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I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER!!!
I hate to sound glowing and non-objective in a review, but I absolutely love this camera. I was hesitant to buy a Canon after my last Elph showed poor battery life and mediocre picture quality. Nonetheless, it was good ENOUGH to keep me in the family. This camera, however, is everything I could ever want in a camera. It is gorgeous, tiny, tough (I've dropped it a couple times accidentally), was easy to set up, and has all the features I could imagine wanting. I am a student, and I take pictures of charts and graphs in text books that look amazingly sharp (make sure to push the "close-up" button, it makes all the difference). The manual features are great for getting just the right look anywhere (another tip: I highly suggest taking many photos with the ISO set to 400 without a flash). The Photostitch software is really fun to play with if you enjoy photography at all (lets you piece pictures together to make a panarama). I can't comment on the main software program, because I plug my memory card straight into my computer without the camera, and I use Picassa software from Google (free, good program). This camera is one of the best purchases I've ever made. I can't imagine needing another camera for a long, long time. Love It This was the first digital camera I ever owned- my dad bought it for my 21st birthday last year. This camera was perfect for me, someone who just wanted a camera to take pictures of my friends and events in college. Unfortunately, the camera was dropped and the screen was cracked. The camera, however, continued to operate although I couldn't change any features. I used it right up until it got stolen recently. Nevertheless, I love this camera and I am definitely planning on buying another one as soon as funds provide. But for those who just want a camera to take decent pictures and who want features that are easy to use and understand, this is the one to get! Great warranty service after sale This camera was purchased as a gift for my son last November. He had an error message that displayed when the camera lens would not close. I provided him with the purchase information and warranty card (which he left at home when he headed back to college)and he contacted Canon for service. By the time I spoke to him again, he had already shipped off the camera for service and received it back in 'good as new' condition. Total cost to him was less than $7 shipping. I'm thinking that I might need to purchase the 2 year service plan Amazon offers with these. :-) Hmm. . . my LCD cracked as well Love this little camera but the LCD cracked after less then 6 months of use as well. I thought one of my friends dropped it but it looks like a pretty common occurence. Maybe I'll get it serviced. Either way, the quality of the pics is excellent and honestly, who needs 8 Megapixels anyway. Great camera right up until it failed The LCD display failed after only 6 months. Up until then it was a great camera, but I am really disgusted with the poor quality that it would fail so soon. | |
