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Summary: Excellent camera!
Review: I have no idea why these people had problems with this camera. I took some fantastic pictures with this camera untill it was stolen this past February. I read someone complain about pet red-eye and they are uniformed. You cannot prevent pet eye reflections in ANY regular camera. It is a completely different problem with pets eyes than humans and has yet been fixable. At least that is what I was told by a professional camera person. I am hoping to get a new Cannon but I plan to try a newer model.
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Summary: Beautiful photos but..........
Review: I love the pictures this camera produces, very clear and vibrant. However, the length of time it takes once you push the button until the picture actually takes is too long, especially if you are trying to capture photos of kids, animals, action, etc. If you are just taking pictures of still things such as flowers, people willing to stand still for a few seconds, etc. the pics come out great. The main thing that has gone wrong with this camera is that after probably only 15 rolls of film, the automatic rewind feature broke, my film got hung up and I had a disaster on my hands. I have to now remember how many pictures are on each roll (ie. 12 or 24, etc.) and when that many are taken I have to use the little button on the bottom to rewind. If I take, say 25 pics, on a 24 count roll, the film hangs up and will not come out and has to be taken to a professional to get it out. I initially loved this camera but because of the slow shutter speed and the rewind breaking, I would not recommend it.
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Summary: Bad Camera
Review: I purchased this camera and I have had a lot of trouble. In fact, I'm looking to purchase another camera because the Canon is not working. The camera took good pictures, but there were so many mechanical flaws, it was not worth it. This camera was not cheap. Problems I experienced were camera would not take picture right away and the camera would sometimes decide not to work. The lens would not open sometimes and this camera has been a big disapointment.
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Summary: disapointment
Review: I received the camera as a christmas present and was very very disapointed with the results--they were constantly blurry and out of focus , pictures from special events came out poor. i began buying disposable cameras because the quality came out better then my Canon! i will be buying myself a new camera very soon-
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Summary: Flashing H
Review: I was originally quite pleased with this camera...well mostly...except for the fact that it is hard to catch those "special moments" of my newborn since there is quite a time lapse between clicking and the shot. But now, after having the camera for just over a year, the camera has begun flashing "H" and, even after changing the battery and cleaning the connections (as suggested by Canon), the zoom is still stuck in the extended position and the camera is out-of-operation.After trying to access Canon's website for information I have found that they do not even list this model in their model history...and access to technical support is not available online for service problems such as this. When consulting with the various online camera tech sites I was told this is a Canon flaw...and it is not exclusive to the Sure Shot 105 Zoom...as it has been seen in the Elph also. Guess I'm going digital now...need my cameras to last more than 1-1/2 years!!
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Summary: 5 Stars for the money
Review: I'm very surprised to read the poor reviews of this camera. I've had it for three years, taken it around the world, and given it generally poor treatment. I have never had a single mechanical problem. It is very compact. The flash is not too harsh. The three point focus system does an excellent job of keeping pictures in focus (much better than my comparable Nikon P&S which I never use because the Canon is better, smaller, more reliable, and lighter). I use it to take well composed pictures (not just candid snap shots) which came out beautifully. My only complaint is that you can't specify both a flash function (red eye/force on/force off) and a shutter function (timer/real time--the flash is on auto for these). To get this specificity you have to go the next model up. Overall, I think this is a FANTASTIC camera for the money (optics and zoom are excellent in my opinion), and I would unhesitating recommend it to anyone. Though they cost more, I think the olympus stylus cameras have better controls, though I've read the optics aren't as good (size is the same for comperable zooms).
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Summary: sharp pictures, poor reliability
Review: I've had this camera for about three years and had a love/hate relationship with it. It's sturdy, fits nicely in the hand, has a good zoom, and takes sharp pictures, sharper than an Olympus Stylus Zoom 80 that I tried. But I had problems with washed-out skies that should have been blue, and a red-eye reduction that never worked at all. Canon fixed the sky problem (free) but didn't fix the red-eye problem, claiming wrongly that it was working. And now the RT (real-time) feature (for photographing my daughter playing sports) doesn't work at all.
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Summary: Not worth it!Red eye and an unreliable flash
Review: I, too have had problems with this camera. I sure wish I had checked these reviews before using it. I received it as a gift from my husband after I waited and waited to buy a new camera. I was glad he made a decision for me. It took wonderful outdoor pictures of my three active children. The color,zoom and clarity were great. The problem was with the indoor pictures. The flash took a good 10 seconds between shots and I missed many great opportunities because of this. When I called Canon I was told this was normal and that because of the good quality of the pictures the flash took a long time to come back. There was tremendous red-eye, even though the camera brags about red-eye reduction. I had never even had a red eye with my old (10 yr. old) camera and with the Canon 105 I had it in every shot somewhere-even when a background person wasn't looking at the camera! Also, I dropped the camera (not far on a soft surface) and now I see the H all the time. I called around and was told it's not worth fixing.I may stick with disposables for a bit until I can decide...again...
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: Like another review I read, the camera took great pictures but I took it to the beach, and some how sand got in the lens. When I took it to the repair shop to be repaired they said the warranty was void because it doesn't cover sand damaging the lens (although judging from the reviews it seems to happen quite frequently). Secondly, the price to get the camera repaired was almost the price of a brand new camera, so it wasn't even worth it. Thirdly the repair shop advised me never to take it to the beach again, but what is the point in purchasing a camera for vacations if you can't even take pictures on the beach?????
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: Like another review I read, the camera took great pictures but I took it to the beach, and some how sand got in the lens. When I took it to the repair shop to be repaired they said the warranty was void because it doesn't cover sand damaging the lens (although judging from the reviews it seems to happen quite frequently). Secondly, the price to get the camera repaired was almost the price of a brand new camera, so it wasn't even worth it. Thirdly the repair shop advised me never to take it to the beach again, but what is the point in purchasing a camera for vacations if you can't even take pictures on the beach?????
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