Canon PowerShot A510 3.2MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom by Canon
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Digital camera reviews of Canon PowerShot A510 3.2MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom
Digital camera Review: Best selling digital camera!
Summary: 5 Stars
Canon has fully redesigned the Powershot A series to make it lighter (uses only 2 AA batteries now), smaller and with 4x optical zoom.
Pro's,
1. Very good image quality.
2. 3 MP and 4x optical zoom is the perfect combo for most people.
3. Priced right, unlike some overpriced digicams out there.
4. Works on 2 normal AA batteries (buy rechargeable ones for extra life and lower cost), unlike expensive & hard-to-find propreitary batteries.
5. The menu on the Canon cameras is light years ahead of most other manufacturer's. Lots of manual options and scene modes.
6. Battery and SD card doors seem to be of above average quality.
7. 1.8" LCD screen is bright and fluid.
8. Uses standard SD cards, unlike propretary memory cards like Memory Stick or xD card.
9. Can attach extra lenses if one buys the adaptor for it.
10. Actual LCD screen looks nicely protected below a plastic plate.
Con's,
1. The camera is still quite thick (although not bulky).
2. It uses Digic instead of Digic2 processor in other new Canons.
3. Tripod mount is on the corner and made from plastic.
I guess you gotta spend more money to buy Elph series for more pocketability. I am almost sure this will be THE best selling camera of 2005, just like A60 and A75 in past. With a price this low for a fully loaded A510 there really is no reason to buy slightly cheaper but vastly inferior cameras from HP, Kodak, Olympus, Fuji or Samsung.
Digital camera Review: Big performance for a little price
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow!!!!!!!!! That would be my best description of this camera. I picked it up for $189 at Best Buy the other day and I can't stop taking pictures. I like how it has the simplicity to allow for point and shoot for the rookies, but also has manual controls for the more advanced shutterbugs. The picture quality is great, the flash is more than adequate, and the features are plentiful. This is a great beginner to intermediate camera that will still be relevant as your knowledge and skills in digital photography grow. The one thing I don't like is the delay when you press the menu or function button, it takes a second for the menu to pop up, whereas on my Konica Minolta DiMage xT, it's instantaneous. The cameras viewfinder is a bit on the small side as well, but that's not an issue for me as I don't use it ever. So all in all, great camera, great price, great quality.Digital camera Review: CANON BUYER BEWARE!
Summary: 1 Stars
I have just been told that my camera will not be repaired under its warranty. It was purchased the last week of June, used to take over 700 pictures/video and then 6 1/2 weeks after purchase, would not take photos. After calling the service number and trying various suggested things, I sent it to their service center for repair. Two weeks later, I received a BILL for $108.00 with a note that the repair would be done after they received payment! When I called, they said it had impact damage - I was surprised, since I had not noticed any damage before I sent it (and I knew I had not dropped it.) I asked for photos of the damage and was astonished to see the condition it was in. They flatly deny that anything happened to it there and still refuse to repair it without being paid. I checked on this site and found four other people (reviews dated 9/11, 9/6, 8/16 and 6/28)who had the same sort of problem with their A510: it quit taking pictures.
So, while I loved it all 6 weeks it worked, I wouldn't recommend anyone buy a camera that may only work for a few weeks and then won't be repaired by the company.
Digital camera Review: CANON IS TOPS IN CONSUMER REPORTS TWO YEARS IN A ROW
Summary: 5 Stars
WORKS FINE, LOTS OF INSTRUCTIONS, GOOD PICTURES, STILL WORKING OUT HOW TO STORE FOR EMAIL, PRINTER DOES SOME STRANGE THINGSDigital camera Review: Camera is okay for beginners and non computer literates
Summary: 1 Stars
Canon cannot make a camera that is not proprietary to their lousy software. You must load up their software in order to get the pictures off the card or else buy a card reader. When you plug it in it launches the Canon ZoomBrowser software. This software in its latest versions above 5.0 has the following big drawbacks:
You do not see a Removable Media Drive like you do with cameras like those from Olympus. You also CANNOT...I repeat CANNOT copy the photos from the camera to any type of a non local hard drive using their terrible software or drivers which makes these horrible for a business environment because you must copy everything local and then manually move them around.
We already rolled these out at my employer or I would have suggested that all 13 of them that we purchased be sent back as junk.
As for the camera itself it is okay but I would personally never buy one.