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Summary: Gorgous and very handy camera
Review: Just got my Canon S330 last month and has been taking countless pictures with it. Great camera! Have a good amount of manual options that you can play with. With enough light, it will take amazing pictures, for a 2MP camera. It does has some issue with low-light conditions, however. My dad has an Olympus digital camera which does a much better job in low light. Probably because it has much bigger lense (bigger lense = more light gets to the CCD). But there's no way I can take a bulky camera like that Olympus around like the S330. So, a little give and take. Over all, I'm very satisfied with it. Just have to know it's limitation and how to work with it to get great pictures in any situation.
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Summary: Nice little Camera but......
Review: The Canon S330 is a nice camera for outdoor photography. Real easy to handle and gives you great pictures even without reading the manual. Pictures are nice and sharp and colors are vivid. Software installation (on Windows XP Home) was a breeze and camera communication with the PC was seamless. My complain with the camera is indoor photography though, especially flash photography. The flash range is fairly limited and the edges of the photograph tend to be dark. And with the camera zoomed out to 3x, indoor photography is next to impossible without a tripod or flash. It has a lot customizations I could care less for (My camera settings). Overall, I would say that the S330 is a cool camera to own but for the slightly more serious photographers, the 35mm SLRs still rule, if don't mind carrying a lot of gear that is!
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Summary: great camera, but...
Review: Great cam. for being socially active/outdoorsy (ski, camp, bars,etc) BUT, it has a few too many bells and whistles for me right now that I never use. Couldn't find some of my needed features, however, in the lesser models so I guess I can live with these unused luxuries and maybe learn them too... I do find it a bit slow on getting ready to take a flash picture in the dark as it has to adjust, in an almost "automatic" way that you wish you could more readily override, thus making your subjects wait a bit longer than they'd expect. (Hold that smile, everyone!) You have to almost hold down--as if to force--the button in order to finally get it to take a shot. I have had to re-press the button at times, and could miss action that a simpler point-and-shoot digital might have gotten. I have often decided to turn on the camera, instantly click certain settings to turn off the flash, and snap pictures without. I can often adjust them using Photoshop on my home system. In skiing, I like to try to get friends doing jumps or other active shots, and so since this is mostly in the daytime, you dont need a flash and the cam does not start up forcing you to use it. In order to now get those "perfectly timed" shots, you can, with the S330, teach yourself to carefully "half-press" and the camera is now, in contrast to the above, sooo itchin' to take an instant shot that any jiggle at all could do just that, so be ready! (the little lights will flash as you stand alert...) Now when you finish pushing down the button , it snaps on command which is awesome because you can say, "I got you jumping in mid-air!" Bought online a second battery (definitely recommended) but it was made by Optex (NOT recommended) because it empties in no time! I will buy another Canon --only. To save power, I also often instantly turn off the display (although you get a more centered shot when using it to frame subject) which comes on as the default (I like cameras that it does not come on as the default). seems as though the cumbersome software CD does not work with windows 2000ME, but maybe I should try reinstall a 4th time...or go with USB cards and reader. (that would give me more ease in travel) In the end, it is the compact size, pic quality and style of this cam I like best. I can live with having to work around the other things and so it is great, but not as easy as say, an Olympus, to hand to someone else and say, "Can you just take a picture of me?" I guess I gotta do a lot of stuff at home with Photoshop to many of my pictures later.
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Summary: awesome... and some details on movie mode...
Review: picture quality is awesome as everyone has mentioned. unlike some people pointed out that flash is somewhat weak, it takes awesome photos in complete dark. good: movie mode is just perfect for creating 30 second 320 x 240 clips ready to upload on the internet. unlike camcorder, you don't have to go through the hassle of capturing and convert to internet friendly file. software comes with the camera transfers everything in CF card to harddisk automatically and you could upload files straight to geocities for your friends to view them across the country.(BTW: 3.5MB file per every 30 second clips it creates. it's 30 seconds at max PER SHOOTING regardless of CF size. you can have many 30 seconds clips stored in your card but you can't shoot 40 seconds straight because after every 30 seconds, there is 3 second delay while writing information to CF card. don't get confused you could start up a internet broadcast with this camera like 30 minute show.) Manual option is really fun to work with and it creates professional looking photos. (take a picture in really dark room, perhaps with single candle light, set long shutter at 15 seconds exposure. you will get amazing soft looking photo). bad: in movie mode, light exposure is fixed to the point when it starts capturing. in other word, if the light condition changes darker or brighter in the middle of shooting, you will only be left with audio and white or black screen. (it does not adapt to new surrounding while shooting) ugly:what am I suppose to do with 8MB flash card now?!?!?! psc-300 bag is perfect fit for this camera. I really had heck of time getting hold of it. I finally order it from gateway accessories online after driving around all over the town. It really should've come with the camera in sake of protecting LCD. don't forget to get an extra battery. have fun.
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Summary: Wonderful purchase
Review: OK, so I was a little afraid to spend all my money on this camera. I was paranoid that it would stink. I was wrong. This camera looks sheek and stylish and, though bigger than some other elphs, is quite small. It takes FABULOUS pictures. I was concerned with only 2.0 megapixels, but I should not have been. The pictures are crystal-clear and stupendous. This camera is fabulous. Everything works as advertised and I have loved using it. New buyers should consider buying a 128mb CompactFlash card, however, as the included 8mb card will not allow for as much photography as you will be wanting to take!
