Canon PowerShot SD1300 IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-Inch LCD (Silver)

Be aware of picture quality issues with this camera: - Shots are often out of focus unless youre outside in daylight - Colors often arent true - Contrast is often off with light areas being over exposed and darks too dark. The pictures lose their detail and look unnatural. To qualify my comments above, Im comparing to a Canon SD800IS Ive used for many years. I also have a Canon Rebel T2i that Ive had for nearly a year. Both cameras take great pictures. I calibrate my monitor with an X-Rite i1 Display Pro. In the summer of 2010, I bought the SD1200 for my daughter and it takes decent pictures for its price. The size of the SD1200 and acceptable picture quality prompted me to buy the SD1300 so I could have a lighter point and shoot to carry in my pocket. Unfortunately, due the quality issues, I cant really count on the SD1300 unless Im just taking outdoor pictures in bright sunlight. I think the Digic 3 was a better processor than the Digic 4. The SD800IS, which used the Digic 3 processor, is superior to the Digic 4-based SD1200, SD1300, and the SD780 (which I bought for my mom). The SD1300 is the worst yet. Seems like Canon keeps tweaking and has finally reached a point that the ELPH now has no advantage over the poor quality cameras made by others. Im not sure my Canon loyalty will continue, at least not for point and shoot cameras.

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Canon elph camera build quality seems to have diminished a bit with this latest model. The camera still comes with a metal shell which is good but the controls are less durable. Pictures and movies look better than ever but I have two big problems with this model. One is that the mike for picking up sound compared to previous models is vastly inferior. I take a lot of movies and the sound is terrible. I need to press my ear against the camera speaker to hear the sound after a recording. The sound pick up on this camera is so bad that I do not even use it for movie recording. Previous Canon camera models did not have this problem. The other issue I am having is the control panel. The on screen feature selections and settings once again are no where near as good as previous model elph cameras. Because of this I cannot recommend this camera. I believe that Canon may have fallen into the same category of other companies that sacrifice quality of some aspects of their product for price. The pictures are great but overall not good camera for me. I have gone back to using my old camera and keep this as a secondary.

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Purchased my original SD1300 IS in December 2010 to replace a Canon I had been using mainly for underwater photography. Also purchased the Canon underwater housing (which is only good for that model and cost more than the camera). After a few uses of the camera, the lens jammed in the open position as the on button is a bit large and the camera turns itself on when it shouldnt. I contacted Canon and they gave me excellent service in replacing the camera as it was still in warranty. I also felt that I better get a backup camera for diving trips, and found that Canon no longer sold them directly, but found another new SD1300 on Amazon from Quality Photo (which cost more than the original). That one arrived quickly, but the lens jammed on the first day. I contacted Canon service again, and they sent me a replacement right away. So, now I have two working cameras (plus 4 batteries and chargers, as they came with the replacements). I like the camera, and will take extra special care to keep these from jamming, but can not recommend anyone else purchase this model, which is being phased out anyway. It is not a pocket camera.

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I previously had a Nikon point and shoot camera. The picture quality was acceptable, but it was extremely slow. So I decided to get a Cannon camera instead. Normally, a person can rely on Amazon reviewers and get a good results. Oddly, this does not appear to be the case with cameras. Most reviewers stated that the Nikon camera I had purchased was great, but most of the good reviews failed to mention how extremely slow that camera was in taking a picture. So I looked that this camera, the 1300IS, at the store. The camera turned on quickly and took the picture very quickly too. It seemed like a good camera so I bought it from here, Amazon, as it was on sale for around $110 at the time. I was in Las Vegas yesterday. I tried taking pictures of my family while there. I was surprised that the camera was so slow, as it had been real quick at the store. It seems that when focusing on faces / people, the camera slows because it tries to focus. So I took out my iPhone 4 (not even a 4s), and noticed that the iPhone was far quicker at focusing. Worse, the quality of the shots from my iPhone was far superior to that of the 1300IS. Some have predicted the end of point and shoot cameras because of smartphones. Im beginning to think that perhaps the predictions are true. Im reading that the S95 is an awesome camera, but its $300, and only shoots video at 720p. I can get a whole laptop for that kind of money.....

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