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Summary: AWESOME!!! Great things do come in small cases!!!
Review: A friend of mine had brought a S-110 Elph to South Africa last summer. I was amazed at that a camera so small could take such great pictures. I bought the S-200, but called Amazon and upgraded to the S-330 before the S-200 shipped. I am no camera buff, but the S-330 is pure fun to play with. I feel I cannot mess up a picture. ... Also Stephen Wildstrom in Business Week (4/12/2002) reviewed the Kodak Dx-4900 and Nikon CoolPix 2500, but in his conclusion he came back to his good old Elph s-110 as his pocket digital camera of choice. If you are on a fence about buying the S-330 you will not be after reading these reviews! FYI- I wondered how much the S-330 weighs with the battery and 128 flash card, well it weighs 9.5 ounces. I was looking at bidding for the camera on [line], but the finally bids were often about the same as the Amazon.com price or even more. Plus I just like to buy from Amazon.
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Summary: Excellent camera.... great picture quality !
Review: Canon has another winner in its new S330 model. It has the following positives,
1. Excellent looks, build quality.
2. Great night shots, not found on any other compact 250gms camera, new long shutter feature in manual mode for upto 15 secs.
3. Very reliable and tons of features like charger works all over the worls, PAL/NTSC video out, all cables included (unlike Sony).
4. Accepts cheaper Compact Flash cards which are easily available in sizes upto 256MB. Not expensive 64MB sticks here :)
5. Very much pocketable. Easily goes into the trouser pockets. Slightly tough to fit into jeans pocket though. Look at S200 if you want even smaller camera.
6. 2.1 MP may looks low compared to other 3/4 MP cameras but this one offers more features without sticking you with any sticks ! Don't just use MPixels as your sole criteria when selecting camera. If you won't print them bigger than 8x10" then 2MP should be enough for now unless you have that extra cash :)
7. 3x zoom very faster to start and fold back. Works smoothly. You can turn the digital zoom off permanently.
8 LCD is superb, pictures look great on the 1.5" LCD. (a bigger 1.8" LCD on other need not neccessarily mean better quality, my last years Fuji had 1.8" and comes no where near this 1.5")
9. Great user interface... think of these Elph's as Nokia's of digicams. Other cheaper camera's out there might not have same reliability, features, user interface and picture quality. Problems,
1. Battery... lasts on 120 shots or so... you WILL have to buy a second one for extra [money].
2. The battery/CF doors feel flimsy. There are not made of metal but of plastic which looks like silver colored metal. But this much better than an all plastic one !
3. Canon's ZoomBrowser EX software is very unstable. It keeps crashing every few mins on Windows XP. Canon needs to iron out the problems in this. After buying an expensive camera atleast its SW should be reliable ! (Atlhough I haven't encountered any problems downloading pics till now, I don't see any reason to buy a CF card reader, this works fine with the cable, took just 3 mins for 100 big pictures)
4. Price is still high for a 2MP camera, although its become much more affordable than last year.
5. Movie mode is almost useless because of 5 sec limit on decent sized clip. Its just a marketing thing. Same with the audio/mic on camera.
6. Included CF card is just 8MB ! (it costs [money] to get a 32MB card for bulk purchases). Someone has to start including these necessary things like a decent 64MB card along with new cameras. Spend few extra bucks on this cool camera and you won't regret !
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Summary: Very easy to use
Review: I bought the first Elph that Canon offered years ago and have enjoyed using it. Lots of features in a very compact size. So when I started to look for a digital camera Canon was my first choice. While there are other cameras with more features, etc., the S330 does exactly what I need it for. Images are clear and the camera is easy to use. I have tested out all the features yet, but when it comes to point and shooting you are up and running without even reading the instructions. Definitely recommend this to the average user.
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Summary: Hoped that this S330 would be my first digital camera
Review: Considered this Canon S330 as my first digital camera. I just checked Canon's web site and found out that this camera is not fully compatible with Mac OSX. There are numerous other Canon's that are, but why isn't this NEW Canon model up to speed??? I really wanted to add this digital camera to my collection of Canon 35mm cameras.
