Canon Powershot SD400 5MP Digital Elph Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon Powershot SD400 5MP Digital Elph Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
Customer Review: Canon's great customer service
Summary: 5 Stars
My daughter purchased this camera about 3 years ago. She absolutely loves it, but unfortunately, she tripped and fell with it in her hand. The display no longer worked but the camera still took great pictures. She tried to buy another but they were so expensive and all the stores said it would be cheaper to buy something new than get that one fixed. I called Canon and they said they would fix it for $99 + $7 shipping. She was ecstatic, so we sent it off to them. Canon emailed when they received it, then they emailed the next day that it was being repaired at no cost, and then they emailed the next day with the tracking number for FedEx, and we received it the following day. Canon said they fixed it as a courtesy. They didn't only fix the display, but they updated the software, fixed the zoom, which she didn't even think about at the time to ask them to also look at, and they even polished it so it looked almost new. It now works as if it were new. They had no reason not to charge us because it has been long out of warranty. I am extremely impressed with Canon, and in fact, I am asking for a camera for Christmas for myself and have specifically requested a Canon in light of this.Customer Review: Love it
Summary: 5 Stars
After extensive research I decided on this cannon poweshot and I couldnt be any more happy. I absolutely love it. A major factor for my purchase was the fact that the camera is small (since I'm a woman and have lots of tiny purses).
The pictures look absolutely fabulous. I went to a black tie party, where it was hot and dark and we were inside and outside a lot. All my pictures came out great. They were clear and sharp and not blurry at all. I did practice point shooting the day before to get use to holding the camera.
The features are great.
Pros
Lightweight/Slim/small
Great pictures
Features (black and white photos look absolutely amazing)
The video clips come out great
Cons
The memory card the camera comes with is terrible, you can only take about 8 pictures with it. I recommend getting a memory card with a larger capacity (I bought one for 250 pictures from [...]for about 35 bucks)
I absolutely love it, however I also recommend getting some kind of pouch (not necessarily a case) to keep the camera in, especially if you're going to throw it in your purse or pocket with other items.
Customer Review: Great for college student/young professional...
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased the SD400 over the SD500 about a year ago. The smaller size of the camera was more important than being able to print poster-sized prints.
As a college student, the camera was great for parties - the form factor allowed it to comfortably fit into the small leg pocket of carpenter jeans for quick deployment. I would also let my girlfriend borrow it and it fit easily into the small evening purse she used.
One of my first purchases on receipt of the camera was a 'da Oily Protector for the LCD screen. I have not used any other case and have not had a single problem.
Another great combo for this item is the Sandisk Ultra line of memory cards. The Digic 2 processor is extremely fast - so fast that using a regular card creates a bottleneck in turnaround time. Higher speed memory chips make this issue non-existant.
I have also noticed the "red-eye" issue, but a quick swipe of the red-eye tool in Picasa or any other photo editor fixes the problem.
I highly recommend the product - especially with the release of the SD450 dropping the price on this just-as-good companion.
Customer Review: great camera
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this camera when I was on vacation in New Zealand and my other camera (the SD500) broke. I would actually have bought the SD500 again, but cameras are more expensive over there, so already I was spending more on the 400 than the 500 had cost me here, and I knew the 400 would serve my purposes for the rest of the vacation. Anyway, it's a great camera and is very well made - strong construction. And I can also say that Canon has excellent customer service - they've fixed my 500 and returned it to me, so I'm giving the 400 to my parents. Both cameras are very user friendly - they have tons of advanced features if you want them, but if you're not that technologically advanced (like my parents), the point and click settings make it really easy for anyone to take great pictures. Oh, and I love that you can charge the batteries without having to plug in the camera itself - if you buy an extra battery, you can leave one charging at home or in your hotel, while you are out using your camera, unlike my old Sony camera that you had to plug in to charge its battery. The canon external battery charger is great!Customer Review: Perfect at what it was designed to do
Summary: 5 Stars
You will read reviews, saying that the LCD broke, and other things just dont work. Personally, I have had no problems whatsoever. Yes I have a nice case that is padded that we keep the camera in when we are not using it, and no I am not a professional so I am not too incredibly pickey when it comes to the camera. The quality is great, eveyone enveys this camera who uses it. O also let me mention that we have had this camera for a year now and with two kids handeling it a times and have had no regrets so far.
Pros:
* Small
* Sleek
* Exellent picture quality
* Great video playback
* Good in-camera photo catalog
* Durable (This is my experience..remember 1 year 2 kids, and a good case.
* Good battery life & cheap batteries, I bought 2 extra batteries for like $20 on ebay.
* Simple user interface
Cons:
* Red eye could be better on this camera
* Get the 7.1mp version if you plan on cropping pictures and blowing them up to be large (using picasa2).