Very nice camera, Good Clear Photos
358614
We bought this because it was on sale with the purchase of a printer. I am amazed at the clear photos. Almost never come out fuzzy. Also the photos have very good coloring even in auto.  Very good camera for taking landscapes picts. And uploading to the computer is a snap.

  But not wonderful at taking close ups.

  The worst flaw would have to be the pause you get when you take a picture. Even though its just a few seconds you may miss the target. But every thing else is great! I think its Good Buy
1662734
I bought this to replace my previous outdated model of this camera, which had a 12x zoom.  We loved that camera, but it was getting beat up from a lot of travel and the flash was not firing as brightly as it had been.  I wonder how long these flashes will last - for me it was about 3-4 years, but I am sure it depends on how many times you use it.

In any case, the newer model is nice, the 20x zoom works really well, and I found the image quality to be excellent for a small compact size camera.  For serious photographers, the image quality will not compare to my mom's $1800 Canon SLR, which I borrow from time to time, but I would not expect it to.  It is small, easy to put in a pocket, and has a really long zoom for such a small size.  The image stabilization works well to help get clear pictures at full telephoto, and the scene modes do work pretty well as I have used the sunset and night photo ones a few times with some pretty impressive results.  I was also happy that it takes the same battery as the predecessor.  I purchased an extra battery for that one, so now I have three!

The only con's I would say are the following:

- Battery life is shorter, but I think it is because the GPS is on.  I have not tried turning it off, but I read reviews that said that the GPS will drain the battery.  For trips when I may need more shots and less GPS, I will turn it off, as GPS-tagging is not very important to me and not all of my cameras have it anyway.

- I really liked the panorama assist feature of the predecessor (the one where it helped you to line up each shot to stitch later on the computer), and they took it out of this one.  I was able to take some nice pictures and enlarge them.  This camera has the panorama sweep mode, which produces a low resolution (by comparison) gimmick of a photo which is useful to document something (think of a realtor wanting to show what the inside of a house looks like), but not something that you would enlarge and hang on the wall.  I guess I will use the Nikon to do this.

Overall, a good choice and the above issues are not enough to downgrade it.
598235
This is a great camera by Sony, inside the price range you can get it. The photos are beautiful, with great definition and colors. It's not as slow as Sony cameras are heard to be considered, even when it's not light-fast.
the only problems I see on it is that the LCD display, even when it's big and have good resolution, has a problem showing the real colors and brightness of the image, you it will take you a good time to learn how your real picture will look based on the one on the LCD. I have been taking pictures with all of the options of the camera and I still couldn't learn which one to choose. the other problem is that it's really hard to focus on close objects, even faces or solid objects.
But, for the money you pay for this camera, it's overall an excellent camera.
4602489
I bought this camera for use in my marketing works. I pick this camera because it small but have features of semiprofessional cameras & panorama. This camera comes with a small instruction book, and I think it because most instruction is already in camera "nice feature". The zoom is great, clear, and focus very well in both optical and digital 16x is = to 28 to 384 mm on SLR "very good for such a small camera." We are normally have to take pictures of labels and damage product in the ware house, and have to bring them down to take close up 4" x 5" label, and now I can just take picture by using the zoom up to the rack itself. This cut down a lot of works.

Pros: Many deferent features, instruction on camera, prefect zoom, stabilizer work excellent on the zoom in comparison with other camera, excellent panorama no other camera that I know has it. It has highest processor 16 MP. View the pictures without have to turn it on just press arrow button, and very sharp images LCD. It takes excellent pictures on low light. I like a little grip on the right hand so you can hold it better. Small enough to carry around for such as high power zoom, the digital zoom is also clear, and give a little effect of soft background like SLR camera. It is not a true soft back ground image as SLR because this camera uses digital programs to create it, but it works. Dial and button are easy to use.