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Summary: This camera comes with a neat battery charger, too.
Review: I just wrote a review on this super camera, and forgot to mention the battery charger. It is very compact, lightweight and easy to carry along on trips. It fits nicely in a small camera bag, along with the camera, so it should be easy to make sure you never have a problem with a "dead" battery. Plugged mine in during lunch at a butterfly fest to make sure I didn't miss out on any great shots.
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Summary: This is one GREAT camera.
Review: I've had this camera only two weeks, but I LOVE it. Was able to unpack and start shooting pictures right out of the box without using the manual (and I'm not even an engineer!). Pics at a butterfly festival came out unbelieveable, and inside shots have been excellent. Wonderful people shots with excellent skin tones. So far I've only used "auto", and haven't tried the "movie" mode yet, but am looking forward to trying out all the bells and whistles.
I bought an extra NB-1LH battery, a Card reader (which is a must, in my book), and a 128 card. Planned to get the adaptor when it is in stock, but with extra battery and quickness of downloads with the card reader, I don't think I need it.
This camera is so easy to hold, and fits in your pocket so I am taking it with me to lots of places I wouldn't normally lug a camera to. It's ready to shoot almost instantly, and ready for the next shot very quickly.
I was on the point of buying the G2, until I read so many reviews about the camera freezing up -- decided not to take the risk. I do wish this was 3 megapixels, as the name sort of implies, and that it had a higher optical zoom -- but I can't cut my rating for those options as I knew what was offered when I bought the camera.
The Zoom Browser software has worked well, tho I have hardly had to touch any of the editing features as the colors have been wonderful.
I'm very happy with this camera and highly recommend it. I purchased from Amazon and while I could get it at a slightly lower price at eCost, by the time I factored in the free shipping with Amazon it was a better deal, plus I had the option of returning the camera if not satisfied. If you're looking for a great, small 2MP camera, this is the camera and site to buy from!
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Summary: This camera RULES!
Review: This is easily my new favorite toy. Not only does it take unbelievable pictures, but there are so many options. I recently took it on a trip to some glacier caves in New Hampshire and shot some great photos. Neat part is, there's a sound feature that lets you record about 30 seconds of sound and attach to each photo. So you can really explain just what each photo is and save it as a .wav file. There's also a movie feature that lets you record about 30 seconds of moving action with sound. What's really amazing to me is the quality of pictures in a completely dark room. The flash does wonders! For a 2MP camera, this Elph is so worth the money.
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Summary: Great camera!
Review: I got this camera a few months ago along with a 512meg flash card. It has been a wonderful camera. The flash card it comes with is a bit weak, but thats to be expected. Get a 128meg or 256meg card. I got a 512, but its way more than most people could use. I rarely fill it up, and I take the highest quality pics I can. I use the camera to take pictures of things I build, modifications to my computer, and stuff like that most of the time. It gives me very nice, very sharp pictures that look great.
I also take some picture of my 6 and 12 year old cousins when I visit my grandparents. The small videos you can take aren't amazing, but they do let me remember some nice things.
My cousins loved to let me take short videos of them. The built in speaker on this model is great for replaying the video when you are out somewhere. One thing that this camera has the the lower PowerShots don't have, is a 10x zoom on camera after you take pictures. On the little LCD screen I can zoom in very close to make sure I got exact details focused and everything. This works wonderfully. I used my dads old S100 and it doesnt do this, and it was annoying to use after I used this camera. The size and feel of the camera is great. This was one of my major reasons for buying it, after its wonderful image quality and options. The one problem I had was finding a good case for it that was very small and light, and didn't stock me from taking it out quickly. Any cases I found to buy for it were to large. I have had no problems with the software or anything. The battery life is also great. I thought it wouldn't be to wonderful, but I have never ran out of batteries at a critical time. Although I do wish the camera could warn you when you are about to loose battery power much eariler. If you act quickly you might be able to upload the pics to your computer, but not normally. A battery meter would help a lot..
I do suggest getting a second battery if you plan to use it for long periods of time. This camera may not be the best for everyone, but for someone who needs nice quality pictures (but not the best), in a nice looking, easily caried form, this works great.
I have never seen another camera that looks and feels so nice. Its just gives it that high tech feel that impresses everyone when they see it.
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Summary: Great camera, pity about the software
Review: I bought a PowerShot S330 about three months ago and I am very pleased with the camera. I bought a 128 MB flash card -- which holds about 200 pictures, as I figured that more than 200 pictures would be impossible to remember. For printing up to A4 size I find the image quality good -- plenty enough pixels and a good range of tones. My wife loves the movie (with sound) capability, and the camera's memory is usually full with short movie clips -- so now I wish I had bought a 256 MB card. The camera really is a lot of fun. The down side is that the software for downloading images is really awful. I originally installed it under Win98 (first version) and I could only download pictures by crashing the software in a particular way (yuk!). I then installed Win98SE and reinstalled the Cannon software and things are better, but not perfect. My recomendation is to avoid the Cannon downloader by buying a ... flash card reader for USB and use the Windows file system to manage the images. Much better. Cannon's software for stitching images together to make a panorama is good, and I recommend having a play with that.
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