Customer Rating: 
Summary: Not great if you want to capture a moment
Comment: I received this camera as a gift in December of 2004. My sister had 1 step down and really loved it. She takes a lot of scenery pitures and the images were very sharp. It was fine for taking vacation photos. The pictures were very bright and clear.
The problem is I now have a 9 month old little boy and I have very few good pictures of him. It takes so long to actually take the picture after you push the button you miss whatever it was you were trying to capture. I took 14 pictures of my son and his eyes were closed in every one of them. he focuses on the little orange light and closes his eyes right at the moment I take the photo. I called Canon's help line and they had me try several different settings - but still not great photos.
My inlaws have a Kodak (that costs way less than the Canon) and it takes great picures. I hesitate to buy a new one because this camera was so expensive, but I would like to have some good pictures of my son.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Absolutely Fabulous?
Comment: My son was posting incredible photos to his blog, so I asked him what camera he was using. When he told me the PowerShot A95, I purchased one immediately. The picture quality is superb! Clear and crisp; excellent flash that lights up the night and makes the subject stand out. I haven't been this happy with a camera since I got my brand new Brownie box camera in the 50s.
I highly recommend this camera.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Bad Experiences with the Canon Powershot A95
Comment: I bought this camera a few months before i had to go to school in a new city, with the hope of seeing famous people.
The camera never really stopped working, but photo's that were made with the Manual mode of the camera all had a blacklight-colored noise around light/dark contrasts.
So I returned my camera to the shop which send it back to Canon.
After four weeks I had it back and it seemed that everything was fine.
After some photo's the noise got even worse and was also visible in photo's made on the Auto mode.
It's back to the shop for the second time and I hope that the problem will be fixed, because it makes photo's (excuse me for my language) but-ugly.
As you can see my experiences are not the better ones around here.
I'm not sure if this is "just" my camera or if anyone else has this problem, but I know that i'm frustrated about it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: GREAT camera
Comment: I've had this camera for one year exactly. It's survived weddings, bar mitzvahs, and vacations in countless countries. It is dependable. Let me tell you why else this camera should be considered-
(1) A flipable LCD screen. This means that if you're at a bar or another crowded place with the misses you don't have to ask someone to take a picture. You just flip the screen and shot it yourself. For a traveler like myself, this is great. You can bet during New Year's in Trafalga Square that I wasn't about to ask the drunk next to me to take a picture of me and my friend. I know of no other camera that has this. In addition, the screen is protected when you flip it in. Sure, the newer 4 inch screens seem great, but they look kinda fragile.
(2) The price is decent, especially now that newer models have come out.
(3) 5 megapixels?!?! That means you can print out a 16"x22" with no problem in photo-quality. Everyone wants to know the megapixels of your camera, like that's what makes it good. 5 is more than fine, most people only need 3.
(4)The panoramic feature IS AMAZING!!! I will upload them to the pictures tonight when I get home from work. I took a 7 photo-long panoramic shoot of London and it is simiply amazing. You can zoom in and see the time on Big Ben!!!! Wow. I am still learning new stuff about my camera all the time.
Cons-
The size of the camera is a bit chunky, but I don't like having to depend on rechargable NiHm that are $50-70 each. Instead I have a few pairs of recharable AA's that have lasted me over a year and were $10.
I am about balancing price with quality: period. I don't care that the newest Canon can take 10 minutes of movie and can act as a webcam. I use my camera for taking pictures and short video clips, that's it. If you want a great camera, buy this one.
Customer Rating:
Summary: DEPENDABLE, EXCELLENT, TOUGH
Comment: I bought this camera a few months before my daughter was born so I could get good pictures of her birth. This camera has become my best friend. I take pictures of everything I can.
This camera has tons of options and even takes video clips. It has a lot of options that I have never even used. Definately read the manual before using!
Great digital camera with great quality photos.
This camera has been dropped several times and never once gave me trouble.
My daughter, husband, and I went on a hike and stopped to take a break. My camera fell out of my coat pocket without me knowing it. I did not know until the next day that the camera was not in my pocket. I went back to the spot we rested and there it was with the screen down on the ground and the lens facing up toward the sky. I had my screen flipped around and unprotected and when I picked the camera up it was covered in dew drops and leaves. I wiped it clean and the camera was fine. After being left out in the weather for 24 hours it never once stopped working.
An option I thought was really cool is when you first turn on the camera, you can use any picture you take to be your welcome screen. It also has different sounds to choose from when you are scrolling through pictures and when you take a picture. I never knew you could do these sorts of things with a camera.
I would highly recommend this camera for anyone.
