photos and also recording high-quality videos in the past, but it had only 7.1 megapixels.

HOLY SHIT!! This one i'm getting has 8.0!!!! :)

The one thing i'm excited about with this camera.. is that when i record videos.. it is saved as a Windows Media file on my laptop. I use Windows XP on my DELL laptop and the current camera that i've been using outputs .MOV files after recording my videos. Thus i can't edit them with the Windows Movie Maker because .MOV is for Macs. Also, it has only 5.0 megapixels.. a bit lame i'd say. The movie quality is bad, like when i record my video blogs on YouTube.

This new camera is one pretty sophisticated piece of equipment. Loads of settings and functions you can shake a stick at. I saw on the Circuit City website that there were 214 reviews on this camera with a 4.6 overall rating (out of a 5.0 scale) based on picture quality (4.7), features (4.6), battery life (4.4), and cost-benefit (4.6).

Nice gadget for about $200, huh? :)