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Wonderful Camera Until the E18 Error Occurred
This camera was wonderful - it was easy and intuitive to use and provided crisp, clear pictures. I truly loved this camera. However, today, after using the camera on maybe 4 occassions for the past 2 months, the infamous E18 Error appeared on my screen - the camera started beeping loudly, and the lens will not retract. My camera is now completely inoperable. Luckily, it is still covered by the warranty, and I will let you all know how Canon responds to this problem. However, I am extremely disappointed by this malfunction. I used my camera only a few times, and I was very careful with it each time. It should not already be broken. Great camera! Easy to use, good pictures, good value for the money. What's not to like? Too Soon To Really Tell I have own this camera for 5 hours now. Biggest problem default picture size is 1024 x 768 with the 16 Mg card supplied that means 14 Pic's.; of course first 2-3 are wasted working the controls. Default should be 800 x 600 and the base card supplied should be at least 32 mg. Yes, I know read the manual, come on, I wanted to take pictures. That is why I bought it. The reviews had been good, and I figured I would be happy. Well I was able to get a few pictures and they turned out much better then I expected. I only wish that while in the moment of a new camera I could have experienced more then 10 pictures before it told me "NO MORE". Ok, Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda, but damn. I got the camera 20 miles from home and could not offload the pics. Even a film camera gives you 24 - 36 shots out of the gate. PS: Picture Capture is very slow, I had heard that but decided to see for myself - Do Not Make this Mistake; get faster SD cards right from the get go. Decent camera, but there are better ones for the price range Nothing exciting about this camera. Got this as a Christmas gift. Not a bad one though. My brother has a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ2 and I've used it a few times. If I were to pay for a camera, I would've bought the LZ2. A recent Business Week article mentioned LZ1 & LZ2 as the best selling cameras in Japan immediately after introduction. Lumix LZ2 must be good....So far, I don't have any complaints about A520; it's just an average camera. Not At all Satisfied with Canon's Quality Assurance Process I bought this camera over four months back. Here are the pros It takes good pictures when the ambient lighting is good Here are the cons It does not take any good pics when the ambient lighting is bad and hence you get grainy images. I have used a Olympus e volt SLR and seen the kind of images you can get. I guess asking the same of this is asking too much from a point and shoot After some time the zoom started to jam up. Now a days sometimes the aperture does not open fully. I have to shut down and reset the camera and still this is not always the cure. (Heck I even used my fingers to open the aperture !!! =)) Contacted Canon Support, they say that they are aware and that I can only send the camera back if only the zoom freezes permanently. Hope the camera remains under warranty till the time this happens &*(^%$# The body is flimsy and so is the place to hold the AA batteries. It can break if you mishandle the camera a bit. Suffice it to say it is not robust And finally the thing sucks up batteries like its main function is to finish these up even when you are not using the flash. In summary no matter what you hear of Canon and its Quality Assurance practices dont buy this model. Spend a few more bucks and buy something else which does not have the definitive problems that this model has cheers ~k | |
