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Great camera for the money
I am really enjoying the camera. It's easy to use and I like that it is small but has a large viewing screen. Great camera for the price. Good but fragile Bought two of these for my daughters. Pros: Takes excellent pictures; convenient size; easy to use; many feautures for the money; excellent value. Cons: LCD cracked, not from dropping or abuse. A little research shows this is not uncommon for the SD200 or SD300. Sounds like defect to me. Will try to get it repaired because we like the camera, but I'm a bit wary now. What a great camera! Wow. Where do I start? Well first off, I got this as a X mas present. I popped in the included 16 mb card to start shooting. That small of a card goes into the "why even bother" department. It holds about eight high resolution jpeg images. I got a kingston 512mb card as another present. Have no doubts about buying this camera. Dont let the small megapixel count fool you into thinking its low grade. Tips: 1. Unless you are totally new to cameras, shoot in manual mode. It gives you a lot more options. 2. Use a custom white balance. The auto white balance is okay, but not always correct. 3. Press the shutter halfway. The focusing will be done. Then push the button the rest of the way, and it will be faster. Better pictures! 4. DONT USE DIGITAL ZOOM! It may sound good, but it makes your pictures extremely fuzzy and awful. 5.For movies, shoot in Fast Frame Rate. 60 frames per second! The quality is unbelievable. 6. If you turn off the flash you may find that your pictures get fuzzy. Try turning up the ISO. If its still fuzzy get a tripod. All in all this is the best compact digital I've used. great for travel... I have been using this camera for over a year now and have taken it with me on many travels to other countries. I have been very happy with the picture quality and really like this camera. The battery life is excellent and this is an easy camera to travel with (I had no problems with international adaptors, etc). There is some difficulty shooting in bright light settings and the red eye function doesn't work well (although easily correctable with the software). I would definitely recommend this as I great point and shoot camera. Great camera and Great Canon Service I've had the camera for 11 months taken hundreds of wonderful pictures. Then one day the camera was in my daughters purse and the LCD suddently appeard broken (no physical sign of abuse) but it had turned white with purple feathering on the screen (internal damage of some sort). I read about others having difficulties with service of LCD's from Canon so I thought I share mine recent experience. First I want to say that Canon was EXCELLENT about handling the return/repair. I called their service center and they told me where to send it, never was a cost mentioned. Sent camera w/store receipt and warranty card; 7 days later had letter from Canon stating camera had been received and their diagnosis was a cracked LCD (caused by pressure). The very next day I had camera delivered at my door by Fed-Ex, only 8 days after I'd sent it to them. I could not be happier with their service. Maybe they've heard and recognize a screen problem and that are now dealing with it in the professional manner the should have originally. In any case, have my wonderful little camera back, good as new. Happy with Canon and their service/support. Now wanting the sweet SD550. | |