Cons: Short battery life even if you carry 2 battery still may run out too soon, battery hard to take out, cable on the bottom make it have to lay on the Len or LCD not a good camera protection, should including separate charger like canon this way you can charge a battery while using the other one, also take too long to charge inside the camera. The flash is over expose with light Asian skin color (too light)especially taking picture of 2 deferent complexions this camera can't adjust to correct the skin colors, Panorama does not works with flash., slow processing because after taking picture it take a few second to finish processing this can make you miss next picture. Flash pop up where left hand holding camera you have to remember not to put the hand there. Do not force the flash back in place let it go back in when you shut off this camera, or it can get stuck. This camera is only available in black. After take the pictures, SD card is not working with other camera such as Canon, and not read by my PC's SD card reader, Canon does. Can't not view 3D on the LCD you must view with 3D TV. Only have a few languets not like Canon that have every country even Thai and Chinese. The auto drive up to 10 FPS is stop after 10 I which it continue so I don't miss the action.
I add this review because I bought one hx9v for my self due to I like it so much. I will change review to 5 stars. The over all benifits are out over the negative review. There are a lot of function to learn on this camera, and the longer you own it you will like it more. This is alot of camera for your money compare it to Canon, Nikon at rhe same price point. The only thing is the len I am not sure it as good as Canon, and Nikon, but seem to give me great pictures.
723145
A very nice Camera, it takes beautiful clear pictures. I had one before and dropped it and cracked it and I was hurt by that and I knew I needed to get another.
3181105
I am an amateur photographer and have been shooting with various point & shoot digitals as well as the old 35mm SLRs (several Canons were in the two above categories).  This is my first dSLR and wasn't sure exactly what to expect.  The camera feels good (I have small hands, I've seen some complaints about the feel of the camera, so thought I'd mention it in case it makes a difference).  It took very good photos right out of the box, but now that I am learning how to access all the options it can take quite breathtaking photos.  I was extremely happy to learn my old SLR lenses would fit on this camera so I have a wide range of options for shooting, from macro to telephoto.  (Good thing too, because quality lenses are expensive.)  The lens in the kit was not overwhelmingly impressive but it does very well with macro (I also screwed on a 10X magnification glass on it) but I'm sure for the beginner it would work in many different situations and more than good enough to use while saving up for better lenses.

This camera handled action photos well.  I have several small children who are always moving and I've gotten some very interesting shots of them in motion.  Also when doing a portrait, the bokeh on this camera is very nice.

It's very simple to download the images into either one of my computers (desktop or laptop).  I haven't played with their software too much so I really cannot comment on that yet.  I am very happy they included a program for their RAW images, though.

I skipped over reading the entire manual and instead refer to Ben Long's&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Canon-EOS-Digital-Rebel-XSi-450D-Companion/dp/0596520867/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Companion</a>.

I also really like that on timer mode you can take up to 10 pictures instead of just one, which is great for family shots ... you get 10 chances to get one where everyone's got their eyes open.  lol

The life on the battery that came with it is long lived.  I also splurged for a couple of extra batteries so I'm not in a situation where I'll miss some great shots because my battery died.  (This kit also came with a battery charger.)

HIGHLY recommend this camera, I just love it.
4608428
I bought this for my wife for Christmas just before we went on vacation. Without reading the manual, we had no problems taking great shots. The thing my wife likes is that the button for taking a picture has minimal time lag- you press and it takes a shot. Her old one did not do that and caused her to miss many good shots. The shots are very clear and the zoom works great. Nice wide angle as well. No complaints about this camera. We took about 150 pictures using the default setting and the battery still has about 2/3 of its life left. The flash was used for about 15 of the pictures.

We have had this camera for about 1 1/2 weeks. Neither my wife nor myself are expert photographers. Her old camera was a Cannon from Walmart.
1721728
I have been using this camera for over 6 months now, and it takes fantastic photos. The automatic options for various "Scenes" (Landscape, Museum, etc.) do a great job of automatically changing the settings depending on your situation. Once you master those options, you'll end up with some awesome shots. My friends can't believe that some of the pics I've shared with them were taken with a point and shoot digital cam.

