Canon Elph Sport APS Camera Kit

I Just Bought This Beauty A Week Ago To Compliment My Professional SLR Setup...Its Great - Shock Resistant Via Rubber Padding And Waterproof (Up To 16 Meters)...Picture Quality Is Great, Too - Compared To What APS Prints Usually Come Out...

APS Is The New Advanced Photo System...It Uses A Cartrige Loaded Film For Easy Loading...No More Aligning The Film Into The Sprocket Holes...APS Is Completely Drop-In Loading, And Also Features A Choice Of Three Print Sizes Classic, Wide And Panoramic...The Three Formats Can Be Used Simultaneously On The Same Roll...

The Elph Sport Comes With A Water Resistant Soft Case, Camera Strap, Batteries, And Film...Its Features Are Easy To Use And Controls Are Logical...Command Dial Sets Easily For Flash, No Flash, Red Eye Reduction, Underwater, Or Off...The Lens On This Camera, And Most Small Cameras, Is A Very Wide Angle Lens, So Getting A Portrait Of Someone Or Something Will Require Getting Close, Real Close...

All In All, I Am Very Pleased With This Camera...Its Compactness And Quality Make Me Take It Anywhere...Ski Slopes, Poolside, Biking, Climbing, Or Anywhere I Wouldn't Take My $1500 SLR Setup...Another Canon Hit...

I took this camera on my vacation to Hawaii, and was extremely pleased with it. The underwater pictures are excellent, much superior to those produced by disposable cameras. The flash is very helpful in underwater closeups, and the large viewfinder is helpful when peering through a mask. Above-water picture quality is quite good, though the lack of a telephoto option hurts. The camera is reasonably rugged--I dropped it from waist height onto asphalt twice, and it continues to function without a hitch. Although the manual advises that the loaded camera may not float in fresh water, mine floats in my bathroom sink, even with battery and film. I would add a couple of cautions--When film is removed, the camera sets the film to "exposed" so you can't re-insert the film to finish the roll as some APS cameras allow. This means changing from 100 ASA to 400 ASA film (for example) means sacrificing any remaining shots on the roll. The camera does require a minimum amount of cleaning and care after use, especially salt water use. Also, there is no lens cover, which makes me squeamish when packing the camera around. I haven't yet scratched the lens, but I often worry about it. Although a zoom lens is clearly not practical, it would certainly be nice to have a two-position lens with a regular setting and telephoto setting. Despite these quibbles, I really like the camera!

I bought this camera specifically for vacationing with kids. It has performed beautifully. Outdoor pictures are fantastic. It has been dropped in sand on the beach, caught in a severe rainstorm and used for action shots on water park rides. It is so small you don't even know you have it in your fanny pack. The 3 picture sizes give alot of versatility for group shots. The date feature on the front of photos is great for later album organizaton. Highly recommend!

Canon Elph Sport Camera is a cute, all terrain Advanced Photo System (aps) camera that if properly used will give good quality pictures. The camera is waterproof to a depth of 5 meters or 16 ft. Underwater, if you compose correctly following the instructions'booklet, you will get pictures with a better quality of those taken with disposable waterproof cameras. But this is a camera for snorkelers or shallow water divers, not for professional or advanced scuba divers that will find that this little camera is useless at depths bigger than 5 mts. On land, the camera will also give a good performance. But again, this is mainly a camera for the tourist or the casual photographer since it is limited by its single Canon 23 mm f 4.8 lens. Other than that, the camera offers all the advantages, for the beginner photographer, that can be found on other APS cameras, that is, automatic film cartrigde loading, built in flash with red-eye reduction, automatic shooting modes, date, time and title imprinting and 3 print formats (classic, panoramic and group size). The camera uses one lithium battery (CR2) weights only 220 g. and it is small, portable and very nice looking (measures WxHxD- 4.1x2.9x1.8 in.)A good buy if you have some extra dollars to spend(199) in a versatile, elegant and easy to carry little camera.

This camera has finally allowed me the freedom to take a camera everywhere that I go. Usually I want to take a camera to the beach, skiing, hiking, but I don't want to bring my SLR. This camera is a great inbetween. It has taken great photos and I've been very happy with it for over a full year.