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Canon PowerShot S400 4MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

Canon PowerShot S400 4MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: High quality and packed with features
Review: The only reason I gave this four stars is that, even though this camera is amazing (read the other reviews) it does not have the ability to put a date stamp on the images it produces. Therefore, when you download the images to your computer, you have to devise some clever way to do it yourself. Other than that, this camera is miles ahead of any other camera I've seen.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Terrific camera
Review: I wanted a very small digital camera to supplement my Nikon film SLR. The S400 fit the bill. The quality is excellent, the size perfect, and the pictures very sharp. The red-eye problem noted by other users simply isn't an issue, as all software products offer red-eye correction. I take a lot of shots and am pretty demanding. I did a lot of research and comparisons before buying. This is a good camera.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: CS 112 <spm33>
Review: This is one of the best cameras out there. The Canon PowerShot S400 4MP Digital Camera has many options and works great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: BEST digital camera!
Review: This camera is the best thing I have come upon. I LOVE IT! I use it all the time and the picture quality are great. You won't regret buying this camera. There are so many neat features with it and endless opportunities. Worth every dollar. So go buy yours now! =)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best compact camera
Review: This is the best compact camera I can find. Picture quality is excellent, plenty of manual adjustments for the casual user, build quality is superb. This camera is worth the money if you really want good prints. Much better than the Casio and Pentax compacts.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Amazing pictures - used for my Wedding!
Review: I had a friend shoot digital pics of my wedding with my new PowerShot S400. They came back sharper than my photographers (and a heck of a lot faster and cheaper, too!!!!) I combined these pictures with an IWeD from anchordigital.com and had a beautiful digital keepsake collection in both digital pics and now a DVD as well.

Highly recommended for high-quality digital pics. Just don't tell your photographer that he's got competition!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best camera I have ever owned
Review: I bought this camera about 2 months ago to take to Afghanistan on my year long deployment. It fit all my requirements; small, 4 MP, and video. Perfect! It out shines my other camera, a 4.1 MP Sony. Recommend it to any soldier!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent Camera
Review: I use it almost every day and I have absolutely no regrets about buying this camera, the battery life is good, the memory card holds enough pictures I need for the day, the resolution is great, I can upload my pictures to the web or even print them and they look excellent either way. I would recommend this product to any person who wants an excellent camera for a great price.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: RIPPED OF BY HIGHTECH 247
Review: ADORAMA IF YOU ARE THE SAME AS HIGHTECH247 YOU NEED TO SEND MY TV. YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CANNOT HIDE. I KNOW WHO YOUR OTHER SELLER ARE AND I WILL DEAL WITH THEM ACCORDINGLY. JUST SEND ME MY TV. GOD BLESS

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good, but not great
Review: I've had this camera for about 9 months and have taken about 1000 pictures. It is my second digital camera (my previous being a Nikon Coolpix 950, which I used for about 3 years).

Strengths: Size (obviously), battery life (I've never run out of juice in a single day), speed to turn on (about 3 seconds), ease of reviewing pics, minimovies (more fun than I'd anticipated), image quality (if lighting is adequate).

Disappointments: More shutter lag than I'd hoped for, lack of manual controls (I knew that going in, but I do miss the flexibility I had with my Nikon), blurry pics in even moderate light without a flash (don't know if the shape makes it difficult to hold steady or if it's just a slower lens), more image noise than I'd like in ISO selections beyond 100.

I did have to send the camera back to Canon once -- I turned on the camera while there was light pressure on the lens and the whole thing became inoperable. They returned the camera in less than 2 weeks, which I thought was reasonable.

In summary, this has been a nice little camera. You're definitely trading off some flexibility for the size (Canon's G-4 isn't much more money and their A-80 is priced comparably.) I find the images to be quite good. The flash renders accurate flesh tones, unlike my old Nikon. The biggest single negative for me is the shutter lag. To capture moments well, you really need to be prepared, with the shutter halfway depressed (to lock in the focus).

For a very detailed review, check out dpreview. They're pretty evenhanded.


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