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PowerShot A1000 IS
The sleek design of the PowerShot A1000 IS is as refreshing as a breath of fresh air. Better still, its high-end features make everything simple: there's the 10.0-megapixel resolution and powerful 4x Optical Zoom lens with Optical Image Stabilizer for sharpness along the full zoom range. A DIGIC III Image Processor with Canon Face Detection automatically lets every face stand out. Easy Mode and Easy Playback make this camera a marvel of simplicity. With a bright 2.5-inch LCD, it's available in four two-toned colors.
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78 out of 87(90%)customers would recommend this product to a friend.
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Nickname: big mack
Location: Hummelstown PA
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Product replacement: No
Great Camera
Date: March 6, 2010
Pros: good battery life, Good Low-Light Performance, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, durable, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
I still own an AE1 film camera but this A1000IS Power shot is much easier to use and takes outstanding photos. The ease of use is the absolute best.
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Review 2 for PowerShot A1000 IS
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Nickname: CFM-R
Location: NJ and WI
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Product replacement: Yes
3rd camera purchased
Date: March 5, 2010
Pros: good battery life, Good Low-Light Performance, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, durable, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Best bought camera, price, size and quality of pictures are sharp. Have had family members and relatives purchase one and no complaints.. I will have 2 upgrade due to being ready for a professional camera.
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Nickname: JAYMAN
Location: Denver Colorado
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: Yes
Fun to use and also creative
Date: February 4, 2010
Pros: good battery life, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, durable, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
This is a great camera.
Have used it for the past year and have had zero problems, it takes great pictures no matter what the setting or conditions. I use the best quality rechargeable batteries I can find, and I have had no problems whatsoever. I took a picture on the micro setting in the detail was astonishing, it picked up every detail of the flower and the small beetle that was walking across it.
I highly recommend buying and using this camera.
Have used it for the past year and have had zero problems, it takes great pictures no matter what the setting or conditions. I use the best quality rechargeable batteries I can find, and I have had no problems whatsoever. I took a picture on the micro setting in the detail was astonishing, it picked up every detail of the flower and the small beetle that was walking across it.
I highly recommend buying and using this camera.
8 of 9 people found this review helpful.
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Review 4 for PowerShot A1000 IS
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Nickname: trip
Location: Texas
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: Yes
For P&S, doesn't get much better
Date: February 2, 2010
Pros: good battery life, Good Low-Light Performance, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, durable, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use, out-performs all in its price range
I'm a photography and videography enthusiast. Sometimes a small portable camera is needed when traveling, hiking, going out with friends, etc. This one is great. I couldn't be happier with the quality of the pictures and the functionality. This camera is small, light and has great battery life. The only beef I have with the camera is taking pictures at night, in a club or at a concert. You have to set it to night shot and you have to be still and the object you are shooting has to be still or it will blur. However, that is the case with every P&S camera I have ever used and therefore is expected. I will check the box below for "Good Low-Light Performance" because if you take the shot correctly, it does turn out great.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Review 5 for PowerShot A1000 IS
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Nickname: Anonymous
Location: Ohio
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Date: January 4, 2010
Pros: Good Low-Light Performance, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: Short battery life, use a neck strapnot a hand strap
I had this camera and took it on vacation and it was just terrific. It was easy to use and the pictures were beautiful.. The macro shots I took were equally magnificent. I recommend this camera to anyone who doesn't have a lot of experience with cameras. It's great for a 1'st camera to learn on, and I just love it. I actually dropped the camera and ruined it,and I had to buy a new one. I do recommend to buy a neck strap, and not a hand strap and please everyone,use it. It is very easy to drop your camera and if the lens is out, it is ruined.Don't take a chance. Take care of your camera. This is a terrific camera.It is little and very easy to drop. I just bought my new one and brought a neck strap for it this time.