This camera is also super-sensitive in low-light situations, which is handy for taking night shots, candlelit scenes, etc. The colors are nicely saturated without being overblown, and the white balance is pretty good right out of the box.

It's small, light and compact, too, so it doesn't take up much room and weighs almost nothing. Still, it feels quite sturdy and the components feel like they are of good quality.
1517596
Overall, this is a very nice camera. I bought it because a few weeks ago I used a friends Canon EOS Digital Rebel to shoot some pictures of his son's baptism. I really realized how much I missed a zoom ring and an a manual focus ring on a camera. I did some research and decided the DiMAGE A200 was the most modern camera in its class, had the best feature set of any SLR-like camera at the best price and had a manual zoom ring on the lens.

These reviews probably tend to be overly positive since the author just invested a bunch of money in the product and would be unlikely to trash it. But I am genuinely very pleased with this camera. I am by no means an advanced photographer. But I am simply not attracted to the small one-dimensional point-and-shoot cameras. I guess I am the absolute intended target of the A200. My initial impressions, based on one day of playing, is that this is a very advanced camera. The feel of the camera is excellent. The weight and size are just enough to give a solid feel while still compact. Controls are very intuitive and reading the manual for a few minutes lets you jump right in to some very advance, but easily programmable features. Basic guidance in terms of navigation etc. are supplied at the bottom of each screen. Particularly nice are the 5 sets of programmable image settings. These then are available on each startup on the `MR' setting. Very easy and excellent feature that I have not seen mentioned too much in the more formal reviews. Consistent with comments in some of the more detailed reviews on the web, colors were a bit muted on the `native' color setting, and the AF was a tad slow indoors or at high zoom. Color can be either enhanced by selecting the `vivid' setting or offline in the supplied software. Oddly enough, color seemed better on the tele-macro setting than on the regular setting. The DiMAGE viewer software is simple and straight forward. What I really like is that it does not look like a product of the Disney company. It is clean and professional looking and is clearly intended for a pro-sumer audience. Anyway, back to the camera. In general this is a really nice camera and I am certain that as I become more familiar with it I will take better photos. However, I would mention that one immediate point that struck me, and that I have not yet seen in online reviews, is the quality of the auto white-balance indoors. It consistently gave very yellow images. This was very easily remedied with a few buttons to set the white balance to either the pre-set `tungsten' setting or by measuring it and saving in one of two memory settings. However, I was surprised that this was necessary. Outdoors, automatic white balance was fine. This may prompt me to stick with my Olympus 3040Zoom for indoor shooting and use the DiMAGE primarily for outdoor shooting where it really shines. A few minor odd-bits: I can't seem to understand what the reason for the `control wheel is' in that every function it serves is redundant to other control options on the camera. For some reason the designers felt it necessary to build in artificial shutter sound effects when you take a picture. I suppose it is a good thing to have sound verification that the exposure has taken place, but is a little juvenile. Luckily, all system sounds are easily changed, turned down or off.

Pros: Excellent fit, finish, feel and dimensions. Excellent documentation. System firmware is simple to navigate and full-featured. A welcome return to a manual zoom ring. Easy to use features and intuitive navigation. Very useful preset image settings. Practical and functional software package with an adult user interface.

Cons: Disappointing auto white balance indoors. Lens cover has no attachment strap and will likely be lost within a year. EVF is a little grainy, I would never use it for manual focus. The LCD is much higher resolution and more suitable for manual focus.
1898381
After having a chance to use this camera for awhile I am very satisfied with it.  Easy to use, no problems to report.  Controls are within easy reach, photo quality excellent, battery life is great.
1350607
I used this camera to take photos on a 10-week trip to SE Asia.  I managed to get some 7,000+ photos.  I loved the camera, but didn't really care for the touchscreen aspect of it.  The touchscreen seemed to have a mind of its own as to turning on -- probably from frequent trips in and out of my backpack -- and I frequently had to turn it off.

The menu is learnable and almost logical once you get used to it.

I won't add much to the many other reviews, which cover many technical details.

