jim4850
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Re: Canon Powershot ELPH 330 HS
Myself I'd be happy if at least some cameras would return to a longer wide end, my feeling is many for the sake of wideness go a touch beyond the sweet spot of the lens, which leads me often to zoom in a bit upon start-up, no biggie but hopefully food for thought.
Anyway I must say my eyes have been most impressed by the shots I've seen by the ELPH 330 HS, so much so that despite not really needing to buy another camera I've ordered one, I suppose the price was right.
The reasoning is that it dawned upon me that this camera ticked too many of my boxes to ignore.
Superb image quality, without that any camera is ho-hum but I'd rather rely on what my eyes see than what reviewers write, many times I'm sure they are biased. Tick
It does not have a super fast lens, always a negative by reviewers but I'll be grateful to not have to raise the f number just to get some depth of field and get a sharper result. Tick
Available in a non bland colour, in my case a lovely pink. Tick.
Pocket size, for a take anywhere camera size is important. Tick.
Price. Tick.
No RAW. Tick, never use it, more trouble than it's worth. I don't care if someone will boast about recovering some obscure detail in the background.
Zoom. The more the merrier but 10x is quite enough for general use.
Flash. Weak apparently. Boo, but for an indoor group shot its higher ISO performance may be good enough to dodge a bullet.
Shape. Looks like it could be awkward to hold. Slight Boo but making it grippier isn't difficult.
After thinking for a while I realised this is a premium compact for a fella like me who wants great image quality but without the fancy bells and whistles that draw the headlines.