Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I recently bought this camera as a replacement for my worn-out Pentax Optio S50. Overall, I have been pleased with the Canon though it has a few little problems. Pros: -Very rapid turn-on and shoot time (about 1 second) -Short time between shots. There is a feature that you can select where you can hold down the picture-taking button, and it takes one photo about every .5 seconds until you release the button. -Good control of manual features; you can take photos while using the function menu. The menu is displayed on the side and bottom of the screen. -Optical viewfinder. One of the biggest reasons why I bought this camera was because it had an optical viewfinder. Most very portable cameras do not. Optical viewfinders are not for everyone; they are basically only good if you take a lot of photos and you worry about the battery. Obviously, buying an expensive spare battery negates this issue. -Nice movie features. Even though it is not MP4 so the compression isnt great, the movie works great. On the issue of compression, storage capacity is getting so cheap anyway it doesnt matter; i dont think anyone needs to be filming 1hr documentaries or something. Anyway, there are two movie settings: the 30 fps is fine, and you can zoom while filming. There is an even better (though more space-using) 60 fps for faster subjects. One nice thing about the video is that you can still do different light settings; and in fact the camera adjusts light settings automatically. -Small. As small as any other compact camera, though the lens extends unlike some other ones. -Buttons work well. They seem to be in the right place, press well, and just feel very good. Some cameras have very annoying buttons. Cons: -Battery level unknown; I havent figured out how to know how much more battery life I have left. -Night settings TERRIBLE. This is probably my biggest problem. If you use either the autocamera settings or the night photo settings, they simply do not work. You need to manually adjust the ISO and Exposure level. -Manual settings a pain. When you change a manual setting they stay that way; there is no reset. so you have to go through all of your manual settings to figure out what you have. -Zoom a pain. The zoom function is clunky and inexact. You spend a lot of time trying to get the zoom level you want. I can't say this is the best camera out there; obviously, there is no perfect camera, it's just a matter of picking what strengths you want and accepting whatever faults you can.