» Canon PowerShot A530 5MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom

Canon PowerShot A530 5MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: A530 - Too slow, dont buy it.
Comment: Takes great pictures outside. In doors though the camera takes 2 or more minutes to come on and get ready for a shot.I have sent Cannon support questions regarding this and browsed cannon forums.No help was offered.
Even with the camera on, I was never able to get a candid shot of my kids, its just too darn slow. Also carry extra batteries if you go some where.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Problematic, poor performance over time
Comment: I've had this camera for 1.5 years. I purchased it originally as an upgrade from an Olympus. I've had nothing but problems with it and have sent it in for repair, only to have the same problem occur after they fixed it and the warranty expired. It's sensors continuously say the batteries are low when they are brand new and charged and it won't take pictures. Slow between pictures when using your flash. If you have little kids, plan on missing all the shots when they are smiling. I won't buy another Canon after this experience.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not bad
Comment: I like this camera, all things considered. I am only a casual photographer, so the fact that it makes it easy to take good pictures is excellent for me. I think that the menus are well thought-out and a lot of fun to play around with. My only complaint is that my camera eats batteries; I usually get to use the camera on one event per set of charged batteries. It's really annoying because it doesn't show battery status until they're almost dead. Other than that, great camera.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Camera
Comment: I love this camera. It has enough features for a camera hobbyist and is simple enough for an amateur. The manual provided with the camera is very detailed and easy to understand. One of the things I don't like about it is the shutter lag time (especially bad when batteries are low). I like to take pictures of my niece and the camera isn't fast enough sometimes to capture some special moments. The only other thing I would change would be for the zoom to be 6x, but still a great camera. I bought it on Black Friday so the price was much better too:). I would definitely buy this camera again. I have some great pictures because of it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: a let down
Comment: Alright. For being my first camera, I liked it at first. The main reason was because it would tell you in understandable english what setting you had it on. Another thing I liked is that when you are looking at the pics, the camera detects what way you are holding the camera, and displays the picture so it's right side up whichever way you are holding it.

Now, what is making me sell the camera and buy a different one is that well, the 5 pixels makes the pictures come out poor. And don't even try to take a scenery picture with this thing. But the main reason is that I have gone through 4 sets of batteries in one day. I wasn't even taking that many pictures, and was turning it off in between. What I think is ridiculous is that it doesn't even come with a charger, which was a very poor choice for Canon to make. One more downfall is that the display screen is a little small, it doesn't bother me that much, but I know for some people it would be a big deal.

Right now I am looking at the HP digita cameras, and they are all looking promising!

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