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Nickname: spinshooter
Location: Ohio
Used this product for: Less than 1 month
Expertise Level: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Product replacement: No
So Surprised
Date: December 18, 2009
Pros: good battery life, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
My husband bought this camera for my birthday, I'm so surprised at how nice it is, and how easy it is to use. We have a bigger DSL that is bulky to take some places, so we had been looking for a small more compact camera to take when we are out hiking or when we need something light weight.
This camera is perfect for taking to friends homes for special occasions and for getting those pics of the grand kids when you need them the most.
16 of 17 people found this review helpful.
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Review 7 for PowerShot A1000 IS
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Nickname: unclebob
Location: Okla
Used this product for: 1 to 3 months
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: No
Very handy
Date: December 6, 2009
Pros: good battery life, excellent image quality, durable, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: delay for second shot
Nice smaller camera with a viewfinder at a good price.
Use it as a secondary unit to a SLRD to avoid changing lens. Only disappointment is the delay for second shot.
Use it as a secondary unit to a SLRD to avoid changing lens. Only disappointment is the delay for second shot.
9 of 10 people found this review helpful.
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Review 8 for PowerShot A1000 IS
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Nickname: JDL33
Location: Gilbert, AZ
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Product replacement: Yes
Best camera
Date: November 25, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, Lightweight/Portable, good battery life, durable
Cons: Complicated controls/menu, Poor Low-Light Performance
I purchased the camera Dec 2007 for a trip to Europe. The camera would fit in my pants or shirt pocket with no discomfort and was very easy to use. I took over 1300 pictures without charging the battery. Excellent camera. My main reason for choosing the camera was because my son had a similar Canon and I was ver impressed with the ease of use and the features.
14 of 14 people found this review helpful.
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Review 9 for PowerShot A1000 IS
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Nickname: Chuck
Location: Colorado Rockies
Used this product for: 6 to 12 months
Expertise Level: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Product replacement: Yes
Excellent and well worth the price
Date: November 14, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, Good Low-Light Performance, Lightweight/Portable, durable, good value for the money
Cons: Short battery life
This is my second digital camera and I've been very pleased with it's design,ruggedness and performance.
It's pictures compare favorably with my wife's Canon EOS.
It's pictures compare favorably with my wife's Canon EOS.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Review 10 for PowerShot A1000 IS
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Nickname: Reet
Location: Oakwood, IL
Used this product for: 1 to 3 months
Expertise Level: Casual User
Product replacement: Yes
Great Little Camera!
Date: November 11, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, Good Low-Light Performance, Lightweight/Portable, good battery life, durable, great price!
Cons: battery door difficult to open/close, slow response to snapshots
Only my second digital camera. Two of my friends owned this camera & loved it. Great photo quality, easy to use & very reasonably priced. Only negatives was the delay of the snapshot after pushing the button and the battery door is difficult to open & close.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Nickname: Tee
Location: Texas
Used this product for: 3 to 6 months
Expertise Level: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Product replacement: Yes
Poor Image Sharpness
Date: November 10, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Nice features/settings
Cons: Poor image quality
My A1000 IS does not take sharp pictures. Images seem to be out of focus, especially on the left side of images. Now I must incur time and expense to send in the camera for repair.
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Review 12 for PowerShot A1000 IS
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Nickname: bwild
Location: Ephrata,Wa.
Used this product for: 6 to 12 months
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: Yes
Date: November 10, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, Good Low-Light Performance, Lightweight/Portable, durable
Cons: Short battery life
I purchased this camera 1 year ago.I found it very flexible and easy to use.I tried all CAMERA functions/settings in various weather and light conditions and am pleased at the results for the price.This is an excellent,easy to use camera for any person to use and it's size will allow you to take it anywhere in your pants pocket,even in a "soft" camera case with 2 sets of batteries which you "should never leave home with out". The only problem I found with this camera is it's insatiable appetite to devour batteries and I have tried ALL brands of rechargeable batteries and several brands of non-rechargeable batteries with the best luck from a good generic brand.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Review 13 for PowerShot A1000 IS
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Nickname: Dick
Location: Wisconsin
Used this product for: 1 to 3 months
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
So easy a Caveman can use it.
