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Summary: Canon Powershot S200 GREAT CAMERA
Review: The only thing I don't like about this camera is the battery life. At my usage level (about average for most people), the battery lasts a week or less. I'm thinking about getting a second battery. Other than that, the camera is fantastic. It is so small I've forgotten it in my coat pocket. The pictures are very good. I use a free account at Dotphoto.com to upload my pictures and have them printed and mailed to me just like mail-off film processing. I can hardly tell that the prints are digital. The service is pricy at $.30 per print but being able to pick the photos to print makes it worthwhile. No more debating what to do with underexposed prints from a film camera, etc. The camera has a great menu system and a quick input response. Lots of options including up to 15-sec exposure, white balance, tone, self-timer adjustments, and much more. My 32-MB card holds 40 pics or so at top resolution, which is plenty for me to get back to my computer and download. I am very happy with this purchase, and plan to keep and use it for as long as I possibly can.
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Summary: Absolutley Amazing
Review: I recveived this as a gift for christmas. I originally was hoping to get the Nikon 2500 but htis is far superior in a number of ways. It takes 15 sec bursts of uncompressed AVI video with sound!! The video looks great. Strait out of the box I was taking pictures, I have a Canon SLR so the interface was a breeze didn't even need to crack the manual. Everything you need comes with it except I would suggest buying a second battery and a 128Mb flashCard, definatly worth it. Hooking the camera up to your TV to watch your videos is just two steps, and your watching. The pictures this camera turns out are amazing, you can customize everything on the fly, film speed, auto exposuring, you name it this is the only choice in my opinion for under 400 bucks. Canon is the only way to go and this proves it.
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Summary: case / bag recommendation
Review: Great little camera. If you want a carrying case, I'd skip the hard-to-find official PowerShot case. It's flimsy and not fully sealed, with just a little velcro holding the camera in. Get the LowePro D-Res 8S, it's better made, padded, and just a bit bulkier. Make sure you get the 8S, which is sized for the S200, and not the 8 (no S) which is bigger and made for the 330. You will need some sort of case -- you would not want to leave the lcd screen exposed to scratches.
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Summary: Best camera I ever owned!
Review: I've been an amateur photographer for 50+ years. I've had all kinds of film cameras, including a compact Contax and a Hasselblad. The Contax was handy and sharp, but it used FILM, which meant two trips to the camera or drug store, one to leave off exposed film, another to pick up the prints, many of which were no good. The Hasselblad was a 'hassel.' You had to remember too much stuff for an amateur and it was big and bulky, not exactly portable or good for snapshots on the run. This Canon is terrific on all counts. It is easy to carry in a jacket or shirt pocket, so it can be whipped out at a moment's notice. You don't need to worry about settings; everything is automatic and the results are great. I have memory cards of 96 and 128MB, which means I can take 40-60 shots, review them in the computer as 'slide show' and quickly pick out the half dozen or so that are keepers. With film camera I was losing interest. With this compact, handy digital I'm a photo enthusiast again, even able to do nature close-ups. I highly recommend this great camera for amateurs. I'm told that professionals are using the higher priced Canons, not only because of the optics, but the graphics software.
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Summary: New S200
Review: I was given this camera by co-workers on 12/16/02. I was asked what I wanted and my response was a digital camera because I couldn't seem to spend my own money on it. The spending limit was $300.I went to Amazon and reviewed all the reviews. I then went out and looked at the cameras. I liked the Canon and that is what they got me. It is really nice. It is easy to take pictures and wasn't too hard getting them to the PC. It fits in a hip pocket. I have been dicking with and I have taken about 150 pictures. Currently 75 pictures are still with me and I have deleted about 75. I have e:mailed maybe 20. I am shooting the 640x480 mode in Superfine. The pictures are about 150k. It is really nice. 640x480 in the Fine mode are about 100k. Dad didn't like digital photo's because they wouldn't print very well. As it turned out, my sister sent him scanned pictures of Polaroids. He really disliked digital cameras due to the print quality. Once I amassed a quantity of photos, I began to print some. While not perfect (with a cheap printer and regular paper), they were nice. Dad, who had better printing capabilities, denounced his dislike of digital cameras and asked politely for more pictures. He is having great success printing them. I did buy more Flash Card memory. I got the 128mb card at Price Club for $50. I have a few pictures on the camera and it says I can take another 577 at the 640x480 superfine resolution. I will probably buy another battery (just because that is the type of person I am), but it has not been an issue. By the way, I haven't taken any pictures with my Canon Rebel since I got this camera and we haven't gone through the 5 rolls of film that was recently developed that we collected over the last few months. I now have instant gratification. Digital