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The savings in bulk isn't worth it if you miss the photo. Now we bought a second camera that uses the specialized camera batteries I had hoped to avoid. And.I have missed many photos because the batteries are dead again. We have had to purchase expensive rechargeable NIMH batteries and the battery life is still unsat. The only problem is that it sucks the life out of batteries. A big part of why I bought this is because it took standard AA batteries--and on a trip I wanted to be able to get the ones at the hotel gift shop and not run out to a camera/battery speciality store. If you try to use akaline AA batteries you will get a low battery reading right when you turn it on. The previous Canon camera we had took 4 AA batteries, but it worked.
This also means you need to know a little more about the camera to use all those functions. When traveling we take a recharger with us so we always have fresh batteries on hand. It uses AA's and we only buy the rechargeables. We bought the 2 gig card and carrying case that straps to a belt if you want. I mention this because battery life is a crapshoot with digital camera's and if you get one that eats them up you need to carry a lot of replacements with you.We like it due to its small size.
We bought this to replace a much more expensive Minolta Digital (now owned by Sony) that ate batteries like crazy. Its small but has a lot of features that the cheaper point and shoot digitals do not have. Yes it does point and shoot if you want to do just that but i would spend less and buy a simpler digital if thats what you wish to do.Very impressed with battery life. I just don't care to have that big digital camera around my neck all day long and taking a camera bag with me. Bought this for my wife and she loves it.
Camera takes good pictures not great pictures like you would have from the bigger 35 mm digitals. A typical half day at the zoo and hundreds of pictures will not run the two batteries down.
I called customer service and was told that they would not fix the camera because by that time the camera was out of warranty. Be warned, if you have any problems with a new Canon product - insist on a new replacement because they DO NOT STAND BY THEIR PRODUCTS. It was sent in again and then sent in again a year later. All the while it was using up the batteries that were in it but none of the functions worked. It was sent to the Canon repair center and returned in about three weeks. The camera would not turn on out of the box. I then took about 20 pictures before it would not turn on again. The third time it was sent in they wanted $89.00 to fix the same problem they had not fixed the two previous times.
I've tried everything. Granted, people should not give a low rating for shipping issues, or the time it takes the company to send it, but they should if they would have made a different purchase decision if they had had the information previously. and DON'T DO IT.So, with that in mind, here goes:It eats batteries. NIMH whatever. I was horrified when I saw the reviews, and sick when I saw the high price. So, you might think those aren't good enough reasons to give a camera a poor review, you may question my competence, and demand I take a camera class prior to ever reviewing a camera again (or better yet, save everyone's time and destroy my keyboard) but what people don't understand is that with kids, you've got to move fast. I figured for sure I had a different camera (I got mine new for significantly ($500) cheaper elsewhere) and so I studied the pictures, even zooming in, to make sure that yes I had the camera and yes it was rated well and selling for over 600.I have read the other low ratings, so I know what I am in for with this poor rating, but I will not be deterred.
As I researched, I found reports ('Best' Lists, consumer report type things) which all had contrary information making the decision practically impossible. If you plan on taking your camera on vacation take several boxes of batteries. it burns through them faster than any camera I have ever owned. Absolutely infuriating. Press the button during the kid's windup (I've actually gotten some pretty cool pictures using this method with candy flying all over). All types of batteries. To get a picture of the child blowing out the candles of a birthday cake you need to take the picture while they are INHALING. You can't be saying "wait, I need more batteries" when they are racing for the tree X-mas morning.
Piñata picture. I decided to look at the reviews for my personal camera, to establish how others reviewed a camera I considered the worst camera I have ever owned. When I buy a product, I always look at the lowest rated ones to see the potential problems.
Every battery. Who knows, maybe I just got a lemon. It doesn't matter how great the picture quality of the birthday photo is if the picture does not capture the surprised look on their face, but instead captures the wrapping paper being tossed away.So, with that in mind, and with the overwhelming majority suggesting that I am completely out of my mind, go ahead and decide on your own.
I was researching online today for a camera to give my daughter for her birthday. I give a 1 to something I would never purchase again, and would tell anyone considering it to STOP. It is soooooooooooooo slooooooooooooowwwwwww to take a picture.
I am extremely disappointed and will never buy another Canon camera. Don't know if this is a flukey lemon in an otherwise good product line, but it doesn't matter. My new camera, bought and used for my once-in-a-lifetime fabulous New Zealand/Australia Odyssey, has all the bells and whistles.and takes poor quality grainy pictures with "lines" across the image no matter what the setting. I thought it was my fault, but it wasn't (and still isn't). The damage is done and the photos can only be used as reference for sketches.
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