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Summary: Awesome!
Review: This camera is awesome ... I have never owned a digital camera before, but I am now hooked ... I'll never go back to a film camera ... I ultimately decided on the smaller, more compact, Canon Digital Elph S200, and returned the S330, but both cameras are incredible ... I like the smaller size of the S200, and the 3x zoom feature on the S330 isn't as important as I thought it would be (remember: both cameras have a digital zoom that magnifies the built in zoom, if necessary) ... The real differentiators, in my opinion, are the smaller size of the S200, and the "sound" feature of the S330 ... If you want something small, go with the S200 ... If you want to be able to "hear" your video clips, go with the S330 ... Either way, you're getting a great product!
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Summary: Canon s330 review
Review: I had bought the s200 about a year ago and loved it. It was small, compact and was easy to use. Then I lost it. To replace it, I didn't want to buy the s200 again because of a couple things: - zoom was not enough. (digital zoom ....)
- Size-wise it was too small. I couldn't take pictures with one hand and holding it with both hands was kind of awkward. So I settled for the s330 instead because it had both features that I thought the s200 lacked: more zoom and a little bigger. i really don't see the need for the voice memo and speaker but I paid the extra money anyway. Both cameras are worth the money.
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Summary: A Digital Wonder
Review: ...I finally came to choose the Canon PowerShot S330 for its features and specs. I love this little camera! The pictures are amazing and vibrant--more so than the Mavica (1.3 megapixels.)...I've also gotten use to using the view finder rather than the LCD screen--the battery lasts quite a bit longer. By using the viewfinder, I feel more like a photographer. I found, however, that you really have to get in close for the subject to fill the frame...
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Summary: I love this camera.
Review: but for some reason. now I want s200 or s230. compactness is so addictive. help!
BTW: 3 times zoom doesn't come out crispy clear as 2 times or no zoom. so I avoid zooming in all the way when I take photos now.(yes, I have do have digital zoom turned off)
everytime I pass by shalves displaying s200, I just think it's cuter and so much smaller. fits in pocket better without bulging so much. thinking to myself, I should've invested in smaller casing than extra zoom that I don't use.
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Summary: One great camera.
Review: I am extremely satisfied with this digital camera. Personally, I like tiny little cameras that I can carry around evey day and Canon Digital ELPH is the best for this function. Since there had been so many reviews, let me just point out what I like this camera most and some of the downsides. Pro
1. 3X optical zoom. DON'T purchase a camera with an optical zoom less than 3X, it's useless. This is one of the camera with the highest optical zoom availble. Not even the new ELPH 230 have this capability.
2. Very bright LCD and long battery life. I have tried at least 10 different digital cameras and this LCD is one of the brightest. Easily seem even under sunlight. And I can fill up my 128MB card withought recharging with normal LCD usage.
3. All metal!
4. Great manual functions for a small camera. I can easily take night and indoor pictures by increasing the exposure time. Con
1. the macro mode is limited compare to other camera in the same price range. You cannot to close to the object.
2. comes with 8MB card!! Can you believe that?!
3. only 2MP. It is plenty for my need but 3MP seems to become the main stream these days. All in all, I have taking a few hundred pictures with my S330 and the quality is excellent. Definately worth the money.
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Summary: A Great Compact
Review: This was my first digital, and a wonderful introduction to the world of digital photography. I'm sure I've taken more than 10,000 pictures sinceI got my S330 last spring, and I've recommended it to three friends who have bought the same camera. I routinely put my travel photographs on line, and the reviews have been very positive. The camera has proven to be durable and reliable, and I'm totally hooked on digital photography. I kept my old point-and-shoot film camera for the first few months after I went digital, but have since given it away and never missed it. It's all digital, all the time for me. On the plus size, the camera is very compact (easily fits into a pocket), easy to use, and takes good quality pictures. It also has a very wide range of manual adjustments to increase the flexibility of your picture-taking, and the controls are very well thought out. The LCD display is very high quality, bright and sharp. I carry it with me everywhere, and wind up taking many pictures I would have missed with a larger camera. There are some quirks and weaknesses I do need to point out for this camera. Color reproduction is uneven, depending on the quality of the light and weather, and on the color and type of subject. Many of my outdoor photos, particularly those taken on overcast or cloudy days, have a noticeable "cast" to them ... bluish or greenish. This is despite fiddling with the manual settings for "overcast." The camera loves red (you should see my pictures of the barns of coastal Maine) but hates green. I have never been able to take a picture of a lawn or tree that is anything near true to life, again despite attempts to adjust the manual settings. On bright days, again despite working with the manual settings, highlights are inevitably blown out (although I hear this is a problem with most digital camera). In addition, the flash is no more than could be expected from a compact camera. Flash pictures always look ... well ... flashy! When taking digital photographs, you'll tend to take many more pictures than you would with a film camera, and erase the ones you don't like in the camera. So I'd recommend at least one additional battery (I have two) and 256 MB memory card if you're going to be doing travel photography without access to a computer to download the photos as you go. (I get about 360 pictures at highest resolution from a 256 MB card,) More tips: digital photography is MUCH easier if you have a Mac (it really is as easy as they claim in their ads to download and edit pictures); Adobe's Photoshop Elements 2.0 is incredible (and an incredible bargain), and Shutterfly.com is a great site for ordering prints. I've got my eye on a 5 Megapixel 8x zoom for early next year, but I'll keep my S330 for its compact size and ease of use.
