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Summary: You'll have it when you want to catch a shot
Review: While this is not a very high resolution 3 megapixel camera, it does take very decent digital photos, and of course it's main positive characteristic is its size. You will tend to have it with you when you want to catch a photo as it easily fits in your pocket unlike other 2megapixel cameras. It is also built to last. I've dropped mine on concrete pavement and can't even find a scratch. Have owned for about a year and have taken thousands of photos with it. A good sized compact flash card and an extra proprietary battery is a good thing to have as options for the camera. Definitely an excellent value at the newer reduced prices in the $300 range. It was well worth it for me at $500.
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Summary: Amazing little camera with very good quality results...
Review: Bought this canon S100 early in summer of 2000 to take on a carribean vacation and all went well till it stopped functioning ..(zoom lens would not retract and battery would die immediately) so needless to say it was great while it worked but served as a paper weight the rest of the trip..bummer :(
I immediately returned it and was given a new one (replacement).
Took the new one and then later used it with no problems apparently I had a dog the first time..went this past summer to europe and this time I had with me 3 spare batteries to keep those shots going-- I highly recommend buying at least this many batteries and a large memory card mine is the 192M SANDISK..which easily holds up to 200 + @ (1600 x 1200)resolution..I also have the waterproof case which is good especially if you are near on in the beach or you like it too double as a protective case..works great and still smaller than most digi cams..so do I recommend this cam? Unequivocally YES!!
Besides they are very inexpensive now so that make them worth it even more so. Yes 2.1 Megs is still VERY Good even today.
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Summary: Best Christmas Present ever!
Review: OK so I bookmarked pages about this camera on our home computer, in a place I was sure my wife would see, and loh and behold, what did I get. Thank you Santa!It's been nearly a year of fun use of this little darlin', and there's no stopping me. The picture quality is excellent, and the camera itself is sure to become a classic - what with the real aluminum shell, and tiny size, this camera is packed with cachet. Nice thing is that it's also easy to use, and the results are remarkable. During our company softball tournament in which my boss and I were playing, I handed this to one of my friends to take pictures, and my boss handed another his "best in class" Olympus 4 mega-pixel. The results - the Olympus was a little sharper, and had a bigger telephoto, but the users all showed a preference to own the Canon. Here's the scoop - Pixels aren't everything. There are several other variables in getting a great picture. Of course there's the aesthetic of the photographer which can't be quantified, but on the technical side there are also others. Many tend to focus on numbers when buying equipment - what's the resolution - how many watts - what's the horsepower. But can you really rate things this way? Is a BMW Z3 the most powerful car or is it sufficiently powered? How well it corners may be a better metric. The S100 may not be the most powerful in terms of resolution or zooming capabilities, but it sure looks and handles great! On the technical side - the lens is excellent. I suspect that it's pushing the resolving power limit for such a small piece of glass. If you remember from your Physics classes the theoretical ultimate resolving power of a lens is directly proportional to it's diameter. With such a small diameter, one can only reach a certain limit. From examining the results up close one can see that the resolving power of the lens is the limiting factor in the overall resolution. Details break up in the image before the pixels become evident. All this to say that the only way to make the picture sharper would be to make the lens wider which would scale the whole camera bigger, and who would want that? The camera does an excellent job focusing, determining the correct exposure, and balancing colors - three other aspects to good image quality - other than simple "pixel count". I've made prints from shutterfly.com up to 5x7 so far, and nobody would be able to tell that these were not shot with 35mm - and a full size SLR at that. OK now for the drawbacks. Nothing is perfect. The main gripe I have is the amount of "shutter lag". That is, the amount of time it can take between pressing the shutter button and the camera firing. I suspect that most of this delay is required to get such fine results. Canon calls it AiAF. It basically takes a sample picture prior to the real one and sets the focus, exposure, flash, and white balance accordingly. Nice thing is that it's reading all this stuff from the same CCD sensor that will eventually give you the image - not some little sensor away from the lens that point and shoot film cameras require. But it does cause about a 0.5 second delay - just long enough to loose the moment. But with some practice it's not difficult to pre-focus by pressing halfway down - then press the rest of the way down when ready to fire. I could go on and on about this little jewel - cool stuff - with just a few minor issues - the shutter lag being by far the worst. Right now I see that Amazon has a great deal on it. Great deal! They must have bought up a bunch of these for this price. It has been discontinued and replaced with the S110. The only differences I can see is that the S110 has a minor video mode and 2MB of built in Flash memory so you can take a picture or two without a memory card in it - no big deal. I just keep the 8MB card that comes with it as a spare, after all you are going to go out and get at least a 64MB card to go with it any way aren't you? If you want to pay extra, get the S300 which has a 3X zoom instead of the 2X on this one. Enjoy and happy holidays!
