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One of two very similar A series 'affordable' compacts (the other, the A2100 IS, has a larger zoom and LCD) offering a stabilized 4x optical zoom and a 2.5" screen with brightness adjustment. The A1100 IS has none of the manual controls seen on older A series models but does feature Canon's new Smart Auto mode (an improved Easy mode), Motion Detection and Face Detection that can detect up to 35 faces. More stylish and more beginner-friendly than previous A series models (which have traditonally offered a solid feature set and decent output quality in slightly dowdy designs), the A1100 IS is part of a new point and shoot oriented direction for Canon's budget range.
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| Announced: | Feb 18, 2009 |
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Opinion: Fast, small, and easy to use. 2500 mah NIMH batteries are a must.
Opinion: Decent image quality for the price. Very poor battery life. Low battery warning starts to flash around 20 shots - annoying
Opinion: pros:
- i am not overly afraid to rough it up or lose it
- very good picture quality ...
- under good lighting, great pic quality by any standard
- indoors, use semi-manual P mode and focus lock at lower ISO
- highly replaceable AA batteries
- good optics and useful range
- total ease of use
- for those interested in macro plant shots, for some reason this little camera delivers stunning results. really.
cons:
- tad clunkier than others given AA battery compartment
- plasticky feel, albeit solid
- need to buy high end NiMH rechargeables for good battery life
excellent littel camera. i have other options, but i truly enjoy the concenience and ease and lack of paranoia when using this one.
Problems: this camera performs phenomenally at its current $130 price range. amazing for the price.
light depraved, indoors picture quality in auto and easy modes suffers from the usual point-shoot inconsistencies, since the camera will sometimes pick unreasonably high ISO. it can overcome by using properly set up P mode. excellent shots in near range result then.
battery life - go buy something like Sony's high end NIMH rechargeables. it is a MUST. then battery life will be quite acceptable. but carry the spares, and don't expect much more than 100 shots indoors.
Opinion: Disappointing Camera:
First off, this camera is a major battery hog. 2 AAs just dont cut it. It sucks power like a sponge. 2500 mAh batteries are expensive and not that easy to come by for the average person.
Secondly, it performs very poorly in overcast situations: Purple fringing is very bad. Auto Focussing is slow. The lack of a sports mode is a detriment if you're trying to film anything moving, where it be a torch relay or people walking by.
The controls and settings can be a bit of a pain to use. I have the A80 and it's controls are much easier to work with, everthing from adjusting the picture settings to displaying the EXIF data on the display viewer.
The good points are few. Movie mode is of very good quality, the camera is light for travel and it has a good digital zoom.
The battery cover/compartment is of very poor quality. It will likely break very easily.
I dont recommend this camera at all.
Problems: Besides what's already been mentioned. The battery compartment is of very poor quality. It will likely break easily. Often it's very hard to open and close. The concept on how to open it is absurd: you have to push and pull it toward you and slide to the right while trying to open it.
Display is flaky. Sometimes it's unresponsiveness in turning on.
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