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Summary: The take anywhere camera that gives GREAT shots.
Review: I did about three months of research before I settled on this camera. Photography is a hobby of mine, so I had been eyeing digital cameras for awhile. The MAJOR contributing factor that got this camera in my pocket was just that. It fits easlily into most pockets. I personally carry my camera around in my front jeans pocket. Family vacations, hockey games, just out around town. If you dont have your camera with you, you are not going to get the shot.
My other camera, a 35mm Canon, is not what I would consider a large camera, but I would tire of dragging it around in the Smokey Mtns with the strap either around my neck or around my waist. I would have to leave it on the platform at amuesment parks. But, with my Digital Elph, I just slip it in my pocket and off I go! The controls are easy, the pictures are great, and the construction is wonderful. The case is metal, so it feels to me as if it could take quite a beating.
I would highly recommend this camera to anyone from just getting into photography to a serious hobbiest. I do think that for anything over hobbiest you should go with a bigger, more professional series with more MegaPixels. 2 is good, itll get you an wonderfully clear 8x10, But for any needs over that, youll need a bigger camera.
Overall, this is an awesome camera, with great style, contruction, and performance. And like I said, if you dont have your camera with you, you wont get that picture.
Oh, and I seriously recommend purchasing at least a 128 MB memory card, and an extra battery. The 8MB card that is included gets you about 20 shots, while the 128 gets around 100 (depending on the settings). Also, while I have never ran my battery out, even after a full days worth of use, you cant just pop into any gas station to grab some full batteries. Other than those two items, you should be ready to rock right out of the box.
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Summary: Great portable camera for the beginner/intermediate user
Review: I was relunctant to get a digital camera for several years, because I wanted something that was comparable to the automatic 35 mm and APS cameras I was used to using. WOW! I guess that is the simplest review of the Canon PowerShot S330. I just got mine yesterday and couldn't put it down. There are tons of features. I had no trouble figuring things out (great manual) and the picture quality at 4x6 was nearly identical to film cameras I have used in the past. Perhaps the greatest advantage of the digital camera is that you don't need to shoot 24 pictures, then only use 4. Being able to preview shots and print only the ones you want is great. The portability of the S330 speaks for itself. It really does fit in your pocket. It is also very sturdy. One of my friends has a PowerShot from last year and like the repositioning of the buttons on the S330. It feels like a 35 mm camera without the film. For quality, manual control, and lens selection, nothing beats an SLR. For your everyday shooting (including quick videos), this is a great camera. Every review I read for this camera was excellent ). The only thing I wish it had was a 3.1 megapixel resolution and a bigger card (I would recommend the 128 MB). Here at Amazon, this camera is a great deal!