But I will say that I was thrilled with the photos I did take, the camera was light and it held up nicely through uncountable trips into and out of my backpack, being exposed to 95+ temperatures for much of the trip, and much being banged around while on the wrist strap I used in lieu of a neck strap.  It took much better than expected night photos and even the high ASA photos look good.

The rest of my review talks about an oddity with RAW and the JPEG photos.  I set the camera to take both RAW and JPEG images of every photo.  For reasons discussed below, I ended up favoring the RAW images over the JPEG images, but the quality of the JPEGs was excellent.  The downside of RAW images is that they essentially require individual post-processing in software, which is time-consuming, but yields wonderful images.  I have a Macbook Air and purchased Affinity Photo software for use alongside my Photoshop Elements 14.  I ended up favoring the Affinity software.

But I did notice one unexpected thing with my camera for which I have seen no comments about.  I discovered that my RAW photos had a much greater field of view than my JPEG photos.  The photos in JPEG conformed to the viewfinder screen, but the RAW field of view is much greater.

This turned out to be a great advantage insomuch as I took many photos in tight quarters and the RAW view captured much more of what was in front of me.  So I took photos with the camera set to save both a JPEG and a RAW file of the same photo.  To illustrate, I have attached two photos to this review.  One photo is a JPEG made from the RAW file, showing a temple in Bagan, Myanmar with the total view captured by the RAW file (with RAW editing done to straighten and some small amount of cropping).  The second photo is the untouched JPEG photos file.  You can see the tremendous difference in field of view.  Now, I shot the photo from the seat of my scooter as I was arriving at the temple, and I was guessing as to how much of the scene would actually be caught in the RAW format since the RAW view is not in the view given by the camera screen -- by this time I was not expecting to use the JPEG files for anything useful and decided to worry about fine adjustments later.  Shocking difference.  I wonder if anyone else has had this experience or it is unique to my camera?

Now I will say this.  I prefer the wider field with RAW even though I had to do a lot of post-processing that isn't necessary with a JPEG file. But since the RAW field is not shown in the view screen, one has to do some guessing.
1132381
If you want a nice, portable camera that takes really nice photos, it's hard to top any Canon Powershot Digital Elphs, and the SD1000 is no exception.  They're small, well made, and consistently good photos.  All except the 3" LCD models also have an optical viewfinder for those who prefer this outside.  I also like the fact Canon packages the cameras with an equally small, international charger (requires adapter overseas).  They also tend to be in the quicker category of cameras.

But they are lacking in a few features.  The similarly priced Olympus FE-240 has a 5x optical zoom, and the VERY similar Sony DSC-W55 is priced less.  Both of these cameras have a bit easier to use mode dial, compared to Canon's Menu/Function setup.

Styling is very much a personal thing, and the SD1000 is supposed to be a tribute to the original Elph camera (an APS film camera), especially the version with the black trim.  I just don't like it.

Canon doesn't always have the best, nor are they usually the cheapest.  But they are always very good cameras and good values.  No exception here.

<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Sony-Cybershot-DSCW55-7-2MP-Digital-Camera-with-3x-Optical-Zoom-Black/dp/B000M4J2MG/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Sony Cybershot DSCW55 7.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Black)</a>

<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Olympus-Stylus-FE-240-7-1MP-Digital-Camera-with-Dual-Image-Stabilized-5x-Optical-Zoom-Black/dp/B000NBQBTA/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Olympus Stylus FE-240 7.1MP Digital Camera with Dual Image Stabilized 5x Optical Zoom (Black)</a>
4945509
This is my first digital camera.  The most noticeable thing after a few weeks is the delay between pressing the button to take a picture and the actual time the photo is taken.  It does not seem to be due to extended apature time (same issue in bright or dim light).  But it is a bit more pronounced when a flash is needed.  Photo quality it very nice, though I don't know how it compares to others.  Automatic settings for different action/lighting situations is a great feature.  Candlelit pictures and party pictures came out fantastic just using the auto settings.  The camera is easy to use right out of the box.  Other than the shutter delay it is a very nice camera.
4372165
This is one of the clearest, highest resolution cameras that I've used.  I currently have it on our front porch mounted on the ceiling.  It's held up well through Chicago winters and performs quite well.

