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Summary: Canon Sure Shot 85 works great for us
Review: I bought this camera from Amazon.com during June 2001. We have taken a lot of beautiful pictures with it. We were on a trip last May and our Yashica died, at the end of the trip. I bought this one and after the experience of a camera dying on a trip, I am going to purchase another one from Amazon.com so if one camera dies, we will still have a camera that works properly. We bought the model without the date feature, because it is much more expensive with the date feature.
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Summary: Amazing pictures- great price!
Review: I didn't expect this much from a camera that costs this little. The pictures are nice and clear, and the zoom is great for close-ups of active kids. I'm impressed!
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Summary: Amazing pictures- great price!
Review: I didn't expect this much from a camera that costs this little. The pictures are nice and clear, and the zoom is great for close-ups of active kids. I'm impressed!
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Summary: very good optics for this price; average electronics
Review: I had experience with several cameras ranging from small point-and-shoot to SLRs, and I observed that zoom lenses have to be fairly expensive to provide decent image quality. Indeed, a zoom lens is usually more complicated than a lens with single focal length since it contains more elements, and it also requires accurate mechnics. This Canon seems to break this rule. The quality of pictures taken with this camera in daylight conditions is suprisingly good for the price. It is certainly on par with more expensive pocket cameras, and rivals low-end SLRs (i.e., priced below $500). The other advantages of this camera is that it is fairly light and small and the controls are extremely simple (off, auto-flash mode, red-eye reduction, fill-in flash, and no flash + two buttons to control zoom). The negative side of this camera is poor flash performance. It seems that the electronics built into it cannot properly determine how much energy should be send to the flash (or maybe it does not have variable flash power at all). The result is that a portrait taken in twighlights will be overexposed if the person is to close to the camera, and underexposed if he/she is too far. My daugher took quite a few pictures in the dark lately, and hardly any came out right. Further drawbacks are somewhat cheap look, sluggish zoom motor, and poor quality of paint on the program wheel (it started peeling off way too quickly). There is also no pre-programmed modes which more sophisticated cameras offer (such as portrait mode, night shooting, landscape, sports (quickly moving objects), etc.) The bottomline is that in terms of the feel of the camera and its electronics you get pretty much what you would expect to get for this kind of money; in terms of optics, you get a very good deal. If you are looking for a small camera with wide-range zoom that can take sharp pictures, and do not want to spend several hundred dollars for high-end models, this Canon is likely to be the best deal on the market. I rated it five stars for its price/value ratio. There is another version of the same camera available ..., with quartz date. My opinion that the price difference between the two is much more than that feature is worth.
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Summary: Great Little Camera
Review: I have never claimed to be a great photographer, but the results I have gotten with this camera makes me think I could be. I bought this camera to make pictures of my grandchildren and all have turned out great. It is easy to use and the results have been fantastic. This has been one of my better buys.
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Summary: Good Basic Little Camera
Review: I just shot my first roll of film in my new camera---experimented with the different settings, lighting conditions, and types of subjects. I was pleased with the results. The focus lock works well and the flash is adequate. It's easy to use and takes good photos---maybe not professional quality, but certainly good enough for me. I'll definately carry it with me more often because of its convenient small size.
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Summary: Well Worth It
Review: I purchased this camera about a year ago through Amazon.com after reading reviews of about a thousand different cameras. Almost everyone had something good to say about this one, and I must say that I totally agree. No camera I have ever had has taken better pictures, and I no longer worry about missing some great shots because of camera quality. I have never had any problems with it at all. Two of my friends own it as well, and they complement it as much as I do. It's fairly small and quite lightweight, which is always nice. The batteries last extremely long, which is good because the kind of batteries it takes are fairly expensive. Something that most people might not realize is that it's extremely durable. I took it to Disneyworld with me, and while my cousin was taking it out of a backpack, she dropped it on the cement walkway. A piece broke off, and it got a few scratches, but what wouldn't when dropped from 4 feet above the ground? Even without the piece simply taped back on, the camera works just fine and I still haven't had any problems with it. I strongly reccommend this to anyone who wants to have good pictures. I've never seen a better camera.
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Summary: Well Worth It
Review: I purchased this camera about a year ago through Amazon.com after reading reviews of about a thousand different cameras. Almost everyone had something good to say about this one, and I must say that I totally agree. No camera I have ever had has taken better pictures, and I no longer worry about missing some great shots because of camera quality. I have never had any problems with it at all. Two of my friends own it as well, and they complement it as much as I do. It's fairly small and quite lightweight, which is always nice. The batteries last extremely long, which is good because the kind of batteries it takes are fairly expensive. Something that most people might not realize is that it's extremely durable. I took it to Disneyworld with me, and while my cousin was taking it out of a backpack, she dropped it on the cement walkway. A piece broke off, and it got a few scratches, but what wouldn't when dropped from 4 feet above the ground? Even without the piece simply taped back on, the camera works just fine and I still haven't had any problems with it. I strongly reccommend this to anyone who wants to have good pictures. I've never seen a better camera.
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Summary: Poor picture quality
Review: I purchased this in Feb. 2002 based on the high reviews. So far, I found the picture quality to be about as bad as any camera I have owned. The flash either overexposes or underexposes. The worst part of all is the lack of crispness and vibrant colors to the pictures, flash or no-flash. I will try a premium quality paper to remedy this, though I should'nt have to in order to get decent photos.
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Summary: Canon - the best
Review: I recently returned from a trip to England (Lake District) and the Isle of Man. I took about l50 pictures (slides) with my Canon Sure Shot - 85 zoom and cannot praise it highly enough. The pictures are WONDERFUL. Very clear and crisp with terrific color. I'm so happy I bought this camera.
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