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Summary: Nice Quality - Stylish - Zoom could be better
Review: Pros:
Nice Size
Style
Great image quality
LCD works great in light or dark
Energy Efficient compared to other cameras
Only two hours or so to charge the battery pack
It may be small, but this camera has lots of optionsCons:
16MB compact flash that is included is okay, but could be better
2X zoom relegates this amazing camera to mostly a point and shoot
Rating: 
Summary: Solid camera, great size, great quality
Review: It's a little sparse on fancy features, but it's got great stuff all around. Good resolution, decent zoom, some customizability with different color settings (B&W, sepia, etc.). The menu is very intuitive and easy to use. CompactFlash memory is cheap now, so it's easy to have TONS of space for pictures. The shutter lag is fairly short, so you don't have to worry too much about action shots. The weakest part is it's low-light shooting, but it just takes some fiddling around with the white balance. Generally, once you find the right settings on exposure and so one, the flash is fine for most general purposes. It handles close-ups well (even macro-type shots), and is a great size. The battery life is a bit on the short side, so get an extra battery to carry around with you if you're going to be out all day. I use this camera alongside my Canon SLR, so it's a nice mix - the SLR for the stuff I'd like to set up more for, say when I go hiking or weddings, or something like that, but I also carry around the S230 for that stuff as well, and it's just nice to have around when going out with friends or a date with my girlfriend.
Rating:
Summary: Awesome, feature-laden little camera
Review: This is a fantastic camera. I bought it for my wife as a general point and shoot and after playing with it found it to be far more capable. Excellent feedback, easy menus, lots of little "neato" features such as black and white, sepia toning, oversaturdation, signal histograms, 50-400 ISO range, video recording, etc. Enough features to make it a worthy tool for even more serious photography. It's shortfalls are few. It lacks a manual focus capability, the zoom range is limited, video record times are somewhat limited, and though its small size is abundantly convenient, it makes holding the camera steady for slow shutter and telephoto shots difficult. Nevertheless, it is a lot of camera for the price. Go to Amazon and spend the $... to buy a 128MB or 256MB Compact Flash card. The extra storage will be appreciated. Enjoy!
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Summary: Great Camera, if you keep it away from dust!
Review: I bought this camera to replace the S200. It's the same camera, upgraded with more megapixels and better software. Physically, they're the same WARNING: My camera survived being basshed about a lot, and being dropped from five feet onto rocks (twice). What it can NOT deal with is dust and sand. Once anything goes into the little crevice around the zoom lens, or enters the camera through the gaps in the battery or flash card holders, it doesn't come out, and the camera eventually malfunctions.
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Summary: So much better than expected
Review: This little camera is very easy to use yet has all of the features that an experienced, amature (sp?) photographer can hope for. And the software package rocks! This was the best 3 figure purchase I have ever made!
Rating:
Summary: High Quality in a small package
Review: I shopped for digital cameras for months, read the reviews, asked the experts at various stores and finally bought the S230. The best features of this camera are: It will fit in your shirt pocket, it is made of all metal (no plastic), the movie mode goes for about 2 minutes (which is the longest I've ever seen), it uses a rechargable lithium Ion battery (no AA's here), it is very easy to zoom in/out with the same finger you will snap the picture, the digital zoom is incredible, and the photos are absolutely fabulous. I take some of my digital photos and have prints made. They look like they came from a film camera. I find myself taking a lot of photos, as it is so easy to just put it in your shirt pocket just in case you need it. This is my second Digital Elph....I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Good all around camera...
Review: I've only had this camera for about a week, but it's amazed me in many ways! The shape and size can't be beat (very indiscreet in your pocket) and the photo quality is better than i expected. The 2x optical zoom is adequate, but there could have been more. The digital zoom, however, makes up for that by zooming in a lot before losing too much quality. The battery life is great for shooting lots of pictures, and the interface is intuitive and not hard to figure out. The software however, does little more than flip the picture and save it to your computer. I would definetely recommend a larger CF card and a case (i have the PSC-50) plus an inexpensive image editor for touchups. Overall, Canon did a great job on this tiny camera.
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Summary: Reasons why you may not like this camera
Review: This camera is definitely one of the best point-and-shoot cameras around. I know 'cuz I've tried 5 other cameras before deciding to keep this one for good. I've tried the Kodak DX4900, DX6340, Minolta S414, Canon PowerShot S45, and the Sony DSCP8. This camera beats all the others I've tried either in size, weight, ease of use, and/or autofocus ability. Most reviews I read here tells you what's good about this camera. I think it's important to list all the negative things about this camera, so you can make a better informed decision. Here goes... 1. Short battery life. At full charge, the bundled 840mAH battery last for around 30 pictures (with LCD screen on). Buy a 1000mAh battery ... it last much longer. 2. Autofocus works 90% of the time. The other 10% of the time, you'll get fuzzy pictures, regardless whether it is inside or outside. I find this acceptable since the other cameras I've tried only produced well focused pictures 80% or less of the time. (The DX4900 produced well focused pictures 99% of the time) 3. Red eye. I get many more red eye pictures with this camera than I do with others. This perhaps has something to do with the fact that the flash is very close to the lens. This is acceptable to me 'cuz I have software that can solve this easily. 4. 512MB card only gives 308 pictures at 3.2MP and the best quality mode. I was able to get 209 pictures with a 256MB CF card in the DX4900 when set at 4MP and best quality. The math just doesn't add up...I thought I would get at least 400 pictures with the S230. 5. Battery door easiy pops open. It lacks a battery door lock so you can open the door easily. There is however a lock to keep the battery from falling out. 6. Zoom is insufficient. 2x zooming is certainly not enough for times zooming is needed. Two cameras I own in the past had 4x zooming and I certainly love to have that in this camera. 7. Very very close-ups cannot focus at all. I tried taking a picuture of the serial number on my pen and it simply would not focus. I tried that with my DX4900 and it was able to focus on the serial number. 8. Casing scratches easily. I found a number of visible scratches two days after using it. I tried very hard to handle this well and even bought a case to hold it. But it still is vulnerable to scratching. 9. Controls and menu options are fairly complicated to use. You really have to read the manual to use this well. All in all, this camera is an excellent camera. I love most of the features on this camera and finds it as a keeper. The other cameras I've tried cannot match up to this camera. You simply can't go wrong buying this camera. I bought mine ...brand new just last week, so shop around for bargains.
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Summary: Excellent piece of work
Review: I recently took this camera on a trip to Nepal and it performed flawlessly. Lasted through 250 photos on two batteries (I charged them both before I left) with battery time left over at the end. Just make sure you turn the LCD off, it draws power really fast. I used a 256 MB SanDisk CF card, worked perfectly. Takes great photos close up & far away, indoor & outdoor, good balance of resolution & price (much cheaper now that the S400 is out!). I dropped it on rocks a few times with only tiny scratches on the metal case to show for it.
Rating: 
Summary: Not so good as I expected
Review: I bought the camera after reading the reviews and believe this is what I need with such a low price.When I first saw this small camera I really felt it is cute.
Then I began to take pictures. But all the pictures in-door and out-door come to be soft. Just not sharp or clear enough. I was really disappointed.Only the ones I took very clost the object seem to have satifying quality.
The flash is very weak, too.
Disappointedly I had to return the camera. Not sure if this is Canon's problem or the camera is just defective.
BTW, I saw my friend's Canon S30, which seems to work much better than this one.
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