 "Just what I wanted needed in a camera" | 2008-09-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3CQ1A7BLD34MG |
| I love this camera, and I will keep this short. I love to travel, do photography, and I am a seller on Amazon eBay. This camera works on so many levels, and is perfect for what I do. Its multiple shooting features offer something for everyone, and there are so many ways to alter an image that you take. Highly recommended to anyone! |
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 "best camera for a great price" | 2008-09-11 |
| - Reviewed By User: AFX68GZ2I8LPA |
When I was shopping for cameras, of course, i wanted the best, easiest to use, for the best price. This camera takes excellent photos, and has many great photo options, including selective color! The digital Macro setting for taking close up shots (ex. flowers, bugs, jewelry) is the best ive ever seen on any point and shoot camera.
Great for college kids, or someone just needing a nice point and shoot camera. Highly recommended! |
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| "Great for concert video" | 2008-09-01 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1DEF6D9MYGB1C |
| I have snuck this little wonder and other Canon SD cameras into the following concerts and have captured wonderful quality video: Rush, Heaven And Hell, Testament, Slayer, Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquillity, Iron Maiden and Megadeth. Canon Powershot SD cameras are capable of taking excellent video with clear (although mono) sound. When burned onto dvd and viewed on a tv, the colors simply pop off the screen. For those of you interested in capturing your own concert memories, always pack a Canon. |
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| "Best in it class." | 2008-08-31 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3289JFCY7L72W |
| Small, comfortable, great pictures, easy to use, awesome vids for it's kind. Overall a winner. |
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| "Essential Camera" | 2008-08-28 |
| - Reviewed By Anonymous |
I love this camera because it's so small that I can take it anywhere, even in a very small purse or even a clutch. I've had it for just under a year and have yet to experience a problem. It's lightweight and sleek and comes packed with different modes and functions. The only thing I can say about this camera that bothers me is that it takes a bit of fiddling for it to capture dark skin tones indoors without the aid of flash. The 'dark skin' setting actually hasn't been a help. But otherwise, this camera is ace. It takes beautiful pictures outside and does well in low light/mood lighting.
The video it captures is very utilitarian but it has colour modes and sound which is really all that a very point-and-shoot camera needs.
Best parts: comes with battery and charger (no fussing with AAAs), very streamlined and compact, many functions, great colours
Cons: some adjusting needed for darker skin, if viewfinder gets dusty it stays dusty (on the inside!) |
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| "Great Camera, video feature is the best" | 2008-08-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1J5YK4X2HH00O |
This is a great overall camera for our family for a great deal. It is small, feels relatively sturdy compared to my previous cameras, and has all the basic feasture that I need in a camera. It also has good battery life, and you can easily purchase spare rechargeably batteries on Ebay. Since it has so many features, sometimes its difficult to get to what you want quickly, but I think Canon did the best they could.
The one feature that I was most pleased with was the video feature which was important to me because I have kids. It takes decent video even indoors at night when you just have regular lamp lighting. My previous camera - Kodak C743 - couldn't take a proper video unless you were in sunlight.
Videos are saved in AVI format, making them easier to edit instead of Quicktime on my old camera which was impossible to edit. You can also adjust if you want 15 or 30 fps and at high or low quality pixels. One thing to note is that if you record at 30 fps with high quality, then be prepared to need a lot of disk space. I normally record at 15 fps in low quality to save disk space and I think its good enough. |
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| "Awsome pictures, Great Videos" | 2008-08-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1SI12KMDYZU9T |
This is the best point-and-shoot camera which gives you picture quality as good as Digital SLRs. I have used many other camera's but never got the picture and video quality as good as this one.
Its has so many great features, including the color accent, color swap, black & white picture, and the time lapse movie mode which makes it the coolest camera ever.
Its is so easy to use that even an novice can take professional quality pictures in minutes. The battery never disappoints me and it lasts incredibly long, more than you would expect, keep surprising me all the times.
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| "fantastic but a little slow" | 2008-08-17 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3GPDNGNOPG9D5 |
for the sice the quality is great but the camera needs a little bit longer to be ready again than I was used to.
Also the small battery is holding up about 4 hours so you should buy a 2 one just in case.
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| "Perfect for Me" | 2008-08-16 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3TPDR5GB80TQN |
This camera takes excellent pictures and has good battery life! I am going overseas to Bolivia soon, and it will serve my needs perfectly for documenting my adventure.
It does take the occasional blurry picture in dark lighting, but it's quality is still better than your average "point-and-shoot" camera. Unless you are willing to get something that is considerably larger and more manual, this is really pretty darn good.
Especially if you can get it "new (used)" from Amazon for under $200. Then I'd say the deal is incredible. |
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| "Great Camera, Based on First 1500 Photos" | 2008-08-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1THGV1GOQHA91 |
Advantages:
1. Small, Lightweight, Pocket Size
No excuse to not take it with you. Excellent for travel. Never miss a photo.
2. Excellent Picture Quality
High resolution; can crop image and maintain detail.
3. Real Image Viewfinder
Great for action shots e.g. panning kids sledding on a snow covered hill. Viewfinder is great for photographing in bright sunlight when the LCD is difficult to see. Camera is always more stable, less blur, when using viewfinder vs. LCD screen.
Must Have Accessories:
Buy a 2 or 4 GB SD card. Get a small, Samsonite zippered case ($ 8) to protect the camera while traveling with camera in your trouser or jacket pocket.
Features You Have to Learn to Use:
Auto setting for everyday photos
Night setting for flash photos of people in low light buildings. If not set to Night, the background is dark/black = high contrast. Setting to Night lightens the background scenery = better contrast
CM manual settings:
Set color to Positive Film for rich, saturated colors
Reduce exposure for sunsets
Portrait setting = soft effect for portraits
Photostitch = essential for pictures of landscapes, wide buildings, etc.
How to Zoom Beyond 3X Optical Zoom:
Don't use Digital Zoom. Turn it off on the menu unless you want crappy, low resolution photos. Instead, take very sharp, highest resolution photos. For outdoor photos in bright light, use CM manual setting with ISO set to 80, and SuperFine, Large files. This will produce the sharpest, highest resolution photo. The jpg file is larger and sharper than you'll ever need. Use software to "zoom" 2 or 3x by enlarging and cropping the photo. It's like having a camera with a 6X optical zoom lens.
Limitations:
1. The major limitation is low light photography. The camera sensor cannot collect enough light to take excellent pictures in low lighting such as in a cathedral. The high ISO settings produce poor quality, very grainy pictures. If you carry a tripod or monopod, you could overcome this limitation. But who does that with a pocket camera?
2) Flash is for relatively short distances, but it's good enough for family photos.
3) The wrist strap has hard plastic sections. The hard plastic can press against the LCD screen while the camera is in your pocket and permanently damage the screen.
4) There is NO pocket-sized (credit card sized) documentation listing all the menu options, at least the frequently used settings.
Conclusion:
Overall, it's an extremely powerful, low priced, extremely versatile camera packaged into a tiny, lightweight case. It takes great photos. You can't go wrong with this camera. A slightly better camera with Image Stabilization for better, hand held, low-light photos is the new Powershot SD1100. Image stabilization is a must have if you want to take photos in cathedrals, museums, etc. I bought the SD1100 for my wife.
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