My new camera came today and I’m very disappointed because I think it may be broken. Actually, I hope it’s broken, because the alternative is that Canon cannot make a decent P&S camera (and I say this after looking at my older model Nikon P&S cameras which didn’t have this problem).
Anyway, the issues is that there is much more vignetting with this camera that I have ever seen before. In fact, I can’t say I ever recall seeing this before. I started a thread at dpreview.com to see whether it’s the camera or me. I can’t decide whether I’m expecting too much from it, or if my camera is a dud. I’d hate to think this is what Canon considers quality, but I’m not sure since the 20D is in such a higher class than a point-and-shoot so the two really cannot be compared.
Right now I’m trying to decide whether I should try exchanging it for another one. To think I was so excited this morning, and now I’m starting to get angry that I spent $300 on this thing. I feel very blah about the whole experience, and if it wasn’t for a 10% restocking fee, I’d probably just return it and wash my hands of the whole thing for now. :p
Canon can definitely make a quality point and shoot. The G3 kicks ass. I don’t know anything about the A610 though, sorry.
Weird. That flash photo does look a little dark in the corners. I can’t believe the responses so far telling you it’s not an issue. I think you’ve really got to take a lot more photos with it – in sunlight, and maybe even duplicate some shots you’ve already taken with other cameras, like things around your house – and compare.