cameras are very nice if you have kids and/or grandparents. And the Canon S200 is easy to keep with you and actually take pictures with. I haven't had much success with the movie mode, but from what I have seen, it can be very cool. Now that I know what it is all about, I would have bought it for myself. The Canon S200 is a complete and robust package. The software that comes with the camera is pretty nice also (perhaps I have low expectations). It is very easy to manage the photo's and also enhance them. I am very happy. If you want some pictures of a awfully cute boy, let me know. I also pasted a bunch of stuff into Word and created a PDF and it is really nice. Of course, I only have this robust camera made of metal in my hip pocket. Perhaps some of those bigger plastic cameras are as nice, but you would have to prove it to me... I would have done 5 stars if the movie length (which I haven't had any success with yet) lasted to the end of your memory. I haven't has success due to low light levels when there was a subject to shoot. It works fine, the results were disappointing. Art
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Summary: A MUST HAVE FOR THE SIZE
Review: This digital camera has alot of features that are very nice considering the size.Not to happy with the software it comes with and wished they included a case with the camera.But over all the camera alone is well worth it,easy to carry anywhere and takes very nice pictures a must have for every day use or just for those special occasions.Seem to be very durable and cool assecories like the under water cover for those pictures on a vacation or at a event in the rain.
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Summary: The best one for starters........
Review: I think for starters who's never used a digital camera before like me would have absolutely no complaints with it. For graduate students like me you don't need a professional camera to click images....all you do with a camera is click beautiful and sharp images to keep it for longlasting memories and for sharing with your other friends. So i felt that portability is the main factor along with very good pictures and well ofcourse economically friendly enough....I'm very much satisfied with this. Frankly speaking, I'm not really aware of the techinical jargon associated with the digicams so bought it just by reading the other reviews and BELIEVE ME......People are not joking......They are talking sense and are happy with it and probably want to share it with the others just as i'm doing it right now.....Have fun with your new camera though......hopefully canon powershot.
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Summary: CAMERA GOOD SHUTTER BAD
Review: Camera very good but shutter [is bad]. When flashing you have to press the button for an annoying length of time. Seems variable too so it is very hard to guess when it will go and get a moving subject. Also even when you have the flash turned totally off the red eye reduction small pre flash still goes off totally ruining the element of surprise. It takes very good low light no flash pictures. I am thinking of just duck taping over the flash window. But other than this it is a fine little camera and a lot of fun. I think it takes great pictures. TORD
I have no use for a ship that does not sail fast for I intend to go in harms way. JPJ
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Summary: Tiny camera, yet far superior to all the others in its class
Review: It's amazing what you can fit in such a small package. You can read the features, I won't waste time there, but what I can say is that this is the best digital camera in its class, hands down. I have tried Olympus, Fuji, Sony, etc. etc., but nothing comes close to this camera. What mainly surprised me was the sturdiness and durability of the body, buttons, and display. The camera just feels great in your hands, not cheap and plastic. Image quality is excellent in most conditions, and very good in the dark, in my experience. This is even on the lowest quality mode. If you're having trouble getting good pictures in the dark, use the flash -- that's why it's there! Don't expect the camera to magically take an amazing picture without light. The flash, by the way, is excellent -- it fills well and is plenty bright. I take most of my pictures at 1024x768, but the 1600x1200 mode is still excellent. I've seen cameras that take grainy pictures in the highest resolutions, but not this one. Great quality all around. Printed pictures also look excellent in 1600x1200 at 4x6 and even 8x10, if you don't mind a slight loss of resolution. If you need to make prints at 8x10, and still want all the greatness of this camera, get the new 3.2 Megapixel Canon Digital Elph S-230. It is a bit more expensive, but you get what you pay for -- an extra megapixel of resolution. One other great feature worth mentioning is the Canon Image stitching software to put together 360 degree or multiple-shot panoramas. It works great. I have some great panoramas from everywhere from the tops of mountains to Memorial Stadium during Big Game. And did I mention how small this camera is? Pocket sized. Literally. No comparison.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This camera is very easy to use. It is compact in size, but don't let the size fool you. It takes excellent photo images and you can start taking pictures within minutes of taking it out of the box. It is also easy to load them on the computer for e-mail or editing. Even though it comes with a 32mb flash card, you will want to purchase at least a 64mb card immediately.
32mb = 7 photos. 64mb = 71 photos that can be stored on the card.
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