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Loved my Canon Powershot A10 -- an oldie but goodie. Still takes absolutely great photos even tho the hinge on the battery compartment is broken, and I'm using tape to hold it shut. Bought the 520 with high expectations. What I got was disappointment. 1- I have thrown out many photos. Many blurry, even with flash, even with subjects sitting still. 2- Noisy chime when you turn on the power -- very disconcerting when in a quiet setting. 3- Long delay on flash shots -- subjects must remain still for several seconds before photo is actually taken. 4- Recycle time is excruciatingly long between flash shots. Overall -- very very disappointed in this camera. C. Very nice camera, Good Clear Photos We bought this because it was on sale with the purchase of a printer. I am amazed at the clear photos. Almost never come out fuzzy. Also the photos have very good coloring even in auto. Very good camera for taking landscapes picts. And uploading to the computer is a snap. But not wonderful at taking close ups. The worst flaw would have to be the pause you get when you take a picture. Even though its just a few seconds you may miss the target. But every thing else is great! I think its Good Buy first digital camera This is my first digital camera. I didn't know anything about digital cameras before this purchase but I am satisfied with my decision. I wanted something small and lightweight and easy to use to take on a family vacation with me. This camera worked out great. Disappointment This is my first digital camera and I've been disappointed more than once with it. I purchased this camera for the hundreds of new baby photos I'd be taking of my first child. After we got home from the hospital, with those oh so important photos in the camera, and I tried to review them, I got a weird code and it said that there were no photos to review. When I looked up this code in the camera's manual, it listed it as some sort of memory card "anomaly". Imagine how I upset I was at losing the hospital photos of my newborn baby - this was a brand new camera and a brand new memory card. After years of using a manual "film" Pentax 35mm camera and being overly impressed with the picture quality, I've been let down by this Canon. The pictures are fuzzy and the colors look surreal - they have an unnatural quality to them. Just take a look at the sample pictures included on this page. For the life of me, I can't photograph my daughter in purple without it turning out in the photos as blue. Despite the red-eye reduction feature, I get red eyes in my photos as well. I selected this camera because it had so many features that I wanted and I didn't want to sacrifice quality, but I'm really considering going back to film because of this camera's peformance. Great Value We found this camera's 3MP brother (the A510) on closeout for $150. At that price, it's an incredible value. I like that it uses regular AA recharables, so it's easy to have spare batteries with you. It's very easy to operate, I find I'm able to set up shots with it pretty quickly. A 1GB card easily holds days worth of snapshots and short movie clips. At this price, it's also a good first camera for kids learning to take pictures, or in rough travel situtations where you may want to leave your "good" camera at home, but still have something that takes decent snapshots. On the downside, it's a bit bulky compared to Canon's Powershot SD series, and the LCD screen on the back is pretty small. | |
