Canon PowerShot A700

Opinion: I've been very happy with this camera since my Nikon 5700 died about a year and a half ago. However, it's very slow in use due to focus times, flash cycle times and so many functions being down in a menu somewhere. It's also pretty much impossible to get the zoom exactly where you want it.

Opinion: This replacement for my lost Powershot A95 is very good. The only things missing here, compared to A95 is the swiveling display and fast flash recharge. Otherwise, a very GOOD upgrade from A95 and very VERSATILE point and shoot camera. It can even produce very professional-looking images if you can master the manual controls :)

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Opinion: Hello,

I bought this camera 2 months ago, i can thay that i like it a lot.
The viewfinder is nice, it has lots of interesting features, but for a behinner like me, the manual features are a little bit difficult to use.
Im pretty satisfied with the picture quality, and with the low light situations.
Pretty nice camera

Opinion: This camera was a great disappointment, especially given the price. I have been very happy with only a few aspects of it--it is easy to use (although transferring pics to the computer was a nightmare--zero support for linux, and I had to buy a card reader). The zoom works very well--6x is great, the interpolation on the digital zoom is not bad can actually get you a bit above there without too much loss of quality. The zoom is also very easy to control. The settings are also easy to control, and the startup time is very fast.

Opinion: É uma boa câmara, mas poderia ser melhor

Opinion: I’ve bought the camera 3 months ago and I’m very pleased by it. Still works great even after taking over 4000 pictures.

Pro:

Very good picture quality

Reliable and fast focus

Very little lens distortion in macro, normal, and telephoto

Fast operation especially when using a fast card (I’m using Kingston Elite Pro 50x. My experience says that more faster cards don’t get much more out of the camera.)

Very impressive macro performance (much better than I expected!)

Full (!) manual controls

Additional control over saturation, contrast, sharpness and colors

6x Zoom

Excellent menu

Big screen with grid lines and playback histogram

Optical viewfinder

Battery life about 220 – 280 shots when using 2 Ni-Mh(LCD-Screen always on)

Quite small and lightweighted. Good hand grip.

Contra:

Low light performance only average

No image stabilization (not that important when taking telephoto pictures in bright light conditions)

Build quality could be better (tripod mount made of plastic)

Flash recycle times up to 10 seconds (even with Ni-Mh) due to using only 2 batteries

Quite loud zoom mechanism

No ISO-Button (but ISO is the first point in the idiot-proof menu)

No uncompressed format (oh, I’m dreaming ;-)

Only about 10 minutes on a 1GB card in movie mode

Opinion: Verry slow camera- push button anda wait... Flash charging takes too much time. No battery/charger included. Outside great pictures.

Opinion: Purchased this as a replacement for the SD400-- was looking for something with more features and power, but not as expensive and bulky as a dSLR (that will be the next step). Used it during a recent vacation in Europe. Camera was fantastic. Easy to use, long battery life, nice 6x zoom, good size, great images, rich feature set, etc.

Opinion: As a compromise between a 'fashion accessory' and an SLR, this camera is probably an ideal choice.
In addition to offering full control of settings, it also offers an excellent movie mode, and the extra zoom is a huge bonus.