| 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. |
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- 4 out of 5
great camera with terrible autofocus
( - 4/18/05)This is a really incredible digital camera, and I'm glad to have bought one, but what use are 800 methods of autofocus if none of them work? That's not completely fair -- they all seem to work acceptably up to distances of a few metres, but they die (badly) with distance shooting. I'm actually a fan of manual focus, but I'd really like to be able to hand my camera to someone else the odd time and not have to explain manual focus in detail. Maybe they'll fix this in a future software patch/update, but unless you're fine with always using manual focus (or waiting for that elusive update), this is not the camera for you.
On the plus side, the camera does everything else flawlessly, from ultra-sharp 8mp images, to ultra-fast response (ironically including autofocus), to AdobeRGB support and an almost insultingly simple menu interface (powerful, but very simple, so very good). The LCD could be a bit brighter for daylight shooting, but it's extremely good otherwise. Canon's MacOSX software's a bit disjointed, but Photoshop and iPhoto both work fine (still working out which is best for everyday use, probably Photoshop CSv2, of course).