Pros:
- Really good night vision, provides a clear picture at night
- Easy to set up
- Small form factor
- Stable, does not require regular restarts

Cons:
- Doesn't take advantage of 5Ghz WiFi if your 2.4 & 5 SSIDs are identical (which is the case with Eero, Google Wifi, etc.)
- No "Snapshot" URL to directly access JPG feeds.  I like being able put feeds directly into a web page with a <VIDEO> tag using the MJPEG URL on Foscam cameras
- RTSP stream can be choppy and doesn't always decode well on FFMPEG.  I get a lot of errors in the log about stream errors
- Requires proprietary plugins on your browser.  This seems to be a trend with every camera manufacturer where you need to install plugins.  No one has built a pure HTML5 interface yet
3166075
After testing other cameras, without satisfaction, I purchased this camera, for the second time.  It takes very good pictures, and didn't realize the quality value (compared to other Cannon point-shoot cameras).  The only thing, which probably can't be avoided in this price range camera ---takes a couple seconds to snap the picture is very dim lighting.  Holding the camera stable, it is still a good pictures, and tweak and adjust all my photos, when I download for keeping.  Others compliment me on my photos...and I attribute it to this camera.  Get it, recommended!!
4922926
I recently purchased the HX1 after returning a defective Nikon P100. I was a little hesitant to basically trade in a brand new model for a year-old one, but I was impressed by reviews and some of the features available on this camera. It turns out that I made a great decision.

In most cases the image quality is very good. Yes, it does suffer from low light noise, but don't all point and shoot cameras?  The pictures generally come out very sharp and vibrant, and they look great when printed. The zoom on this camera is "only" 20x vs the P100 26x, and the difference is noticable. But it's also noticable that images are still sharp at maximum zoom, unlike the P100 which always looked very soft at its maximum zoom.  I gladly give up the little extra zoom for the quality of the pictures. Also, do not be scared off by the rather low 9 megapixels. If you are not making posters, this is plenty. I am still able to crop relatively small areas of an image to a 4x6 print and have the results look decent.

The features offered on this camera are impressive. The stitch panarama is pretty amazing and the results look surprisingly good. Like most other cameras in this class, there is an intelligent auto mode. But the difference is that it actually works really well on this camera (I had terrible luck in auto mode on the p100 and especially the p90 and always had to use P/A/S). For portraits though, definitely switch to A mode and adjust the aperture accordingly. Burst mode works great for capturing just the right moment, provided the lighting is good (no flash in this mode). Hand-held twilight also works great.  It's amazing what the camera can do in this mode with very little light. The images in this mode won't be perfect by any means, but it makes it possible to get shots that otherwise just could not be captured.

Also note that the battery life on this camera is excellent. The display also does a great job of telling you how much battery life is left, providing not just a battery fill icon but also a minutes remaining counter.

The video quality is pretty good for a p&s camera, but I still slighly prefer what I get from my Vado. Of course the HX1 wins out overall because of the zoom and all-in-one convenience.

My main gripe with this camera is that it takes memory stick pro duo cards instead of the more universal SD card, but that comes with the territory if you buy Sony. Also, the menu sound is obnoxiously loud, even on the quieter setting. I keep it off except for the shutter click. These are just minor things however, and I would not hesitate to recommend this camera.

Of course, when you buy a camera that has been out this long, you risk there being an anouncement of a replacement model coming out shortly after your purchase. I wonder if that may be coming given the recent price drop of this model. This is definitely a great camera though so if you are not hung up on waiting for the latest and greatest, now may be the time to get an excellent deal on a high quality camera.
1924310
Very nice camera and was a nice step up from the camera it replaced.  A little bigger, which I liked, and lots of cool features.  The NFC tap to transfer feature is really nice