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Summary: raving stars and elphs
Review: I recently purchased ythe canon powershot S300 ELPH for a re-
placement, after having a inferior cheap digital camera (no names please-A gift!!) After research and much thought the size and capacity of this camera was awesome. I feel it will stand up to any thing on the market. If only I would have had it last year!! Pictures are fantastic as with ease of use and just everything about it! It is so nice to know I can take 8 x 10 quality pic's and still put the camera in a small pouch about the size of a wallet!! Good technology!!
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Summary: Great little camera, but problem with darker shots
Review: Purchased camera in early September and have been very pleased with shots. One thing (big thing) Canon needs to work on though is the flash. It has big problems when using it as a filler flash - THE PICTURE ACTUALLY GETS DARKER! What's up with that? I have to use software to brighten it, but I lose some quality when doing that. Besides that, I'm extremely pleased. Get an extra battery pack, larger memory card, and memory card reader - you will need them. I don't think you need an AC adapter. It's location is on the bottom of the camera which makes it difficult to use. How are you supposed to place the camera, on it's face? Overall, my review may sound negative, but it's not. I still love the camera.
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Summary: Great little camera!
Review: This is my first digital camera, and I'm impressed. The picture quality is great. I'm glad I didn't spend more for a 3+ megapixel camera (although I might have been able to get one at the same price, I don't know). I'm looking forward to getting a 64mb flash card so I can hold more video. The macro mode is great: six inches away and I got a crystal clear picture! No regrets here.
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Summary: Highly recommended
Review: I bought the European version of this camera (called the Ixus 300) six months ago and I love it.
This camera was a replacement for an older Kodak DC260 which served me well but it's sheer bulk made it too much hassle to carry on the off-chance that I'd like to take a photo. The Canon's size means it can be carried anywhere; it even fits in my back pocket.
If you buy the S300 the first thing you'll need to do is upgrade the memory card. The 8mb card should be thrown in a drawer and forgotten about because it's pathetic. I'd suggest a 128mb card or larger.
Photo quality is very good. A professional photographer will be able to find faults, but for the rest of us there's nothing obviously wrong with the picture quality on screen or paper. I've printed a few A4 (8.3"x11.7") sized prints which are good enough to hang on the wall. However, beware of the flash. If you plan to take lots of indoor shots using the flash, get another camera, the S300 is at its best as an outdoor snapper.
Battery life is impressive, I usually take about 150 shots between the quick recharges.
The S300 is compatible with Apple's new Mac OSX 10.1.1 - plug it into an USB port and the computer will detect the camera, launch an app that copies/moves the photos to you harddisk automagically. Very slick.
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Summary: Sleek-looking Baby!!!
Review: Having searched for a digital camera for almost a year, the little Canon is quite extraordinary. The small size, compared to other digital cameras, means that you could carry it in your pants pocket if you like so it makes a good camera for taking on your trips. Its sleek-looking steel body was what drew me to buy it. There really is no visible difference in a 2.11 megapixel photo and one with 3 megapixels. Photos have very sharp lines.
The 8MB compact flash card that it comes with is really not enough. You would need at least a 32MB or 64MB card. The bigger memory allows you to store more pictures at the highest resolution, or if you prefer, longer MPEG videos. It also comes in handy when you travel and don't plan to lug your laptop or notebook along so you can't transfer your pictures to your hard drive that easily. Love it!
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Summary: Great Camera!
Review: This is a terrific little camera. Because of it's diminutive size, it is easy to carry around. We took it on a trip to Hawaii and took tons of beautiful pictures. I purchased a 128 MB card and an extra battery, both of which I highly recommend. This camera is so much fun, I want to take pictures of everything. And because there is no cost for film, I can! I love it. Chances are, you will too.
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Summary: One stop for digital photos
Review: I have been blown away by the quality of the photos on this little gem. My previous camera was the Ixus with APS film. I was upset with the fact that I cannot enlarge APS photos without some distortion, so a digtal camera with 2.1 mega pixels seemed just right. You cannot beat this camera for the price. I wouldn't pay the recommended retail price though, shop around and get a deal. Also, make sure you get a large flash card - at least 128 cos you're going to want to take LOADS of pix!! An extra battery is also an essential for any long day trips, the LCD really drains it. I was expecting a red cast to my photos (from the reviews I read), but I barely have to do any retouching at all in photoshop. The software which comes with the camera is brilliantly simple, so don't feel like you may be intimidated by complicated applications. I can't say enough good things - oh yeah - the movie mode is great too, although I have a canon video camera which works really well in unison with the elph. Go out and buy this camera today!!!