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Summary: so easy
Review: This is my first digital camera....it is so easy to use, even I can get good pictures...........upgraded the card from 8mb to a viking 64mb card through Amazon special..............The S330 is a smidge larger than the the other elph cameras, so I find it very easy to manipulate....very satisfied..........
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Summary: Everything I wanted...and sooo much more!!
Review: I've been looking for a really good digital camera for a decent price for quite sometime now. I've been searching & researching. I finally decided I wanted a Canon Elph because of it's size, the 2.1 megi-pixel and the zoom. So I searched for prices and they seemed a little more than I had wanted to spend. But then when I found the S330 on Amazon for only a little more then the older models, I bought it. When it finally came in the mail, I immediately starting playing with it and reading through the manual. I found out it did much more than I even really knew!! I was really glad I bought this camera, and I'm going to have so much fun taking photos! Batteries in all the digital cameras are going to go fast, mine lasts about 1 to 1 1/2 hours on, just make sure you have an extra. I like the effect on the camera with the black & white and the Sepia look. A 128MB CompactFlash card is a good size for this camera.
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Summary: Lightweight Portable Killer
Review: I have been searching for a digital camera for over a year now. I have been close to buying many. Including Olympus, Sony and Kodak. None of them offered the portability and durabilty and yet maintained the picture quality I needed. When I saw the s330, I finally realized what I had been searching for... Great picture quality, digital/zoom, extremely portable and durable. Not to mention 2 megapix is way more than enough unless your thinking of starting a professional photo career. The pictures come out spotless everytime... Just shoot and put it back in your pocket. Another great feature is the battery charger... completely foldable in one piece. No cord involved, just plug directly into the wall. This is the ultimate travel package! Not to mention the additional speaker over the s300 model and the lower price tag, you have a winner here. Upgrade to the 128 MB card... I am averaging over 400 pics a card on medium resolution! Happy shooting friends!
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Summary: Much to love, but red-eye reduction hasn't been reliable
Review: ... I am a novice to be sure, and hemmed and hawed for months about whether to go digital or get a regular film point-and-shoot. I'm very glad I got this camera, and it takes absolutely stunning & lovely outdoor shots; however I'm a little bummed at the efficacy of the red-eye reduction feature. Many of my indoor evening shots of friends look as if they were taken at a Satan worshipper's convention. I suppose I can clean this up in post-production, if ever I figure out how to do that, but I wish this feature worked better.
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Summary: Great camera, battery weak, software hinkey
Review: I've had this camera for about six months. I'm a pretty critical person, and I love its picture quality, portability and build quality. Its great for taking on short hikes and its taken a couple of decent shocks without incident. The movie mode is cool. Its very small, but trades better zoom than the s110 for a slightly larger, heavier unit. For most people, the slightly larger size won't matter. Its the difference between a camera that changes the drape of your suit jacket and one that doesn't. Unfortunately, there is not sufficient warning when the battery is almost worn out, so that you may miss some shots as a result of not having enough juice left. Last but not least, I've had to call support for the software a couple of times, and they've walked me through a re-install of the included software. They sound like they get a lot of the same calls. For god's sake fellas, put a patch on the web. So in summary, keep your fingers crossed on software, and get a spare battery. I still think this is the best camera in the price class.
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Summary: Just plain nice.
Review: I shoot pictures for a living; no I'm not a professional photographer, however in my line of work we shoot between 5-20 digital photos a day. A typical year is 2-3 thousand digital photos, plus personal ones, so I need a workhorse of a camera. I have been using Kodak product, they have been reliable and do a good job. It came time to swap out my DC215 Zoom and I was drawn toward the size and ease of use of the PowerShot line of cameras. The nice thing about this camera is the sophistication of the features, and ease of use. For a quick photo, just turn the dial to automatic, point and shoot. If you need to play with exposure settings, add an affect, shoot several frames in a row, or take a short video all that is possible as well. Time will tell if the camera can handle the daily use and abuse like the Kodak, but so far I'm very impressed and am enjoying this camera very much.
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