Domain Name Com's Canon Elph 370Z APS Camera Kit

Canon Elph 370Z APS Camera Kit

Domain Name Com's - : Canon Elph 370Z APS Camera Kit

- Buyer beware of this camera!
I received this camera as a gift 2 and a half years ago and loved it during most of that time. The problem with this camera is that once the warranty expires, the camera will soon follow! It started flashing 'H' (meaning the camera no longer works) shortly after the warranty expired. Good luck getting any help from Canon, after months of trying, they wouldn't help out at all. They won't even tell you what is wrong with it unless you agree to pay them for repairs! Search the web and you'll find this happens to everyone. This camera is junk and you should avoid it like the plague...

Rating:

- Takes great outdoor pictures
My parents bought me this camera 4 years ago for a trip to Paris. It takes great pictures outdoors, I got beautiful shots of people and places, as long as I took them outside.

However, this camera takes lousy indoor pictures, with or without the flash, even with 400 speed film. If the camera or the subject has even the slightest movement, the subject comes out extremely blurry. When the shots are clear, the flash brings out the worst in people's skin- everyone, no matter how oil-free their skin, looks like a blotchy greaseball. The flashes in those cheap disposable cameras are more flattering than this one.

Recently, the camera has been eating through batteries as well, even though I barely use it and never leave it on.

I still gave this camera 3 stars because it does take great, crisp outdoor shots, but if you're looking for a more versitile camera, this is not it. If you're looking for something small and cheap to take snapshots of your family and friends, keep looking!

Rating:

- Great Camera, but expensive to repair
I bought this camera approximately one week after it was released. My wife and I have taken over 2500 pictures with it and it has performed very well and produced great pictures. Recently however, an H appeared on the display and when we took it to a dealer we had to have the entire lens drive and logic unit replaced. The cost was nearly 75% of the original cost of the camera. Since the repair we have shot approximately 200 pictures, but the quality does not seem to be as good as it was before the repair. Before the repair it was a great camera.

Rating:

- Nearly perfect . . .
I just wanted to add to the comments from the customer in Athens, Greece. He (she?) made good points and I wanted to address 2 of the 'weak spots' mentioned:
1- the on/off slider: don't use it. I had completely forgotten that it was there until I read this review. It's much easier to just pull out the flash to turn the camera on; this is also probably much easier on the mechanism (there is a transmission ratio between the slider and the flash, the flash moves about twice as far as the slider--the result is that when using the slider, the flash slams in and out very hard).
2- shutter release delay. The camera can be set to allow instant response to pressing the shutter release: press the self-timer and flash-mode buttons simultaneously (the camera will respond by blinking the green LED 4 times). With this set, the camera will go through all preparations to take the picture when the shutter release is pressed half-way in (focus, focal length, exposure, making sure the flash is ready if needed). Then when the camera indicates that everything is ready, pressing the shutter release fully will result in instant response.

The issues I have with the camera are minor, but are the reason I did not give 5 stars:
- the instant shutter release mode described above is not persistent (must be done every time the camera is turned on if you want this mode--which you will)
- there is no way to check the speed or number of exposures of the loaded film (correct me if I'm wrong). This info is displayed briefly after first loading the film, but I generally forget what's in there by the time I get to exposure #24.
- no provision for exposure compensation. Fill-flash is fine for backlit subjects within range of the flash, but snowy landscapes will be underexposed.

All in all, a very good p&s camera; works as advertised--in fact, much better than I was expecting.

Rating:

- A solid, compact, APS camera
I've been using the Canon Elph 370z for almost 2 years, having taken and exposed around 300 pictures. Here are the strengths of this camera:
1. You no more yell out "I AM A TOURIST" by having your camera hanging from your neck or arm; keep it in your pocket.
2. Group pictures come out GREAT with the panoramic feature.
3. The picture quality is also great for a point-and-shoot camera, especially when a 400 film is used.
4. The battery will let you down only after you take at least 200 pictures.
5. The 3x zoom function is MORE than enough for the average amature photographer.
6. The digital display shows only what you really need to know.
7. The flash is not the strongest you'll ever see in a compact camera, but it does its job.
8. The "red-eye-reduction" function will substantially reduce the red eye phenomenonon, and may even elliminate it. If you keep the button half-pressed for a couple of seconds, you should have no red eyes in any of your pictures.

The camera DOES have some weak spots, too.
1. The "slider", which turns the camera on and off, also retracts the flash light. When you first attempt to turn this camera on, it comes natural that you try to move the slider with your thumb. By doing so, you place your index finger on the flash, thus preventing it from coming out. With one finger you try to open the camera, with the other you make sure you keep it shut! I could not turn on the camera the first time, I thought it was broken. Other people who used my camera also did the exact same thing. I just have to open the camera myself before giving it to somebody else.
2. The shutter actually operates quite some time after the button is pressed. I quickly became aware of this, so I just keep a steady hand until I hear the shutter closing. But some people think that the picture is taken at the moment the button is pressed. The relatively long time between the button "click" and the shutter "click" resulted in some blurry pictures.
3. The camera is really small, and the fingers of the operator can get in front any of the sensors or the flash, resulting in dark or unfocused pictures.

All of the above conditions happened only a couple of times and only when the camera was used by somebody other than me.

I suggest that you buy this camera if it will be mostly YOU that will operate it. You will soon learn how to by-pass these minor problems and make the best out of the camera. Once you learn how to avoid the little traps, you can take very good pictures. However, if you know that random people may operate this camera (say... in a party), be prepared for just a few "not-so-good" exposures.

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