Canon PowerShot S410 4MP Digital Elph with 3x Optical Zoom
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon PowerShot S410 4MP Digital Elph with 3x Optical Zoom
Customer Review: and I thought Sony's took good pictures...
Summary: 5 Stars
This camera is insane. Takes beautiful crisp pictures. The auto mode will usually give you everything you could want. But if you're a camera person, the manual mode gives you plenty of ways to alter the photos. I immediatly got acquainted with the photo stitch program that comes with it and used it along with the camer'a panoramic mode to make some sweet surround photos. The movie mode is pretty good. It won't replace your camcorder, but it's great for making little movies for your computer. I don't mind not having VGA sized videos. They're usually way to large and I prefer having movies that are better sized for transferring. One hand operation is easy with the shutter/zoom combo. The AI auto focus works really well is quite impressive to watch. I enjoyed playing with the custom sounds/pictures. You can set your own background picture and record/upload you own camera sounds for startup, shutter, etc. The flash is really bright and works almost too well. The only downfall I have found is that to get the clarity that the camera can provide, you need to keep the camera very still between the focus and shutter, which isn't too long. If I really want a crisp picture, I use a tiny little tripod to get rid of my arm motion. It takes decent actions shot, but it's no SLR. All in all, unless you're a professional photographer, this camera is just what you want. I bought two 256 mb sandisk ultra cards and that was plenty. My parents used it yesterday just during the day. They liked it so much, they put in an order for their own.Customer Review: Excellently made compact camera
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been reading the reviews on this Canon PowerShot S410 camera before and after purchasing my own. There certainly are numerous whiners out there. It seems people love to find something to whine about. Honestly, this camera has given me nothing but pleasure, excellent pictures and compliments from others. This is a solid well-built camera (my cats knocked it off my desk and dragged around a bit and it had no scratches and still works excellently) with excellent picture quality both indoor and outdoor and easy to figure out menu and buttons. People also seem to complain about the LCD screen being small on digital cameras in general. My answer, look through the view finder. In addition, with the Canon S410 the image on the LCD screen is so vivid and clear and the colors so rich that it doesn't really matter. After all, the most important thing is both the final print and how it looks on your computer not the size of the LCD screen. When I connect the camera to my Canon CP-330 compact photo printer, it's a one press operation and away it goes printing the best quality pictures ever. Unless you love to nit-pick (there's really nothing to nit-pick about on this one) you'll love this camera. Minor note, Canon could have possibly been a little more generous in what comes with the camera, such as an AC power adapter (although I love the battery recharger). However, don't consider this a complaint, just a suggestion to Canon. If you do decide to purchase, ENJOY! And to those whiners, life is too short .......Customer Review: Great camera, easy controls, uses cheap CF memory
Summary: 5 Stars
The fully auto mode of this camera is the closest to making digital photography a totally idiot-proof experience. While I am personally not at all technologically challenged, I have several other users and potential users of this camera who will appreciate the idiot-proof modes.
I like the fact that this camera uses Compact Flash (CF) memory which is not only cheaper that SD and xD memory formats but also appears more rugged. But for me CF was a big plus since I had a number of old CF memory cards left over from my a previous digital camera that I was able to reuse.
The only con I really see is that the battery is proprietary and expensive and also cannot be charged in-camera. If you buy this camera do consider purchasing an additinal battery to keep handy. This camera does not have a battery meter so the battery could go quite suddenly. Having a spare battery would be very helpful in such cases.
I found the basic mode (1024x768, Normal Resolution) to be good for most type of pictures. I purchased an after market 512 MB memory card from Costco for $79 and using the basic mode the camera reports that I can shoot 2714 photographs. Naturally this is a ridiculously large number of pictures to take even on the most exotic vacation. But I am comforted by the fact that I can now let my kids take pictures with wild abandon not having to worry about deleting pictures. In fact this is the only memory card that I will need for my upcoming holiday.
Customer Review: Chose it after months of research that paid off
Summary: 5 Stars
I spent months (2) reading reviews and going to stores knowing it was going to be a lot of money for a digital camera and knowing that I would have it for years-so I didn't want to get one that wouldn't fill my needs.
My main need was something relatively small. As one reviewer said so insightfully, if you don't have your camera, you can't take pictures and having a camera I can put in my jeans pocket means more fun taking it to parties, dinners, to school (I am a teacher), and everywhere. If I want I just strap in on my belt with a case and extra battery, and off I go.
Other than that I wanted to make 5x7 prints that are near photo quality.
This camera easily does both these things. So here's the breakdown:
Pros:
Small
Long battery life
Video
Near photo quality (I can't really tell the difference)
good construction
Easy to use
Easy to charge and quick charging
Easy to upload photos onto PC and do simple editing
Cons:
Proprietary battery (bought two for long outings
Ignore digital zoom, it's worthless
Not too inexpensive
Comes with too small a memory card (I went up to 512, been great!)
In the end this has been a great camera. I CF cards are taken everywhere and are really stable and don't have exposed connections, and the camera is easy to use and carry
Customer Review: Top 5 Pros and Cons
Summary: 5 Stars
First lets talk about cons:1) Auto mode light distribution on the pictures was not as good as in Manual mode.
2) It is heavier than other ultra compact cameras in the market.
3) Battery gets heated up after some time (maybe other cameras has the same problem).
4) No preset modes like night portrait, sunset etc are available in this camera (only portrait and landscape modes are available).
5) Has only a 1.5'' LCD
Pros:
1) Take very good quality pictures
2) Has a very helpful picture details like Histogram( display the light distribution in the captured image), ISO Setting and other details in the playback mode that could help you to improve your picture taking skills.
3) Eventhough the LCD is small it is bright and display qulity is good
4) Has a good Manual mode with White balancing, ISO and Exposure settings(if you are a person who likes to take pictures in manual mode rather than in auto)
5) Can do Panorama assist for 26 pictures.
Overall, this is a very good camera that takes very good pictures.
If picture quality is the most important thing for you in your camera then this is THE camera.
If you like to have many cool preset modes and depend very much on auto functionality then you may need to research other cameras.
Hope this was useful.