William Lynch
Well-known member
Although I don't think the pictures from Canon cameras are as crisp and sharp as I like, the S400 is a perfect, pocketable, jewel of a point-and-shoot camera.
I bought it for its construction quality, portability and ease of use. I can hand it to my technically-challenged wife and she "gets it" instantly.
The colors are strong and well represented when set on "Vivid" and I prefer to turn the 9-point AiAF system off in favor of spot-focusing.
The look and feel of the camera is unmatched by anything else I've seen; with its metal case and tight control buttons.
The capability to plug the camera right into a TV for sharing the pictures is not available on many other cameras in the category (a feature I've grown used to in my Olympus cameras) and is a fun little feature. It's surprising how many cameras *don't* have it.
So, other than the Canon philosophy of producing soft photos from the camera, I'm totally happy with this little gem.
Problems:
I understand there is quite a following on the soft picture concept and the theory that pictures can be sharpened in software. I just feel the market for a point-and-shoot is not tolerable of spending time post-processing.
Point-and-shoot should extend to point-and-shoot-and-print.
I bought it for its construction quality, portability and ease of use. I can hand it to my technically-challenged wife and she "gets it" instantly.
The colors are strong and well represented when set on "Vivid" and I prefer to turn the 9-point AiAF system off in favor of spot-focusing.
The look and feel of the camera is unmatched by anything else I've seen; with its metal case and tight control buttons.
The capability to plug the camera right into a TV for sharing the pictures is not available on many other cameras in the category (a feature I've grown used to in my Olympus cameras) and is a fun little feature. It's surprising how many cameras *don't* have it.
So, other than the Canon philosophy of producing soft photos from the camera, I'm totally happy with this little gem.
Problems:
I understand there is quite a following on the soft picture concept and the theory that pictures can be sharpened in software. I just feel the market for a point-and-shoot is not tolerable of spending time post-processing.
Point-and-shoot should extend to point-and-shoot-and-print.