A710 IS Vs G7

Okay am looking at the two cameras with ikelite housing.

Is the difference between 10mp and 7.1mp really noticable?

The difference in price is quite considerable the A710 could save me about 700 dollars yet the G7 can have a ttl strobe with the A710 having to use an EV.

Would this make a difference in picture quality.

I really want to treat myself to the G7 but if theres next to no difference....well

Sorry I didnt see this earlier. The most obvious difference to me is that a picture that starts with more megapixels will have more to crop for a particular print size and still have enough resolution to look good. I crop all my photos to 8 x 10 size for framing around the house/office and this is an important aspect to me. I also have plans in the future to have much larger prints made to be framed and again, the more native megapixels the better the image.

Cheers islandbound,

your pics here are great with the G7 and have to say have all but convinced me. Its a long old road trying to decide which camera.

First i was all set to get the Sp550uz from olympus but then heard from many people about the focusing problem, and the housing looks huge!!!! oh and no lenses

then struggled with the A710is vs G7 decision, then looked at the nikon 8800 in a fantasea housing, then thought about an SLR in a fantasea housing.

Then had to stand in front of the mirror and say "its just a hobby, its just a hobby" over and over till the shaking stopped ?????

THEN i started to look at the S5is but looking on flickr you can see the noise issues i just wish DPreview would hurry up with their report with its quicker times and swivel screen...... hmm then back to the G7, for my carry around and underwater camera because..............

I came up with a more cunning plan, using the excuse of getting my dad out the house more i'm buying him a D40x he's appartently been saving for a while i've just found out, anyway i'll convince him to buy a decent piece of glass and i can borrow it off him when ever i fancy going out and about....Am i shallow?

I have thought about this for a couple of days and decided, not shallow but smart! If you can buy one camera for two purposes then thats probably the best decision. I do have to say that I have used the G7 for many above water pictures as well and it is a very accomplished camera in this as well.

LOL no not as bad as it sounds, he used to have the full kit (in film) but sold it all, he used to be a photgrapther in the RAF.

Then last month Prince Charles and Camilla visited the village we live in, the vicar asked him to do the photograpths so off he went with his Pro1. and duely loved it

I've been picking his brains about cameras while i've been searching, and he let slip that he was thinking of getting a D40x, i can't justify getting an slr for myself i just don't know enough, but getting him one and i could learn a lot, and relighting his interest in photograpthy a bonus

LOL no not as bad as it sounds, he used to have the full kit (in film) but sold it all, he used to be a photgrapther in the RAF.

Then last month Prince Charles and Camilla visited the village we live in, the vicar asked him to do the photograpths so off he went with his Pro1. and duely loved it

I've been picking his brains about cameras while i've been searching, and he let slip that he was thinking of getting a D40x, i can't justify getting an slr for myself i just don't know enough, but getting him one and i could learn a lot, and relighting his interest in photograpthy a bonus

just a thought: if you're getting hte D40x because it's cheaper, think again. you don't have AF on lenses without internal motors, hence you have to spend more to get those lenses with AF motors.

it might be more worthwhile to spend a little more to get the D50 and be able to use the full range of nikon lenses.

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good luck!