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Summary: Great camera that fits in your pocket and goes everywhere
Review: I bought this last year and is very happy about it. I usually carry a Cannon EOS 10s wherever I go and my wife is always complaining about it and refuse to take picture using it. Now she
just loves this nice little one. This is not a full blown camera with all the fancy features but I really don't need those extras for my "second camera". It does have a nice panoramic shooting option for scenic views. One must have is an extra battery and a cheap compact flash memory (64M) from Fry's. One more thing, you put this into a little boy or girl's hand and you get all your money's worth.
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Summary: Point-and-click ease with an attitude
Review: One of the most satisfying purchases I've ever made. This is the one if you're looking for a dependable point-and-click without the steep learning curve and without all the fancy extras you probably won't use. Buy a bigger memory card, and a backup battery and you're set. You will want to take it everywhere. Pros: Excellent pics, ultra-compact, easy-to-use, good s/w bundle, super-durable
Cons: Controls a bit tiny, short battery life, wish Canon included the case Tip: To conserve the battery, turn the LCD viewfinder off and just use its optical viewfinder like a regular camera to take pics. After taking a pic, leave the button depressed and it'll pop-up in the LCD after a second for you to review it until you let go. I have yet to even open my backup battery using the camera this way.
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Summary: Need a tiny camera? Need a Tough Camera? This is the one
Review: I've got a couple of digital cameras. An Olympus 2500 and an Olympus 620. Really like them, they work well and the macro function of the 2500 really helps my Ebay biz. BUT they are big cameras, they have to reside in a large case, they need all kinds of batteries, in short they're a pain to lug around. I found the Canon on closeout at Compusa for a crazy low price. Should have bought every one they had, but lacking the bucks, I picked up one, intending to play with it for a day or two and then sell it off at Ebay for a nice profit. I'm still using it 4 months later. I can't bring myself to sell it. I've never opened the included 8mb CF card as it's stupid for Canon to even include a card if they're going to put one in that small, it won't hold the equivilent of a roll of film. There are lots of sellers of CF cards now priced right. I put a 128mb chip in that cost me less than $50. I've read some complaints about the battery. I don't think those folks know what they are talking about. As long as you are not messing around too much reviewing photos, the included battery will last you all day. If not, get a converter and plug your battery in your car for a quick recharge. No big deal. The lens is a bit slow, and it really doesn't have the reach I'd like, but that's fixable. (...) buy an adapter and one of his monocular lens add ons. Works very well, but it's a bit of a pain to focus. Once you figure out how it all works together you can get photos of birds in the tops of trees with no trouble. Better buy a little tri-pod though. The best photos are taken by the camera you have at the time you need to take the photo. This camera and the others in it's line are pocketable and built to be hauled around. This is the camera that will take the photo you would have missed! The only reason I put this camera at 4 stars is the little 8mb cf card that comes with it. If they'd put a 32, I'd given 5 stars.
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Summary: Portable Fun
Review: If having fun taking scads of pictures of your friends and family at functions big and small is a crime, well than; "GUILTY AS CHARGED" This camera won't let you down. It's solid construction, light weight, great quality shots and convinient compact size is just what the doctor orrdered. (...)
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Summary: S100 Digital Elph
Review: Absolutely excellent. The zoom could be a little larger but that is more than offset by the size and the 2.1 megapixel performance. We are so pleased with it that we plan to buy one for our daughter who lives in Europe with the expectation that we will finally get some pictures!!
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Summary: Compact & Easy to use
Review: This is a fantastic camera for someone who is looking for a compact and easy to use digital camera. I think the real selling point of this camera is its tiny size and handsome looks, but it takes excellent pictures for the amateur photographer. Pictures can be viewed and edited immediately on the camera's LCD, on the computer via the USB, or on the television screen via a video cable. The software which comes with the camera is perfect for basic editing such as cropping, light adjustments, sharpening, etc. Overall, I highly recommend this camera!
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Summary: What I needed
Review: I'm an experienced photographer, I personally bought this camera so I wouldn't have to carry my professional camera to those places where you are more worried about the camera than actually doing what you were supposed to, like having fun at that concert you wanted to go so much. The only little problem with this camera is that not many people know how to use modern cameras which translates in: I have to take the pictures if I want a really neat one. I bought a 48Mb memory card which I have never used entirely, in a whole weekend or 4 days, which is long enough to download the pictures at home (279) lowest quality
I also bought an AC/DC conector which worked perfectly when taking pictures for my e-commerce business, (. . . ) and my thesis with pacients and their development of their therapy I've re-touched the pictures in photoshop and these tools are really saving me LOADS of money.
The software is some how ineficient in the sence of re-naming pictures. Downloading is farely fast (about 30sec with 65 full size pictures).
Picture quality: If you buy a profesional camera, you get profesional pictures if you take the time to do so otherwise don't kid yourself about pro-photography.
If you are not a professional photographer, you will not notice
any loss of quality or color in them, the photos were a little dark at the beggining in certain colors, but just by fooling aroundwith its gadgets I've managed to overcome the little problems.
The flash: It is good for a distance of 4mts. But then again, what did you spect from this TINY little monster?
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