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Summary: A wonderful entry-level camera
Review: This camera is a joy to use. It has a solid feel to it, with the grip housing the CF card and 4AA batteries - the weight is just right for casual shooting (common CCDs take longer exposure time than regular films, so jittering is an issue with smaller cameras). The camera looks well built, and has a mature, understated, and attractive design to it. (Everything on it has a purpose, like a dot near the flash to prevent flash from being covered by a finger; even the bezel around the zoom lens, which screws off to reveal a lens adapter socket!) None of the components (especially the battery/CF compartment) looks or feels flimsy - all the switches operate smoothly. The case has no jagged edges and sensible rectangular shape, so it'll fit in your pocket confortably. LCD is bright, colorful, and large enough. Viewfinder is, well, useable, but you won't be using this unless you want to save battery. Zooming is a little slow, but this is not an issue with this price tag. It is very robust. AA NiMH rechargeables, while not included, are cheap, reliable, long-lasting, and very easy to replace (you can just have a set of cheap alkaline battery as a spare). Don't get Ni-Cd - it's useless. I've dropped the camera once already, but to my amazement, everything works perfectly. Picture quality is great. It is more than adequate for most of the purposes - and it is great to experiment on shots before you commit to shooting with film. This will allow me to refine my composition skills. I do recommend getting 128MB CF card ($40-50 nowadays), which will definitely last you a good day or two, with 177 to1417 (high to low resolution) shots! The camera has a lot of very useful functions, such as slow-synchro, timer, color-balance (very good compensation for fluorescent and tungsten light), image rotation, etc., etc. Stich-assist and included software is wonderful, as you can recreate the panoramic scene when viewed by QuicktimeVR. It sounds like a toy, but I'm certain you will be impressed by the effect it has on you. Both PC and Macs are supported, and Mac software is decent. I have no complaints. It'll be perfect if you already own Photoshop and/or ImageConverter (the latter being absolutely a top-notch batch image-conversion shareware). If I had any complaint, it is the warm-up time: You need to hold the power button for fully 3-4 seconds until the camera is turned on and ready to shoot. I'd trade lens zoom (which is not impressive anyway) with a faster startup - it'll be even more useful that way. Also, a way to set up timer length would have been easy to implement without additional cost (or a remote via USB, but that's ok) Canon really meant the A10 to be a lean, versatile, mature product - it has all the functions a non-professional user can ask for, coupled with a well-thought out layout and a solid construction. Smart thing is that A10 and A20's accessories are compatible - I'm thinking of getting the wide-angle lens adapter, water-proof casing, and dye-sub printer. This thing *will* adapt to your lifestyle and won't cramp you with proprietary components and gimmicks (unlike A20's mostly useless TV output)!
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Summary: Great little camera
Review: This camera is so easy to use. You will want to get a compactflash with more memory than the one it comes with though.
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Summary: Buy this Camera
Review: This is a great Camera. If your looking to buy a digital camera for the first time, buy this camera, you will love it. The image quality is so clear. This is a good looking camera with a solid feel. The canon software is so convenient to use, the downloads are fast and easy. This is definetely the best camera out there for the price. Under 200 dollars, i can't believe it. I put the settings on small resolution, super fine, where i can take up to 144 pictures on a 32MB flash card. The cons may be that there still a little red eye in some pictures and battery goes fast, if you have a charger, your fine.
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Summary: What a steal.
Review: This is an unbelievable camera. The image quality is very clear. It is so easy to use, that you will get addicted to this camera. Installing the software is easy, fast downloads with memory card. This camera will save you money(no more buying film and no more developing fees). A memory card size 32MEGS can hold up to 144 6x4's images on superfine quality. The only thing bad is the batteries run out fast. So if you purchase a memory card, battery charger, 2 sets of batteries, and small case.....YOU ARE SET.
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Summary: Really, really, really cool camera
Review: well, i take pictures for my website and basically, it's great. i don't even shoot pictures at the highest resolution, i use 640x480, and the pictures look great. I'd recommend you buy this camera. It's a no brainer camera...kiss simple. Just put what you wanna shoot into the lcd screen, and click the shutter. The only thing is, you might wanna grab some nimh rechargable batteries, because alkalines will run out in no time (i assume, i haven't used alkalines before) it's not too small, and it's not too big (like some of the more expensive cameras). ...
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Summary: First-time digital, full-time satisfaction
Review: Yes, this is the one. I've dithered and researched and questioned and coveted and finally took the plunge and the A10 is perfect. The camera itself is easy to understand and use; the versatile software - ditto simplicity - turns my PC into a veritable studio. Beware everyone in my email address book: El Canon bore cometh. Quel relief! Exactly the sort of thing i come a costly cropper over and here I am getting it spot on right.
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