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Summary: Canon Digital Elph S300
Review: I was actually looking at a competitors camera (Nikon 885) and was torn between the S300 and Nikon 885. Both were the same price, and the Nikon 885 was a little more powerful (3.0 meg vs. 2.1) However, I started reading a lot about issues people had with the 885 (oversaturation of red color in photos, software locking up their PCs, etc.). Two coworkers had the S110 (older Elph model) and loved it. I saw some of their photos and knew the S300 was the way to go for me. I've had the camera for a week now, and I am impressed. It has a durable feel to the camera, not some cheap plastic that feels like it will crack if I'm not careful. The clarity of the pictures is fantastic, and it comes with a battery and charger included. If you decide to purchase this camera, do yourself a favor, and get a larger memory card (64MB or higher). The prices have dropped significantly. Buy an extra battery too if you can. If you want a small camera, that will just about fit in your pocket, takes great pictures, and has just enough enough manual features that will keep most people happy, then get this camera. I'm happy with my purchase. Pros:
Great pictures
Battery and charger included
Durable construction
Panoramic mode is great and easy to use
Movie mode W/ sound
Some manual features
Small in size Cons:
8mb CF card too small
Flash could be a little more powerful
Slightly pricey for a 2.1 megapixel camera
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Summary: Great Camera
Review: I did a lot of research online, I knew I was paying more for the size and style, but I haven't been dissappointed. This camera takes great pictures. My wife and I have taken over 700 pictures (we have a new baby) and we have been very pleased with the results. I took the advice of others on the site and skipped the costly AC adapter. We have one spare battery and keep it charged. You have little warning when the battery is going out. We bought a flash reader and a 64MB card (we never use the card that ships with the camera). We get about 100 photos on the factory default image settings, 1600x1200 and Fine resolution. That works well even for our new parent photo appetite. A couple extra points, after having this camera for about a week, I dropped it on a tile floor Ouch! and it landed on the extended zoom lense Ouch! Ouch! That's a feeling I never want to relive, but... Although the inner most part of the zoom was jammed against the outer barrel, I gently dislogged it, turned the camera on and off a couple times to get the lense to retract and extend. The camera issued an error code once, before the lense had fully readjusted, but since then it has been working perfectly. I consider it to be pretty rugged despite it's small size. I suggest using the included wrist strap. Before this incident I had mostly used it as a convenient way to pull the camera out of my pocket. I like the automatic lense cover, the panorama feature works well and is fun to play with, the movie feature is a lot more useful than I expected, the clips are of good quality, and are convienient to put on a web page or e-mail someone with broadband net access. We have a digital camcorder, but this is more convenient for web clips. 3X zoom is something I would not be without now that I've used it. Sometimes it's not convenient to get closer to your subject. I was concerned that I might be overpaying, especially vs the new S110 which has most of the same features, other than the zoom, but I can say I have been very happy with the purchase.
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Summary: Great work horse before you reach for your slr.
Review: Good camera, easy to use, handy. Limited flash, and don't try to use an aux flash. The unit flashes 2x, to determine the correct exposure, thus firing an aux flash, and when the exposure flash is firing, the aux isn't. Anyone found a solution?
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Summary: Great camera, easy to use!
Review: This camera is great! It is compact and easy to use. It has a rechargeable battery which lasts quite a while on a charge too. Takes about an hour to recharge. Doesn't have a battery meter though, only tells you when you are just about to run out. All in all a great camera, perfect to throw in your pocket on the go!
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Summary: great compact camera, can't go wrong
Review: I love this camera, every pictures I took are just perfect. it's very light and very compact camera so that you can bring it with you anywhere. The software is also easy to use. Can't go wrong.
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Summary: Easy to use --- even for an imbecile like me!
Review: (This would have been a 5-star review, except for one detail we'll get to later.) On the whole, this is an amazing camera -- it's small, easy to use and the buttons are intuitive -- you won't need to sit there days on end trying to figure out which button does what. Let me get this point across: the photos are crisp. Absolutely, crisp. You don't even need to use the highest setting for crisp, clean photos that are 100% true-to-life. What really convinced me that I had a great camera was the consistent brightness of an LCD screen. When you're taking a picture, you want to be able to look into that little TV screen and see exactly how your pictures will look once you press that button. If the screen is dark, you generally can't adjust it using the "brightness" button; that just washes out the colors in the image. (Same thing with your computer -- when you significantly adjust the brightness, you're basically just fading out the colors.) I can be in any light with this camera, and I know I'll be able to see what I'm taking a photo of. As I previously stated, this would be a five-star camera, except ... one detail. Uploading pictures has been a total pain for me. I could never properly install the software that came with this camera! I'm an avid computer user and I generally know what I'm doing, but for some reason this software drove me (and my computer!) nuts. (FYI, it's a Pentium 4 machine, loaded with Windows 2000 Pro.) I've been using Photoshop 6.0 to upload my photos, but this is slow, and I lose the original date/time when the photo was taken. AAAAARGH. Still, I'm very happy with the camera -- it's worth it to have your photos digitally stored for a lifetime. The picture quality is incredible and the camera is easy to use -- don't worry if you blow your budget purchasing this, you'll be glad you did later.
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Summary: Additional Notes
Review: I've had this camera for about a month and I love it. It takes great pictures and I usually just use the medium quality mode. I like that I can take black and white pics and movies for a more artistic (read: comedic)feel. The white balance is adjustable in several modes (sunlight, cloudy, flourescent, tungsten, auto, b/w) plus the exposure can be set in a +/- scale to take in more light or not. I only have two complaints with this camera: the movie length is limited to 30 seconds (not the size of the card), and an 8mb card is kinda silly. I get enough shots on my 16mb card, but this should come with at least a 32mb.
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Summary: The best in it's time....
Review: As an appraiser I need a small camera that takes top quality pictures, has a micro focus for ID tags and a telephoto to get past no-trespassing signs... This one has it all. I've used it for the past 8 months and it is head and shoulders above the last six digital cameras I've had (all cost in the range of [money] on the street)...
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Summary: great camera for pics, even short video clips. buy this now!
Review: had a kodak dc200 that [used] up 4 aa alkalines quicker than i could eat lunch. this powershot is a dream! very simple to use, sleek, i don't even have a cover yet, the lens closes up tightly when turned off, and i love the video movie feature. you can take short movies with sound, play them right into any tv with included rca jacks and share your moments immediately with family. no training, okay just read the manual for a bit, but it is so easy to use. impressive is the little rechargeable battery, get an extra one, and a few 256 meg compact flash units when you can. amazing value. my high-tech buddy had one, so i bought the same model, then i showed my partner and he had to get the same model. i suggest you sell the car if necessare, and buy this camera today. pictures make better memories than do cars. digital is so easy, why buy film again? i paid [more] for my first 256 compact flash, so quit your waitin' and get on it now before you log off. no regrets in phoenix,... later!
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Summary: WAIT FOR THE S330
Review: The S300 has been discontinued. The replacement model S330 (also, the S200 replaces the S110) will be available mid-April.
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