Date: November 9, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, Lightweight/Portable, good battery life
I bought this camera because of it's simplicity of operation. My other 35 MM digital has so many bells and whistles that it takes the fun out of photography. And photography has been my "Love" for most of my 84 years. I have found that the 4X is all I need for day to day use. I love it.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Review 14 for PowerShot A1000 IS
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Nickname: Wheel Man
Used this product for: 1 to 3 months
Product replacement: Yes
Ok Purchase
Date: November 9, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, good battery life
Cons: Flimsy Construction, battery door works hard
Nice Camera, only thing I dont like about it is the door that holds batteries and SD card, to hard to close, just doesnt close very well, photos are great.
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Nickname: momy22
Location: CT
Used this product for: Less than 1 month
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: Yes
PowerShot A1000 IS
Date: November 8, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, Lightweight/Portable
Cons: Short battery life, bad battery life
Camera comes in a nice color choices. lightweight. Battery life is terrible. Went on an outing and had to purchase fresh batteries 2X. Mot good if you need to take pictures for a long period of time unless you buy stock in a battery company
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Nickname: Ed
Location: Pensacola, FL
Used this product for: 1 to 3 months
Expertise Level: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Product replacement: No
Best of class
Date: November 6, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, Good Low-Light Performance, Lightweight/Portable, good battery life, durable, optical view finder
Cons: wife captured it
Had to have an optical view finder for starters and a pocket carry to supplement XSi.
Rated excellent on all counts because it does what we hoped for better than we hoped for. Researched thoroughly before purchase. . Wife has captured it .. so ..... I may get an XTi ;-).
Can't imagine a better unit for the purpose.
Ed in Pensacola
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Review 17 for PowerShot A1000 IS
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Nickname: Rick
Location: Cape Coral, FL
Used this product for: 6 to 12 months
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: No
Great deal for the money
Date: October 28, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, Lightweight/Portable
Bought this camera for my wife and turns out it takes great pictures and good video clips, not just short ones, I've taken 30 min clips. For the price I think it's a great deal. I use a Rebel XSI and I feel ok leaving it at home sometimes and just taking this one.
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Review 18 for PowerShot A1000 IS
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Nickname: chuck
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Used this product for: 3 to 6 months
Expertise Level: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Product replacement: Yes
Great little camera!!!!
Date: October 25, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, Lightweight/Portable, durable
This is my second Cannon Sure Shot camera. I have had it for 4 months and have used it extensively. It performs very well, and does as good of video clips as my camcorder. Crystal clear pictures are the norm. Good audio clarity on the video clips. I love having the optical view finder, as I have trouble seeing the display on the back of the camera.
Now for the dark side!!! This camera, as well as my other one, seem to have a problem with the shutter opening and closing completely at times.... I love this camera, tho and would highly recommend it to those who want great pictures and video with little knowlege of the more technical aspects of photography.
Now for the dark side!!! This camera, as well as my other one, seem to have a problem with the shutter opening and closing completely at times.... I love this camera, tho and would highly recommend it to those who want great pictures and video with little knowlege of the more technical aspects of photography.
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Nickname: canonmom3
Location: Detroit, MI
Used this product for: 3 to 6 months
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: No
Love This Camera
Date: October 16, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, Lightweight/Portable, good battery life, durable
My only complaint with this is when using the flash the recycle time is a little bit slow. I typically dont use the flash though so it's not that big of a deal.
I saw a lot of people saying it has a short battery life and I can't help but wonder what kind of batteries they use. I use the Energizer Lithium batteries in mine. I put one set in my camera in June and didn't have to replace them until September! And I used the camera almost every day!!!
