I bought this camera as a replacement for a Kodak APS camera and can really see the advantages of digital photography over film. The only negative thing with the camera is that it lacks 'face detection' which is sometimes noticeable on distant shots.
It comes with software for making minor adjustments to your photos, such as the brightness or cropping the picture, but a lot more basic than other software available, which may be an advantage if you're not too technically minded. It also comes with other software for things like making greeting cards from your photos, which I'd recommend that you don't install unless you plan to use it.
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Cheap little camera that certainly did enough for me. I bought it about a month ago when Amazon were selling it at the same price and am very pleased with it. Lastly, contrary to what one previous reviewer said it does have a self timer. It's listed as a function in the manual but not explained for some reason. It does however work and can be set for either 2 seconds or 10.
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while this camera looks good and is a very handy size that can be slipped into just about any pocket, there are many downfalls.
I've found that the colour recognition is terrible, the camera appears to have trouble picking out reds and oranges and sometimes yellows especially in low light conditions such as a sunset - even though there is a special setting for such scenes!
So many pictures come out blurry even when flash is used.
talking of the flash, I find it to be very harsh, something i've not found with other digi cameras.
There are many features and settings that can be played with, but there doesn't seem to be a purely manual mode (or atleast i've not discovered it), which frustrates me as many of the settings and 'modes' are not correct ... Read More:
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This camera isn't too bad while it's working. I bought it to replace its 8 megapixel predecessor, as this had started playing up just under a year after buying it (the screen had stopped working completely).
The video on this camera isn't too bad; although don't bother zooming in at all, as it the picture quality is pretty poor if you're not zoomed out completely.
I love the best shot options. The picture quality in general is pretty good. Having said that, it's incredibly frustrating having only 3x optical zoom on a 10 megapixel camera.
It's lightweight and compact; great for keeping in your jeans pocket when you're out for a night.
I'd ABSOLUTELY recommend buying a memory card for this. If you intend on taking much video footage, get as much memory ... Read More:
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I have two Canon digi cameras. Canon A 590 and A 560. 30 pound odd different buy A590 and you can not go wrong. A560 is OK but no good at all for close up and macro. This A560 has average image quality but A 590 has its own class ... clearly the winner is A590. A570 A580 and A590 all are better than A560. Last year I bought A570 and immage sharpness was the best. Not much price different among them ... then go for A590IS.(Battery life for 560 is A+ )
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The instructions aren't great and the interface is confusing....there thats the bad stuff out of the way.
Once you have set it up you wont need to touch the interface again and it works great it reads my 2Gb memory card and then runs great it looks fine when off and works great when on. My only problem is having to explain where and when every picture I ever took was taken.
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This camera is great for the price and does all that you need for snap shots of days out and the like. What lets it down is the amazingly tedious software that you have to use with it. It is annoying and should be unnecessary however you must use it to transfer the pictures off the camera. It would be much better if you could just access it as regular USB removable storage.
If you think you can tolerate the appalling software then I'd recommend this camera. Sadly it sucks too much to give it the full five stars.
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amazon should be more aware of products they suggest buying together, especially with something like a camera and a memory card.
this particular brand wasnt compatible with what i bought it for or the majority of things i tried it in. i gave it to a friend, she has had no trouble with it
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