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Summary: Best value price/quality-efficiency-size
Review: Nothing comes handier when you plan to get memories from a trip, anniversary, parties, or you just need to take a picture of a document.
You will have to buy a bigger memory cartridge, 128MB is more likely adequate and a spare battery. That will add-up ($) to the total cost. I have also bought the AC adapter and the power supply, but was not worth the price and, believe me you can easily live without it.
The quality of the picture is perfect most of the time and the red-eye reduction works quite well. However, sometimes I had to fix red eyes in a photo editor.
Taking panoramic pictures works between quite well to amazingly well with the Photo Stitch program.
There is also a remote feature of the camera to take picture ordered by your computer through the USB port. I didn't use it for any reasons other than to test it, but one day it could become handy.
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Summary: exceeds my expectations.... which were HIGH
Review: This camera exceeds my expectations. Which were high to begin with. I bought this because it was small, looked really cool and had enough manual mode muscle to keep me interested. And the picture quality received high marks. All of these expectations were met. I find these things most noteworthy: - The ability to change settings to approximate brightness and color balance accessed through the white balance button in manual mode. It's much more than a point and shoot if you want to dive into the manual mode settings. But the point and shoot aspects are pretty good for almost all situations I face. - Response time is very good. I don't feel any undesirable lag time between clicking the shutter and taking the picture. The s300 fires up fast when turned on. - The software is very easy to use on a mac, a little less intuitive on a windows machine. - It's small and TOUGH. I dropped it on the way home from the store, but there is no discernable scratch, or malfunction, or even a rattle. For this price (...)it should be nearly indestructible, and it is. - The controls are fairly easy to understand. - The battery life is more than adequate so far. Up to 40 shots (that's as many I've done w/o recharging. Using the LCD display much of the time, but turning off if not in immediate use. -- The s300 will shut off automatically if unused for three minutes. very nice!! I bought a 128 Mb compact flash card to replace the 8mb card that comes with. One thing to be aware of: - Right after you take a picture, The "review a shot" setting can be set to 2 seconds, 10 seconds, or off. For me, 5 seconds would be about right, but the s300 not user-configurable to that degree. The way around this is to depress the shutter button as if you're ready to take another picture during the 10 second cycle. The display switches automatically to previewing the next shot. Otherwise, this is one of my happiest gadget purchases ever. recommended unconditionally.
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Summary: exceeds my expectations.... which were HIGH
Review: UPDATE: I dropped the camera into a freshwater lake. OK, I fell in with it. It was underwater approximately one minute. After 3 days in the sun on my window ledge, it druied out enough to work. IT STILL WORKS!!! This bugger is tuff! My original review:
This camera exceeds my expectations. Which were high to begin with. I bought this because it was small, looked really cool and had enough manual mode muscle to keep me interested. And the picture quality received high marks. All of these expectations were met. I find these things most noteworthy: - The ability to change settings to approximate brightness and color balance accessed through the white balance button in manual mode. It's much more than a point and shoot if you want to dive into the manual mode settings. But the point and shoot aspects are pretty good for almost all situations I face. - Response time is very good. I don't feel any undesirable lag time between clicking the shutter and taking the picture. The s300 fires up fast when turned on. UPDATE: 2 things: I've become more aware of the lag between button pushing and shutter action, but don't find it that annoying. - The software is very easy to use on a mac, a little less intuitive on a windows machine. - It's small and TOUGH. I dropped it on the way home from the store, but there is no discernable scratch, or malfunction, or even a rattle. For this price ... it should be nearly indestructible, and it is. - The controls are fairly easy to understand. - The battery life is more than adequate so far. Up to 40 shots (that's as many I've done w/o recharging. Using the LCD display much of the time, but turning off if not in immediate use. -- The s300 will shut off automatically if unused for three minutes. very nice!! I bought a 128 Mb compact flash card to replace the 8mb card that comes with. One thing to be aware of: - Right after you take a picture, The "review a shot" setting can be set to 2 seconds, 10 seconds, or off. For me, 5 seconds would be about right, but the s300 not user-configurable to that degree. The way around this is to depress the shutter button as if you're ready to take another picture during the 10 second cycle. The display switches automatically to previewing the next shot. Otherwise, this is one of my happiest gadget purchases ever. recommended unconditionally.
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