| A | is outstanding and exceptional, rated in the top 10% of digital cameras. |
| B | means they are good, with some standout features. |
| C | means they are mediocre, and probably more trouble than they are worth. |
| D & F | mean they are absolutely awful or old. Avoid at all costs. |
- 5 out of 5
- 5 out of 5
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- 12th of 63 in Extended Zoom
- 17th of 102 in 9 and 10 Megapixels
- 15th of 27 in Powershot
- 24th of 82 in Canon
- 14th of 87 in $350 - $600
- 5 out of 5
Good Camera in a small package
(Juan Luis Sepulveda - 3/1/09)Very impressive performance for such an amateur camera. In general, I like it a lot so far. Everything works as advertised. I got mine in Japan. The shots inspected at 100% mag through PhotoShop are quite acceptable.
You have to do a lot of reading to effectively use this camera. The quality of the pictures is certainly inferior to those I get in my EOS 5D with my EF 24-105 L IS but that, I think, is expected. No complains there. It will probably take me one month to really build on what to do and what to avoid. I seem to get better results shooting manual in the Av setting, especially keeping the ISO setting low.
Movie shooting works fine. I wished it was something other than MOV format.
I can get pretty good photo viewing on my SONY XBR-5 HD TV conected via HDMI. A big plus using the HDMI. I love it. But I had to buy a special mini HDMI to standard HDMI. Got two of them from MonoPrice.com Best place for cables.
CONS: Why do I have to go to Japan to buy one. I am very dissapointed with Canon Marketing strategy. I believe it stinks.
I seem to get excessive noise when using ISO higher than 400. But I am not sure I may be doing some error.
