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Summary: Excellent pictures... Easy to use...
Review: I bought this camera a couple of weeks ago... It takes excellent pictures outside and inside (auto mode), and you need to 'play' a little with the settings to get amazing pictures.. That's the good thing about this camera, you can adjust the settings manually... Also, you need to buy a bigger compact flash to take lots of pictures... And the only thing I would add, is a battery meter to know when the batteries are out... With four 2100mAh Ni-MH batteries you can take more than 154 pictures at full resolution... Buy and enjoy it!
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Summary: DO NOT buy this camera
Review: It's been three months since i bought my A70. I ran into an "E18 problem" where the lens won't retract and the camera won't power up. Turns out it's a common problem with most such cameras and the Web has thousands of complaints about the E18 problem floating around. Make sure you do a search on this problem and find out for yourself. So now I have to ship my camera to Canon wher they will attempt to fix the problem. Too bad Amazon editorial reviews never bothered to do their own research before recommending a completely useless product!
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Summary: Can't be beat for the price but there is room 4 improvement.
Review: The quality of the pictures are just amazing with this camera. I personally took a chance with the whole E18 error and have not had it happen to me yet. However even the sales folks at the local electronics store knew about the error and were looking forward to the A80 not having the same thing happen to it. Let's hope so...but there are other issues out there with this camera. The main one is for those of us out there that will be using AA batteries and rechargeable batteries. It seems as though the A70 is a bit picky when it comes to changing out the batteries. You can put in 4 brand new cells (all from the same brand) and the camera will reject the new batteries. The message that is presented is "change battery pack". By playing musical chairs with the batteries it will work after some dancing. But this should not be necessary. So that is the negative stuff. Here is the positive stuff that you will really enjoy to read. We purchased the camera in September from Ritz.com off of this site. You may read some reviews stating that the camera is heavy due to the batteries. This may be true. 4 AA batteries can be heavy. However the batteries are situated where the palm of your hand will be gripping the camera. This provides a great feel for the product that feels like quite a bit of thought went into it. The pictures will be bragged about it the other hundreds of reviews for the A60, 70 and 80 models so I will just concur with them stating that they are all subjective. The functions on the camera are as intuitive to operate as say a Sony product who is usually the leader in this area. Not to say that the Sony line is inferior but just to say that this would be a complimentary statment to Canon. Oh and yes I nearly forgot. The software that comes with this camera is really top notch considering what it can do. It is so user friendly and makes you feel like you got everything under control with how to download and then email each image. Thanks for reading and if the A70 ends up being your choice you won't be sorry. I hope you enjoy the camera as much as we have. Update March 22, 04 "E18 error" The error is the end of my fond and breif relationship with this camera.
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Summary: Great Camera
Review: Very versatile little camera. Compact, light, nice looking. Feels sturdy and is sturdy. My little daughter knocked it out of the car when I first got it. The body split apart a little, but I snapped it back together and it hasn't missed a beat.
3.2 megapixels is plenty to take nice pictures. Couple this camera with a Canon i860 printer and Photoshop Essentials (plus a Photoshop Essentials tutorial book - I recommend Photoshop Essentials for the Digital Photographer by Scott Kelby) to correct and touch up your pictures and you've got a nice photo studio right in your house.
Don't be afraid to buy this camera.
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Summary: Everthing is great until you have E18 problem!
Review: Think again and google the internet (canon digital E18 issue) before you buy it. You don¡¯t want to bet on your luck. Everything is great until you have E18 problem (the lenses jams, google the internet to see how many complains out there!).
I had sent my A70 back to the repair facility (in IL) and got it back two days ago, but the problem happened again after about 20 pics taken. Have to send it back to the repair factory again. It's costly when the shipment cost adds up.
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Summary: Excellent camera
Review: I bought this camera around Thanksgiving from Amazom and got an excellent price. This camera is easy to use and takes great pictures. I read one review complaining about battery life and a suggestion to turn the display off. I have taken around 250 pictures with the viewfinder and still am using the original batteries. Excellent camera
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Summary: Great camera, poor software
Review: The camera performs very impressive in its price range, especially all the auto settings work in most conditions.
The problem is the software. The bundled ZoomBrowser is very badly designed in user interface. Too troublesome to download photos. The design was somewhat against intuitive -- the tags look weird, and the "selection" of photos is very tricky if you are used to windows selection keys. I had to use a CF reader to download the photos to avoid the stupid interface.
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Summary: Good price for a good camera, only problem is low light
Review: This is an excellent camera. I have the Powershot A60 and have worked a bit with the A70. The only difference on these cameras is that the A70 has more megapixels, other than that they are THE SAME. The cameras offer various features, each with several different ways to manipulate the camera, including shutter speed and aperture. For the beginner, it offers a few preset options that allow a quick switch to the desired need of the user. The manual is very clear and easy to apply. I would recommend this camera to someone wanting a point and click camera, as well as a more advanced person desiring some control of the camera. The only complaint about these cameras is that they are poor for low light photos. The low-light problem I have is in the requirement of using the flash and that the camera will usually not focus in low-light, creating not-so-nice blurry memories for many indoor family events. This camera has optional shutter speeds of up to 15 seconds, which I like to use with streams and other pictures involving water. The speed has its highest shutter speed at 1/2000 of a second, which I haven't yet had success with, but will have fun playing with (it needs to be really bright for this). I haven't yet played with the aperture, but it seems like it will be fun to play with as well. If you are wondering if you need 3 MP (A70), consider what you want to do with the pictures. I would recommend a 3 MP if you want to do some cropping or want to blow up pictures greater than 5x7. I simply use my A60 just for 4x6 and looking at pictures on my computer, which it does an excellent job of. I would recommend getting either a 128 or a 256 Mb compactflash card (cards used in these cameras) in addition to this camera (runs between $40 and $70), because the camera only comes with a 16 Mb card, which holds about 15-20 pictures. I personally prefer Lexar's 12x or higher cards. Get rechargable batteries!!! Amazon's prices seems to be the cheapest for both cameras and compactflash cards (or within a couple bucks of other places). I would highly recommend either the Powershot A60 or A70 to anyone that wants a digital camera because of the versatility offered.
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Summary: $50 rebate
Review: This is a great camera. Easy to use, not to hard on batteries. Does anyone remember an offer back in October 2003 that had a $50 Amazon gift card issued if purchased before November. I bought this for Christmas (2 months early) so that I would get it, now Amazon is acting as if I'm crazy.
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Summary: Amazing product
Review: I cannot say enough good things about this camera. I am a fairly novice photographer, the Cannon PowerShot A70 takes very clear pictures, has a large viewing screen, can change settings with the turn of a dial, and even takes surprisingly good movies. However, it is necessary to buy an additionally memory card to take the number of pictures that set digital cameras so far apart from traditional film cameras. At this price, this camera is a great value.
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