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Oh, I would like to also add, I purchased this camera new for $213.51 on 2/5/2007, the price tag on it now is steep, more then double, no longer and inexpensive camera. I read a lot about lens jamming and expensive repairs, I suggest you get a warranty for it, I guess a few out there are lemons. At this price I won't buy it again, five stars then, four stars now. I purchased this cam for my wife in 2007, I wanted something inexpensive but gets the job done. I've been buying cannon cameras for years now and this one does not disappoint, picture quality, battery life, size all top notch.
If you want those capabilities go buy a Digital Rebel, they're not that much more expensive). It's been pretty durable. It's been a great little camera.
I've also never had issues with the battery life-- I use the LCD screen constantly, and can take several hundred photos before needing to recharge. Only now (after 2 years of heavy use) did the screen break on me, thinking back I think it was when I had it in my back pocket while at the park with my kid. My only complaint is the flash can be a bit weak, and it would be nice to have an indicator of how much battery life you have left before it's truly low, but again I see this as kind of standard P&S problems.
I bought this camera about 2 years ago. I LOVE the macro mode, and also use this camera to take short video clips of my 1 yr old all the time (got a 2g memory card to hold lots of footage). I will be going out and buying another Digital Elph camera b/c I've had such a good experience with this one.
It is a point-and-shoot, with the usual limitations of such (why are you complaining about a P&S camera not shooting in RAW, or not being able to adjust aperture and shutter speed. It's cute and small, and in most settings takes pretty great pictures.
It also has automatic mode that is just point and shoot, no thought at all. It has many settings for all light conditions and can even be used underwater with the right underwater case. This cannon camera and all of the digital elphs that I have used are of excellent quality. I bought mine to take with me on snowmobiling trips as it fits into a shirt pocket and is readily available whenever I need it.
However, its indoor photo quality is aweful - the pictures turn out very yellow. My Canon SD600 is about 2 years old. The pictures turn out yellowish and it is a real pain having to set the light setting manually. Even using the "vivid-color" setting, the highest ISO setting, and manually setting the "sunlight, cloudy, incadescent, or floursent" option, its indoor picture quality is still very poor. It is compact and easy to use. Using Auto-mode, it takes great outdoor photos and high-quality video.
I get frustrated with low writing speeds. Its pretty fast in memory writing. I love this camera so much that I have read the entire manual (it wasnt the intention but couldnt find anything to read in my long air travel). I bought a "SanDisk SDSDH-1024-901 1 GB Ultra II Secure Digital Memory Card" with it. My purchase was in December 2006 so check whats the latest and fastest available now It provides tons of features and options. Works fine in low light, etc.Recommend buying a memory card which had minimum lag in writing to memory however it is not a must.
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