Summary: Not great if you want to capture a moment
Comment: I received this camera as a gift in December of 2004. My sister had 1 step down and really loved it. She takes a lot of scenery pitures and the images were very sharp. It was fine for taking vacation photos. The pictures were very bright and clear.
The problem is I now have a 9 month old little boy and I have very few good pictures of him. It takes so long to actually take the picture after you push the button you miss whatever it was you were trying to capture. I took 14 pictures of my son and his eyes were closed in every one of them. he focuses on the little orange light and closes his eyes right at the moment I take the photo. I called Canon's help line and they had me try several different settings - but still not great photos.
My inlaws have a Kodak (that costs way less than the Canon) and it takes great picures. I hesitate to buy a new one because this camera was so expensive, but I would like to have some good pictures of my son.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Absolutely Fabulous?
Comment: My son was posting incredible photos to his blog, so I asked him what camera he was using. When he told me the PowerShot A95, I purchased one immediately. The picture quality is superb! Clear and crisp; excellent flash that lights up the night and makes the subject stand out. I haven't been this happy with a camera since I got my brand new Brownie box camera in the 50s.
I highly recommend this camera.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Bad Experiences with the Canon Powershot A95
Comment: I bought this camera a few months before i had to go to school in a new city, with the hope of seeing famous people.
The camera never really stopped working, but photo's that were made with the Manual mode of the camera all had a blacklight-colored noise around light/dark contrasts.
So I returned my camera to the shop which send it back to Canon.
After four weeks I had it back and it seemed that everything was fine.
After some photo's the noise got even worse and was also visible in photo's made on the Auto mode.
It's back to the shop for the second time and I hope that the problem will be fixed, because it makes photo's (excuse me for my language) but-ugly.
As you can see my experiences are not the better ones around here.
I'm not sure if this is "just" my camera or if anyone else has this problem, but I know that i'm frustrated about it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: GREAT camera
Comment: I've had this camera for one year exactly. It's survived weddings, bar mitzvahs, and vacations in countless countries. It is dependable. Let me tell you why else this camera should be considered-
(1) A flipable LCD screen. This means that if you're at a bar or another crowded place with the misses you don't have to ask someone to take a picture. You just flip the screen and shot it yourself. For a traveler like myself, this is great. You can bet during New Year's in Trafalga Square that I wasn't about to ask the drunk next to me to take a picture of me and my friend. I know of no other camera that has this. In addition, the screen is protected when you flip it in. Sure, the newer 4 inch screens seem great, but they look kinda fragile.
(2) The price is decent, especially now that newer models have come out.
(3) 5 megapixels?!?! That means you can print out a 16"x22" with no problem in photo-quality. Everyone wants to know the megapixels of your camera, like that's what makes it good. 5 is more than fine, most people only need 3.
(4)The panoramic feature IS AMAZING!!! I will upload them to the pictures tonight when I get home from work. I took a 7 photo-long panoramic shoot of London and it is simiply amazing. You can zoom in and see the time on Big Ben!!!! Wow. I am still learning new stuff about my camera all the time.
Cons-
The size of the camera is a bit chunky, but I don't like having to depend on rechargable NiHm that are $50-70 each. Instead I have a few pairs of recharable AA's that have lasted me over a year and were $10.
I am about balancing price with quality: period. I don't care that the newest Canon can take 10 minutes of movie and can act as a webcam. I use my camera for taking pictures and short video clips, that's it. If you want a great camera, buy this one.
Customer Rating:
Summary: DEPENDABLE, EXCELLENT, TOUGH
Comment: I bought this camera a few months before my daughter was born so I could get good pictures of her birth. This camera has become my best friend. I take pictures of everything I can.
This camera has tons of options and even takes video clips. It has a lot of options that I have never even used. Definately read the manual before using!
Great digital camera with great quality photos.
This camera has been dropped several times and never once gave me trouble.
My daughter, husband, and I went on a hike and stopped to take a break. My camera fell out of my coat pocket without me knowing it. I did not know until the next day that the camera was not in my pocket. I went back to the spot we rested and there it was with the screen down on the ground and the lens facing up toward the sky. I had my screen flipped around and unprotected and when I picked the camera up it was covered in dew drops and leaves. I wiped it clean and the camera was fine. After being left out in the weather for 24 hours it never once stopped working.
An option I thought was really cool is when you first turn on the camera, you can use any picture you take to be your welcome screen. It also has different sounds to choose from when you are scrolling through pictures and when you take a picture. I never knew you could do these sorts of things with a camera.
I would highly recommend this camera for anyone.
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