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Summary: Fantastic Digital P&S Camera
Review: The Cannon PowerShot S330 is my first digital camera. I had it for about six weeks so far and I just love it. As a result of getting this camera, in the past six weeks I've taken more pictures at family events then probably the last 6 years combined using conventional cameras. To me, the best thing about digital photography is the instant feedback. You can see your picture as soon as you take it. And if you don't mind wasting some battery, you can use the LCD screen to frame your shots so every picture comes out exactly the way you like it. And downloading the pictures also makes things easy. Basic Features
The camera is capable of 2.0-mega pixel resolutions and it has a 3x optical zoom lens and 2.5 digital zoom. The camera is small, I would say a little bigger then a cigarette box and fits in your hands or pickets easily. Both the front and the back of the camera are finished in metal so it weights a little more then other cameras but not to the point where it is heavy to carry. The S330 also comes with a very bright 2.5" LCD screen in the back. Even in direct sunlight you should still have no problem seeing the screen. With the LCD screen on all the time, I estimate that you should be able to get about 100 to 150 pictures depending how much flash you use. The S330 doesn't come with an AC adapter kit so when you need to recharge, you have to take out the battery and put it in the special battery charger that plugs directly to the wall jack. I thought this was kind of awkward but has since gotten use to it. Advance Features
The PowerShot S330 is very easy to use as a point-and-shoot camera but it also has a number of advance features like shutter speed and ISO settings if you need it. It also has a number of white balance controls which helps compensate the different lighting conditions such as fluorescent, cloudy and etc. I've tried to use this features a couple of times but haven't quite master it. I would imagine that most people would never need this feature but if you are a tweaker, there should be enough options in this camera to keep you satisfied. Besides the regular camera like features, it also has a movie mode and stitch assist mode that are interesting. The stitch assist mode is for panoramic shots and it's best to do this with a tripod so at the points where the pictures are stitched together, the object wouldn't look warped. The camera does not stitch the pictures, that process is done separately when you connect the camera to the computer. The stitched pictures will have a stitch line linking them together indicating that these pictures were shot in stitch mode. Clicking on the stitch line would launch the software program to for the panoramic picture. And you can stitch as many pictures together as you want. The movie mode is something I've only used a couple of time. The camera stores short film clips and it limits how long you can shoot depending on the resolution of the film. The clips are limited from 10 to 30 seconds and in 640x480 resolution (which is the largest), it would only record for 10 seconds and not 30. Pictures
In terms of the quality of the picture, I am pretty satisfied with it. Sometimes the picture is a little soft around the edges or kind of fuzzy but that's not every single time. The color of the photo is decent but IMHO, not 100% true to life. There are quit a few pictures I've taken the found it to be too red or yellow. But most outdoor shots in daylight that looks just wonderful. The flashlight packs a big punch for something so small. Anything within 8 feet is no problem at all in dark situations. The focus light has a slightly shorter effective distance so sometimes the camera can't focus so when you push the shutter and nothing happens. This is kind of frustrating but just try to take a few steps closer to your subject and it should be fine. Just about every picture I take with this camera, I take it in 1600x1400 resolution and in fine mode. This way, any pictures that I like I can have it developed and look just like it was taken from a conventional camera. In this largest format, the photo is about 1MB each. So with a 128MB compact flash card, you can still store plenty of pictures. Unfortunately, Canon only provides a 8MB CF card with the camera so make sure you buy a CF card if you don't already have it. Also, because of S330's small size, it is only capable of accepting Type I CF cards and not Type II. So like IBM's 1 GB MicroDrive is not compatible with this camera. Issues
Maybe I've missed this in the user's manual but I have yet to find a battery meter that shows me how much juice is left in the battery. When the power is running low, the camera would just shut down with very little warning. I guess Canon just didn't think this is a critical issue since the pictures are all already saved in the memory so advance warnings on the battery running low is pretty useless. But just be prepared and the best solution is to have a second battery so you can just switch it when one runs out. For such a well build camera it's very disappointing to see the cheesy flap it uses to cover the USB and video ports on the side of the camera. Not a major issue though. Canon did not include any bag or pouch for the storage of this camera. Even though the camera is small enough to fit just about anywhere, the metal finishing is brushed and can be easily scratched. A soft pouch would be perfect to protect the surface but not included so protect your investment and get one on your own. I am not going to complain about the 2-mega-pixel limit because it's more then enough for an average user. A well taken 2-mega-pix pictures developed on 4x6 film would look no different than if it's taken on a 35mm camera. So don't buy more then you need because the higher the resolution, the more memory it needs and more time it takes to save a picture. So take a closer look at the Canon PowerShot S330 because it might be just what you're looking for....
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Summary: Excellent Camera
Review: This is by far the best camera for the buck. It is very easy to use and still has lots of features to keep a techie busy. If you have a small child, this is the camera for you, it is easy to operate with one hand so that you have one hand free and the pics are wonderful and will keep the grandparents happy. I have not used it, but another plus is that if you buy certain canon printers, you can direct print. If you are in the market for a great camera, go with this one, it is by far the best in its class!
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