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shuts down intermittently
I've had this camera for over a year now. I think I was able to use it for a good 4 months It is not being used right now because they took too long to send it back to me before I over seas. I gave the over a month to send it back to me. I bought this camera in June 2005. By October 2005, I started having problems with it shutting down whenever I tried to take a picture and left the lense protruding. I didn't send it in right away because I thought the problem would go away. I finally had to send it in because the problem increased. I got it back and it worked for a couple of weeks without a problem and then the problem started again. I had to send it in again and when I got it back the problem was even worse. So I sent it in a third time and requested that send me a new one but I got the same one back. I had to pay for the shipping all three times but they paid for the postage back. I wasn't charged anything since it was still under warranty. I don't know if they fixed the problem or not; I am very doubtful. I still gave them two stars because the size and the quality of the pictures in daylight and at night are really great. The battery and memory card cover is very flimsy. BROKEN LCD SCREEN!!! People are not kidding about the broken LCD problems with these cameras! We picked up our camera this morning to take pictures of our son opening his birthday presents and found our screen was cracked! We didn't do anything to it! We have taken GREAT care of this camera for 1 year. Lots of other people have also had similar problems with the LCD cracking suddenly and for no apparent reason! Beware! Great Camera I'm on my 3rd Canon, 2nd ELPH. My first Canon ELPH was an Advantix one (2001), great camera and still have it. 2nd ELPH was this one and its survived 3 months of military training and a 9 month deployment so far. Again great camera. My 3rd Canon was just bought last night (video camera). After a long search... After a long search and trying out 3 other digital cameras, we found this one. I absolutely recommend it for the following reasons: -it is a good value for the money -it takes excellent photos -I've enlarged photos to 8X10 size and they look beautiful -it takes SD cards (also used in my PDA and can be fit into a $10 convertible USB memory stick) -it is lightweight and small -it has a lightweight, rectangular, rechargeable battery (I bought additional generic ones on ebay for $5 each) -battery lasts quite long-maybe for 100 non-flash pictures -battery charges quickly -it is easy to send photos to your computer The only thing I don't like about this camera is the photo quality when using the flash isn't very good. Sometimes the flash isn't strong enough and the pictures turn out grainy. I hope you enjoy it. Great camera, could be more reliable... Giving it 3 stars because it works really well and takes great pictures but the reliability is poor. I have had to have this camera replaced twice (I got my moneys worth from the purchased guarantee). The button you press to take pictures just stopped working and I had to send it back. Then the LCD display went all red on one side. However, 3rd time lucky, it works great - takes excellent pictures without having to be a photography expert. I originally bought it for my mom but it is too small for her to use so I ended up with it. If you buy one, buy a store guarantee. | |
