Small and well designed. I like that front closure on it, as I do not see any other camera that has that feature. Seems more cameras should have this. Other than that I like that it's black. But since I got an error message on it and it is just a paper weight now I see nothing great about it.

I got an error e18 and it stopped working!! I don't know what the error is and I don't know why it does not work any longer. I have only had this less than a couple years, never dropped it or let it lay anywhere without it being in the carry case. So, now the zoom lense will not go in, it is just stuck out. I have looked around online for a fix and nothing has worked. Canon will happily charge me a couple hundred to fix it though!

This camera was good for a while, it took good photos and great for taking places in a hurry. Small enough to take with. A bit heavy compared to cameras that have this quality now though.

Customer Service

Canon's customer service will gladly charge me to look at it. Though for that ammount I can go buy another camera. It won't be Canon though.

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I have used several other Canon product, though now after this I have redirected my camera searching to Nikon. I will have to read around though to make sure they are a good company to work with.

Excellent resolution and color rendition with no noticeable distortion in scenic and people photos.
Good size and portability for acivities like bike riding, hiking, etc.
Great price on the last (few) remaining models.
Fairly intuitive menu for most used functions like WB, resolution, macro, etc.
Decent manual controls for a P&S camera

Noise is an issue at the 400 ISO level.
LCD is smaller then current S80 version
Smallish viewfinder (but better than many cameras which have none at all)

My objective was to select a digital point and shoot that would be with me at all times. Hiking, camping, and hanging out with friends, this camera had to be pocketable yet produce quality images.
Since I do a lot of travel photography, the 28mm wide angle was a veritable "must" for this work. I have found that the S70 has lived up to my expectations, giving me great pics under the conditions for which it was intended.
When I made my purchase, I selected the S70 over the S80 for two major reasons - the ability to accept CF cards and the option of exploiting file capture in RAW format. The CF card issue is a must, as my primary camera is a Nikon D70, and I now need carry only one type of memory card to store my images.

Customer Service

Never needed, but my local dealer is the best and has been outstanding in previous service matters.

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Kyocera SL 400r
Nikon D70

sharp and vivid pictures, 13 shooting modes, fast shutter speed

limited movie mode

This is the third Digital camera I got since 1999, and yes, it is the best one. The 7.1 MP creats an image at 3072x 2304 with superior color and clarity. Unlike most of the Sony cybershot cameras, the powershot s70 displays incrediable amount of sharp and vivid images. With 13 shooting modes, you no longer have to manual adjust the settings to shoot different things, etc, fast moving images or nightshots. the shutter speed is also very fast, it can capture moving objects as if it is not moving. But the bad thing about the camera is its movie mode. At 640x480, you can only shoot 30 seconds of movie with 10 frames per sec. And at 320x280 you can shoot up to 3 minutes of clip. But other than this, I highly recommands this camera

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Canon powershot s330

Excellent size-to-performance ratio. Nice color, excellent exposure, no problems with automatic color balancing. Usually photo quality is very high with this camera. Quite a few pictures are of pretty similar quality to those taken with my pro-slr.

The lens exhibits pronounced softness and chromatic abberation in the corners at 28mm. LCD screen small(ish) and difficult to see in bright light.

From the images I have seen, this camera is probably the best camera of its size for the experienced photographer. The wide-angle lens and RAW image capability set it apart from the competition.

Customer Service

N/A

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Various. I also own an S2Pro digital SLR.