If you use regular batteries they will not last you MUST use Rechargeable or Lithium Batteries!!! You cannot blame the short battery life on the camera, it is the batteries you put in it that make the difference.
I saw a lot of people saying it has a short battery life and I can't help but wonder what kind of batteries they use. I use the Energizer Lithium batteries in mine. I put one set in my camera in June and didn't have to replace them until September! And I used the camera almost every day!!!
If you use regular batteries they will not last you MUST use Rechargeable or Lithium Batteries!!! You cannot blame the short battery life on the camera, it is the batteries you put in it that make the difference.
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Nickname: Willow Leaf
Location: Pittsbugh, PA
Used this product for: 1 to 3 months
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: Yes
Best outdoor sports camera
Date: October 7, 2009
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, Lightweight/Portable, good battery life, durable, viewfinder, indexed wheel selector, very ergonomic, rugged and damp resistant
Cons: Missing features/settings
After using and being extremely pleased with a Canon A40 for 7 years (it has survived everything from a dusty archaeology field camp in the Wyoming mountains to multiple sea kayaking trips), I had recently "upgraded" to a Canon SD790IS, only so I could have the 10mP higher resolution and film longer video. HOWEVER, though the 790 takes fabulous photos I found it lacked features of the A40 that made me go back to using the old camera. I shoot a lot outdoors in bright sunlight, especially sea kayaking. I've found having a viewfinder on the camera is important (the 790 lacks one). In high glare conditions it's hard to see the digital screen plus it is much easier to frame a shot and brace the camera against motion if you are holding it up to your eye. Also, the touchy "Ipod" like function selector wheel on the 790 is a real pain in a rocking boat, having damp hands and wearing paddling gloves.
I like that it has the front-extending lens rather than the clam-shell type opening of many compact modern cameras -- many friends have had difficulty with those clam-shells jamming or otherwise malfunctioning.
So I recently bought an A1000. Both the A40 and the A1000 have a solid indexed dial -- I can change settings with gloves on and my eyes closed. Also, the sturdier chassis with the bulging handgrip is much more secure to grasp and shoot with. My experience with the A40 was that it held up incredibly well to rough use (I've dropped it a lot!) and moisture (I've never dropped it in the drink but it's gotten splashed, rained on and damp quite often.) Almost all of my kayaking friends have had trouble with their slimmer, touchscreen cameras after using them while paddling, even without dropping them in the water. Never a problem for me with either A model.
Though the A1000 does not have as many features as the 790 (which I will keep for less adventurous use) it has all of the qualities I liked in the A40 (sturdy housing, viewfinder, indexed wheel selector) plus it is more compact and has the higher pixels. I also like that it uses 2 standard AA batteries rather than an exotic camera-specific unit like the 790 has.
I noticed that other reviewers complain about battery life -- it's obvious they were using disposable alkalines (a big no-no both for durability and the environment). They should have bought a set of high-output rechargeables. You can buy 4 with a charging unit for $20 -- I already had 8 of these from the A40 (which takes 4 AAs) so I always carry a spare set or two. The first 4 I bought back in 2002 are just now starting to not hold a charge as long -- that is after literally hundreds of recharges! Do the math -- rechargeables have probably saved me close to $1000 over buying alkalines (why would anyone do that??) I took 400 shots and 15 minutes of video on the first pair I put in the camera -- can't complain about that (most of the shots were NOT flash, I admit -- that would have used up more.)
So far I have loved the A1000 -- have taken it sea kayaking and hiking as well as used it indoors and out for landscape and portrait shots. The video quality, including sound, is quite good. Downloading is a snap with the USB cable.
The only shortcoming I have found is not great depth of field and the macro is not at the level of the 790.
I am sorry to hear that the A1000 is being discontinued. Anyone that wants an easy-to-use and very rugged digital camera that is outstanding for outdoor sports should snap one of these up while they can. This would be an excellent first digital camera for an older child due to simplicity of use and the ruggedness.
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