| Average Customer Rating: 4.0/5
Total Reviews: 35 |
Rating: 4
Finally sold on digital
| With so many options out there this is a great choice for the average consumer. All the extras and easy to use. This is only my second digital camera and I love it. Until now I always reverted back to my 35MM. Only complaint is the inability to turn off the flash for night shots. Maybe I missed that in the advanced manual. Very happy overall! |
Rating: 5
You won't find a better camera unless you spend hundreds more.
This is a fantastic camera, especially for the price. The optical zoom of 4x is more than most cameras that cost $100 more and is invaluable for getting the perfect shot especially when coupled with 6 megapixels. Close ups are very nice and the picture quality is very good.
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Rating: 1
My A540 wasn't so hot
| It sounds like most people on here like their Canon A540s. I wish I did too, but I had to return it yesterday. I'm no photographer, but I can follow directions, point-and-shoot, and use the automatic functions. But this camera took poor photos--flash photos had no depth or contrast, and the appearance was grainy and washed out at all resolutions except the highest. And I had to replace the batteries after each 35-40 photos. A photographer friend looked at the photos I'd taken, and said "Your camera should be taking better photos than this." There was no way to take photos without flash without having them come out blurry, even in bright light. I might have been able to take better photos were I to quickly learn what combos of f-stops and apertures would be best, but I needed pretty photos now. An old Sony Mavica I have used, at 2MP, takes better photos than this did. I suspect there might be some quality issues that compromised a small percentage of these cameras, because so many people (and Consumer Reports) are overall satisfied with this model--I wish I were among them. If you don't seem to be getting good photos out of your camera, I wouldn't waste any time returning it. |
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